Readmio
29 employees on LinkedIn · 4 known investors
Readmio is a voice-reactive storytelling app that reads illustrated fairy tales and stories to children, adding sound effects and music that respond to the reader's voice for an interactive bedtime experience. Aimed at families and schools, it offers screen-free story content for kids and operates internationally, including markets in Europe, Brazil, and India.
Investors · 4
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Readmio is a storytelling application for iOS, Android and the web that supports adults reading aloud to children. A parent or teacher selects a story from a catalogue and reads it aloud; the app follows along using on-device voice recognition and automatically triggers sound effects and music at marked (bold) points in the text. Stories can be downloaded for offline reading, and each story is accompanied by a short description plus suggested discussion topics for use after reading.
The catalogue includes classic folk and fairy tales attributed to authors and collectors such as the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, Joseph Jacobs, Aesop and Carlo Collodi, alongside original science stories, organised into categories such as folk stories, animal stories and science stories. Stories are short, with stated reading times of roughly 6 to 24 minutes and recommended minimum ages of 3 or 5 years, and each is built around a theme, moral lesson, factual topic or relaxation technique. The app also allows users to record their own voice reading stories. Readmio deliberately omits illustrations inside stories, positioning the experience around listening and imagination rather than visual stimuli, and states that its voice recognition runs entirely on the device without storing or collecting personal data.
Business model
Readmio is offered as a consumer app with a free trial ("Try for free") across iOS, Android and web.
Traction
The company's site reports an average rating of 4.8 out of 5 from 52,000 ratings, and displays user reviews sourced from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Individual stories carry per-story ratings in the 4.6-4.9 range.
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Market position
Readmio describes itself as an award-winning app in the children's read-aloud story category, with a stated aim of reading a story a day to every child.
Readmio combines human reading aloud with automatic, voice-synchronised audio effects rather than replacing the reader with pre-recorded narration. Content is developed with child psychologists, educators and other child-development specialists, and each story is designed around a specific purpose such as a scientific topic, a moral lesson or a relaxation technique. Illustrations are intentionally excluded from the story text to emphasise listening, and voice processing stays on the device for privacy.
Technology
The app uses a voice recognition system that follows the reader's spoken narration and synchronises sound effects and music to specific marked passages in the text. According to the company, this recognition runs on the device only, with no personal data stored or collected. Stories can be downloaded so that reading does not require an internet connection, and the product is delivered across iOS, Android and web clients.
Go-to-market
Parents and other adults reading aloud to young children, with stories labelled for ages 3+ and 5+.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Readmio do?
- Readmio is a mobile and web app that adds voice-triggered sound effects and music to bedtime stories read aloud to children.
- Who are Readmio's investors?
- Readmio's investors include Simpact Ventures, DEPO Ventures, ZAKA VC, Zero Gravity Capital.