Hele for the nightstand. Turn the phone on its side and the bedside clock stands beside the toy. Widgets for StandBy, the Home Screen and the Lock Screen. Tap the toy to wind it, tap again to stop. The larger ones add the tune, next tune and Sleep mode. Ask Siri: “Play Twinkle, Twinkle on Hele”, “Play Hele for ten minutes”, “Play Hele all night”, “Stop Hele”. It works with the phone locked. The lever now stops the carousel in Sleep mode too. The toy comes up from the dark as its lamp warms. The Lock Screen shows your own carousel while it plays. The Philippines pack has a new roof: a bahay kubo’s nipa thatch. Choose it under Parents, Roof. The teal roof stays too. A Midwinter gift arrives in December: a bear in a knitted sweater, a robin, a small sleigh, a garlanded roof and Silent Night.

Hele is now free to try. Five riders, six tunes, Sleep mode, the bedside clock and the lamp are free, with no time limit, no ads and no subscriptions. The Carousel Collection: every rider and tune pack, and every new carousel pack when it arrives, in one purchase. Or buy packs one at a time. Buy any pack and the whole Workshop Book opens. Bought Hele before 2.0? Thank you. The Carousel Collection is already yours. There is nothing to do. On iPad, the parents’ panel no longer flickers in landscape.

A new look for the whole carousel. Every rider is re-carved in one wood grain, with turned wooden legs and jointed arms. The carousel has a turned center column, a grooved roof and brighter brass, and the roof now turns with the riders. Workshop Book pages turn like paper. Sleep mode starts with one tap: 15, 30 or 45 minutes, or all night. The bedside clock sits behind the toy, like the time on your Lock Screen, with the date above it. Small, Medium and Large now change its size. Controls and tips: a new page for grown-ups, showing each part of the toy. The spring winds down on the Lock Screen while the music plays. The lamp stays where you place it. The parents’ hold is shorter, with a gentle vibration as it fills. On iPad, the parents’ area opens beside the toy in landscape.

A fuller toy box for bedtime. New: the Workshop Book. A page to read aloud for every animal, with a short story, true facts and a question for your child. Open the little drawer on the toy, or find it in the parents’ area. Softer light and shadows on the wooden toy, and a lamp you can place yourself. Six tunes come with the app, up from three. Nine riders come with it too: cow, pig, sheep and dog join in. Riders appear as the sculpted wooden toys. A bedside clock, in three faces and three sizes. Sleep mode plays slower, but still a tune you know. The parents’ area fits on one screen. Optional packs, behind the parents’ hold: Forest, Savanna, Jungle, Winter and Philippines riders; Lullabies, Nursery Songs, Little Classics and Filipino Folk Songs. One-time purchases, shared with Family Sharing.