One MoreBook

A grown-up’s voice, on the shelf.

One More Book lets you photograph a real picture book, record yourself reading it, and hand the phone to a child who can tap the cover and hear you — at bedtime, in the car, or on a night when you are not there.

How it works

Photograph the cover. The camera shows exactly the slice of the book that will become the tile on the shelf.
Say who is reading. Mom, Dad, Grandma, Aunt — or type any name. You can add a photo of their face so a child who cannot read yet still knows whose voice it is.
Read the book out loud. Tap pause if you are interrupted; tapping record again carries on the same reading. Nothing is lost.
Hand it over. The child sees a shelf of covers and nothing else. Tapping one starts the reading. No words to read, no menus, no way out of the app.

What it does

Repeat. A book can play over and over on its own, with a pause between readings — which is usually what gets a child to sleep.
Bedtime stop. A sleep timer from 5 minutes to 8 hours, or “stop when this reading ends”. It fades out gently rather than cutting off.
More than one voice. The same book can hold readings from several people. The child picks whose voice they want.
Grown-up gate. Recording, deleting, sharing and settings all sit behind a spelled-out sum a young child cannot answer.
Hand it over. One tap hides everything except the bookshelf and the playing screen.
iCloud. Optional. Recordings can live in your own iCloud Drive, so a new phone or iPad finds them when you sign in.
Works offline. Everything is on the device. There is no account, no sign-up and nothing to load.

Common questions

Where do my recordings go?

Onto your own device, and — if you switch iCloud on in Settings — into your own iCloud Drive, which only you can open. They are never sent to the developer or to anyone else. You can find the whole folder yourself in the Files app and copy it anywhere you like.

I got a new phone and my books are gone.

Recordings move between devices only when “Keep books in iCloud” is switched on, in Settings, and you are signed in to the same iCloud account on both devices with iCloud Drive turned on. If it was off on the old phone, the recordings are still in that phone’s backup — restoring that backup brings them back.

How much does it cost?

The first six books are free. One purchase of $2.99 unlocks as many books as you like, forever — there is no subscription. Adding another person’s voice to a book you already have is always free, and nothing you have already recorded ever stops working.

I paid, but a new phone says the shelf is full.

Open Settings in the app and tap Restore a previous purchase. The purchase is tied to your Apple Account, so it follows you — and it is shared with your family through Family Sharing.

Can I stop my child leaving the app?

Yes, and this is a feature of iOS rather than of this app, so it is properly locked. Open the iOS Settings app, go to Accessibility, then Guided Access, and switch it on. Set a passcode there. Then open One More Book and triple-click the side button. Triple-click again and enter the passcode to let them out.

Is it on iPad?

Yes. The same app runs on iPhone and iPad, and the shelf and playing screen lay themselves out for the larger screen.

Does it read the book to my child by itself?

No, and that is the point. There is no synthetic voice and no stock narration. The only voice a child ever hears is one of yours.

Get in touch

A question, a problem, or an idea for the app — all welcome.

hershapplications@gmail.com

If something has gone wrong, it helps to say which device you are on, which version of iOS, and whether iCloud is switched on in the app’s Settings.