Turn your idea into their storybook
Turn your idea into their storybook. Add your child, make a character, and create a personalized story for bedtime, first-day jitters, or rainy afternoons. Illustrated and ready in minutes, free to try.
What is Storywish?
Storywish is an AI-powered personalized children's story generator and printed picture-book platform. Parents and kids create custom characters from a photo, a sketch, or a description, choose an art style, and generate a fully illustrated story in minutes. Every story can be narrated, edited page by page, and ordered as a printed keepsake book delivered to your door.
How Storywish works
- Make characters from anything. Snap a photo, sketch a face, or describe one in words. Tweak their look, age, and personality, then let Storywish reconcile every detail with one tap.
- Describe a story in seconds. Type, talk it out by voice, or tap the sparkle to auto-draft a prompt. Storywish turns one sentence into a full, directed picture book.
- Play while your story renders. Dozens of built-in minigames keep kids busy during the few minutes a story takes to generate.
- Read it, or have it read to you. A picture-book layout with cinematic transitions and optional narration that highlights every word as it is spoken.
- Edit until it feels just right. Rewrite a page with a prompt, paint over part of an illustration to inpaint a change, or regenerate a single image. Every edit re-syncs picture and text.
- Hold it in your hands. Order any story as a printed picture book delivered home. Add a dedication, preview the book, and track shipping from your profile.
Why parents choose Storywish
Storywish makes real personalization from your child's photo, with consistent characters across every page, edit and inpaint control, and professionally printed books. Any character works, including the family pet and original characters you invent.
On privacy: we do not store your uploaded photos beyond what is needed to generate the story, and your family's data is never sold or shared. Read more in the Parents Trust Center and our trust guides for parents, including an honest answer to "is AI safe for kids' storybooks?"
Printed keepsake books
Turn any story into a real printed picture book delivered to your door. Add a dedication, preview the finished book, and track shipping end to end from your profile.
A note from the cofounders
We're parents of young children ourselves. We know the bedtime "one more story" negotiation, the couch crumbs, and those moments when your kid's imagination completely floors you.
We made Storywish with them in mind, because we wanted to encourage them to be creative and have fun coming up with stories. To dream up characters, change the plot halfway through, and see their wild ideas turn into real pages they can hold.
If you've ever wished for more of those messy, magical moments together, we hope Storywish helps you find them.
Justin and Seth, Storywish cofounders ยท Read the full founders' note
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Frequently asked questions
- What is Storywish?
- Storywish is an AI-powered personalized children's story generator. Parents and kids create custom characters, choose an art style, and generate unique illustrated picture-book stories in minutes, optionally ordered as a printed keepsake book.
- Do I need an account to try it?
- You can explore characters and read public stories without signing up. To create your own story you'll need an account, which includes 3 free stories, 6 characters, and 12 edits. No credit card required on the free plan.
- How long does it take to create a story?
- Most stories are ready in 2-5 minutes from prompt to fully illustrated, optionally narrated picture book.
- What ages are Storywish stories for?
- Storywish creates stories designed for children ages 4 to 12. Parents control the characters, art style, and themes so each story matches their child's age and interests.
- Can I get a printed Storywish book?
- Yes. Premium plans include printed keepsake books delivered to your door: 1 per month on Premium monthly, 10 per year on Premium yearly. Individual printed books are $25 on any plan.
- How much does Storywish cost?
- Storywish has a Free plan ($0), Basic ($10/month), and Premium ($45/month with a printed book). Annual plans: Digital at $80/year (~$6.67/month) and Premium at $450/year with 10 printed books.
- Is there a pay-as-you-go option?
- Yes. If you only need an extra story or character without subscribing, pay-as-you-go pricing starts at $0.50 per story and $0.15 per character.
- Can I cancel anytime?
- Yes. There are no long-term contracts on any plan; you can cancel whenever you like.
- Is my family's data safe?
- Yes. We don't sell or share your data, we do not store your uploaded photos beyond what's needed to generate the story, and every story is generated with child safety in mind.
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