Wanderly Stories vs ImaginIt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wanderly Stories
Create personalized, interactive bedtime stories where children are the heroes. These choose-your-own-adventure tales help kids develop emotional skills, build confidence, and navigate real-world situations through engaging narratives. Stories can be printed into beautiful keepsake books.
- Personalized choose-your-own-adventure stories
- Social emotional learning focus
- Customizable characters
- 5 reading levels
- Printable keepsake books
- Expert-developed content
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Stories where your child chooses what happens next — and practices a real-life social-emotional skill with every choice. You read aloud. Your child decides what the character does: take three big breaths, tell the teacher, try again. The character tries the hard thing, so your child doesn't have to be on the spot — and you get a front-row seat to what they pick. ~ Story packs built for what you're working on ~ With over 70 interactive stories, organized by what you might need for kids ages 3-8. For example: • When Feelings Get Big — Notice big feelings and choose what to do next • Learning to Be a Friend — Friendship skills, from hello to heart-to-heart • When and How to Speak Up - Practice speaking up kindly and clearly • I Can Keep My Hands to Myself - Practice self-control and respecting rules • I Can Be Independent - Morning routines, chores, and tidy-up skills • And more! ~ Now in classrooms ~ Teachers use Wanderly at story time with zero prep — the guidance is written into the story. Connect to your child's class to see the stories they're reading at school, then read them together at home and use the same words. ~ Developed with child therapists and educators ~ Every story draws on CBT, play therapy, and social stories. Kids notice a feeling, pause, and choose a next step — practicing empathy, problem-solving, and calming down in the safe space of a story. ~ Made for your child ~ Add their name, school, friends, and family, or choose from our diverse cast. Turn a real situation — a new school, a friend thing, a tricky week — into a story they can practice before it happens. Five reading levels grow with your child from ages 3 to 8. ~ Safe, and built by a mom ~ Wanderly was built by Laura, a mom of two and former Google for Education leader. Every image is parent-reviewed. ~ What clinicians say ~ "It creatively integrates cognitive-behavioral strategies into engaging stories that empower children to recognize and reframe unhelpful thoughts… It is a wonderful program that can be used in schools, homes, or therapy practices." — Hilary Katz, LICSW, LCSW-C "Wanderly's interactive, choice-based storytelling gives children a safe and engaging way to practice empathy, problem-solving, emotional regulation, and decision-making." — Alia Dolan, LCSW, 20+ years supporting children in schools ~ What teachers and parents say ~ "While we build the story together, even for my 'non-verbal' son who is expressing a few words, he was able to express the part that was more difficult for him about this new transition… It was a way for my son to be heard." — Maestra Ana, preschool teacher and mom "The stories give us a way to talk about dealing with those feelings when things are calm and we are connected. When he is in a hard moment, we can use language he has chosen from Wanderly to help him." — Eliza, mom of 2 Download today for social-emotional skills your kids will actually want to practice.
ImaginIt
This app uses AI to create personalized bedtime stories for children. Users can select characters, settings, and moral lessons, and even create custom characters that resemble their child. The app offers professional narration or the option to record your own voice, making bedtime an enchanting adventure.
- AI-generated personalized stories
- Customizable characters and settings
- Voice cloning for narration
- Professionally narrated stories
- Save and share favorite stories
- Moral lessons integrated into narratives
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Tonight's story stars them. A new illustrated, narrated bedtime story every night, ready by the time the pajamas are on. • Pick the hero, the setting, a friendly creature and a lesson • Make a picture-book hero from your child's photo • Read together, or let it read aloud • A few questions at the end for comprehension practice • In English or Spanish Dreamer unlocks unlimited stories, more custom characters, story sharing and voice cloning. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ImaginIt at every 11 days against Wanderly Stories's every 2 months. Wanderly Stories's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 3). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Wanderly Stories sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $44.99 per 3 months and ImaginIt sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Wanderly Stories against 5.0 for ImaginIt. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Wanderly Stories ships an update every 2 months, ImaginIt every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wanderly Stories | ImaginIt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Running Towards XYZ LLC | Andres Canas |
Customer experience
Wanderly Stories
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In-app purchases
Wanderly Stories
- 3 months$44.993 Months
- Annual$134.991 Year
ImaginIt
- Dreamer Access$3.991 Month









