My Story School Edition: a complete digital storytelling studio for K-8 classrooms.
My Story School Edition gives every student a place to compose, illustrate, narrate and publish multi-page books. It carries a writing task from a first idea through drafting, revision and illustration all the way to a finished, printed book, supporting ELA, writing workshop, social studies, world languages and SEL from one iPad.
Publishing is the point
Students write differently once they know the work will be printed. Any finished book can be ordered as a professionally printed softcover or hardcover: real paper, real binding, the student's name on the cover. Teachers preview every page exactly as it will print before ordering. Build a classroom library of student-authored titles, send each child home with their own published book at the end of the year, or produce a single class anthology for a family night. Books can also be exported as PDF or video for a class reading, a portfolio or a parent conference.
Built for schools first
• No advertising of any kind
• No in-app purchases and no consumer currency
• No student account creation and no third-party sign-in required
• Student work is stored on the device, with teacher-controlled backup and restore
• Nothing leaves the iPad without a deliberate adult action
Classroom management
Create an author profile for every student, each with their own shelf of books, avatar and optional PIN. A separate teacher PIN and adult gate protects settings, so a shared iPad moves safely between students. Teachers control which features are available from a single settings screen: image search, GIFs, stock photos and video, the Community Library, publishing and comments can each be switched off to match your school's policy.
Curriculum connections
• ELA and writing: narrative, informational and opinion writing for a real audience, with drafting, revision and publication in one place
• Speaking and listening: students record their own narration page by page and hear their writing read back
• Social studies: biographies, timelines, community and family history projects
• World languages and ELL: the app is fully localized into 17 languages, and students can compose in any of them
• Visual arts and SEL: drawing, photography and design as a channel for personal expression
How students create
Draw with Apple Pencil, add photos, shapes, stickers, GIFs and 3D objects, record voice narration, add video, and set page transitions and music. Books can be portrait or landscape. Finished work plays back as a real book with page turns.
Reading widely
The moderated Community Library is a shelf of stories contributed by storytellers of every age, families, classrooms and teachers included. It is controlled entirely by the teacher, and publishing and comments are off by default.
Assessment-friendly
Per-student writing statistics, words written, sentences, vocabulary growth over time and books completed, give a longitudinal view of each child's development that a stack of paper cannot.
Requirements
iPad running iPadOS 17 or later. Creation works fully offline; a network connection is needed only for optional stock media, printing and the Community Library.
Planning a district rollout? Get in touch. We would love to help.
It does grown-up checks to make sure that a grown-up is sharing or going to the grown-up section they make it really easy to add your kid it makes it also really easy to learn how to do it it has safe tools and stickers it doesn’t have any bad influences to your kids and it’s ad free they also have a video on how you can use it it’s also great for teachers to even know the My Story app is free there are no ads involved they make it really easy to operate you can monitor their books and what they’re making by just clicking on their profile it’s really simple to add a book you can also add subtitles in the grown-up section they help you write a review and you can add more than one author you can choose to add their profile picture my kids love it
Finally the Page Manager is fixed! Just one feature to add!
YusufYuyu
Last time I was making a novel called Follow That Car, but the Page Manager (or the purple book button, which I called it last time.) always kicks me out. But now, this update made a great bug fix! Now, I can finally use the Page Manager! And one feature to add in this app is the read-aloud button! If you want to view your story that you made, you can click the read aloud button! You can even have Siri or other voices (including AI) read it to you. Developers, please add this feature. Thank you!!!
Developer Response
Hi Yusuf! We just updated the app to hopefully fix the issue you were having with the purple book button aka the Page Manager, please give it a try!
Recent updates are GREAT!
WiredMema
I have used this app for a couple of years with as young as 3 yrs old but mostly with 1st and 2nd graders. This is an intuitive app for kids to express themselves. The developers listened to many suggestions I made from experiences using this app with kids. With this update, they incorporated almost all of my suggestions. This is just a straight forward easy to use app. It is worth the $$. The kids LOVE using it.
Good but could be great
Mn Kinder
This app is great for my class of Kinders to use. Fairly straightforward, fun options, and the kids love it. I don’t like setting it up however, as I have not found a way to sync the author accounts across all devices. I have to enter all my students manually on all of our iPads. I’d love for there to be a way to export my class list accounts via airdrop, Bluetooth, or something so I don’t have to enter the names on each device. I’d also love for there to be a picture password option for each account so students can’t accidentally edit others books. Thanks!
Developer Response
That's great feedback! It could definitely be painful to manually add each student. We used to have a feature that did the syncing that would help with this, but very few people used it so we decided to drop it. However, if it's just a class list, maybe we can make that work!
Version 5.0 is a major update focused on reliability, teacher control, and getting student writing into print.
A rebuilt printing and publishing flow
Ordering a printed copy of a student's book is now a clear, previewable process: see every page exactly as it will print, choose softcover or hardcover, portrait or landscape, and follow the order through to delivery. A printed classroom library, an end-of-year keepsake for every child, or a single class anthology are all now straightforward to produce.
New: Memory Book
Students select a set of photos and My Story arranges them into a finished illustrated book with layouts, captions, photo frames and a soundtrack. Ideal for field trips, science observations, class events and end-of-year reflections, and ready to print.
New: the Community Library, under teacher control
A moderated shelf of stories contributed by storytellers of every age, families, classrooms and teachers included. It is governed entirely from Settings: the library, publishing and comments are three independent switches, and publishing and comments are off by default in School Edition.
New: student writing progress
Every author now accumulates XP, ranks and badges from the writing they do, alongside lifetime statistics: words written, sentences, vocabulary growth month by month, and books completed. A longitudinal view of each student's development, per child, on the device.
Expanded creation tools
• Landscape books, alongside the classic portrait format
• A shapes tool, and decorative borders for any image
• Crop directly on the page, with drag handles and aspect presets
• Ready-made page layouts for faster composition
• Keyframe animations and refreshed page transitions
• Long-hold to copy, cut and paste any element
• Copy or move a story to a different author, useful when a book is started on the wrong profile
A clearer interface
Home, library, canvas, page manager, settings and the publishing flow have been rebuilt around a calmer, higher-contrast design, with larger touch targets and better keyboard handling on shared iPads.
Reliability and data safety
This release included a broad hardening pass on the parts teachers depend on most. Saves that used to fail silently now surface a clear warning. Backups are verified after they are written. Author PINs are stored as salted hashes in the Keychain. Content moderation now fails closed. The app has been rebuilt on modern iPadOS lifecycle and concurrency APIs, removing a class of freezes during export and printing. Library scrolling, thumbnail loading and memory use during long sessions are all substantially improved.
Localization
The entire app is now fully translated into 17 languages.
Note: Google Classroom and Google Drive sync have been retired in this version. Student books remain on the device and can be backed up, exported and transferred as before.
Version 5.0.0
The developer, MY STORY, LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Usage Data
Diagnostics
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Accessibility
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Information
Seller
MY STORY, LLC
Size
230.9 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
