Fortelling - Story Writing App

Name: Fortelling - Story Writing App
Rating: 4.5 (992 reviews)
Author: AJP Digital Tools B.V.

Book & novel: world plotting

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

992 Ratings
Age Rating

13+
Years
Category

Productivity
Developer

AJP Digital Tools B.V.
Language

EN
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Size

112.9
MB

Novelist, are you ready to start writing your next amazing novel? Fortelling provides the tools you need to plot & write your book. Plotting Tools Our advanced plotting tools allow you to organize your book and guide you in writing the best version of your story. World-building Tools Create characters, languages, species & items. Keep everything consistent while writing and plotting. Detailed Plotting Create sublocations and document your unique universe. Remove the overwhelm while plotting your book. Create Drafts for your Novel Keeping your story safe is one of Fortelling's top priorities. You can create multiple draft versions of your book chapters. Create an Overview Link all your story elements together to create one giant board with related items. Describe their relations and keep your plotting elements organized. Write your Novel Make the dream of holding your story as a real book a reality. You can even write your novel within Fortelling. Use our writing statistics and version history to stay in control. Collaborate Working together on a story has never been easier. Through our real-time collaboration feature, you can keep the flow going and plot something amazing together. Weekly Writing Challenges Every Friday, we launch a fresh writing prompt to challenge your imagination. Protect your Book and Story. You retain full ownership of your novel. Create your book securely; data will never be shared with 3rd parties.

Events

MAJOR UPDATE
New: Family Trees

With Fortelling 5.0, you can create an interactive family tree with all your characters. Track generations of characters

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

out of 5

992 Ratings

Beginner friendly
May 16
Moondancer29
I think that this is a great app, especially for people first getting into writing. I mainly love the organization that this app provides. It makes finding things much easier than having a mess of papers with scribbled notes. Out of all the writing apps I’ve tried out and tested this one is by far the best. However, there are a few bugs that I have been experiencing. When I’m editing chapters or just writing in general it will glitch on me, I could be writing in one area and then it will take me to a completely different spot. And won’t let me go back without saving my progress and closing out to reopen the document. I’ve alway noticed that image covers I try to set won’t show up when I first open the app. My original work has the cover, but the others just don’t seem to load no matter what I do. Similarly with title changes, it’ll say it’s saved but when I backed out nothing has changed. Overall a great app, I’d just like it if while I’m writing I don’t have to keep opening and closing it to write normally.
Beginner friendly
May 16
Moondancer29

I think that this is a great app, especially for people first getting into writing. I mainly love the organization that this app provides. It makes finding things much easier than having a mess of papers with scribbled notes. Out of all the writing apps I’ve tried out and tested this one is by far the best. However, there are a few bugs that I have been experiencing. When I’m editing chapters or just writing in general it will glitch on me, I could be writing in one area and then it will take me to a completely different spot. And won’t let me go back without saving my progress and closing out to reopen the document. I’ve alway noticed that image covers I try to set won’t show up when I first open the app. My original work has the cover, but the others just don’t seem to load no matter what I do. Similarly with title changes, it’ll say it’s saved but when I backed out nothing has changed. Overall a great app, I’d just like it if while I’m writing I don’t have to keep opening and closing it to write normally.
Best story planning app
01/20/2021
Flagsarekewl2431
I have been looking for an app like this for a long time. Right away, you can see it has a very clear, easily navigated design and setup, not like some other story planning apps which glitch all the time and look messy. What I love the most is that it is extremely comprehensive. All the story elements that you could need have some place in here and you can create and describe them here at length, even different of magical creatures. For each character there are prompts (name, DOB, eye color, etc) to describe them but they also have some deeper ones (morals, secrets, childhood, etc) which really helped me further develop and round out my characters. Perhaps my favorite feauture, however, is the linking: for any element of the story (characters, items, settings, etc) you can link one to any another and title it (Friends, working partners, estranged siblings, etc). Then you have the option to write the POV/perspective from each linked element in regards to the link itself. That feature has been incredibly useful in pulling together my story. Finally, probably my second favorite feature is the way you can make multiple timelines (plotlines) and write, add, and arrange events in each one. Usually I would do that on paper but being able to move events around and add indefinitely is awesome.Overall, best story planning app I have ever encountered, and I would recommend to any storyteller who needs to outline a story.
Best story planning app
01/20/2021
Flagsarekewl2431

I have been looking for an app like this for a long time. Right away, you can see it has a very clear, easily navigated design and setup, not like some other story planning apps which glitch all the time and look messy. What I love the most is that it is extremely comprehensive. All the story elements that you could need have some place in here and you can create and describe them here at length, even different of magical creatures. For each character there are prompts (name, DOB, eye color, etc) to describe them but they also have some deeper ones (morals, secrets, childhood, etc) which really helped me further develop and round out my characters. Perhaps my favorite feauture, however, is the linking: for any element of the story (characters, items, settings, etc) you can link one to any another and title it (Friends, working partners, estranged siblings, etc). Then you have the option to write the POV/perspective from each linked element in regards to the link itself. That feature has been incredibly useful in pulling together my story. Finally, probably my second favorite feature is the way you can make multiple timelines (plotlines) and write, add, and arrange events in each one. Usually I would do that on paper but being able to move events around and add indefinitely is awesome.Overall, best story planning app I have ever encountered, and I would recommend to any storyteller who needs to outline a story.
Nearly perfect
06/04/2024
RavenclawT
I actually love this app—it’s very intuitive and I love all the features! Now, I don’t have to use fifteen different apps for planning and writing; everything I need is all in one. The only issue I’ve had is that I wish there was a way to move around the placement of chapters. For example, while I was writing I realized that in one of my stories, chapter three would work way better as chapter two so I wanted to switch their placement in the story. It would be nice to be able to move the chapter order without having to copy paste, but I understand that may not be feasible. The only other thing I’ve noticed is the order of my stories. It would be nice to have the one I was recently working on at the top instead of the one I made first. But these are really only very small nitpicks in the grand scheme of things—more of a personal preference than anything else—and this app is really fantastic. The things I love about it far outweigh any issues I’ve found (and the two mentioned are the only issues I’ve come across). Like the fact that I can have all my planning in the same place as my writing is just awesome. I love the characters and character groups function, really makes world building so much easier.
Nearly perfect
06/04/2024
RavenclawT

I actually love this app—it’s very intuitive and I love all the features! Now, I don’t have to use fifteen different apps for planning and writing; everything I need is all in one. The only issue I’ve had is that I wish there was a way to move around the placement of chapters. For example, while I was writing I realized that in one of my stories, chapter three would work way better as chapter two so I wanted to switch their placement in the story. It would be nice to be able to move the chapter order without having to copy paste, but I understand that may not be feasible. The only other thing I’ve noticed is the order of my stories. It would be nice to have the one I was recently working on at the top instead of the one I made first. But these are really only very small nitpicks in the grand scheme of things—more of a personal preference than anything else—and this app is really fantastic. The things I love about it far outweigh any issues I’ve found (and the two mentioned are the only issues I’ve come across). Like the fact that I can have all my planning in the same place as my writing is just awesome. I love the characters and character groups function, really makes world building so much easier.
Phenomenal for People Who Plan
08/11/2024
Heather-the-nerd
This app is wonderful! I always have so many ideas all at once and no way to organize them. I can’t write without plotting first, and plotting leads to other ideas and I don’t know where to write them or how to keep organized, etc. This app was such a blessing. It came up one day when I was Googling good workspaces for authors. The price point is more than fair and well within my budget, the app is compatible across platforms (like from phone app to computer in the web browser,) and it is so very user friendly. I have had so much fun planning my stories without stress and getting to add photos of my characters, build the world, add species and items, and pretty much everything else that can go into a book. Anything that it doesn’t have as a pre-written prompt (which is few and far between) you can add manually. You can have a whole series in one project and label everything clearly. I have ADHD, and so I have trouble organizing my thoughts usually. This app really helped with that. I highly recommend this app to any future authors or anyone that wants a fun place to build a world of their own.
Phenomenal for People Who Plan
08/11/2024
Heather-the-nerd

This app is wonderful! I always have so many ideas all at once and no way to organize them. I can’t write without plotting first, and plotting leads to other ideas and I don’t know where to write them or how to keep organized, etc. This app was such a blessing. It came up one day when I was Googling good workspaces for authors. The price point is more than fair and well within my budget, the app is compatible across platforms (like from phone app to computer in the web browser,) and it is so very user friendly. I have had so much fun planning my stories without stress and getting to add photos of my characters, build the world, add species and items, and pretty much everything else that can go into a book. Anything that it doesn’t have as a pre-written prompt (which is few and far between) you can add manually. You can have a whole series in one project and label everything clearly. I have ADHD, and so I have trouble organizing my thoughts usually. This app really helped with that. I highly recommend this app to any future authors or anyone that wants a fun place to build a world of their own.

Update 5.0 introduces many new and improved functionalities: - Family tree: plot out relationships of entire royal families or dynasties. - Writing sprints: timed sessions to help you hit your goals. - Reworked statistics: deeper insight into your writing habits. - Homescreen widgets: see your word count and streak at a glance. Curious what changed exactly? Make sure to check the app's changelog.

Version 5.0.2 3d ago

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Seller: AJP Digital Tools B.V.
Size: 112.9 MB
Category: Productivity
Compatibility: Requires iOS 15.6 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 15.6 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.6 or later.

iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.6 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 12.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages: English and 15 more

English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Age Rating: 13+

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Horror/Fear Themes
Sexual Content or Nudity
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Ratings & Reviews

Beginner friendly

Best story planning app

Nearly perfect

Phenomenal for People Who Plan

What’s New

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Data Linked to You

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Larger Text

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