TypeStory vs Text Faker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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).
Text Faker
Easily create realistic fake chat conversations with customizable message bubbles and timestamps. Perfect for pranks, social media content, or jokes, this app allows you to craft both sides of a dialogue and export it as a screenshot.
- Create fake chat messages
- Customizable message bubbles
- Edit timestamps and read receipts
- Export screenshots
- Multiple chat styles
- No sign-up required
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Want to create believable fake chat messages? Text Faker lets you build conversations with real-looking message bubbles in different styles. Craft both sides of the conversation, edit timestamps, show read receipts, and export realistic screenshots - perfect for pranks, social content, or jokes! - Multiple chat styles - Custom names, avatars, and typing indicators - Save and share with a tap - No sign-up required Make something hilarious in seconds!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TypeStory at 63% against Text Faker's 0%. TypeStory also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.4) and ads (none vs shown). 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. TypeStory sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Text Faker 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 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TypeStory has 3K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of TypeStory's written reviews are positive against 0% of Text Faker's.
TypeStory ships an update every 2 months, Text Faker every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TypeStory | Text Faker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (3K ratings) — better | 3.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matteo D'Ignazio | Brandon Stecklein |
Customer experience
TypeStory
Text Faker
Bugs and requests
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
Text Faker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TypeStory
- TypeStory PRO$2.99
Text Faker
- Text Faker Premium$2.99
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