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24 alternatives to TextStory

Immersive stories in text format

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1. 1
   Medium Series▲507

   A new type of story on Medium

   2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hooked 2.0▲140

   Tell a story through text messages

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   TextingStory▲114

   Write chat stories and save as video

   2017 · textingstory.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Hooked▲173

   Fiction in the form of text messages

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Horror Chat Stories▲4

   Horror Chat Stories: Interactive Scary Text Adventures

   Aug 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Stories▲169

   Master complex materials through short daily stories.

   2018 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   WrittenRealms – a modern platform for text-based games▲200

   2021 · writtenrealms.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   LURE 2.0▲98

   Addictive text stories presented in a fun way!

   2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Text Chat Animator▲321

   Create GIF and video that simulate messaging apps

   2022 · chat-animator.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Storyly 2.0▲330

    Engage users with interactive storytelling inside your app

    2020 · storyly.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    ChatGenie▲196

    Talk to any character, dead or alive, real or made up

    2023 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Immersive▲60

    Create and publish beautiful Medium-like stories

    2014 · immersive.sh · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Medium for Android▲173

    Read, recommend, highlight, & respond to stories on Android

    2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Choicetory▲83

    Interactive Halloween stories

    2021 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Story!▲64

    Community Driven Story Writing

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Story3▲72

    Interactive text-based metaverse platform

    2023 · story3.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Hello Literature▲174

    Talk with book characters and writers with AI

    2024 · helloliterature.ai · its alternatives →

18. 18
    WriteTheScene▲67

    Realtime storytelling with strangers

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    LingoBites▲89

    Learn languages through stories

    2017 · lingobites.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Texting Story Creator – Fake Chat Fun▲4

    Create texts, chats & stories with endless customization!

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Lingofable▲107

    Language learning, one story at a time

    Mar 2026 · lingofable.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Textingway▲103

    Create a blog with one text message (seriously)

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The User’s Journey: Storymapping Products That People Love▲71

    How can we use story to improve quality of user engagement?

    2016 · rosenfeldmedia.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    NarrativeText▲74

    Data science notebooks turned into newsletters and tutorials

    2021 · narrativetext.co · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →