📚 Reading apps and reading coaches · 🧸 Early learning (ages 2-6)
Storyberries
By Smart Projects Consulting Pty Ltd (Australia). Visit Storyberries
Desk research from the maker's own pages. Not yet tried by us. Checked 2026-10-24.
Storyberries is a free website of illustrated stories for children, from baby books and nursery rhymes to fairy tales, early readers, poems, comics and chapter books. Stories are sorted by age (0-3, 4-6, 7-12), by reading time from five to twenty-plus minutes, and by dozens of topics such as feelings, bedtime, animals and growth mindset. Some stories also have audio or video versions. It is run by an Australian business and carries advertising.
Our take: Handy for a grown-up looking for a quick free story to read together; not a site to hand a child alone because of tracking ads.
Checked in a browser
A browser check on 2026-10-25: what loads, the ads and trackers we saw, and what a child meets first. Not a hands-on test.
| Child safety: 2 out of 5 | Programmatic ads were shown (a pop-up video player and a Balsam Hill banner, 8 ad frames), so adult-oriented ads are possible. |
|---|---|
| Data: 1 out of 5 | 18 ad networks and ID-sync / data broker services (id5, LiveRamp rlcdn, LiveIntent, Tapad) fired before any consent. |
| Ease: 3 out of 5 | Big book covers to tap, but a floating video ad and a bottom banner cover part of the screen. |
| Cost honesty: 4 out of 5 | Free stories; Amazon links for books. |
What we found
- 58 third-party sites contacted on the first visit
- 18 known ad networks and 5 trackers, including 4 data broker or ID-sync services
- 67 cookies set before consent, from 25 third-party domains
- 8 ad frames; a video ad played in a floating window over the story list
From the test: Lovely free picture books, but the first visit set off a heavy ad and data-broker load, with a video ad over the stories.
| Ages it suits | 0-12 (sorted as 0-3, 4-6, 7-12) |
|---|---|
| What its terms say about age | Terms say the site is designed for adults reading to children; children must use it under adult supervision, and use is open only to people who can form legally binding contracts. (terms) |
| Price | Free. Free, supported by ads (Oct 2026). |
| Works on | Web |
| Account | No account needed |
| Ads | Yes |
| In-app purchases | None |
| The AI in it | No AI. |
What's good
- Free, no sign-up
- Wide range of story types and topics
- Sorted by age and reading time
- Some audio and video read-alouds
Watch for
- Interest-based ads that track visitors across the web
- No children's privacy section in the policy
- Terms expect an adult to supervise
- Affiliate links earn the site commissions
Data and privacy
The privacy policy says AdThrive (Raptive), CafeMedia, Google and other ad partners use cookies to track visitors on this and other websites and show interest-based ads. It has no section on children or COPPA. Read the privacy policy.
Does it work?
No study found.
In the Big Index
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Where these facts come from
- https://www.storyberries.com/
- https://www.storyberries.com/terms-and-conditions-of-use/
- https://www.storyberries.com/privacy-policy/
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