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Adventure stories where your child is the hero.

Stepping Stones turns teeth brushing, bath time, and bedtime into an adventure, narrated by a warm AI voice that speaks your child's name aloud. The story is the timer, so when it ends, the routine is done.

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Timed to the routine Your child's name, spoken aloud Works on any device Built by parents, at Tinkrd
Hear a real story

This is what bedtime sounds like.

A real story from the Stepping Stones catalog, narrated start to finish. Press play and listen for about five minutes.

Bedtime story
The Sleepy Dragon

Out past the garden, a little dragon no bigger than a sleepy cat just cannot fall asleep. Soft and slow, your child shows their new friend the way to settle down, until the whole garden, and the dragon, drifts off for the night.

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Narrated by Adeline 🎧 Best with headphones
Why Stepping Stones

The routine battle, finally on your side.

Brushing, bath, and bedtime turn into a stand-off most nights. Stepping Stones gives your child a reason to stay still and listen.

Most nights

  • Brushing turns into a two minute negotiation
  • Screens wind kids up right before bed
  • "One more minute" becomes twenty
  • Everyone ends the day a little frazzled

With Stepping Stones

  • A story starts and the wiggling stops
  • Audio only, so no screen to fight over
  • The story ends exactly when the routine should
  • Your child is the hero, by name, every time
How it works

Three taps to a calmer routine.

Set it up once. After that, starting a story is faster than finding the toothpaste.

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Step 1

Choose a story

Pick a category your child loves, from space and animals to spooky and fantasy. New stories are added all the time.

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Step 2

Enter their name

Add your child's name once. From then on, the narrator weaves it right into the adventure, out loud.

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Step 3

Press play

Start the story and start the routine together. When the last line lands, brushing or bedtime is done.

Brushing stories run about 2 to 3 minutes, the length dentists recommend, and bath and bedtime stories run a little longer.

What makes it special

More than a story. Their story.

"And so Maya reached for the very last star, holding it close so the night would not go dark."
Spoken aloud, not just shown
Example · your child's name goes here
The difference

Your child's name, spoken out loud

Other apps put your child's name on the screen. Stepping Stones puts it in the story. A warm narrator says it aloud, woven naturally into the adventure, so your child hears themselves as the hero from the very first line.

  • Names are spoken by the AI narrator, not shown as text
  • Woven in naturally throughout the story, not tacked on
  • Change the name any time from the parent account
1
The Academy Gates
Played last night
2
The Stolen Spell
Tonight's chapter
3
The Grand Spell
Up next
4
A New Quest
Coming soon
Keeps them coming back

Adventures that continue, night after night

Premium unlocks continuation series, 10, 20, and 30 episode story arcs that pick up right where the last one left off. "What happens next" becomes the reason your child looks forward to brushing.

  • Each chapter picks up from the last one
  • The same narrator carries the whole series
  • A gentle cliffhanger to make tomorrow easy
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The glowing corner follows the story's cues

For brushing time

A gentle guide for where to brush

Turn on the brushing guide and a simple mouth diagram lights up one quadrant at a time, synced to cues in the story. Your child knows exactly where to brush, without you hovering.

  • Four quadrants light up in time with the story
  • Covers the full two minutes dentists recommend
  • Optional, so non-brushing routines stay simple
Simple pricing

Start free. Upgrade if they love it.

Pricing locks in when we launch. Join the waitlist now for early access and an early-adopter rate.

Free
$0
A rotating taste of the catalog
  • A small rotating set of stories
  • One narrator voice
  • No account required
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Monthly
$4.99 /mo
The full experience, month to month
  • Full story catalog
  • Name personalization
  • All narrator voices
  • Brushing guide
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Launch window
Lifetime
$79.99
One time, for our first families
  • Everything, forever
  • Every future story pack
  • No subscription, ever
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Meet the narrators

A voice for every kind of night.

Five warm, expressive narrators, each suited to a different mood of story.

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Larry

Real and energetic
Action and adventure stories, full of momentum for kids who need a little excitement to get moving.
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Adeline

Warm and cozy
Spooky-but-gentle tales and calm bedtime stories, in a soft voice made for winding down.
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Daniel

Clear and confident
Space missions and guided brushing stories, with crisp cues that pair with the brushing guide.

Lily Wolf

Expressive and kind
Magical, personalized adventures and continuation series, the voice that says your child's name best.
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Old Wizard

Wise and wondrous
Grand fairy tales and magical quests, told by a storyteller who has wandered a thousand worlds and remembers every one.
Be first in line

Your child's first adventure is almost ready.

We are putting the finishing touches on Stepping Stones now. Join the waitlist and we will email you the moment it launches, with early access for the first families in line.

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Good to know

Questions, answered.

Stepping Stones is designed for children roughly ages 3 to 8. The stories are gentle and imaginative, and each one is timed to its routine, from about two to three minutes for teeth brushing to a longer wind-down for bath and bedtime.
Yes. A parent creates the account and enters the child's name, which is stored privately under the parent account and is never sold or shared. There is no advertising and no behavioral tracking inside the app.
Premium plans include offline playback, so you can download a few favorite stories ahead of time for car rides, travel, or anywhere the signal is weak.
Yes. You can update the name any time from the parent account, and future stories will use the new name right away.
Each story is timed to its routine. Brushing stories run about two to three minutes, the length dentists recommend, while bath and bedtime stories run a little longer for a calmer wind-down. The story is the timer, so when it ends, the routine is done.
Stepping Stones is in active development right now. Join the waitlist above and we will email you the moment it is ready, with early access for the first families in line.

Bedtime is about to get a lot easier.

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