Case study · Client name withheld

Bedtime Nursery Rhymes App

Classic nursery rhymes with complete lyrics and their origins, for bedtime

The client wanted a practical digital companion for bedtime songs: a collection of classic nursery rhymes that is always to hand, more convenient than a book. Our team developed the iPhone app — complete lyrics for every rhyme, a soft design that works in dim light, and the origins and anecdotes behind selected rhymes.

The recreated nursery rhymes app: the lyrics of Au clair de la lune on parchment with a moon, quill and candle drawing and round buttons below, shown with verses of À la claire fontaine or with the Sommaire list and the rhyme's origin page
Screens recreated from the delivered app with neutral naming and traditional rhymes as example content.
Client
Children's books and media
Platforms
iOS
Our scope
Mobile app development

The product

What it does, and for whom

Parents often remember only the first verse of a rhyme. The app keeps every verse, opens any rhyme from a contents list or picks one at random, and adds a short history to selected rhymes — a gentle, informative resource for a calm bedtime routine. The app's content is in French.

Scope The rhyme collection, illustrations and texts are the client's. Our work was the mobile app. To keep the client confidential, the screens on this page are recreated from the delivered app with neutral naming, simple original illustrations and traditional public-domain rhymes as example content.

Our contribution

What our team built

  1. Mobile app development

    The iPhone app: the contents list with free and locked rhymes, the lyrics pages, the origin pages, the random-rhyme button and the play control.

User flow

Bedtime, one rhyme at a time

From the contents to the words and the story behind them.

Recreated screens of the app in order, left to right: pick a rhyme; read the words; learn its origin
Screens recreated from the delivered app, in the order of the steps below. Numbered markers match the steps below.
  1. Pick a rhyme

    The illustrated contents list.

  2. Read the words

    Full lyrics on a page of their own.

  3. Learn its origin

    For selected rhymes, where the rhyme comes from.

The product in use

Inside the app

  1. A contents list of rhymes

    The rhymes are listed with a small illustration, the title and the opening line. Some open straight away; others show a lock. A round button at the bottom picks a rhyme at random, and an information button leads to the about page.

    Recreated teal Sommaire list with a round shuffle button at the bottom, and an enlarged panel of its six traditional rhymes, from À la claire fontaine, Au clair de la lune and Frère Jacques to Il pleut, bergère, each with a small drawing and opening line, the first two with arrows and the rest with locks
    Opening screen and the contents list. Close-ups on phones: tap any image for the full screen.
  2. Full lyrics and the story behind them

    Each rhyme opens with an illustration and its complete lyrics, chorus in italics. For selected rhymes a second page tells where the song comes from, with dates and anecdotes.

    Recreated teal origin page for Au clair de la lune with a close button and a small moon and candle drawing, and an enlarged panel of its text explaining that the song is an 18th-century French folk song, that Pierrot comes from the commedia dell'arte, and that it was recorded on a phonautograph in 1860
    A rhyme's lyrics and its origin page. Close-ups on phones: tap any image for the full screen.
  3. Random rhyme

    On every rhyme the large centre button jumps to another rhyme at random. A smaller button on the right shows a play or stop symbol.

    Recreated screen for À la claire fontaine with a drawing of a fountain and buttons for origins, random rhyme and stop at the bottom, and an enlarged panel of the first verse, the italic chorus and the second verse
    A rhyme with the random-rhyme button. Close-ups on phones: tap any image for the full screen.

About these images: the screens are recreated from the delivered app for this case study, with neutral naming in place of the client's brand, simple original illustrations, and traditional public-domain rhymes as example content. They follow the app's real screens and functions, but they are not screenshots of it.

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