NoctunaA story for every bedtime
Noctuna is a small, calm library of illustrated bedtime stories. Read them together, or let the app read aloud while a sleep timer winds the night down.
- Free
- No ads
- Works offline
What Noctuna does
21 illustrated stories, each a few minutes long.
- Reading time shown on every card, from 5 to 10 minutes
- Categories: animals, magic, ocean, sky and adventure
- Favourites for the ones they ask for again
- Hand-illustrated cover art for every story
Whichever suits the night.
- Read together from the app
- Or let the app read aloud in a calm voice
- Pick from the voices installed on your phone
- Pause, restart or skip at any point
The story stops on its own.
- Stop at the end of the story
- Or after 10, 20 or 30 minutes
- The screen stays awake while a story plays
- Nothing autoplays afterwards
Add the stories your family makes up.
- Give it a title, an emoji and a card colour
- Pick a scene: sky, garden, sea, hill, forest or village
- Your story sits beside the others in the library
- Room for up to 100 of your own
Calm by design, with nothing to buy.
- No ads and no in-app purchases
- No account and no sign-up
- A grown-up lock guards the settings
- Dark, low-light screens for bedtime
Inside the app
Nothing about your child leaves the phone.
Noctuna has no account, no analytics and no ads. The stories are inside the app, so it works with the phone in flight mode.
- No adsNothing interrupts a bedtime story, and nothing to buy.
- No accountOpen the app and start reading.
- Works offlineEvery story and picture is already on the phone.
- A grown-up lockSettings sit behind a simple maths question.
How to start
Pick a story
Browse the library, or filter by animals, magic, ocean, sky or adventure.
Read or listen
Read it together, or tap Listen and let the app narrate.
Set a sleep timer
Stop at the end of the story, or after 10, 20 or 30 minutes.
Write your own
Add a story your family invented, with its own emoji and colour.
Common questions
Is Noctuna free?
Yes. Noctuna is completely free, with no ads and nothing to buy inside the app.
Does it collect any data about my child?
No. Noctuna has no account, no analytics and no servers. Favourites, stories you write and settings stay on the phone.
Does it work without internet?
Yes. All 21 stories and their pictures are inside the app, so it works in flight mode.
Can my child change settings by accident?
The grown-up section is behind a simple maths question that younger children can't answer.
About the developer
Made by Satheesh Mankulam
Satheesh is a UX and motion designer with more than 11 years in visual design, who now designs and builds his own Android apps. Each one is free, asks for no account and keeps your data on your phone.
He is the author of The Psychology of Product Moments and writes about design and building apps on Medium.
