# Fortelling - Story Writing App — user reviews > 415 indexed App Store user reviews of Fortelling by AJP Digital Tools B.V., rated 4.50/5 from 1,005 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fortelling-story-writing-app/id1503524513/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fortelling-story-writing-app/id1503524513.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 746 · 4★ 144 · 3★ 36 · 2★ 19 · 1★ 60 ## What do users think of Fortelling? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Amazing tools - 🚀 Interesting prompts - 👍 Helpful for planning stories - 👍 Detailed character and world-building - 👍 Organized and easy to use - 👍 Useful for writing and outlining **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and freezes - 🐛 Unresponsive save feature - 🐛 Difficulty deleting or rearranging content - 🔒 Concerns about intellectual property rights - 💰 Paid features for desktop version **Commonly reported bugs** - Blank screen when trying to delete characters - Inability to rearrange timeline events - Inconsistent behavior when adding images - Disappearing projects and lost progress **Most requested features** - Ability to import/export data - More customization options - Better organization and navigation - Offline mode or autosave functionality - Collaborative features and social sharing ## Newest reviews (14 of 415) ### 3/5 — Came back and was disappointed *2026-08-08, version 5.0.2* Over all it is generally quite good, but most features are only for people who pay for Pro. I’ve been using Pages recently instead, but I came back and discovered that the family tree feature had been added. So I made a new account and stuff, then went and tried to make a family tree, but what the update hadn’t said was that you have to pay for Pro just to make a family tree. Really disappointed by that because I’ve been looking forwards to this feature for ages and now can’t access it. Honestly I think at this point I’d say that Pages is better 😕 ### 3/5 — I love it, but.. *2026-08-03, version 5.0.0* WHY IS FAMILY TREE A PREMIUM FEATURE?? THATS LITERALLY A KEY PART OF CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. Imma have to stick with the classic board setting to make it or just get a whole different app to do it, I hate that ### 2/5 — Problem with new Family Tree Feature *2026-08-03, version 5.0.0* I’m not typically so upset about these things, but the fact that the family tree is behind a paywall is infuriating. There’s no reason for it to be behind one, and yes, I understand the app must make money SOMEHOW but I feel like only customization features like changing the app logo, or theme and things that don’t have anything to do with storytelling should be behind a paywall. I suppose I can always just find a new storytelling app. ### 4/5 — Great! *2026-07-25, version 4.4.4* I love this app but it doesn’t have all the options to store the different type of information for my story (etc: if I have lore I just want to write down I cant) besides that it is great! It has challenges to strengthen your writing skills and many options for your story! Would recommend ### 5/5 — best writing app *2026-07-09, version 4.4.4* ive used so many writing apps and platforms and this one is by far the best! so many features this app has for free is expensive on many other platforms. it's also amazing for worldbuilding! ### 5/5 — Completely amazing! *2026-06-27, version 4.4.2* This app has been so good for me as a young writer! The challenges are incredible! I love all the features that you get for free. I also love that you can comment and encourage other writers and also colab with them and talk! It’s the most amazing writing app I’ve ever had. The one thing I could say would be a feature where you can publish your own book. But apart from that suggestion I love this app and give it five stars. Totally try it. ### 5/5 — Amazing! One suggestion though *2026-06-22, version 4.4.2* This app is so useful. I definitely recommend but I would like to be able to have a pen option in the boards section so I could freestyle easily write notes instead of text. Pls do this and thx for considering my idea. ### 5/5 — Get this app!!!! *2026-06-18, version 4.4.2* I am a young writer who mostly does fantasy, dystopian, and romance. I was looking for something in which i could organize my thoughts and try to get facts down about my world when I came across fortelling. I assumed it was like any other app-laggy on a phone, formatted weird, pay to use-but i was amazingly surprised when I opened the app and it looked amazing! Organized interface, detailed charecter plans, multiple story timelines and plots, planning, web charts, photos, and writing all in one place for unlimited use on a phone! No downsides that I can see! ### 4/5 — Ok *2026-06-16, version 4.4.2* It’s quite good I guess, but not like stand out good otherwise I would have given it 5 stars. I like the timeline feature and the fact it counts my words, but it’s a bit over complicated and there have been some bugs. I keep wanting to add a new chapter on this particular story I’m writing, but every time it just doesn’t load and it’s fine in my other stories. Plus the story I’m writing includes language translations, but I don’t know how to do this cause I can’t do a little space and write the English underneath cause the spaces are far to big and I can’t find a way to change this. Apart from this it’s ok. A couple of months later… Ok now I have really got to know the app, it is officially AMAZING! I now understand how it works and am loving the weekly challenges! ### 5/5 — Get this app!!!! *2026-06-03* I just finished a 80k novel as a young author, and before I start editing my manuscript, I wanted to world build like my life depended on it. Problem was, I needed something to organize my brains thoughts, and I came across Fortelling. I am astounded by all of the free features, such as pinboards, infinite charecter profiles, locations, and so much more. It has detailed questions to answer and it has really helped me flesh out my charecters! I’ve only had it about 4 days and have already seen the benefits. I’m able to keep track of where a charecter lives, why they have so much trauma (every writer knows their fav charecter gets to have the most trauma), their birthdate, and their relationship with other charecters! There are so many things that I probably haven’t even discovered yet. I also thought it would be uncomfortable on a phone, but the design is so well thought out and is really really easy to use on my phone. It’s also FREE! Seriously, why are so many writing apps not free?!?! As a writer who has a bit of trouble keeping track of exactly what age a charecter is (Seriously, I once labeled the same charecter as both 21, 22, 24, 25, and 26…it’s a problem) But with a few taps, I’m able to see exactly what detail needs to be edited! the information and way it’s set up is so easy to navigate, and i have to wrap this review up soon, so, all you really need to know? If you do any type of writing, film making, any sort of thing that has charecters, GET THIS APP!!! ### 5/5 — WONDERFUL *2026-06-01, version 4.4.0* It’s great❤️ I love to write down stuff on my books and ocs, very helpful🤗 ### 4/5 — Premium is like a billion things *2026-05-29, version 4.3.13* If you use free version you still can share stories via challenges and get likes and comments and organize stuff and it’s good bruh #BallerinaCappuchinaTotallyRulzLove67 ### 5/5 — FAVORITE WRITING APP EVER!! *2026-05-29, version 4.3.13* This is by FAR already my #1 writing app. I haven’t even used all the tools yet! Out of all the ones I’ve tried, I appreciate how thorough the developers were, making sure to include every possible thing a writer would want for world building. Most others have the bare minimum, and their tools are usually just for drafts and editing. And very few things are locked behind subscriptions, which is also AMAZING. I’ll definitely be using this for all my books in the future. Truly an outstanding and actually helpful app! :D ### 5/5 — so freaking awesome *2026-05-27, version 4.3.13* my oc’s stories are always so messy and out of order :,) but this app really helped me think about them and reorganize everything ! it truly dives into your worldbuilding, characters, and timeline skills ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — The update ruined it *2026-08-19, version 5.0.3* I’m not sure if you guys care about your reviews but I really liked this app until the update which frustrates me so damn much. First, the app forced me to update it which would have been fine if those stupid extra things didn’t change the app age rating?? I don’t even need a family tree or that other stuff. I have overly strict parents who set my devices so that it seems like I’m a ten year old so that I can’t download Snapchat, etc, which is fine. But they also placed a time limit on my notes app so I’m not always writing. Now my device has offloaded Fortelling which again would be fine but I used to write A LOT even my diary. Now I can’t get my stuff back because the website version has some “limited” element thing which prevents me from using the keyboard which now won’t let me copy and paste my things into my phone notes. What am I supposed to do now?? Sorry this comes off as a rant but I’m genuinely frustrated and don’t usually write reviews ### 1/5 — Invisible Story *2026-07-12, version 4.4.4* Copied text from a text editor & pasted it. Realized the color of the text is black & the background of Foretelling is black. I selected all the text & selected different colors, but the hi lighted text remains black. ### 1/5 — Limited *2026-07-06, version 4.4.4* Why do I need to pay for a description that is SUPPOSED to be long 🫩 (and the app is confusing anyway) ### 1/5 — disappointed *2026-06-10, version 4.4.0* It said it was completely free but when I tried to edit a character it kept popping up with the ‘buy 50 odd quid for pro’ like what ### 1/5 — Stupid *2026-06-04, version 4.4.0* Can’t log in using my display name instead of email, so lost all data on second account ### 1/5 — Help *2026-06-01, version 4.3.13* It was going fine until yesterday but then none of my collaboration messages on my phone would go through and now I can’t log into my account again on my phone?? I can get into it on the webpage but not on the actual app? And I need to get on the app for the notifications ### 1/5 — Something’s very wrong *2026-05-17, version 4.3.13* I tried to sign into my account, and the screen went black. No matter how many times I’ve tried reinstalling it, or how long I wait for it to load, the screen remains completely black and unresponsive. It works great on my other device, but not here. ### 1/5 — It’s glicthing *2026-05-09, version 4.3.13* It’s not allowing me to enter the menu section at all even if I delete and reinstall the app ### 1/5 — Just Bad *2026-04-30, version 4.3.13* I have use it for a month and just couldn’t work it out and when I went to cancel my subscription it wouldn’t let me so calling is the only option. ### 1/5 — Does even deserve one star. *2026-04-20, version 4.3.13* - you can’t manage the files like you want - can’t download a multiple files at the same time ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Why not have family tree free? *2026-08-16, version 5.0.2* Now, I love this writing thingy app. It's so fun and organized. The community is funny and very creative and it's polls and such probably community driven. I'm not in ALL of that but I can understand it. Anyways, the recent update with family trees I think its pro? Like, I completely understand you need to make money but I truly think making that free or a small option free can make it feel like the COMMUNITY can enjoy. Not everyone wants to spend money like they. It's nice to dally with it! I feel like letting it be free could let people have fun while also letting pro have better options..? I'm really bad at articulation and wording so I'm sorry if it's kinda hard to read. Anyways, excellent app, love it. 5/5. 9.4/10! ### 5/5 — I wish It was easier to navigate *2026-08-08, version 5.0.2* (Not sure what happened to my other review so this is another one) Anywho I really love this app it helps me keep track of my OCS, my story, everything. I love it. The only downside I can think of is that its confusing at times. For example, sometimes I'm just not sure where anything is on the app and it takes me a minute to find it. So I guess im saying I wish it was easier to use? (Even though its already pretty easy lol) but yea. It's a great app 5/5 i totally recommend!!!!!!!! ### 5/5 — My review *2026-08-07, version 5.0.2* This is a great app it’s helped me sort and organise everything and it’s super easy to work!! ### 5/5 — Best OC organisation app / site *2026-08-02, version 4.4.4* Been using Fortelling for a good half a year now and the way everything is grouped, laid out and organised is super intuitive and convenient. It beats all the other sites like Character Hub by a mile (though I still do love Character Hub for its discoverability) A little sad the web version is subscription only, but honestly the price is worth it if it’s used regularly. ### 5/5 — So much help *2026-07-20, version 4.4.4* This app has helped me world build my stories so much ### 5/5 — THE BEST!💙💙💙 *2026-07-18, version 4.4.4* I absolutely LOVE this app! I’m an aspiring author and it has helped me organize multiple story plots, characters, stories, and so much more!! Trust me, it is more than worth it! ### 5/5 — Get this app!!!! *2026-07-17* I am a young writer who recently finished my first 80k word novel, and I am currently in the developmental editing phases. I got this app thinking I could maybe write some facts about my characters in it or something like that. Turns out it was much much more than that. writing, statistics, timeline, characters, groups, locations, species items, languages boards, and files all managed in the same place along with chapter organization, scene, organization, and detailed character descriptions. This is an all-in-one app beyond anything I have ever seen before! I haven’t even used that many of the writing privileges because I started writing on Word before I even got to this app and I’m kind of upset that I didn’t because of the outstanding scene organization! The fact that your projects can have multiple books inside of them is a HUGE plus because of the fact that your charecters and details are saved in every book for you to look at while writing!!!!! I’m going to. wrap up this review, but I haven’t even said half of the amazing features this app has. GET FORTELLING! ### 5/5 — Everything I could hope for *2026-07-11, version 4.4.4* I have began writing as a side passion project and have no formal training or guidance beyond what you learn in English comp in school. This app has helped me identify important aspects I was overlooking when it was just me and Microsoft word. It has everything I could hope for in one easy to use app. I love it! ### 5/5 — FANTASTIC *2026-07-09, version 4.4.4* WOW!!! I keep discovering features that are exactly what I need. I’ve been struggling trying to find a way to plot my novel, and I’ll consider it a miracle I found this app!! It’s perfect!! And I have it on my iPad and my phone ### 5/5 — Pretty epic *2026-07-09, version 4.4.4* Gets the job done. I honestly just felt bad for never leaving reviews and since I think this app is genuinely good, I say I’m all here for it. It’s good to jot down oc things that are difficult to keep track of in your head or in your notes app. --- *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 2026-09-01.*