# Idle Stories — Text Adventure Gamebooks

> Text Adventure Gamebooks (iPhone/iPad app by Jaroslaw Karas.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-stories/id6782443680 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jaroslaw Karas](https://appshunter.io/developer/1873177164)
- Category: Games, Adventure, Role Playing
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 161 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-02
- Data updated: 2026-07-18
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-stories/id6782443680/reviews.md

## What is Idle Stories?

Idle Stories is an anthology of atmospheric horror — interactive fiction you read in the dark, where every choice carries weight and every story hides more than one ending.

Board a dead freighter where something on the radio is still counting. Take the last tram on a line that was closed after the accident. Measure an apartment that refuses to add up. Each story is a self-contained descent, written to be replayed — the path you didn't take is its own kind of dread.

• Ten stories, from cosmic isolation to folk horror to post-war noir
• Meaningful choices and multiple endings to uncover
• Voiced moments that surface out of the static
• A quiet, CRT-tinted interface that stays out of the way
• Reads fully offline — no account, no ads, no tracking
• Four languages: Polish, English, German, Spanish
• High-accessibility mode with VoiceOver support

Three stories are free to start — Dead Air, After Us and The Lodging. Unlock the rest when a story won't let you go.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Full story | $1.99 | one-time |
| Full Story | $1.99 | one-time |
| Full Story | $1.99 | one-time |
| Full Story | $1.99 | one-time |
| Full Story | $1.99 | one-time |
| Full Story | $1.99 | one-time |
| Full Story | $1.99 | one-time |
| Full story | $1.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 2.2 — 2026-07-08

• Story soundtracks — listen in the app and during play
• New endings gallery with shareable discovery cards
• Clear notice when you reach an ending
• Download all available stories with one tap
• Fixes and small improvements

### 2.1 — 2026-07-05

• Original soundtracks — every story now has its own score, with a Music tab that keeps playing on the lock screen and CarPlay
• Endings gallery — see which endings you've reached and how rare each one is among all players
• Share your ending — mark the moment a story ends on you, without spoiling which ending
• Volumes — unlock a whole volume of stories in one step
• New stories have joined the anthology, with more on the way
• Redrawn choices, gentle haptics, and a clearer sense of when you're offline

Still no ads, no account, no tracking. Reads offline.

### 1.4 — 2026-07-02

No release notes.

## More apps by Jaroslaw Karas

- [MeshCoreScanner](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/meshcorescanner/id6761951768)

All apps by Jaroslaw Karas: https://appshunter.io/developer/1873177164

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