# Bivio: Kids' Bedtime Stories — You read aloud. They choose.

> You read aloud. They choose. (iPhone/iPad app by David Zarinski.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bivio-kids-bedtime-stories/id6790644257 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [David Zarinski](https://appshunter.io/developer/6790644259)
- Category: Books, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 69 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-31
- Data updated: 2026-10-31

## What is Bivio?

Bivio is bedtime stories your child gets to choose. You read aloud. They pick the path. Every story ends in rest.

Most bedtime apps read to your child so you don't have to. Bivio is built on the opposite premise: what makes stories powerful for young children isn't an app's features — it's the adult who's there with them. So you read the story aloud, and at every fork your child decides what happens next. Each choice is a small back-and-forth — your voice and theirs, a question and an answer. That's where words grow, where judgment starts, and where the warmth of bedtime actually lives.

THE STORY THEY LOVE. A PATH THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN.
Every pick is a real fork, not a tap on a "right answer" — the story truly turns where your child chooses. So the favorite they ask for again (the pattern children learn most from) stays fresh: same world, same characters, a new way through. You've read the same book forty nights in a row. This is the one that's still alive on night forty-one.

EVERY STORY TUCKS ITSELF IN
A built-in wind-down, in every story: choices come early and through the middle, the last pages are just reading — slow, soft, settling — and every path lands gently, whichever way your child turned. At bedtime the app dims to warm, lights-off-friendly tones: built to be read by, not stared at.

A LIBRARY FOR EVERY NIGHT
Five-minute stories for late nights, big adventures for Saturday mornings — and new stories every week. Every story shows its read-aloud minutes, the softest are marked "extra gentle," and one tap — Keep it gentle — keeps the rowdier tales out of sight on wired nights.

GROUNDED IN READING SCIENCE
In the original randomized trial, four weeks of back-and-forth reading put young children about 8.5 months ahead in spoken language — a finding since confirmed across 16 controlled studies. Across 41 studies, giving children choices raised motivation, effort, and learning, with the strongest effects in young children. Bivio builds that back-and-forth into the story itself — no technique for you to learn. And every story is created in collaboration with a certified early-childhood educator.

WHAT WE WON'T DO
No ads — ever, in any tier. No third-party trackers, no selling data, no behavioral profiling of your child. No autoplay, no "next episode" hook. When the story ends, it lets you go.

For children ages 3–7 and the adults who read to them. Start with a free trial — long enough for the ritual to actually form.

SUBSCRIPTION
Bivio is a subscription. Plan lengths and prices are shown in the app before you buy. Your plan renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel any time in your account settings.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://bivioapp.com/privacy
Terms of Service: https://bivioapp.com/terms

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bivio Unlimited | $9.99 | per month |
| Bivio Unlimited | $59.99 | per year |


## Is Bivio safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Bivio.

## Is Bivio legit?

Bivio: Kids' Bedtime Stories has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Bivio is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0.3 — 2026-09-01

No release notes.

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