Lalai

Long, slow stories to read along with as they are told, night sounds you mix by hand, and slow original music. New stories, sounds and music arrive all the time.

Lalai is a sleep app for people who want to be read to.

Long, slow stories, told in a low, unhurried voice, with painted scenes that move gently and change as the story moves on. A small steam train climbing through snow toward a frozen lake. A glasshouse in winter. A tea house in the rain. Nothing happens quickly in any of them, because nothing is meant to.

READ ALONG Every story's words appear as they are read, beside the painting of the place they describe, each word softly lighting at the moment it is spoken. On iPad the story opens as a two-page spread, the painting on one page and the words on the other; on iPhone the words are a tap away. Touch any passage to listen from there.

NIGHT SOUNDS AND MUSIC A library of night sounds, recorded outdoors and indoors: rain on canvas, a river under a hull, wind through pines, a stove, a room with someone else breathing in it. Layer up to five, set each one by touching its picture, and lay a piece of slow original music beneath them, or start from a blend already balanced by ear.

ALWAYS GROWING Lalai is constantly updated with new stories, sounds and music.

MADE FOR iPHONE AND iPAD • The sleep timer counts down on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, and rests quietly in StandBy on the nightstand • A Tonight widget for the Home Screen and Lock Screen offers a story for the evening • Lock Screen and AirPods controls, and playback that carries on with the screen off • On iPad, stories open as a two-page spread and the mixer sits beside the whole library

WHAT YOU GET FREE, FOREVER • The Night Train Through the Snow, all 57 minutes of it • A free sound in every category, and free music • The mixer, the sleep timer and your saved mixes

WITH A SUBSCRIPTION • Every story, and every new one as it arrives • The whole sound library, all the music and every ready-made blend • Everything kept on your phone after the first listen, so a night with no signal still works

MADE FOR THE DARK • No bright white screens, no notifications, nothing that asks you to come back • No ads • No account, no sign-up, no email address — the app does not ask who you are • No analytics. We do not measure what you listen to. • Keeps playing with the screen off, and fades out on the timer rather than stopping dead

Lalai is for relaxation and enjoyment. It is not a medical device, and it is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent insomnia or any other condition. If poor sleep goes on for weeks, please see a doctor. Never listen while driving or operating machinery.

Subscription: monthly or yearly, each with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at the end of the trial. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within the 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel it any time in your Apple ID account settings; deleting the app does not cancel it.

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