Text Yourself－Chat Story Maker vs Social Dummy Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text Yourself－Chat Story Maker
Create and read engaging chat stories across various genres. Design your own texting narratives with customizable characters, media, and backgrounds. Share your creations with friends or discover stories from other writers.
- Read diverse chat stories
- Create custom texting narratives
- Customize characters and profiles
- Add photos, videos, and audio
- Share stories with friends
- Follow favorite writers
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Discover entertaining stories, talented writers, and new worlds to explore. Read original fictional stories across a variety of genres including comedy, horror, drama, romance, mystery, and more. Explore stories chapter by chapter, follow your favorite writers, or bring your own ideas to life by creating and publishing stories for the community. Access to story content and creation tools is included with premium access. • Explore a growing collection of original stories across multiple genres. • Discover comedy, horror, drama, romance, mystery, and many other categories. • Read stories chapter by chapter and discover new authors and creators. • Create your own original stories and organize them into chapters. • Personalize your stories with characters, images, videos, audio, and other creative elements. • Save your stories and share your writing. • Save your favorite stories and easily return to the stories you enjoy. Not sure what kind of story you want to read today? Explore different categories and discover your next favorite story. PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION A Text Story subscription is required to access premium content and features. Subscription options may include: • Weekly subscription – 3-day free trial, then $4.99 per week • Monthly subscription – 3-day free trial, then $9.99 per month • Annual subscription – 3-day free trial, then $49.99 per year Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the applicable subscription price. Subscriptions can be managed and auto-renewal can be turned off from your Apple ID Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription is purchased, where applicable. Privacy Policy: https://bestbutterllc.wordpress.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://bestbutterllc.wordpress.com/terms
Social Dummy Notes
This app transforms your note-taking experience with a variety of unique styles and customization options. Organize your thoughts with folders and filters to bring excitement and structure to your ideas.
- Stylize notes with unique designs
- Customization options
- Create folders for organization
- Apply filters to content
- Future updates planned
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A note-writing tool for bringing excitement to all your note-taking ideas. The app offers you a unique way of stylising your notes in different formats with many customisation options available to you. Select from a list of styles that have unique designs to make your notes come alive. There are loads more styles planned, stay tuned for future updates soon or request some. = ORGANISE YOUR CONTENT = Create folders for your notes and organise all your content along with filters to your liking. Terms & Conditions: https://terms.socialdummy.app. Privacy Policy: https://privacy.socialdummy.app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Text Yourself－Chat Story Maker at 4.4 against Social Dummy Notes's 1.8. Text Yourself－Chat Story Maker also leads on review sentiment (47% vs 14%) and ratings volume (15K vs 85). Social Dummy Notes's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Text Yourself－Chat Story Maker sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Social Dummy Notes sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Text Yourself－Chat Story Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Yourself－Chat Story Maker has 15K ratings behind it against 85, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Text Yourself－Chat Story Maker's written reviews are positive against 14% of Social Dummy Notes's.
Text Yourself－Chat Story Maker ships an update monthly, Social Dummy Notes every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text Yourself－Chat Story Maker | Social Dummy Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (15K ratings) — better | 1.8 (85 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 46.5% of reviews — better | 13.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | 85 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 209 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Best Butter LLC | Ashley Richards |
Customer experience
Text Yourself－Chat Story Maker
Social Dummy Notes
User reviews
Text Yourself－Chat Story Maker
From 15K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Realistic and engaging stories
- 💡 Ability to create and publish own stories
- 🤗 Fun and entertaining content
- 🎨 Customization options for stories
Room to improve
- 💰 Paywall to access full stories
- 🤔 Unclear free vs. premium features
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs in the app
- 🤯 Frustrating to be forced to write reviews
Social Dummy Notes
From 85 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😊 Effort to replicate old app
- 👍 Some users find it neat
- ✨ Private profile features
- 📁 Folders for organization
Room to improve
- 😞 Overwhelmingly negative sentiment
- 👎 Missing original features
- 📉 Significant downgrade from original
- 💸 Subscription model criticized
- 🎭 Fake posts look unrealistic
Bugs and requests
Text Yourself－Chat Story Maker
Reported bugs
3 issues- Incomplete or missing story text
- Crashes and freezes when trying to publish stories
- Inconsistent behavior when changing character details
Requested features
4 requests- Add more free story content
- Improve story publishing and sharing features
- Implement a family-friendly mode
- Fix issues with background image uploads
Social Dummy Notes
Reported bugs
4 issues- Missing or insufficient permissions
- Export as image gives white picture
- Login screen freezes (implied by permission issues)
- App crashes (implied by negative reviews)
Requested features
19 requests- Bring back the old social dummy app
- Bring back tweet creation
- Bring back social maker
- Add more social media platforms (Tumblr, Facebook, etc.)
- Make fake posts more realistic
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- Improve UI to be more intuitive
- Add fake video calls
- Add fake TikTok
- Add fake iMessage group chats
- Add fake Twitter/Instagram profile creation
- Add fake tweets with pictures, comments, and likes
- Add fake Spotify
- Add fake lock screen
- Add more characters/accounts
- Add more Instagram DMs
- Make tweets look real
- Add more export options
- Add dark mode
- Add more features like the old app
In-app purchases
Text Yourself－Chat Story Maker
- Weekly Trial3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Weekly Pro Trial3 Days trial$6.997 Days
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- Lite Weekly3 Days trial$9.997 Days
- Monthly subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Classic Weekly3 Days trial$19.997 Days
- Lite Yearly3 Days trial2 variants$49.991 Year
- Text Story Maker3 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Lite Yearly3 Days trial$99.991 Year
Social Dummy Notes
- Social Dummy Pro3 Days trial$0.991 Month
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