Vooks: Read-alouds for kids

Vooks Inc

In-app purchases

About this app

Vooks is a digital library of read-aloud animated children’s books that turns screen time into storytime for children 8 and under. Kid-safe, carefully curated, and ad-free, Vooks is trusted by families and educators, and enjoyed by millions of children around the world.

Inspire a lifelong love of reading in your little learners with Vooks, a streaming app that’s both educational and entertaining. Vooks brings kids’ picture books to life using:
• Subtle animation that engages without overstimulating
• Calming, paced narration that mimics a parent or teacher reading aloud
• Highlighted read-along text that helps kids connect what a word sounds like with what it looks like
• And music and sound that activates little imaginations while keeping kids focused on the story.

Vooks expands your child’s vocabulary, increases language development, and supports comprehension, while empowering families to get kids their recommended 20 minutes of reading a day—even when parents are busy.

From well-known characters and award-winning titles, to undiscovered gems your kids will love, our diverse stories teach valuable life lessons that promote social-emotional development and provide readers the tools to become lifelong learners. With hundreds books in English and over 100 in Spanish, you’ll always have access to the best in children’s literature.

Why Vooks?

• We turn screen time into quality time! An ever-growing library inspires children to discover their interests and fall in love with reading.
• Vooks evokes wonder and inspires creativity while improving comprehension and literacy—win-win!
• We inspire a love of reading. Reading 20 minutes a day strengthens vocabulary and encourages literacy development.
• Vooks is a passionate team of parents, educators, and grandparents who are on a mission to change the way kids do screen time and make kids fall in love with reading—the key to helping every child become who they are meant to be.

What are parents saying?

“My three children all love Vooks! Its a real treat for them, the animations are gorgeous and the bonus is that their reading skills are improving as we watch.” - Melissa, Australia

“Excellent content that is high quality, educational, and engaging! My child loves the variety of content and I am quite impressed with the growth of vocabulary she gained from the stories” - AJ, Canada

“My kids love Vooks! If we have the hard copy of a book on Vooks, my kids will read along and giggle. My son is a visual learner, so he’s really taken a lot in. I also love how Vooks is inclusive with a wide range of genres.” - Jenny, U.S.

What are teachers saying?

94% of 6,000 surveyed teachers say Vooks get their students excited about reading.

“We love Vooks! As an educator and a parent I want to make sure that the time my kids spend with technology is engaging and fun. The stories are great and captivating!” - Jan, U.S.

“Vooks is a wonderful platform for teaching preschoolers! The variety and duration of stories, coupled with social emotional learning, makes engaging little ones easy.” - Rachael, U.S.

Privacy & safety: Your child’s privacy and safety is our top priority. We are FERPA and COPPA compliant. To access all features and content, an adult can subscribe to Vooks on a monthly or yearly basis with an auto-renewing subscription right inside the app.

Vooks offers monthly or yearly subscriptions. Pricing varies by region and will be confirmed before purchase in the app. In-app subscriptions will automatically renew at the end of their cycle.

Subscription payments will automatically renew unless deactivated at least 24-hours before the end of the current cycle. Your account will be charged for renewal at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current cycle. Any unused portion of your free trial will be forfeited upon payment. Cancellations are incurred by disabling auto-renewal.

Terms of service: https://www.vooks.com/termsandconditions/
Privacy policy: https://www.vooks.com/privacy/

Ratings and reviews

My daughter loves this app. I wish it had a sleep timer! She likes to listen to the books as she falls asleep, but I need it to turn off after a while, not keep her tablet on all night. (I have tried using a separate sleep timer app, and I can't get that to work with Vooks either). I'd also love for it to play with the screen off when it's in audio only mode.

This is legitimatly the one app all 5 of my kids agree on. They love the books, especially when we find ones we already own. The "worst" part is when a favorite book leaves, but that usually just means it's time for us to buy it for our own library. The way the illustrations are animated means that the kids feel like they're watching TV, but as a former reading teacher, I love that the words are included so they can take in some written language. It's also easy to cast!

When we get the videos to play it's great. But I added videos to my library and when I go to play them, I cannot play them from the library. There's also no option to select to play them versus just clicking on the video. When I search for a video and then click on it it also does not start playing. This is very frustrating because it takes several minutes to actually play a new book. The videos/books themselves are great and my toddler loves them.

What's new

Fixes bug when locking device screen.