Personalized stories for adults

Stories made for where you are — and where you want to go.Stories for the moment you’re in.

Create a story for the moment you’re in — entertaining, calming, personal or in a language you want to practice. Read it, listen to it, or do both.Entertaining, calming, personal — or in a language you want to practice.

♡ Made for your mood▤ Read ◉ Read & listen◉ Listen ◎ 15 story languages◎ 15 languages
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Why Sioma

One app, different reasons to come back.

Sioma is a personalized story app for adults, with stories to read, listen to or use for language practice. About Sioma.

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Entertainment

Cozy mysteries, adventures, fables, short stories and more.

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Winding down

Something calmer when you want the day to feel a little quieter.

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Sleep

Bedtime-friendly stories with narration and a sleep timer.

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Personal topics

Let themes like clarity or new beginnings gently shape the story — only when you want them to.

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Language learning

Experience stories in another language at a level that feels right for you.

Start quickly — or make it truly yours.

Choose how much you want to decide.

Quick Start

One choice. Sioma takes it from there.

☾Sleep
❧Relaxation
♡Comfort
☀Clarity
◉Reflection
ϟEnergy
✦Playfulness
⌛Just drift away
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Cozy Mystery at the Harbor

A quiet mystery in a small coastal town.

Cozy Mystery15 minGerman
▢ Read◉ Listen▣ Read & listen
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Individual Story

Five steps. More control.

1 Story
2 Mood
3 Frame
4 Details
5 Ready
1. Story — What kind of story?
Cozy mysteryFeel-good storyBedtime storyAdventureInner journeyFairy taleShort story
Optional personal focus
Clarity & boundariesSelf-acceptanceNew beginnings+ more
MoodCalm, reflective, sleep-friendly
Frame5–10 min, German, B1–B2, setting & people
DetailsPerspective, story arc, ending, series & exclusions
Read it. Hear it. Or do both.

The same story can fit different moments.

Choose how you connect with a story — in the way that suits your mood, your moment and your day.

Read

A focused reader, calm themes and comfortable reading settings.

Listen

Choose a narrator that fits the mood. Use Loop and Sleep timer.

Read & listen

Follow along with the text while the narration plays.

Listening mode

Die Hüttenschuhe
am Abend

by Sioma
07:3218:04
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NarratorEmma⌄
LoopOn ●
Sleep timer30 min⌄
Audio stays with the story for replay in Sioma.
Translation reader
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Languages

Stories in 15 languages.

The story itself can be delivered in any of these 15 languages. Explore language-learning stories.

EnglishGermanFrenchSpanishPortuguese (PT)Portuguese (BR)ItalianCatalanDutchDanishSwedishNorwegianPolishTurkishRomanian+ 9 more

Translation help, paragraph by paragraph.

While you read, translation help can appear for the paragraph you’re on. Choose any of the 15 supported story languages for the help you need.

Stories that continue

Some stories are worth coming back to.

Save the ones you love, return to familiar worlds, discover something similar or let a story continue.

Favorites

Keep the stories that felt right.

Your library

Find what you’ve read, listened to or created before.

More like this

Discover something similar — or deliberately different.

Series

Return to familiar characters and story worlds.

Your story. Your moment.

Find a story that fits where you are.

Start with one simple choice — or shape the details yourself.

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