Ship Names vs TypeStory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ship Names
Generate unique couple names by combining two individuals' names. Create custom names or choose from generated lists, then share your creations. Keep a history of your favorite ship names for easy access and recreation.
- Relationship names generator
- Custom name creation
- Shareable names
- Editable history
- Wide range of categories
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Ship Names is a powerful, easy-to-use relationship names generator. Just enter two names and the Relationator Engine will combine them and generate a list of Ship Names for you to choose from. You can also make your own Ship Name from scratch if you're unable to find one you like. After you select a Ship Name you can share it on social media or through a messaging app. Ship Names keeps an editable history of the names you shipped so that you can easily recreate them in all of their glory. You can create Ship Names for: - You and your significant other - Friends and family - Coworkers - Favorite characters in a book or movie - Favorite Hollywood couples - Pets - OTP's - Superheroes and villains - World leaders - Sports teams - Types of cuisine - And much, much, more! This app is completely ad-free and has no IAPs.
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 in-app purchases: Ship Names at none against TypeStory's 1. Ship Names also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 63%). TypeStory's advantage is ratings volume (3K vs 65) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, rating and ads 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. Ship Names asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Ship Names against 4.5 for TypeStory. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TypeStory has 3K ratings behind it against 65, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Ship Names's written reviews are positive against 63% of TypeStory's.
Ship Names ships an update every 4 months, TypeStory every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Ship Names | TypeStory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (65 ratings) | 4.5 (3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.3% of reviews — better | 62.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 65 | 3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joshua Larson | Matteo D'Ignazio |
Customer experience
Ship Names
TypeStory
User reviews
Ship Names
From 65 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and to the point
- 💡 Useful for non-relationship names (e.g., boats)
- 😂 Generates hilarious ship names
- 🤩 Best app ever for shippers
- 🚀 Fast and easy to use
Room to improve
- 😭 Gave me cancer (sarcastic)
- 👎 Ship names generated aren't that good
- 🔋 Kills battery while charging
- 😕 Confused about multiple ship names for one pair
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
Ship Names
Reported bugs
1 issue- Kills battery while charging
Requested features
6 requests- Support double-byte languages and symbols
- Add more options for ship names
- Add a suggestions box
- Option for adding ship names
- Allow users to upload their own created ship names to a network for sharing
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- Add dark mode
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
Ship Names
No in-app purchases
TypeStory
- TypeStory PRO$2.99
Questions
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