Faker vs TypeStory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Faker
Create highly realistic fake notifications and lock screens to entertain or prank friends. Customize with various wallpapers and notification styles from different iOS versions. Unlock more features and notification types through in-app purchases.
- Create realistic fake notifications
- Customize lock screen with any wallpaper
- Multiple iOS notification styles
- Set custom notification times
- Add multiple notifications per screen
- Save and share creations
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Simulate Notifications using the top most realistic and pixel perfect tool "Faker - Fake Notifications"! Have fun or make your friends confused or jealous by following these 4 easy steps: 1. Add Notification in the app. 2. Create New MOST REALISTIC Fake screen with any wallpaper. 3. Save it to your gallery and put as Wallpaper or share it to friend's iPhone. 4. Show it to your friend and check his reaction! Buy ьщку packs in order to simulate notifications from all of your favorite messengers, social networks and web-services! Upgrade to "Plus Pack" and you'll get more awesome features: • Create more than 3 predefined Fake Notifications; • Set any time for Notification; • Add more than 1 Notification per fake; • Get more FUN by switching between iOS 26, iOS 18, iOS 17, iOS 15, iOS 13, iOS 11, iOS 10 and iOS 9 Notifications Styles; • Edit existing or create new Notification during Fake creation and more. Note: "Plus Pack" doesn't unlock features which are available in the other packs. This app is made for entertainment purpose only.
TypeStory
This app helps you craft stories by organizing characters, dialogues, and scenes. Create interactive narratives with music synchronization and customizable character elements. Unlock full potential with a PRO upgrade.
- Character creation and reuse
- Multiple scene types (chat, title, quote)
- Music synchronization for lyric videos
- Interactive story playback
- Character aliases and avatar customization
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TypeStory is a tool for writing stories. Turn your ideas into a story creating characters, dialogues and scene titles. CHARACTERS Add characters and reuse them in different stories. You can also add aliases to make minor changes to your characters, like changing the name or the avatar. SCENES Your story is divided into scenes, there are different scenes you can choose. — Conversation Conversation between characters in the form of a chat — Title A fullscreen view with text and/or picture — Quote A quote/monologue from one particular character MUSIC Sync music with messages to create a lyric video in a chat style INTERACTIVE Your story is interactive, tap on the screen to control the story playback. TypeStory PRO Free version has some limitations: • Limited number of messages and scenes • Watermark applied to stories Unlock all the features of the app with TypeStory PRO (in-app purchase).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TypeStory at 63% against Faker's 12%. TypeStory also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.6) and ads (none vs shown). Faker's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Faker sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and TypeStory sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TypeStory holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TypeStory has 3K ratings behind it against 492, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of Faker's written reviews are positive against 63% of TypeStory's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Faker | TypeStory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (492 ratings) | 4.5 (3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.7% of reviews | 62.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 492 | 3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vladislav Kovalyov | Matteo D'Ignazio |
Customer experience
Faker
TypeStory
User reviews
Faker
From 492 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good for pretending messages
- 🤩 Fun and realistic-looking
Room to improve
- 💰 Paywall blocks most features
- 🤬 Excessive ads and monetization
- 🚫 Doesn't work as advertised
- 🤷♂️ Confusing and difficult to use
TypeStory
From 3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💻 Realistic texting experience
- 🎨 Ability to customize characters
- 🧠 Helps with creative writing
- 🤑 Affordable one-time purchase
- ✨ Versatile and fun to use
Room to improve
- 🔒 Limited free features
- 💸 Paywall for more messages and projects
- 🔢 Restrictive message and project limits
- 🌐 Only available in English
Bugs and requests
Faker
Reported bugs
2 issues- Notifications don't work properly
- Paid features not functioning as expected
Requested features
3 requests- Add more notification types
- Allow customization of notifications
- Improve performance and stability
TypeStory
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes when switching between scenes
- Deleted stories cannot be recovered
Requested features
4 requests- Add video support
- Increase free message and project limits
- Implement multiple language options
- Allow customization of chat bubble colors
In-app purchases
Faker
- Messengers Pack$0.99
- No Ads$0.99
- Social Pack$0.99
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- Dark Mode$0.99
- News Pack$0.99
- Banks Pack$0.99
- eCommerce Pack$0.99
- Post Pack$0.99
- Faker Plus Pack$1.99
- Total Pack$9.99
TypeStory
- TypeStory PRO$2.99








