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24 alternatives to Yarn

Addicting 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. Yarn launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   YARN Stories▲68

   String YARNS together to tell a story

   2016 · getyarn.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Yarn▲126

   Create custom video stories

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Writing Prompts Reader▲65

   Bite-sized short stories

   2017 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   60dB▲104

   Today's best short audio stories

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Story!▲64

   Community Driven Story Writing

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hooked▲173

   Fiction in the form of text messages

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Yarn▲5

   Read and write interactive story games

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Classies▲89

   The mobile library with thousands of classic short stories

   2017 · cognitivebits.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   20lines▲83

   Sharable user-gen short stories

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    60dB▲94

    Brings you today's best short audio stories

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Random Tiny Stories▲81

    Collaborative story telling on twitter

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Hooked 2.0▲140

    Tell a story through text messages

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    TaleHunt▲113

    Start reading tiny tales on your mobile

    2016 · talehunt.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Grelfie▲63

    Weave short stories as a GIF with you and friends

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Radish▲90

    Hundreds of stories at your fingertips

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Oddysey▲81

    A simple way to weave interactive stories

    2014 · cartodb.github.io · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Story Wars▲83

    Writing stories together

    2014 · storywars.net · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Tapestry 3.0▲77

    Tappable stories

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    DataMaid▲143

    Storytelling for busy people.

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Storybird▲77

    Visual storytelling and poetry writing

    2014 · storybird.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Tales Untold▲128

    Smart stories for smart kids (and smart parents, too).

    2015 · talesuntold.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    TaleAStory▲69

    Create short stories with friends, one sentence at a time

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Wheel▲108

    Themed video stories with the world

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Limitless Stories▲90

    Stitch videos together in a single story

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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