LuluStories

Personalized, illustrated storybooks for iOS, Android, and the web

Make an illustrated storybook starring your child in a few minutes. Read it together, listen to narration, or order a printed copy. Available on the App Store, Google Play, and the web.

Description

LuluStories turns your child into the hero of their own illustrated storybook. Pick a name, a look, a theme, and an art style, and a brand-new story with matching illustrations is ready in a few minutes. Read it together, listen to narration, keep it in your library, or order a printed copy. It works on the web and as a native app for iPhone, iPad, and Android.

LuluStories app showing a personalized hero character on the cover of a new story

How it works

  • Create a character from a photo you upload, or describe how your hero should look
  • Add siblings, friends, grandparents, or classmates as companions
  • Choose a genre like adventure, fairy tale, friendship, mystery, or calm bedtime
  • Pick an illustration style, from classic storybook to anime, comic, and more
  • Get a complete illustrated story, generated page by page in a few minutes

What you get

  • Characters that stay consistent across pages and across stories
  • Stories in over 100 languages, with the app itself available in 11
  • A digital reader with narration that follows the text word by word
  • A personal library that grows with your family
  • Printed storybooks shipped worldwide as gifts and keepsakes
  • A curated Discover feed of community stories for inspiration

Built for families

Accounts are created and managed by a parent or guardian. There are no ads and no third-party ad tracking. Uploaded reference photos are only used to create the character and are deleted right after processing, and community content can be reported or blocked at any time. The first story is free; after that you can top up with Lulu Coins or subscribe to Plus or Pro.

Under the hood

LuluStories is a pnpm monorepo: a Next.js web app and admin dashboard, an Expo (React Native) app for iOS and Android, a Fastify API that orchestrates the AI story and illustration generation, Supabase for auth, Postgres, and storage, and Strapi as the CMS. Payments run through Stripe on the web and RevenueCat in the mobile apps.

Bedtime story, classroom activity, birthday gift. Whatever the occasion, LuluStories puts your child at the center of the adventure.