iStory - interactive fiction and text adventure App Reviews

Access to write and publish your stories! You CANNOT AT PRESENT WRITE YOUR STORIES OFFLINE, NOR CAN YOU READ YOUR STORIES OFFLINE! "EVERYTHING IS DONE ONLINE" Apparently the option to be able to write and then post to the site online is a possibility but the date this will happen is still TBA! Ive been waiting for MONTHS!

This is a cool app...I will give 5 stars if you update this app that allowsto create your stories inthe itouch instead of inthe site:)

Spend money for an app that doesnt work, no idea why its on the App Store

If you are like me, an adventurer who seeks thrills in the pages of a great book, but someone who also likes to make their own decisions about the outcome, this is the product for you. As a life long fan of choosing my own adventure, this app fits me like a glove, and it will fit you like a glove too, or if it doesnt you can turn to page 8 where it will fit you like a nice, warm sock!

Great app! Brings back so many memories. The ability to create stories just shows the makers of this app really want to give users their moneys worth. A starbucks latte never gave me this much enjoyment and those cost more than this app. Great job iStory team!

Reminds me of old times with choose your own adventure books. The create feature is just perfect for getting more content for everyone. Id like to see some real books loaded into this. Also, support for animations and sounds would be a nice feature.

I love the old choose your own adventure books, and this is just like that! Except on my iphone!

I read all the reviews and after about 3 minutes of "playing", I wanted my money back. Im not sure who wrote the reviews but there really is only 1 full story thats been developed and that one, is, at best rudimentary. The other two--Magic 8 Ball is like another app but instead of "shaking" you get to "pose a question" mentally and the 8 Ball will respond. The other is more of a logic puzzle. I was very disappointed and deleted it from my iphone immediately. It has potential if the stories were better and more fully developed. Only get this if youre interested in creating your own stories.

Apparently there is a mechanism for sharing user stories, but no one except the developer has published any on the site.

iStory is a choose-your-own-adventure story sharing app. With this app, you can connect directly to your account in the iStory website and view stories created by user directly on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Unfortunatly as of right now there isnt any story except for the ones created by the developer. However, there will probably be more stories avalible as more people starts to join the iStory community. Buying this app right now will be a gamble, but for 99 cents Im willing to take the chance. This app is going back to $2.99 soon. I say buy it if its still $.99 leave it if its $2.99. Also I would like to request an update for: •The ability to create your own stories and submit them right off the device. •A better user interface. Note: The customer support is awesome, received an reply within 5 min. ;)

I spent some time playing with iStory because it seems like an interesting concept. While many of us are familiar with either Frotz or grew with Choose-Your-Own-Adventure-Books, iStory tries to take it one step further by getting everyone out there to submit their own stories. I went through several of the items that are already up in iStory, most notably Zombie Madness, and admittedly if you expecting anything deep, this story would not be it. But, it make for some entertainment in terms of choosing your next steps. I think iStory has potential that will depend heavily on developing a community where people will submit their stories. Frotz is a great example of this, but iStory has a more user friendly interface. The dev has created a Web site which is also accessible through iStory that provides a venue for people to share their stories. Its an intriguing concept because these days, the art of writing or just even reading a book seem to have fallen by the wayside. Itd be kind of nice if iStory could be one of the catalysts for bringing people back to writing and reading. My suggestion to the dev is to build the community by focusing on schools initially which is where the art of writing begins, and getting kids interested in writing. As for adults, the message should center around how everyone has a story or fantastic world in their mind to tell, and iStory is the place to do that.

I put my email adress in to start my stories three times since a week ago and I still havent gotten an email, even though it said it was sent. I would like to see this fixed, it sounds like a fun app and I would like to use it.

This is a must get application. Even though its in development (I witnessed the development), it has great potential for old and young writers alike. Also, the simple coding really can make advanced games (Im making a game right now). Speaking of that, there is only one improvment that should be made besides the current reviews, and that is to fix the refresh button on each, which remains greyed out regardless of whether the adventure is updated or not. Now, whenever I update my game, when I want to test it on my iPod, I have to delete and redownload iStory.

At 99 cents, this is a great application to get. Once we are able to create stories directly from the iPhone, it will be even better. Still my use of the current StoryForge application has been a very enjoyable game-making experience. I was a bit skeptical shortly after my purchase when the program would fail to start up. I had to delete and re-download the program to get it working again. Once you buy it though, if you have to download it again, there is no charge. Alternatively, you can sync the app to iTunes on your computer, delete it from your iPhone, and then re-sync it to your iPhone. That option would be for those of you who are intimidated by the ever-present "Buy Now" thing on the app store. Although the web application and the iPhone program are fun and easy to use, they each still have some bugs. iVacation is only playable on the web right now (probably because the creator used images that are much wider than 320 pixels wide). The web application is having a problem displaying pictures sometimes, which can be fixed by removing the picture and re-loading it. The StoryForge web application allows you to use quotes in your players Choices, but the quoted choice will appear blank (only in the editor) after saving it. I had the fortune/misfortune to require tech support. After trying to create a new page from a quoted (now blank) choice, the program froze. Mr. Steil was kind enough to fix it the next day though, and I was quickly back to story-making. With all that said, I still find this to be an extremely fun, creative process unlike any other. I was able to finish my story and get it featured a day or two later. And since playing these games on the web is free, I was able to broadcast the game I made to all my friends without having to guilt them into buying the iPhone program (or an iPhone for that matter). I still think the iPhone app is worth it though because the images load so much more smoothly and because I can take them anywhere with me. For those of you who are put off by some of the quickly-made, poorly-written, less-than-fun games: Try "Purple House". (Thats the one I made.)

Ive had this game for more then 3 months now. Ive been waiting patiently for an update so I can make stories on my iPod instead of on my computer, but sadly, it still has not come. The going on my computer to write a story part isnt working for me and frankly, Im tired of waiting. Update already!

I dont want to buy it cuz you cant make stories from your iPhone/ itouch.. High rating anyway to get people to buy so u can fix this!!!!

When I got this app I tried one of the stories and I couldnt read a thing because its all bunched up in the top part of the screen, whats wrong with it?

Come on, you know everyone loves choose your own adventure games! I took a chance on this app and its really suprisingly fun! More people need to contribute though. Just like those books I read and loved when I was nine years old. Thanks to the dev for coming up with such a great idea!

Its a great idea. I love it just needs more storys. Ill try to write one myself when my computer gets fixed

I hope more people submit stories. I am currently creating one called Survival Guide: Middle School. Watch for it!