Petite Tales vs Moshi Kids
Both apps want bedtime to be calm. Moshi is a big, well-loved audio library of sleep stories, sounds and meditations. Petite Tales is smaller and more personal: picture-book stories read aloud, and new stories with your child as the star.
Last checked September 2026, from Moshi’s website and US App Store listing. Prices are list prices in USD and can vary by region and offer.
| Feature | Moshi Kids | Petite Tales |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Audio sleep stories, sleep sounds, meditations and music for children, plus activities and games | Illustrated bedtime stories read aloud by a narrator, plus new stories that star your child |
| Ages | 0–12, according to its App Store listing | About 3 to 7 |
| Library | “More than 400 audio stories, meditations, sounds and music tracks”, per its website | 102 gentle retellings of public-domain tales, 4–5 minutes each |
| Who makes the stories | Original stories by its own creative team, told by voice actors, with some celebrity narrators | Our retellings, written, painted and narrated with the help of AI and reviewed before publishing |
| Pictures | Audio-first: made for listening with the screen off | Every story is painted; Read together shows full-screen pictures and big words |
| Stories starring your child | No. Your child’s name and age are used to recommend content | Yes, with Plus: 10 a month, painted from a look you choose, never a photo |
| Languages | English on the US App Store | Library in English; personal stories in 24 languages |
| Offline | Download content to listen offline | Tales play offline after the first open; personal stories are saved on the phone |
| Ads | None (“100% ad-free”) | None |
| Platforms | iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac and web | Android now; iPhone and iPad coming soon |
| Price | Its website lists $49.99 a year or $9.99 a month; the US App Store lists $79.99 a year and $12.99 a month. 7-day free trial | One library story a week free; Plus $79.99 a year (7-day free trial) or $7.99 a month |
Choose Moshi if…
- You want more than stories: sleep sounds, music and meditations for winding down.
- You’d like a huge library of human-narrated stories, some read by well-known voices.
- Your family listens on a speaker, or you want the screen off from the start.
- You use an iPhone, iPad, Mac or the web, or your children are older than about seven.
Choose Petite Tales if…
- You want pictures to look at together, and the option to read the words yourself.
- You’d love stories where your child is the hero, painted from a description, never a photo.
- You want gentle retellings of classic tales from around the world, four or five minutes each.
- You’d like stories in your family’s language: personal stories come in 24 languages.
- You’re on Android and want to start free, with one library story every week.
Is Petite Tales a good Moshi alternative?
It depends on what you use Moshi for. If you love Moshi’s sleep sounds, meditations and long audio stories, Moshi is hard to replace. If what you want is a short story to share at bedtime, with pictures to look at together, a narrator or your own voice, and stories that star your child, Petite Tales was made for exactly that.
Can my child hear their own name in the story?
In Petite Tales, yes: with Plus you can make 10 new stories a month where your child is the hero, painted into every picture from the look you choose. Moshi’s stories are the same for every child.
Which is better for screen-free listening?
Moshi is built for audio, so it suits a speaker or a phone left face down. Petite Tales can do that too: narration keeps going with the screen locked, and “Just listen” hides the words, but its stories are made to be looked at as well as heard.
Moshi and Moshi Kids are trademarks of Mind Candy Ltd. This page is our own comparison and isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Mind Candy.
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