# Hele: Lullaby Music Box — Wind-up baby sleep toy > Interactive wind-up music box app for children's bedtime. (iPhone/iPad app by Franz Alfred Johann Calderon Alli.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hele-lullaby-music-box/id6808148924 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Franz Alfred Johann Calderon Alli](https://appshunter.io/developer/6808148926) - Category: Music, Education - Price: Free with in-app purchases (on sale, was $4.99) - Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 18.0 · 72 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-09-16 - Data updated: 2026-10-24 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases ## What is Hele? Your child winds it. Free to try. Pay once. No ads, no subscriptions, nothing collected. A small wooden carousel music box. Your child turns the brass key, lets go, and it plays a lullaby on an 18-note comb, slowing as the spring runs out. A tiny lever stops it. That is the whole toy. Made for children 5 and under, mostly at bedtime. Babies watch and listen. Bigger hands wind it themselves. Warm, dim, quiet. No sparkles, no rewards, no characters looking at the camera. Play, stop and change tune from the Lock Screen too. On the nightstand: turn the phone on its side and the clock stands beside the toy. Add Hele to StandBy, your Home Screen or your Lock Screen, and tap the toy to wind it. Or ask Siri: “Play Twinkle, Twinkle on Hele”, “Play Hele for ten minutes”, “Stop Hele”. On iPhone Duo the toy goes where the phone goes. Close it and the carousel keeps turning on the cover screen, the clock behind it; open it and it is the same toy, on the same tune. Stand it open like a laptop and the key, the lever and Parents lie on the desk half, under your hand. Free, with no time limit: five riders (horse, bear, rabbit, duck and cat), six tunes (Brahms’ Lullaby, Twinkle, Twinkle, Ili-Ili Tulog Anay, Rock-a-bye Baby, Hush, Little Baby and Frère Jacques), Sleep mode, the bahay kubo roof, the bedside clock and the lamp. The Workshop Book has a page for each of your riders, written to be read aloud at bedtime: a short story, a few true facts, and a question to ask your child. It opens from the little drawer on the toy. Buy any pack and the whole book opens. For parents, behind a press and hold: choose the riders and the tune, how long a wind lasts, a Sleep mode with a timer that slows the music and fades the screen to dark, night dimming, where the lamp stands, and a bedside clock for the nightstand. The Carousel Collection is one purchase for every rider and tune pack, every new carousel pack when it arrives, and the whole Workshop Book. Or buy packs one at a time. Riders: Farm, Forest, Savanna, Jungle, Winter, Philippines, Cats, Birds, Philippine Wildlife and Workshop Dogs. Tunes: Lullabies, Nursery Songs, Little Classics and Filipino Folk Songs. One-time purchases, shared with Family Sharing, behind the parents’ hold. No subscription. Bought Hele before it was free to try? Thank you. The Carousel Collection is already yours, with nothing to do. I made this for my own child’s bedtime, and named it hele, the Filipino word for a lullaby. Works with VoiceOver, Dynamic Type and Reduce Motion. Works on iPhone and iPad. ## Key features - Wind-up music box simulation - Plays lullabies - Interactive controls - Siri integration - Bedside clock and lamp - Workshop book with stories ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Winter | $1.99 | one-time | | Little Classics | $1.99 | one-time | | Nursery Songs | $1.99 | one-time | | Philippines | $1.99 | one-time | | Filipino Folk Songs | $1.99 | one-time | | Carousel Collection | $9.99 | one-time | | Cats | $1.99 | one-time | | Birds | $1.99 | one-time | | Philippine Wildlife | $1.99 | one-time | | Workshop Dogs | $1.99 | one-time | ## Is Hele safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Hele. ## Is Hele legit? Hele: Lullaby Music Box has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Hele is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Frequently asked questions about Hele ### What is Hele? Hele is a digital music box designed to play lullabies for children. It simulates a wind-up toy with a 18-note comb and offers interactive features for bedtime. ### Is Hele free to use? Hele is free to try with no time limit, offering five riders, six tunes, Sleep mode, a bedside clock, and a lamp. Additional content packs are available for purchase. ### Does Hele have ads? No, Hele is ad-free. The description explicitly states 'No ads, no subscriptions, nothing collected.' ### What age rating does Hele have? Hele has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for children aged 5 and under, as well as older children who can operate the winding mechanism. ### Can I control Hele with Siri? Yes, you can use Siri to control Hele. Commands like 'Play Twinkle, Twinkle on Hele,' 'Play Hele for ten minutes,' and 'Stop Hele' are supported. ### What devices does Hele support? Hele is compatible with both iPhone and iPad devices. It also supports accessibility features like VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, and Reduce Motion. ### How often is Hele updated? The latest version, 2.1, was released on October 3, 2026, indicating active development and updates. The app was last updated in 2026. ### What are the in-app purchase options for Hele? In-app purchases include individual rider and tune packs, or the 'Carousel Collection' which unlocks all current and future packs and the entire Workshop Book. These are one-time purchases. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.2.1 — 2026-10-24 Close your iPhone Duo and the toy keeps playing, turning on the cover screen with the clock. Standing open like a laptop, the key and the lever on the desk half are now the toy’s own, in full 3D, with Parents beside them. On the cover screen, the Parents label no longer touches the date. ### 2.2 — 2026-10-22 Made for iPhone Duo. The hinge is the lid. Close the phone and the carousel slows to a stop; open it and the same tune plays on, with the spring as you left it. Stand it open like a laptop: the key and the lever lie on the desk half, large, and the toy and clock stand on the other. Closed, the toy fills the cover screen with the clock behind it, so opening the phone opens a window on the same toy. Four new rider packs: Cats (a ginger tabby, a tuxedo, a calico and a Siamese), Birds (a swan, a peacock, a toucan and a kingfisher), Philippine Wildlife (the Philippine eagle, the tamaraw, a pawikan and the tiny pilandok) and Workshop Dogs (Shadow, Indy, Raprap and Sky, four real dogs). The bahay kubo roof now comes with every toy. Choose it under Parents, Roof. ### 2.1 — 2026-10-03 Hele for the nightstand. Turn the phone on its side and the bedside clock stands beside the toy. Widgets for StandBy, the Home Screen and the Lock Screen. Tap the toy to wind it, tap again to stop. The larger ones add the tune, next tune and Sleep mode. Ask Siri: “Play Twinkle, Twinkle on Hele”, “Play Hele for ten minutes”, “Play Hele all night”, “Stop Hele”. It works with the phone locked. The lever now stops the carousel in Sleep mode too. The toy comes up from the dark as its lamp warms. The Lock Screen shows your own carousel while it plays. The Philippines pack has a new roof: a bahay kubo’s nipa thatch. Choose it under Parents, Roof. The teal roof stays too. A Midwinter gift arrives in December: a bear in a knitted sweater, a robin, a small sleigh, a garlanded roof and Silent Night. ### 2.0 — 2026-09-29 Hele is now free to try. Five riders, six tunes, Sleep mode, the bedside clock and the lamp are free, with no time limit, no ads and no subscriptions. The Carousel Collection: every rider and tune pack, and every new carousel pack when it arrives, in one purchase. Or buy packs one at a time. Buy any pack and the whole Workshop Book opens. Bought Hele before 2.0? Thank you. The Carousel Collection is already yours. There is nothing to do. On iPad, the parents’ panel no longer flickers in landscape. ### 1.2 — 2026-09-25 A new look for the whole carousel. Every rider is re-carved in one wood grain, with turned wooden legs and jointed arms. The carousel has a turned center column, a grooved roof and brighter brass, and the roof now turns with the riders. Workshop Book pages turn like paper. Sleep mode starts with one tap: 15, 30 or 45 minutes, or all night. The bedside clock sits behind the toy, like the time on your Lock Screen, with the date above it. Small, Medium and Large now change its size. Controls and tips: a new page for grown-ups, showing each part of the toy. The spring winds down on the Lock Screen while the music plays. The lamp stays where you place it. The parents’ hold is shorter, with a gentle vibration as it fills. 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