Yomi is a little cat who gets fed when kids read stories aloud. Speech recognition listens along, kids can tap any tricky word to hear it, and a simple wizard lets them make up their own stories to read back. Real stories come at three levels, so kids pick what feels right today. What's not in it: streaks, ads, accounts, or data collection. No one loses a 14-day streak at bedtime. Yomi won't teach your kid to read, it gives them a reason to practice. Ages 5–9, English & Finnish, iOS.
Hi Product Hunt. I'm Elina, and this is my second launch. 🐱
Yomi is a little cat who loves being read to. Kids read stories out loud, Yomi listens (speech recognition), and every word feeds the cat a little. Tomorrow Yomi is hungry again.
I'm a designer, and I've spent years building educational tools with teachers. In a workshop with first- and second-grade teachers, one question kept coming back: why do some kids freeze when asked to read aloud, even when they can read just fine on their own? A few months later my own kid was doing exactly that, reading silently, refusing to read aloud to anyone. I didn't want to force it. I wanted to build her somewhere safe to practise.
The apps I tried first made it worse, not better: streaks that made bedtime stressful, fire emojis that made her feel bad for taking a day off.
So Yomi deliberately has:
– no streaks (nobody should lose a 14-day streak at bedtime) – no ads – no accounts, no data collection – no leaderboards, no coins, no levels for the kid, only the cat, who is happy today because you read to it
To be honest about what it is: Yomi won't teach your kid to read. Teachers and parents do that. Yomi just gives kids a reason to want the practice, real stories at three levels, tap a word to hear it, and a little wizard for making up your own stories to read back.
It's on iOS in English and Finnish. I'd love to hear from parents here: what made reading practice work (or not work) at your house?
This is genuinely adorable haha. I can totally see kids getting weirdly invested in making sure the little cat gets fed every night. Such a fun way to make reading feel less like homework. Congrats on the launch! @elina_patjas
I've been thinking (and reading) a lot about the literacy crisis recently, so this is well-timed. I can't wait to check it out and introduce it to my nephews! Congrats on your launch 🎉
@elina_patjas This is going to end up being the first kids focused app I've seen launch here that I actually download and use with my son. I really love the lack of gamification in this. Like you said, my kid does not need the stress of trying to keep a streak alive when it's bedtime haha.
To your question of what's worked: my son really likes when I ask follow up questions after we read. And from my side, I've found that it really helps to actually get him engaged with what we're reading when he knows we're going to talk about it afterwards. So there being comprehension checks in this is going to be a big hit.
I really appreciate seeing something like this that's actually useful for kids and doesn't have a bunch of bs packed into it. Excited to try it out!
Great idea for an app! Any technology that helps kids with reading and getting practice pronouncing words is super helpful. Some ideas for future iterations could be adding pictures to the books somehow, or possibly having Yomi meow/say some phrases to come alive even more. Keep up the great work!
Brilliant! I have a 10yo who struggles with reading. I’m eager to get her started. Well done!!
So clever to give rewards to kids for good habits and this genuinely makes it exciting for kids. Very creative!
Hi Elina, I'm not a parent, yet, but I love this. The design and graphics are amazing. Good luck with the launch.
About Yomi on Product Hunt
“A little cat who loves being read to”
Yomi launched on Product Hunt on August 27th, 2026 and earned 147 upvotes and 26 comments, placing #7 on the daily leaderboard. Yomi is a little cat who gets fed when kids read stories aloud. Speech recognition listens along, kids can tap any tricky word to hear it, and a simple wizard lets them make up their own stories to read back. Real stories come at three levels, so kids pick what feels right today. What's not in it: streaks, ads, accounts, or data collection. No one loses a 14-day streak at bedtime. Yomi won't teach your kid to read, it gives them a reason to practice. Ages 5–9, English & Finnish, iOS.
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Elina Patjas
Hi Product Hunt. I'm Elina, and this is my second launch. 🐱
Yomi is a little cat who loves being read to. Kids read stories out loud, Yomi listens (speech recognition), and every word feeds the cat a little. Tomorrow Yomi is hungry again.
I'm a designer, and I've spent years building educational tools with teachers. In a workshop with first- and second-grade teachers, one question kept coming back: why do some kids freeze when asked to read aloud, even when they can read just fine on their own? A few months later my own kid was doing exactly that, reading silently, refusing to read aloud to anyone. I didn't want to force it. I wanted to build her somewhere safe to practise.
The apps I tried first made it worse, not better: streaks that made bedtime stressful, fire emojis that made her feel bad for taking a day off.
So Yomi deliberately has:
– no streaks (nobody should lose a 14-day streak at bedtime)
– no ads
– no accounts, no data collection
– no leaderboards, no coins, no levels for the kid, only the cat, who is happy today because you read to it
To be honest about what it is: Yomi won't teach your kid to read. Teachers and parents do that. Yomi just gives kids a reason to want the practice, real stories at three levels, tap a word to hear it, and a little wizard for making up your own stories to read back.
It's on iOS in English and Finnish. I'd love to hear from parents here: what made reading practice work (or not work) at your house?