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24 alternatives to Writing Prompts Reader

Bite-sized short stories

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Writing Prompts Reader launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Yarn▲97

   Addicting short stories

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Prompts▲109

   Build a better writing habit

   2014 · getprompts.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   20lines▲83

   Sharable user-gen short stories

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   60dB▲104

   Today's best short audio stories

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Phone Stories▲73

   Call to hear a short story for a specific moment in life.

   2016 · popupmagazine.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hooked▲173

   Fiction in the form of text messages

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Sstories▲92

   Short-fiction stories for busy people

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   few minutes▲70

   Popular stories, sorted for your available time

   2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   TaleHunt▲113

   Start reading tiny tales on your mobile

   2016 · talehunt.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Classies▲89

    The mobile library with thousands of classic short stories

    2017 · cognitivebits.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Random Tiny Stories▲81

    Collaborative story telling on twitter

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    60dB▲94

    Brings you today's best short audio stories

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    WriteTheScene▲67

    Realtime storytelling with strangers

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Grelfie▲63

    Weave short stories as a GIF with you and friends

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Storybird▲77

    Visual storytelling and poetry writing

    2014 · storybird.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Morning Short▲173

    One amazing short story, every morning, in your inbox

    2015 · morningshort.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Penflip▲119

    A social writing platform

    2013 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Help Me Write▲94

    Get your audience to help you decide what to write about.

    2013 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Story Wars▲83

    Writing stories together

    2014 · storywars.net · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Librify▲76

    Reading with friends

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    5 Minute Reader▲97

    A simple app to read a different short story everyday.

    2019 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    TaleAStory▲69

    Create short stories with friends, one sentence at a time

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    StoryTime.us▲87

    Create stories told one line at a time

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    WeWrite▲90

    Crowdsourced Storytelling

    2014 · 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 →