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24 alternatives to FOLD – a platform for reading and creating modular, multimedia stories

A reading, authoring, and publishing platform allowing storytellers to structure and contextualize stories.

FOLD is a platform for reading, authoring, and publishing stories that can incorporate multiple media formats. It enables storytellers to structure narratives in modular sections and provide context for their work. The… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. FOLD – a platform for reading and creating modular, multimedia stories launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Medium▲409

    Everyone's stories, now w/ an inline editor, tags & stream

    2015 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi, I made a thing! This is by far the most work I've ever sunk into a side project; I've been working on this thing for over two years, and I'm super proud of it, even though there's still a lot more to do! Storyteller is a self-hosted platform for ebooks with synced narration. This is basically self-hosted WhisperSync, for anyone familiar with that Amazon product. It's currently made up of two self-hostable backend systems and a mobile app for reading and listening to the books it produces. Technically it uses an open spec, EPUB 3's "Media Overlay", for syncing the narration, but very few…

    2023 · smoores.gitlab.io · its alternatives →

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    FOLD▲1

    Publishing platform for creating modular, multimedia stories

    2015 · readfold.com · its alternatives →

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    ReadKidz▲388

    One-stop multimedia children's stories creation platform

    2024 · readkidz.com · its alternatives →

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    TypeFuse▲121

    A publishing platform where you can read & share articles

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    A new type of story on Medium

    2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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    Tome Beta▲697

    The storytelling tool for work

    2022 · tome.app · its alternatives →

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    The new storytelling format for work and important ideas

    2022 · tome.app · its alternatives →

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    The Swiss Army Knife for storytelling

    2018 · getbedtimestories.com · its alternatives →

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    Contribute to stories, one patch at a time

    2024 · story-patch.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    The simple creator tool for ‘how-to’ stories

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Shelf▲135

    A better way for teams to manage & share files, links & more

    2017 · shelf.io · its alternatives →

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    Transforming research into stories, insights & audio

    2024 · jotlify.com · its alternatives →

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    Stories▲169

    Master complex materials through short daily stories.

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Stories & stacks behind beautifully crafted apps

    2025 · appstacks.club · its alternatives →

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    Read, write and publish stories and book series

    2022 · getinkspired.com · its alternatives →

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    Write and publish stories, poems & more for free

    2023 · storybook.app · its alternatives →

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    You have a great idea, great access, and even great footage, but you are still looking to bring it all together as a story…

    2019 · storytime.dev · its alternatives →

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    Forgeon▲122

    Create, publish, and experience interactive stories

    Jul 2026 · forgeon.art · its alternatives →

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    Story3▲72

    Interactive text-based metaverse platform

    2023 · story3.com · its alternatives →

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    Stories with folder structures & graph views.

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Language learning, one story at a time

    Mar 2026 · lingofable.com · its alternatives →

  24. 24NP

    Hey HN! I’m Shaun, and I started the Narratives Project (https://www.narrativesproject.com/), a non-profit that presents divisive news events as contrasting narratives to show why people disagree. Our goal is to lower people’s distress about the news and animosity towards those they disagree with. Our current news media system incites instead of informs. On-the-ground reporting has been replaced by armchair journalism, most people are locked in viewpoint silos that are occasionally penetrated by the worst of the other side, and the entire system is in an escalating panic about…

    2022 · its alternatives →

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