Scan, then close.
Point the camera at the barcode, or snap the cover. Then the phone goes away, and the book opens.
A reading journal for families
Scan the stories you share. Keep every one. Build the habit, and find the next favourite.
For iPhone and iPad · iOS 17.6 or later · Available in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
Every night, a small voice asks for one more. ReadiBean is for those nights. A quiet record of everything you’ve read together, and a gentle nudge toward whatever comes next.
Point the camera at the barcode, or snap the cover. Then the phone goes away, and the book opens.
One timeline of the paper books you read together. Pinch from a single night out to a whole childhood.
Tonight’s ritual, gentle streaks, reading goals, and badges for the milestones that matter. No guilt, no nagging.
Goodnight Nest for the littlest readers. The Living Library, with a companion of their choosing, for everyone after. Real reading moves them; nothing else does.
Suggestions shaped around this child’s tastes, award winners, rhymes and songs, and the odd surprise. See where to buy or borrow, including your local library.
Every finished book takes its place on the shelf. Watch the reading room fill, then add a playroom and the stacks.
Record a bedtime reading and keep it with the book. Years from now, they can still hear it.
One library. Up to five people. Every milestone, shared. Lock Screen and Control Center widgets keep tonight one tap away.
The phone’s job is thirty seconds.
The book gets the rest of the night.
Support
Keep it short and we’ll reply. Most questions are answered below.
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Yes. ReadiBean is a journal for real, physical books. Scan the barcode or snap the cover, and the screen’s job is done. The app is built to be put down.
Children from birth to about eleven: board books on a lap through the first chapter books read alone. The app is for the grown-up; the child only ever needs the book.
We made it paper-only on purpose. In the early years, screen time of any kind is linked to poorer outcomes: more screen use at age one predicts delays in communication and problem-solving at two and four (Takahashi et al., JAMA Pediatrics, 2023), and in preschoolers heavier screen use is associated with lower integrity in the brain’s language and literacy pathways (Hutton et al., JAMA Pediatrics, 2019). Swapping the paper book for an e-book does not fix it: toddlers and parents talk less and share less over tablets than over print (Munzer et al., JAMA Pediatrics, 2019), and across dozens of studies children understand stories better on paper than on screen (Furenes, Kucirkova & Bus, Review of Educational Research, 2021). The thing that helps is the real book, read together. ReadiBean exists to make that the easy, rewarding choice.
Yes. ReadiBean runs on iPhone and iPad with iOS 17.6 or later, and your library syncs between them when you’re signed in.
A parent or caregiver. Children get profiles, not their own logins. You can sign in with Apple or Google, or start without an account and keep everything on your device.
Up to five: parents, grandparents, whoever reads aloud. Everyone sees the same shelf, the same timeline and the same milestones. Invite them from Settings.
Two reading worlds on the Habits tab. Goodnight Nest is a bedtime ritual for ages one to four. The Living Library is a story world with a companion your child chooses; every real reading moment moves it forward. Each child explores one world, and progress can be shared across the family or kept to one child.
A reading room that grows with you. Each book you finish appears on its shelves, and the books you plan to read next wait on notes. Everyone in your household sees the same room. More rooms, the playroom and the stacks, can be added as packs.
Every AI feature and every paid pack, for the whole family. That means personalised picks on Discover written around your child’s library, weekly, monthly and yearly reading reports, and all companions and rooms while you’re subscribed. Pro is a monthly or yearly subscription managed through your Apple Account; cancel any time in Subscriptions. Everything else in ReadiBean is free.
Yes. Companions and rooms are also sold one at a time as packs. A pack you buy is yours to keep.
Yes. Recordings are kept with your household’s library and are only shared with the people you’ve invited. Guests keep recordings on their device only.
From what your child has already loved, a curated catalogue of children’s books and award lists, and, for Pro families, AI picks written around your library. “Get this book” shows where to buy, and where to borrow from your local library where we can look it up.
Settings → Privacy & Data. Export Everything gives you a spreadsheet or PDF of your whole library. Note that deleting the app does not delete a signed-in cloud account: use Delete everything in the app, or email us and we’ll take care of it.
Tonight’s story is waiting.
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