# Auctor: Character Generator — user reviews > 44 indexed App Store user reviews of Auctor by Ruben Ramirez, rated 4.37/5 from 414 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/auctor-character-generator/id1443796451/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/auctor-character-generator/id1443796451.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 264 · 4★ 91 · 3★ 25 · 2★ 16 · 1★ 18 ## What do users think of Auctor? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Well-organized and smooth app functionality - 💡 Helpful character creation prompts and questions - 📝 Great for building characters and developing stories - 🎯 Useful for creative writing and worldbuilding - ✨ Versatile for OCs, fanfiction, and original stories - 🧠 Encourages creative thinking and writing confidence - 📊 Good format for character and book design **Cons** - ❌ Poor grammar and spelling throughout the app - 🐛 Character images not displaying or unable to add new ones - 🔒 Limited projects and characters without premium - 💰 Monthly subscription model frustrating for users - ❌ Cannot edit character information after saving - 🐛 App freezes or crashes on certain devices - ❌ Pronoun inconsistencies in character challenges - ⚠️ No customer support or contact method available - 🐛 Premium purchase functionality broken on some devices - ❌ Gender options limited and not inclusive - 🐛 Frequent app crashes before saving work **Commonly reported bugs** - App freezes when switching between portrait and landscape mode - Character images not visible or unable to add pictures - Project images not displaying - App crashes on loading screen after updates - Cannot proceed past character creation screen - Premium subscription button non-functional - Ad-watching option for premium doesn't work - Character information won't save properly - App kicks users out before saving work - Outline feature unclickable/non-functional - Cannot access project information, redirects to characters - Pronoun references incorrect in character challenges - Fields changed don't save after editing **Most requested features** - Auto-save functionality when navigating away - In-app autocorrect for keyboard input - Ability to edit characters after saving - Color-coded outline boxes for organization - More in-depth character creation questions - World-building and government building features - Avatar maker tool - Lifetime premium option or one-time payment - Data recovery/cloud backup system - Custom gender field instead of dropdown menu - Picture upload and display functionality - Ability to delete projects - More flexible project and character limits - Better navigation and intuitive interface ## Newest reviews (17 of 44) ### 4/5 — Pretty good *2023-07-02* Overall, the app is great. From what I can tell, everything runs smoothly and it's very well organized. However, the grammar is not good. (Even though I only noticed in the "Challenges" section in the character creation.) It seems like maybe it was put through Google Translate and wasn't checked for errors? In some places, I couldn't understand what teh question was because it was worded and punctuated so poorly. This wouldn't be as big of a deal if it wasn't an app made for writers. But, this does not mean that the app is bad. It could just benefit from some edits and fixes. ### 4/5 — Great app! *2023-04-10* Hi I love ur app, it’s helped me create many characters and just making me a bit more creative kinda. There is something I noticed thou, When I was doing the challenges part of the app, I was creating a female character, and the questions kept referring to her as a him, I don’t know if this happened to anybody else, and I know it’s not that big of a deal. But I still fully recommend this app to anyone else. ### 3/5 — Needs to allow to make more projects *2021-11-21, version 2.7.1* This app is great and I love it! But it only lets me make so many characters and so many projects. It’s sad this makes me not want to us it since in the future I have to get rid of a old project since I have a apple iPad under parents account ### 4/5 — One problem *2021-11-18, version 2.7.1* I really love this app for keeping track of my characters! Only thing is my pictures of the characters are no longer visible and I can't add a new picture. ### 4/5 — Developer! Need ur help *2021-10-24, version 2.7.1* I have about 12 characters but only one picture of the character is visible and also my project picture I can’t see I try opening the app over and over but doesn’t work. I really love this app but pls fix this ### 4/5 — Love it But *2021-10-23, version 2.7.1* I love it a lot! It has helped but when I went to upgrade to premium it wouldn’t let me and so now I have to save my other stories somewhere else until it’s fixed ### 4/5 — Great for many different reasons *2021-09-19, version 2.7.1* You can use this for OC’s based off of shows you like, stories your writing, or to create your own world. My friend has used this for some time, and she uses it to document people in her life for writing purposes. I can’t think of anything I would want to change. It would be cool if it came with an avatar maker but I know how hard that can be so I won’t hold you to it. ### 4/5 — More detail *2021-08-10, version 2.7.1* This is a very good format for character and book design, but I feel the forms should have more in-depth questions or something a long those line. I also think it should have a world building, government building or other similar things for those writing books that are not biased in the real world. ### 3/5 — Premium? *2021-07-13, version 2.7.1* I’m trying to subscribe to premium but it won’t let me. Otherwise good app ### 3/5 — I have one question *2021-07-05, version 2.7.1* I can’t seem to see the info for my project and it keeps sending me to my characters, is there a way to fix that? ### 3/5 — What’s the deal with the bad grammar????? *2021-07-02, version 2.7.1* It’s so awful and I can’t understand half the things they are saying. For example: Or he just want to survive. Or another example: Now, finally the person he knows it’s here. you will include his friend into the conversation or he will be happy that finally there is somebody to talk to. ### 4/5 — Great app. 1 suggestion and 1 question *2021-06-15, version 2.7.1* It’s a great app and has helped me a lot already with figuring out my story. I do have a suggestion. In the outline it would be nice if I could change the color of the boxes. That way I could make all my act 1 boxes one color while having my act 2 & act 3 boxes another. Not a big deal just something that I think would help organize the outline a little better. Also I currently have 2 projects and wanted to create a third but it says I need to pay for the premium. Reading the message it gives the option of either paying $2.99 a month or watching an ad but it won’t let me watch the ad. ### 4/5 — Problem.. *2020-10-26, version 2.7.1* It was working wonderfully, it really does help, and it reminds me to make some coffee, but, after the new update, I can’t get past the loading screen, I have no idea what’s going on, but this app deserves a 4-star review anyway :) ### 4/5 — One problem *2020-08-13, version 2.4* This app is the best app I can use when creating putting my character information in and I would highly recommend it. It helps me come up with some ideas for more of their past. Especially since this one update that let me add more information about the character(s).The only problem is that I can edit the character info even after I save it, but not any of the challenges that are given. Other than that, again, I would FULLY recommend this app. 😊 **Developer response:** Oops! I will fix it this week! Thanks for the support ### 3/5 — This is a pretty good app *2020-07-07, version 1.2* I would rate it higher, but once you save a character, you can’t change it! It has most of the relevant information needed to build a character, but I need to be able to change my character! Please fix this feature! ### 4/5 — Little things *2020-04-13, version 1.2* This is something that bugged me a little. but transgender isn’t a separate gender, and one of my characters are non-binary. And the app kept kicking me out before I saved... if those were fixed, I’d rate it higher. (This bit is for people having problems) The character can be made after, you add the story. you just have to click on the story, then the + at the bottom right. ### 4/5 — Save option *2020-03-22, version 1.2* I REALLY like the app! My comics call for a bunch of side and main side characters so it's a cool thing for background starters. But PLEASE add a save feature to the character prompts (;-;) I'd give it five stars if that happened ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Nice but needs some improvement *2020-10-23, version 2.7.1* I love this app but when you added the premium to the app it ruined it .like and when making characters theirs a option to add a picture but it doesn’t work I tried multiple times but still it doesn’t work.I understand the premium thing but we should be able to make more books than just to with or without premium I hope you can take my thoughts in consideration ### 1/5 — Character generator does not work *2020-04-12, version 1.2* I like the writing prompts but the character generator does not work. ### 1/5 — False advertisement *2020-03-14, version 1.2* There’s only a place to jot down a plot summary asking for genre and a title. No random generator. No character lists as was supposedly suppose to be there. A few writing prompts and a weekly competition. Maybe no one has been in charge of this app for awhile but I do not recommend. At all. Would rate a 0 if I could. ### 1/5 — IT DOESN’T WORK *2019-12-26, version 1.2* This app is hard to work. Not what i expected ### 1/5 — Really? *2019-07-20, version 1.2* It won't let me enter a project name ### 1/5 — Very cool app *2019-05-29, version 1.1* Very useful app, it gives you lots of ideas, prompts, stories, I use it a lot, however I have a problem with the saving, it gives you the option of saving a prompt, or character, but once you do you can’t changes to it or add new information, but if you don’t save it then it gets deleted, can this is fixed please? ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2019-04-18, version 1.1* There’s a screen called character workshop, but it just asks me to create a project, even though it shows the project I created on the same page. No character anything. ### 2/5 — Shouldn’t be a monthly subscription app, imo *2022-11-15, version 2.7.1* It’s a decent app, but you have to pay a monthly subscription to share it, so how can you export your work otherwise? And you are limited in projects and characters, it says, so you would have to delete a project without exporting it, right? And the functionality isn’t complex enough to warrant a subscription, imo. A flat fee would be better. The last time it was updated was 2 years ago? A subscription app makes sense when content is continuously added. ### 2/5 — Help please! *2021-09-06, version 2.7.1* I’m frustrated that there’s no way to contact anyone to get help. I need to purchase premium but it only allowed the download on my phone but not on my iPad. I’ve already done 5 chapters but now I can’t purchase premium. If the developer could make a way to contact them it would be great! Otherwise I’ll have to copy and paste to Wattpad. ### 2/5 — Well... *2019-05-12, version 1.1* Great prompts and character tracking, but as soon as you hit save, you can't edit or delete your entry. If those features were added, then this app would be phenomenal. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Nice but recently freezes *2023-06-20* I’ve been using the app about a month now and lately it freezes my entire iPad when I’m using it if I try to change the screen from portrait mode to landscape. Other than that I love the prompts and the assistance in building my characters ### 5/5 — Amazing app! Just a few suggestions though. (Don't have to implement if you dont want 🫶) *2023-02-04, version 3.0.0* I love the app so far! I'm using it to write a dystopian horror, but there's some things I'd love to see fixed in a later update! - Autocorrect, as the keyboard autocorrect doesn't work in-app (I might just be dumb though.) - Possibly a way for it to autosave when you press the back arrow (similar to Google Docs and other writing programs) - Height/job/looks maybe scripted differently (Ex.: They are _ (unit) tall/dropdown for stuff like "no job" so the "works as a _" doesnt show up/looks possibly rephrased to "They have been said to look (bodytype), with (optional) and (optional). That's all, and this app is amazing, even if its made by one person!! ### 5/5 — Wonderful *2022-03-26, version 2.7.1* It’s helped me with a lot and also organised my work ### 5/5 — Notes up to new users of Auctor! *2022-01-16, version 2.7.1* Most of the one stars★ are just “ thing not work, fix (and they do, they just don’t reply)” or “I don’t like it, it didn’t work for me(to each their own)” which are quite old! The only twister that can pull people away is that you (should) get premium, witch you gotta pay for. [which make sence cause they need to make money somehow] and the subscription is only 2.99 (basically 3.00) a month! Personally I think this app is great, it’s helped me make story’s that I never though I could make! It really made me better at writing and more confident ,:} So I don’t see the Problem to having a way to support a app that has helped me a lot. (But I can see why people wouldn’t like it) That’s about it! Keep doing what your doing app maker! :D <3 ### 5/5 — Love it *2021-08-28, version 2.7.1* I really love how this app ### 5/5 — I LOVE IT *2021-08-19, version 2.7.1* It’s just what I expected, no scam or anything. I love it because I want to write stories and this app helps a ton with character building and story writing. If you like writing I 100% recommended this app! ### 5/5 — Amazing Update! *2020-10-14, version 2.7.1* This was always an okay app, but since the recent update, it’s been fantastic! The current overall rating doesn’t match yet. I highly recommend this app. ### 5/5 — It has improved *2020-09-21, version 2.7.0* I wish the developer would offer premium with a lifetime option. Or maybe some of the premium features as a one time payment. They may get more financial support that way. **Developer response:** Buying is coming! What’s the error message? Send me an email ### 5/5 — I want to make an outline... *2020-08-08, version 2.4* I just downloaded it and I love the character creating I think it really gets you thinking about how you want your character. I just finished creating a lot of characters and I went to go make an outline for my story but it wouldn’t let me click it. I tried exiting the app and clicking it again but I wouldn’t let me. I would love to make an outline before I actually write my story. If the outline is for something else please let me know but other than that I LOVE this app! **Developer response:** Try again! It’s fixed in this new version! ### 5/5 — 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺 *2020-02-16, version 1.2* 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇦🇹🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇦🇹🇷🇺🇦🇹🇦🇹🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*