cuentoconlaIA is now on the App Store and Google Play
On 27 August 2026 we published “Bedtime Stories with the AI” on both stores. It is the same thing the website is — one photo, one real space mission, a 20-page illustrated storybook for €3.99 — but in the place where the photos already live. Here is what version 1.0 ships with, what it deliberately does not, and why the store listing says what it says.
What was published, exactly
Two listings, one per store, with the same name in each language: “Cuento con la IA para dormir” in Spanish and “Bedtime Stories with the AI” in English. The download is free on both. On the App Store the app requires iOS 16.4 or later and weighs 69.7 MB; on Google Play the size depends on the device, because Play ships only the code that particular phone needs.
The age rating is 4+ on Apple and PEGI 3 on Google. The developer is Nexo Apex S.L., the same Tarragona limited company that operates the website, and both listings link to this same privacy policy. There is no iPad or tablet version: 1.0 is a phone app.
What 1.0 ships with
- Six real space missions: Apollo 11, Voyager, the James Webb telescope, the International Space Station, the Mars rovers and Artemis I.
- Freestyle mode: describe your own story in one line and laIA turns it into the book, no catalogue required.
- Up to two protagonists built from their photos, with names. The kid, the plushie, the pet or an object all work.
- Two drawing styles, 2D cartoon and 3D cartoon, each with a preview before you choose.
- A 20-page PDF in 5–10 minutes, in Spanish or English.
- A “My stories” tab: the books you have already generated stay reachable from the phone itself, to re-read or download again.
- Payment through the store account already on the device: Apple Pay, Google Pay or card. €3.99 per book, paid once.
- Interface in Spanish and English, following the system language.
- In Settings: delete your data, and a button to report AI-generated content that does not sit right.
What 1.0 does NOT do (worth knowing before you install)
This list is the more useful of the two. A launch announcement that only lists what works makes you discover the limits by paying for them.
- There is no iPad app. 1.0 is built for phones only. The iPhone build can be installed on an iPad, but it is neither designed nor tested for that screen; if a tablet is the plan, the website works better.
- The library does not sync between devices. Because there is no user account, the list of books lives on the phone itself. Switching phones or reinstalling empties it. The book itself is not lost: the link that arrives by email keeps working, and that is the one worth keeping.
- The hyper-realistic style is still “coming soon”. It appears in the style picker, marked unavailable. The two styles you can actually pick are 2D cartoon and 3D cartoon.
- There is no “with preview” plan. The app sells one product: the full 20-page book for €3.99. The 5-page preview is disabled on the website too.
- The app's catalogue holds six missions, not seven. Artemis II is on the website but not yet in the app. The other six — Apollo 11, Voyager, James Webb, the Space Station, the Mars rovers and Artemis I — are all there. If Artemis II is the one you want, use the browser.
- It does not generate offline. The book is assembled server-side. You can start filling in the wizard with no signal, but generation needs a connection.
Why an app, when the website already did this
Because of where the photo is. On the website, the step people abandoned most was uploading the image: the photo is on the phone and the form, very often, is on a computer. In the app that step becomes picking from the camera roll, or taking the photo right there. We have not changed the product; we have removed the transfer.
The second reason is payment. In the app the purchase goes through the App Store or Google Play account the phone already has, so there is no card to type on a small screen. The third is the library: a storybook gets re-read, and having it one tap away on the phone resembles how it is actually used far more than a PDF lost in an inbox.
What does not change: the price, the models, the languages and the handling of photos are all exactly the same, and the catalogue matches on six of the seven missions. The app and the website are two doors into one kitchen.
Why the listing addresses parents, not children
It is the least obvious decision of the launch, so we are writing it down. On Apple the app sits in the Books category with a 4+ rating; on Google Play it is declared for an adult audience. It is enrolled in neither Apple's Kids Category nor Google's Families programme, and that is not an oversight.
Everything done inside the app is done by an adult: installing it, uploading a photo, typing the idea, paying. The kid receives a finished storybook; they do not operate the app. Enrolling in the children's programmes would have imposed review paths built for an audience we do not serve directly — and in Google's case the Families self-certified ads programme is closed to new applicants, which would make the choice a one-way door.
That also constrains the artwork: neither the icon nor the feature graphic shows an illustrated child. The screenshots do show a page of the book, because a listing for a children's storybook that never shows a page does not explain the product. The test is whether the material suggests the app is for a child to use, not whether a child appears in it.
The photos: same as the website, because it is the same
The app calls the same API and stores in the same place. Photos are used only so the main character resembles your kid, every upload passes through automated moderation, they are deleted after 30 days by a lifecycle rule on the storage itself — not by a policy promise — and they are never used to train AI models. Intermediate renders follow the same rule.
The illustrations and the text are generated by a model, and every page is labelled as such. From Settings you can delete your data and report inappropriate content, which is also what Google Play's generative-AI policy requires. Nexo Apex S.L. is a Spanish company subject to the GDPR.
What comes next
We are not promising dates, because promised dates age badly in a blog post. What is flagged inside the product itself: the hyper-realistic style shows as “coming soon” in the picker, and the with-preview plan stays disabled until the confirmation flow is properly settled. If something in 1.0 does not work the way you expected, the report button in Settings reaches a person.
If you want to try it, both listings are below. And if you would rather not install anything, the website does exactly the same thing.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a cuentoconlaIA app for iPhone and Android?
Yes, since 27 August 2026, on both stores and free to download. It is called “Bedtime Stories with the AI” in English and “Cuento con la IA para dormir” in Spanish; in both cases the developer is Nexo Apex S.L. On the App Store it requires iOS 16.4 or later, weighs 69.7 MB and carries a 4+ rating. Downloading costs nothing on either of the two stores. On Google Play the size depends on the device and the European rating is PEGI 3. There is no iPad or tablet version: 1.0 is built for phones. The app does exactly what cuentoconlaia.com does — one or two photos, a real space mission or a freestyle idea, and a 20-page illustrated storybook in 5–10 minutes — for the same €3.99 for the full book, with no subscription.
What exactly does version 1.0 of the app ship with?
Six real space missions — Apollo 11, Voyager, the James Webb telescope, the International Space Station, the Mars rovers and Artemis I; Artemis II is still website-only — freestyle mode for describing your own story in one line, up to two protagonists built from their photos, two drawing styles (2D and 3D cartoon), the 20-page PDF in 5–10 minutes, and a “My stories” tab holding the books you have already generated. There is also an “I'm feeling lucky” mode that invents the story straight from the photos. Payment goes through the App Store or Google Play account already on the phone, via Apple Pay, Google Pay or card depending on the device. The interface is available in Spanish and English and follows the system language. Settings carries a delete-my-data action and a button for reporting AI-generated content.
What does the app not do yet?
Five limits worth knowing before you install it. There is no iPad app: 1.0 is phone-only. The app's catalogue holds six missions rather than seven, because Artemis II has not been ported yet. The library does not sync between devices, because there is no user account — the list lives on the phone itself, so switching phones or reinstalling empties it; the book itself is not lost, because the link that arrives by email keeps working. The hyper-realistic style appears in the picker but is marked “coming soon”, so the selectable styles are 2D and 3D cartoon. And there is no 5-page “with preview” plan, which is disabled on the website too: the only product is the full book at €3.99. Generation needs a connection, because the book is assembled server-side.
Is the app or the website better?
It depends on where the photo is and what you plan to do with the book. The app wins when the photo is already on the phone, which it nearly always is: you pick it from the camera roll or take it right there, without moving it to a computer, and payment goes through the store account with no card to type. The website wins if the plan is to print the book, because uploading the PDF to a print-on-demand service is easier from a computer. What does not change between them: the €3.99 price, the mission catalogue, the models that generate, the available languages and the handling of photos. Neither asks for an account or a password; only an email address to deliver the book to. And the resulting book is identical.
Why is the app rated for adults rather than for children?
Because the person using it is an adult. Installing the app, uploading a photo, typing the idea and paying are all things a parent does; the kid receives a finished storybook and never operates the app. That is why the listing sits in Apple's Books category with a 4+ rating and is declared for an adult audience on Google Play, without enrolling in the Kids Category or the Families programme. Enrolling would have imposed review paths designed for an audience we do not serve directly, and in Google's case the Families self-certified ads programme is closed to new applicants, which would make it an irreversible decision. The recommended age range for the storybook itself is still 3 to 9 years old. The listing's screenshots do show a page of the book, because that is the product.