CBeebies Storytime introduces children to a world of stories through beautiful, interactive story books. The app aims to inspire a love of stories in every child in the UK and support early years reading.
The stories in the app promote CBeebies’ core values, with themes of inclusivity, sharing, friendship and more. All the stories are free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Children can settle down with the CBeebies Bedtime Stories collection, go on a big sleepover with the Vegesaurs, take an exciting adventure with the Octonauts, set off on a woodland walk with the Colourblocks, save the day with Supertato, have fun in the snow with Mr Tumble, wind down with Bing and Hoppity Voosh, go on a detective adventure with Numberblocks, take a trip to the theatre with Alphablocks, earn your story badge with Hey Duggee, travel back in time and meet the dinosaurs with Andy, join Peter Rabbit and friends as they go on an adventure, go on a treasure hunt with Love Monster and more!
Storytime features playful interactions, popular CBeebies characters, well-loved authors, and high-quality stories so children can enjoy reading, playing, and learning.
Our app seeks to support traditional physical books by offering a magical interactive journey that encourages a love of stories and an immersive reading experience for children.
APP FEATURES:
- Different reading modes for different reading abilities
- Download a story once and read it anytime, anywhere
- Library including CBeebies favourites and stories from familiar authors
- CBeebies Bedtime Stories collection
- Secure parental lock for any external links
- My Stories area for all your child’s favourite stories
- BBC Account sign in function
READ ANYWHERE:
No Wi-Fi? No problem! Downloaded stories can be read offline and on-the-go, so whether you are at home or out and about, there are no limits! You will need an internet connection to access the library to download new stories or return any you have finished.
STORIES IN THE LIBRARY INCLUDE:
Original children’s stories and books from CBeebies favourites include:
Alphablocks: No Nap Spell
Andy’s Adventures: Andy and the Baby T-Rex
Biff & Chip: Superheroes
Bing: Hoppity Voosh and the Moonkeeper
Colourblocks: Silly Colouring Adventure
Hey Duggee: The Story Badge
JoJo & Gran Gran: It’s Time for Carnival
JoJo & Gran Gran: It’s Time to Catch the Bus
Little Bo Peep’s Library Book by Cressida Cowell
Love Monster: Treasure Hunt
Moon and Me: Friends, Always
Moon and Me: Goodnight, Friends
Mr Tumble at the Beach
Mr Tumble at the Park
Mr Tumble in the Snow
Musical Storyland: Three Billy Goats Gruff
Numberblocks: One Great Mystery
Octonauts Above & Beyond: Harpy Eaglets
Olanna’s Super Senses by Destynee Onwochei
Peter Rabbit: The Tale of the Unexpected Discovery
Pinchy the Dragon by Olly Pike
Supertato: Evil Pea’s Giant Plan
Today I am Five and a Half by Caleb Femi
Vegesaurs: Ginger's Big Sleepover
BBC ACCOUNT:
Sign in with your BBC account and enjoy everything the BBC has to offer. You can also create more than one child profile and your child can enjoy all their downloaded games on multiple devices.
PRIVACY:
This app sends anonymous performance stats for internal purposes to help the BBC improve your experience. You can choose to opt out of this at any time from the in-app Settings menu.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/terms
To read the BBC’s Privacy Policy go to:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy
CBeebies Apps Privacy Notice:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/cbeebies-apps-privacy-notice
My young in loved this game but he stopped playing it after a couple weeks, and I wanted to figure out why. I went on the app while he was busy, and I saw why he had stopped playing it….he had read all of the stories, even the bedtime stories. I had no idea how he had managed it, but he had downloaded and read every single story the app had, I have not noticed if new stories are added, but if not could u make that happen? Thanks, From , GF
Developer Response
Hi, thank you for your feedback. CBeebies are adding new stories to the collection. Andy's Adventures: Andy and the Baby T-Rex was added in November. The latest addition in December is The Night Before Christmas. Keep your eye out for new stories released in the New Year.Kind regardsCBeebies Apps Team
Fakers!andOn the night before Christmas where’s Rudolph
💔😈😡it is demon😫😤😒
I wached the bing one and you faked it! I wached the episode and it was so different it’s from the same episode and you keep getting the animations wrong 😠 why won’t you ever learn?! why? WHY? WHY?! By the way when I read the night before Christmas you’re missing out a very important reindeer Rudolph how could you?! If you don’t know Rudolph then you will have to go to a preschool and I know what you said to other people and it was just the same thing so don’t say it to me because I already know I’m a smarty-pants and there is no more swiping😭 where did the fun go u mean people kid like me loved the old version 😠 and now the characters only move a tiny bit! And where are the quizzes now mummies don’t know if the kids have been paying attention to the story because without your quizzes what if they say wow you pay great attention and then the kid says no I didn’t it’s CBeebies story time because they didn’t add that educational quiz that was good for you so yeah add in the quizzes or else
Disappointing updated version
😢 mummy
My child used to love the cbbc Storytime app. It had lots of wonderful interactive and educational stories with all his favourite characters. His big brother loved it too as lots of stories to suit all ages. However, we were both really surprised when the updated version was released recently. Stories are very limited (10 stories at present time) and the interactive element has largely gone. My son loved pressing the octoalert button or helping David Attenborough capture a Komodo dragon, but now ‘interaction’ comprises of tapping a character to make them move slightly. Although the app is still useful -and nd there doesn’t seem to be anything else like it- I just don’t understand why you would remove a fantastic app and replace it with a very limited and inferior one?!
Developer Response
Hello, we are sorry you're disappointed with the new app. Unfortunately, the previous Storytime was built on old technology that wasn’t easy to update and fix. By updating the app, we will be able to make improvements and add new stories, but unfortunately we have had to remove some of the older stories. We appreciate change can be difficult for children, so alongside adding new stories regularly to the app throughout the year, we have put many of the old stories on the CBeebies website here to watch as video playthroughs https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/curations/storytime-stories. Thank you for your feedback on the interactive element, this is under review at the moment and any insights will be integrated into future stories.Kind regards, CBeebies apps team.
Updated version less good
HugoResp
We’re going to join the chorus of reviewers and parents who loved the old version with its interactivity and find the updated version doesn’t hold our toddler’s attention. I understand the idea is to make this (much) more like reading a book, but I think this is where the developers have misunderstood the place for this app. It is not a replacement for books in our home, which our toddler loves, but a replacement for videos on a phone/tablet when we are travelling or out. It felt much better than a video as it was interactive, and our toddler certainly learnt some words and concepts from it. Shame to have lost the old version as that certainly offered something very appealing and we thought valuable to our toddler.
Developer Response
Hello, sorry to hear you’re disappointed with the app. The previous Storytime app version was 7 years old and built on older technology that has become increasingly difficult to update and fix in recent times. By updating the app we are able to maintain quality of performance on devices and we will be able to make improvements to keep things fresh and exciting. Whilst there are fewer interactions, we hope that they are more accessible to children of different ages and abilities and that they are still enjoyable to read.We appreciate change can be difficult for children, so alongside adding new stories regularly to the app throughout the year, we have put many of the old stories on the CBeebies website here to watch as video playthroughs https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/curations/storytime-stories. Best wishes, CBeebies Apps Team
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Version 14.2.1
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