Once upon a time…
Turn your family’s bedtime stories into a world you grow together.
Step into a Live Adventure Yaarbro tells out loud, or tell your own stories and let him remember every character, place, and running joke.
What is Yaarbro?
A creative partner for the stories your family tells.
Dream up tonight’s tale together. Bring back an old villain, open a new mystery, ask what trouble is waiting past the trees. Yaarbro helps you imagine it, remembers what your family creates, and on the nights you’ve got nothing, he’ll happily tell the story himself.
Why it exists
A bedtime story can become a family legend.
The characters come back. The places matter. The jokes get funnier because everyone remembers them. Yaarbro keeps that world alive while it’s still being made.
How it works
Tell the story. Grow the world.
Some nights, dream up a spark together, then put the phone down and tell it your way. Yaarbro captures and curates the memories, so you can stay present in the moment. Other nights, step into a Live Adventure and let Yaarbro tell it instead, while your kids steer.
Plan a spark
Just enough kindling.
Before bed, dream up a loose thread: a character to bring back, a mystery to open, a little trouble waiting past the trees. No script, just a spark.
Tell it together
The magic is yours.
Put the phone down and tell it your way. Yaarbro listens quietly from the moment you begin, then stays out of the way.
Remember what matters
Nothing's lost at lights-out.
After lights-out, Yaarbro replays the night and gathers the new names, places, and moments worth keeping.
Choose what's true
You're the keeper.
You have the final say. Keep, tweak, or toss each suggestion. Nothing joins your world without your yes.
The story world
Every legend needs a map.
Characters, places, rules, jokes, and mysteries, kept organized so your world can grow without losing itself.
Under it all is a small set of tools that keep every telling connected, so your world stays whole no matter how big it grows.
Story Spine
For nights the dragon is late.
When inspiration is running behind, Yaarbro sketches a simple shape to start from: who’s in it, what goes wrong, and how it might end.
Story Log
Every telling, kept.
A private archive of every story you’ve told, the canon and the sweet, sleepy chaos alike, yours to revisit anytime.
Canon Review
The world grows only when you say so.
After each story, Yaarbro proposes what to remember. You approve, edit, or skip, so your canon stays exactly as true as you want it.
Ask Yaarbro
Talk to your world.
Ask what happened last week, who’s been missing, or what tonight’s adventure could be. Yaarbro knows your whole world and answers.
Bring your world to life
Give every character a face.
Describe your hero, your villain, the troll under the bridge, and Yaarbro illustrates them in a style you choose for your world. Portraits for your characters, a cover for your world, all looking like they belong together. No art skills required.
Character portraits are a Yaarbro+ perk: describe anyone in your cast and Yaarbro brings them to life. Prefer your own art? Uploading portraits is free for everyone.
Edmonds
Caputo
DigglesworthThe Yaarbroverse
Begin where the mountains already know the giant's name.
A story world that comes ready. Open the app, pick a Live Adventure, and Yaarbro tells it out loud while your kids choose what happens next. Nothing to write, nothing to plan.
You can tell your own stories here too, and Yaarbro will remember them.
Free to explore. No card required.
Your own world
Or begin with a blank map.
With Yaarbro+, your family builds a world entirely your own: a kingdom beneath the bed, a hero afraid of butterflies, whatever you invent. Yaarbro helps you imagine it, plans alongside you, and keeps the details straight, so the world stays yours to grow, story after story.
Why storytelling matters
Kids don't just hear stories. They live inside them.
An ongoing story says, “We made this together.” Yaarbro helps protect that world, where a child is known, and their ideas change what happens next.
Yours, always
Cancel anytime. Keep your world for life.
The Yaarbroverse stays free, subscription or not. If you build a world of your own and life gets busy, cancel anytime: your world stays exactly where you left it, safe and waiting, and renewing reopens it like you never left.
Your characters, places, and canon are yours to keep. Come back next season, next year, or when your kids have kids of their own and want to tell the stories too.
Privacy and AI
The magic should feel safe.
- • Records only when you start a story session.
- • Never always-listening, never child-facing.
- • Never published, never made public.
- • Nothing permanent unless you approve it.
Your world is private to your account. The AI is the lantern holder, not the hero.
Giving back
Helping more kids find their voice.
A portion of every subscription helps fund Idaho public education and youth creative writing programs.
Start the story your family will keep telling.
Step into an adventure Yaarbro has ready, or begin one only your family could imagine.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Is Yaarbro for kids?
Yaarbro is built for parents, grandparents, and caregivers. It is a tool for the storyteller, not a child-facing app.
What is a Live Adventure?
A story Yaarbro narrates out loud in the Yaarbroverse. At key moments, your kids choose what happens next, and the story follows their choice. Nothing to prepare.
Does Yaarbro write the story?
That's up to you. In a Live Adventure, Yaarbro narrates and your kids steer with their choices. When you're telling your own stories, Yaarbro stays out of the way. He listens, remembers, and helps you plan, but the story comes from you.
Do I need to be a writer?
No. You just need a story to begin with, even a very small one. Yaarbro can help you grow it from there.
What is a story world?
The collection of characters, places, rules, jokes, mysteries, and memories that make your family's stories feel connected.
What is canon?
Canon is the official version of your story world: what you choose to preserve and build on.
Does Yaarbro record all the time?
No. Yaarbro only records when you start a story session.
Does the AI decide what gets saved?
No. Yaarbro can suggest what might be worth keeping, but you approve, edit, or discard each suggestion.
Can I use Yaarbro without recording?
Yes. You can build your world manually, use the Story Spine tool, talk to Yaarbro about ideas, or start from the Yaarbroverse.
What is the Yaarbroverse?
A living starter world inspired by real family bedtime stories in North Idaho. Every family gets their own free copy to explore, grow, and make their own.
How much does Yaarbro cost?
$4.99/month, or $49/year (about two months free). The Yaarbroverse is free, voice included. Yaarbro+ unlocks a world of your own, plus AI character portraits in both worlds.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Cancel whenever you like and keep enjoying the Yaarbroverse free. Your own world stays saved exactly as you left it, and renewing reopens it.
What happens to my world if I stop paying?
Nothing is ever deleted. The Yaarbroverse stays fully open and free. A world of your own locks when your subscription ends, but every character, place, and story in it is preserved, ready the moment you return.
What can I do for free?
The whole Yaarbroverse: Live Adventures, story planning, recording, canon review, chatting with Yaarbro, and his read-aloud voice. No card required. Yaarbro+ adds a world of your own and AI character portraits.
How does Yaarbro support education?
A portion of every subscription helps fund Idaho public education and youth creative writing programs.