Comparison

Faker 2 vs TypeStory

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Faker 2

Easily create realistic chat screenshots for movies, school projects, or personal use. Design custom dialogues with various message options and recipient details. Enhance your creations with additional themes and features through in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Create custom dialogs
  • Set recipient names and photos
  • Add various message types
  • Adjust message and recipient status
  • Add pictures to conversations
  • Simulate multiple messenger themes
Features
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Create custom chat scenes for videos, stories, presentations, school projects, mockups and creative content. Faker 2 is a chat simulator and visual editor that lets you design fictional conversations and turn them into custom chat images. Create your chat scene in a few simple steps: 1. Create a chat scene. 2. Add a character name. 3. Build the conversation with your own messages. 4. Customize the appearance and save your creation. Use Faker 2 for: • Video and movie props; • Social media content; • Chat stories; • Storyboards and creative concepts; • School and presentation projects; • UI mockups and demonstrations. Upgrade to the Plus Pack to unlock additional editing tools: • Create more than 2 chat scenes; • Add more than 5 messages per scene; • Adjust the time for each message; • Customize message states; • Customize character status; • Add character photos; • Add images to conversations. Choose from a variety of visual chat styles and themes to create the appearance that works best for your project. Faker 2 is a visual chat simulator. It does not connect to messaging services, send messages, contact other users, or modify conversations in any third-party application. All conversations created in the app are fictional visual compositions made by the user.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Character creation and reuse
  • Multiple scene types (chat, title, quote)
  • Music synchronization for lyric videos
  • Interactive story playback
  • Character aliases and avatar customization
Features
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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).

Screenshots

Faker 24 screens
TypeStory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TypeStory at 63% against Faker 2's 12%. TypeStory also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Faker 2 sells 17 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TypeStory holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 618 and 3K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of Faker 2's written reviews are positive against 63% of TypeStory's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Faker 2 ships an update every 4 months, TypeStory every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Faker 2 versus TypeStory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFaker 2TypeStory
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (618 ratings)4.5 (3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.1% of reviews62.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6183K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVladislav KovalyovMatteo D'Ignazio

Customer experience

Faker 2

All ratings618 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral4.7%
Negative37.1%
Written reviews280 reviews
Positive12.1%
Neutral7.5%
Negative80.4%

TypeStory

All ratings2,952 ratings
Positive85.4%
Neutral5.7%
Negative8.9%
Written reviews456 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral11.2%
Negative26.3%

User reviews

Faker 2

From 618 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Realistic texting experience
  • 💡 Variety of themes and customization options

Room to improve

  • 💰 Excessive in-app purchases required
  • 🔍 Limited functionality without paying
  • 📺 Frequent and intrusive advertisements
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches

TypeStory

From 3K App Store ratings

What 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 2

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Chats not saving properly
  • Themes not working as expected
  • Frequent app crashes

Requested features

4 requests
  • Group chat feature
  • Ability to send photos
  • More free themes and customization options
  • Improved stability and performance

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

17 purchases

Faker 2

One-time17
  • "Telegram" Theme$0.99
  • "WhatsApp" Theme$0.99
  • No Ads$0.99
Show 14 more
  • "Instagram" Theme$0.99
  • "Likees" Theme$0.99
  • "VK" Theme$0.99
  • "WeChat" Theme$0.99
  • "Snapchat" Theme$0.99
  • "Slack" Theme$0.99
  • "X" theme$0.99
  • "ChatGPT Pro" Theme$0.99
  • "Skype" Theme$0.99
  • "Twitter" theme$0.99
  • "TikTok" Theme$0.99
  • "Viber" Theme$0.99
  • Plus Pack$1.99
  • Total Pack$9.99
1 purchases

TypeStory

One-time1
  • TypeStory PRO$2.99

Questions

Is Faker 2 free?
Faker 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TypeStory free?
TypeStory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Faker 2 or TypeStory?
TypeStory is rated higher. Faker 2 averages 3.4 out of 5 from 618 ratings, while TypeStory averages 4.5 from 3K ratings.
Do Faker 2 or TypeStory have ads?
Faker 2 shows ads; TypeStory does not.
Which is updated more often, Faker 2 or TypeStory?
Faker 2 ships an update every 4 months, and TypeStory every 2 months. Most recently, Faker 2 was updated on October 12, 2026 and TypeStory on October 14, 2026.

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