Comparison

Fairy Tale vs TypeStory

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

Head to head
About

Fairy Tale

Create and share your own personalized stories with interactive characters and illustrations. Record your voice, add text, and bring your imagination to life. Save and share your creations with others or gift them as special memories.

Highlights
  • Personal story creation tool
  • Interactive characters and objects
  • Movable, expandable, rotatable illustrations
  • Voice recording for stories
  • Insert text boxes
  • Personal bookshelf for saved stories
  • Share stories online and via iTunes
Features
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The Fairy Tale is fun to personally make the story and read. Encourages the imagination, creativity, and emotions. The movements of the characters after being touched also add the liveliness and interests. The Fairy Tale leads you to the directly made and shared world of children’s stories from the only read stories. You can make the stories with your families, lovers, and friends and also gift the made stories to someone you care for. Treasure your beautiful memories by making them into a story. Your memories become more special. Share your fairy tale to the world. You can upload your fairy tale to fairy tale world and share others. You can purchase the illustration books of famous stories to newly change them and make new stories. Place the beautiful illustrations of professional illustrator in your stories. For educational institutions there is a paid version of 'Fairy Tale' with no limits. The paid version is available with a 50% discount under App Store Volume Purchase Program. == KEY FEATURES == The story production tool can be used to make a personal story. The characters and objects will respond to the touch to make noise and move. The illustrations within the story can be moved, expanded, reduced or rotated with touch. You can record your voice into the children’s stories. The text box can be used to insert stories in the story. The created story can be displayed in a personal bookshelf for a future view. The story can be shared via internet and iTunes.

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

Fairy Tale4 screens
TypeStory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TypeStory at 4.5 against Fairy Tale's 1.7. TypeStory also leads on ratings volume (3K vs 7) and review sentiment (62% vs 50%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Fairy Tale sells 2 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 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TypeStory has 3K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Fairy Tale's written reviews are positive against 62% of TypeStory's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 26, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Fairy Tale versus TypeStory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFairy TaleTypeStory
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (7 ratings)4.5 (3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews62.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings73K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size170 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGood EffectMatteo D'Ignazio

Customer experience

Fairy Tale

All ratings7 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative41.7%

TypeStory

All ratings2,952 ratings
Positive85.4%
Neutral5.7%
Negative8.9%
Written reviews455 reviews
Positive62.4%
Neutral11.2%
Negative26.4%

Bugs and requests

Fairy Tale

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or 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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Fairy Tale

One-time2
  • Jack and the Beanstalk$1.99
  • Aladdin and The Magic lamp$1.99
1 purchases

TypeStory

One-time1
  • TypeStory PRO$2.99

Questions

Is Fairy Tale free?
Fairy Tale 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, Fairy Tale or TypeStory?
TypeStory is rated higher. Fairy Tale averages 1.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while TypeStory averages 4.5 from 3K ratings.
Do Fairy Tale or TypeStory have ads?
Neither Fairy Tale nor TypeStory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fairy Tale or TypeStory?
Fairy Tale ships an update every 2 months, and TypeStory every 2 months. Most recently, Fairy Tale was updated on August 26, 2026 and TypeStory on September 23, 2026.

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