Educator-led by design
The educator supplies the observation, chooses the curriculum mode and settings, reviews the output, edits wording, and decides what is accurate enough to share.
FAQ
Questions educators ask before using StoryLoop.
StoryLoop is built as an educator support tool, not a replacement for teacher thinking. These answers explain how it works and where educator judgement remains central.
Start with what actually happened: one action, quote, attempt, change, or question. A polished observation is never required.
StoryLoop drafts and checks. The educator reviews, edits, decides what is true, and chooses whether anything is shared.
Reviewed 23 September 2026 · Written by Leo, who builds StoryLoop, in Ōtautahi Christchurch
Flexible across NZ and Australia
Use New Zealand mode for Te Whāriki or Australian mode for EYLF. Settings can be changed per story or saved as defaults.
Voice notes and typed notes both work
Live microphone recording is available in supported browsers. If it is blocked or unavailable, the app keeps the typing and audio-upload fallback visible.
FAQ
Straight answers for educators.
What is StoryLoop?+
StoryLoop is an ECE documentation tool that drafts learning stories from real educator observations, voice notes, or bullet points.
Does StoryLoop replace educator thinking?+
No. StoryLoop supports drafting and structure, while educators remain responsible for observation, interpretation, reflection and final editing.
Can I edit the generated stories?+
Yes. Generated stories can be edited immediately, saved in history, copied, exported, and regenerated from the original observation.
Does it support Te Whāriki?+
Yes. NZ mode supports Te Whāriki strands, learning outcome ideas, dispositions, next steps, and optional Kōwhiti Whakapae or Tapasā lenses.
Does it support EYLF?+
Yes. Australia mode supports EYLF V2.0 learning outcomes and keeps links grounded in the observed learning.
Can I use voice notes?+
Yes. Supported browsers can request microphone access. If live recording is not available, you can type bullet points or upload an audio file.
How many stories are free?+
The free plan includes 3 stories per month.
Is it suitable for new educators?+
Yes. It supports structure and wording while still requiring educator review.
Is it suitable for experienced educators?+
Yes. Experienced educators can use it to speed up the first draft and then apply their own judgement and local context.
Does it create generic AI stories?+
StoryLoop is designed to avoid generic AI phrasing by grounding every story in the educator's observation and making curriculum links specific.
Do I need to write a learning story every day?+
No. A captured moment can become a story, be held for planning, or be archived. Not every observation needs formal documentation, and StoryLoop is built around that judgement.
What is Today Loop?+
Today Loop is a daily observation inbox. It surfaces up to three prompts from your own unfinished moments, open next steps and story history, then lets you capture a real moment and decide later whether it needs a story, a planning response, or nothing.
Can StoryLoop replace Storypark or Educa?+
For learning stories, yes: writing, checking, following each child's learning and sharing with families. It does not replace attendance, incident, consent, billing or regulatory record systems, or host a family photo feed yet.
What about children's privacy?+
Your observations are not used to train AI models. StoryLoop never keeps children's voice recordings. Wall cards shared with families carry no names, photographs or dates. Nothing is shared until you choose to.
What does a centre plan cost?+
Centre Starter covers up to 10 educators and unlimited children for NZ$109 or A$99 a month. Centre Growth covers up to 25 educators for NZ$219 or A$199. There is no per-child fee, and plans start with a 7-day free trial.
Will it put words in the child's mouth?+
Never. A child's quoted words are kept exactly as you wrote them, spelling and all, because how a two-year-old actually said it is the evidence. If you did not record a quote, the story does not invent one.
Will it make things up that I did not see?+
Interpretation is allowed; invention is not. Drafts stay anchored to your observation, and anything the note does not support is raised as an assumption for you to confirm rather than written in as fact.
What happens with sensitive or difficult moments?+
Every draft is scanned before you see it. Diagnosis language, other children's identifying details, sensitive family information, and physical safety incidents are flagged for your review against your own centre's process.
Will every story sound the same?+
They are written to read one of a kind. Run the same note twice and you get two genuinely different stories, because a folder of near-identical documentation helps nobody.
Am I locked in?+
No. Your stories stay yours, editable and exportable into the format your centre already uses. Cancel whenever you like and everything you have written stays in your account.