# Protag: Interactive Stories — Stories you play by text

> Stories you play by text (iPhone/iPad app by DatePilot.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/protag-interactive-stories/id6822889872 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [DatePilot](https://appshunter.io/developer/1849758753)
- Category: Books, Entertainment
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 63 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-28
- Data updated: 2026-11-06

## What is Protag?

Protag is a library of interactive stories you play by texting. You're the main character: pick a story, choose your name, and the characters text you back one line at a time.

- Originals and classics: romance, mystery, sci-fi, slow burns and found family, written by readers like you.
- Say anything: the story reacts to what you write. Stuck? Tap one of three suggested replies.
- Characters remember: how they feel about you shifts with what you say, and they may text you when you've been away.
- Write your own: set up a plot and a cast, and Protag's storyteller plays it out with every reader.
- Play as anyone: keep a few personas and pick one for each story.

Free to play, with free messages every day. Invite a friend and you both get free messages. Protag+ gives you unlimited messages, twice the story memory, longer plots and character bios, and name and chat colors.

Stories are written by AI from what authors set up and what you write. You need to be 13 or older to play.

Protag+ is an auto-renewing subscription, billed weekly or monthly until you cancel. Prices are shown in the app before you subscribe.

Terms of Use: https://protag.dev/terms
Apple's Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://protag.dev/privacy

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Protag+ Weekly | $4.99 | per 7 days |
| Protag+ Monthly | $14.99 | per month |


## Is Protag safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Protag.

## Is Protag legit?

Protag: Interactive Stories appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Protag is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2026-10-31

- Characters sometimes type something and delete it. Peek at what they almost said: one free peek a day, all of them with Protag+.
- Story rules: tell a chat how you want it told (no new characters, keep it slice-of-life, shorter replies) and it sticks.
- Branch from any message to take a story somewhere new without losing the original (Protag+).
- Regenerate a reply and flip back to earlier versions any time (Protag+).
- Export a story as text to keep or share (Protag+).
- See how many free messages you have left today, and when they reset.
- Characters notice when a chat is going in circles and move the story along.
- Stories now play their opening scene as soon as you open them.
- New Safety page in Profile, with crisis lines and how chats handle hard moments.
- Chats remind you from time to time that every character is an AI.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 1.0 — 2026-10-28

No release notes.

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