Question 1

What is Bushbaby?

Accepted Answer

Bushbaby is an AI bedtime story app that creates personalised bedtime stories for children and reads them aloud automatically. Parents enter their child's name, age, favourite things, and the app generates a unique story and narrates it — no reading aloud required.

Question 2

Is Bushbaby good for autistic children?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Bushbaby has a dedicated Calm Support mode for autistic children that uses the same predictable 5-part story structure every night, with literal language, no metaphors, no surprises, and no scary elements. Parents can also lock a specific story so an autistic child who needs the same story every night can hear it again identically with one tap.

Question 3

Can dyslexic parents use Bushbaby?

Accepted Answer

Bushbaby was built specifically for dyslexic parents and parents who struggle to read aloud. You never have to read anything — just press play and the app reads the full personalised bedtime story aloud to your child while you sit beside them.

Question 4

What languages does Bushbaby support?

Accepted Answer

Bushbaby supports 15 languages including English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Hindi, Mandarin Chinese, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, and Catalan.

Question 5

Is Bushbaby free?

Accepted Answer

Bushbaby gives you 3 free personalised bedtime stories with no account required. After that, Bushbaby Plus unlocks unlimited stories, story memory, multi-child profiles, and all features for £4.99 per month or £39.99 per year.

Question 6

What are social stories for autism?

Accepted Answer

Social stories are short, personalised narratives that help autistic children prepare for new or challenging situations — like visiting the dentist, having visitors at home, starting a new school, or when plans change unexpectedly. Bushbaby includes a Social Story builder that creates these personalised preparation stories for your child.

Question 7

How long are the bedtime stories?

Accepted Answer

Bushbaby generates stories in six lengths: 1 minute (quick), 3 minutes, 5 minutes, 8 minutes, 10-12 minutes, and 15 minutes. Choose the length that fits your child's bedtime routine.

Question 8

Why do autistic children need the same bedtime story every night?

Accepted Answer

Sleep difficulties are far more common in autistic children — published research (Malow et al., 2014, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders) reports that 50-80% of parents of children with autism report sleep problems, and identifies establishing a consistent bedtime routine as a core part of parent-based sleep education. A predictable wind-down, with the same steps in the same order, can help signal to the brain that sleep is coming. That is why Bushbaby lets parents lock a story so their child hears the exact same one, calmly narrated, every night. Bushbaby supports a bedtime routine and is not a therapy or medical treatment.

Question 9

Why is Bushbaby useful for dyslexic parents?

Accepted Answer

Around 10% of people are dyslexic, and dyslexia runs in families — there is a 40-60% chance a child is dyslexic if a parent is. That means many parents who want to give their child proper story time find reading aloud stressful. Bushbaby reads every word of the personalised story aloud automatically, so a parent never has to read a single line.

Question 10

Is Bushbaby a therapy or medical tool?

Accepted Answer

No. Bushbaby is a bedtime story and routine app for comfort and enjoyment. It is not a medical device, therapy, diagnostic, or educational-intervention tool, and it does not provide medical, psychological, or educational advice. Terms like Calm Support mode and social stories describe story formats, not clinical treatments. Bushbaby is not a substitute for professional care.

Question 11

Where is my child's data stored? Is Bushbaby safe for children's privacy?

Accepted Answer

Your child's details (name, age, family, pets, comfort items) and all saved stories are stored locally on your own device, never on Bushbaby's servers — Bushbaby has no database of children. Story details are sent once, over a secure connection, to generate each story and are not retained or used for AI training. There is no advertising, no tracking, and no selling of data. Bushbaby is designed for parents to operate and follows the data-minimisation principles of the UK ICO Children's Code. The full privacy policy is written in plain English and can be listened to as audio for dyslexic parents.