Every story needs pages
Choose Your Story Plan
Every family deserves stories that bring them closer. Start your journey today. Start free, upgrade anytime
Prologue
First Chapter
Your story journey begins here. Create personalized stories, share with the community, and discover the magic of Once Upon a Workday.
Forever — no credit card needed
For example:
- 1 story of 10 pages
- 2 stories of 6 pages
- 3 stories of 4 pages
Chapter one
Storyteller
For families who love reading together. More stories, characters that look like YOU, and multilingual magic.
For example:
- 3 stories of 20 pages
- 9 stories of 6 pages
- 15 stories of 4 pages
Everything in First Chapter, plus:
- Record Your Voice
- Paint by numbers
- Family Viewer Slots(2)
- Story Page Rewrites(10)
- Style copies per month(1)
- Story updates per month (new looks)(1)
- Saved colorings per story(3)
- Personalized profession pictures(5)
The middle of the story
Library Pass
Full community access with more stories and unlimited character resemblance. Read, share, and discover stories from other families.
For example:
- 7 stories of 20 pages
- 21 stories of 6 pages
- 35 stories of 4 pages
Everything in Storyteller, plus:
- Sell on Amazon KDP
- Max Characters in Story(10)
- Family Viewer Slots(3)
- Story Page Rewrites(20)
- Multi-Language Stories(3)
- Style copies per month(2)
- Characters That Look Like You(10)
- Story updates per month (new looks)(4)
- Saved colorings per story(5)
- Personalized profession pictures(10)
- Profession descriptions per profession(5)
Why upgrade?
Your child sees themselves in every story
Never run out of story magic
Your voice reading every page, any time, even when you're away
Every language your family speaks
Compare plans
Every feature, side by side.
| Feature | 📖 First Chapter Free | ✨ Storyteller $9.99 | 📚 Library Pass $19.99 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illustrated pages | 12 illustrated pages, one time | 60 illustrated pages per month | 140 illustrated pages per month |
| Longest story (pages) | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Bedtime Mode | |||
| Community Library Access | |||
| Save Favorites | |||
| Publish to Library | |||
| Record Your Voice | — | ||
| AI Illustrations | |||
| Digital coloring | |||
| AI Story Generation | |||
| Family Characters | |||
| Review the words before the pictures | |||
| Rate & Review Stories | |||
| Sell on Amazon KDP | — | — | |
| Paint by numbers | — | ||
| Max Characters in Story | 10 | 5 | 10 |
| Family Viewer Slots | — | 2 | 3 |
| Story Page Rewrites | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| Multi-Language Stories | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Style copies per month | — | 1 | 2 |
| Characters That Look Like You | 10 | 3 | 10 |
| Story updates per month (new looks) | — | 1 | 4 |
| Saved colorings per story | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Personalized profession pictures | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| Profession descriptions per profession | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| KDP Kindle files | — | — | — |
| KDP paperback files | — | — | — |
Gift a plan
Give stories as a gift
Give months of a plan to a family you love. You pay once: no subscription for you, and nothing for them to pay.
- Emailed on the day you choose, or printed on a card to give by hand
- Months of Storyteller or Library Pass, paid once
- They redeem the code on their own account, with no card needed
Gift plans are sold only at onceuponaworkday.com. If anyone offers one somewhere else, it isn't from us.
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Less than a medium latte
For less than you'd pay for a coffee, you can create magical personalized stories your children will treasure forever. Every story tells them: "Even when I can't be there, I'm always thinking of you."
What a page buys
Every plan includes
Your family in the pictures
Your child by name, the people they love drawn into every page.
Coloring pages
Every story becomes something to color, on screen or on paper.
A happy ending, every time
Gentle, kid-safe stories that always end well.
- Bedtime Mode
- Community Library Access
- Save Favorites
- Publish to Library
- AI Illustrations
- Digital coloring
- AI Story Generation
- Family Characters
- Review the words before the pictures
- Rate & Review Stories
Not sure yet?
Read a whole story first
Sample stories are free to read, from the first page to the last.
Open the sample shelf