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The one app for life with a toddler.

Little Helper puts the tools parents reach for every day into one calm, simple app. A locked photo gallery, a rise and shine clock, a noise machine, finger painting, alphabet tracing and illustrated stories. No account, no adverts, and nothing leaves your phone.

Coming soon toGoogle Play Coming soon to theApp Store
  • PEGI 3
  • No data collected
  • Follows Google Play's Families policy

Why we built it

We built the app we wanted at 5am.

As new parents, we found a lot of things overwhelming and expensive. A wake-up clock for the bedroom. A white noise machine. Hiding the camera roll from small fingers. Apps playing adverts next to a sleeping toddler.

Little Helper is a small toolkit, not a big platform. A few things done simply, so you're not juggling lots of different apps at bedtime.

Coppice Family Studios

Instead ofIn Little Helper
A plug-in toddler sleep clockRise & Shine Clock
A white noise machineNoise Machine
Handing over your camera rollPhoto Playpen
Crayons on the wallsFinger Paint
Alphabet flashcardsAlphabet Painting
The same three bedtime booksStory Time
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Watch

See it in 70 seconds.

A quick tour of every tool, filmed on a real phone. Jump straight to the part you care about.

  1. Meet Little Helper
  2. Photo playpen
  3. Grown-ups-only lock
  4. Rise & Shine clock
  5. Noise machine
  6. Story Time
  7. Finger and alphabet painting
  8. Your settings

What's inside

Six tools. One calm home screen.

Each tile solves a moment most parents know well.

A family photo filling the locked gallery screen

Waiting rooms and long journeys

Photo Playpen

Pick the photos, then hand over the phone. Your toddler can swipe freely but can't delete, share, call anyone or leave the screen.

The sleepy moon screen of the Rise and Shine Clock

The 5am wake-up

Rise & Shine Clock

A sleepy moon means stay in bed. A bright sun means it's time to get up. Set a wake-up time once and the sun appears on its own. An affordable way to try a bedtime clock before buying one.

The dark noise machine screen with a play sound button

Naps and bedtime

Noise Machine

Sleepy sounds in one tap, with a dimmable dark screen that doubles as a nightlight. Set how long it plays. No ads, ever.

The finger paint canvas with a row of colours

Rainy afternoons

Finger Paint

Colours and marks with just a finger. A locked area to make a mess, without the mess.

The alphabet screen celebrating b is for banana

First letters

Alphabet Painting

Trace each letter with a finger, then see what it stands for. b is for banana. One letter at a time, a to z.

The Story Time library filtered by read length and age

Bedtime stories

Story Time

An expanding collection of illustrated children's stories, sorted by read length and age. Created by people, never AI.

The grown-ups only screen asking an adult to type three numbers to leave

Peace of mind

Set up by grown-ups. Locked for little ones.

Grown-ups-only exit

To leave a locked screen, an adult types the numbers shown. Easy for you, a puzzle for a toddler.

Only the tiles you want

Turn any tool on or off in Settings and it disappears from your child's home screen. Adjust wake-up times and noise duration in the same place.

Your photos stay yours

You choose exactly which photos appear in the gallery. Nothing is uploaded and we never see them.

No account, no adverts

Nothing to sign into. No analytics, advertising or tracking tools in the app.

Read the Little Helper privacy statement →

Follow along

Tips, updates and new stories.

Little Helper is coming soon

Launching soon on Android and iPhone.

Coming soon toGoogle Play Coming soon to theApp Store

Questions or feedback? Email hello@coppicestudios.com