Version 5.0 is the biggest release in My Story's history. Turn any story into a real printed book. The publishing flow has been rebuilt from the ground up. Preview every page exactly as it will print, choose softcover or hardcover, portrait or landscape, design your own back cover, and follow the order all the way to your doorstep. If you have never had one of your child's stories printed, start here. It is the single best thing this app does. Almost everything else is now free. Unlimited books. Unlimited authors. Every sticker pack, every music track, every art style, backup and restore, and book export and import, all open to everyone, forever. Story Sparks now cover the Magic features only, and your child earns them just by writing. A welcome gift of Sparks is waiting the next time you open the app. The Community Library is here. A moderated shelf of stories from storytellers of every age: families, classrooms, teachers and authors all over the world. Read them, favorite the ones you love, leave a kind comment, and publish your own for others to find. Parents keep independent switches for the library, for publishing and for comments. Introducing Memory Book. Pick some photos and My Story arranges them into a finished illustrated book, with layouts, captions, photo frames and a soundtrack included. Then print it. Perfect for a holiday, a birthday, or a whole school year. Become a Storyteller. Earn XP for everything you write and climb eleven ranks from Daydreamer to Living Legend, with badges, lifetime writing stats and a level journey map. The streak is now weekly rather than daily, which is far kinder to real family life, and finishing one now gifts you a brand new My Story character. A whole new look. Home, library, canvas, page manager, settings and the image editor have all been rebuilt around a warmer, calmer design. New on the canvas • Landscape books, alongside the classic portrait format • A shapes tool, and decorative borders for any image • Crop right on the page, with drag handles and aspect presets • Ready-made page layouts, including polaroid scatter styles • Keyframe animations and new page transitions • Long-hold to copy, cut and paste anything Also in 5.0 • Five new My Story characters to use on any page, with more added regularly, and you can ask us for one that does not exist yet • Video preview and sharing before you export • Copy or move a story to another author • Gentle weekly reminders and a daily writing prompt • Fully translated into 17 languages • Hundreds of fixes to performance, memory, layout and reliability Thank you for making things with us. Go tell a story, then go print it.

This update includes performance improvements and optimizations to our AI features.

Magic Pages — Transform Any Page Instantly Tap the wand button pinned to the top corner of any canvas page and watch it come to life in a completely different art style. A side-by-side comparison lets you see the original and the new version before you decide. Magic Narrate — Give Your Story a Voice Magic Narrate reads your book aloud, page by page, choosing from 10 different unique voices. Works on any book you've already created — just tap and listen. Pinch-to-Zoom While Drawing Two-finger pinch-zoom and pan are now available while you're drawing. Perfect for adding tiny details. Bug Fixes & Polish • My Story Characters load noticeably faster • Fixed a title-spacing glitch in the Authors view on first load • Cleaned up the "Let's Get Started" welcome screen visuals

What's New in My Story 4.8.0 Imagine your child whispers one idea — "a dragon who loves to bake" — and moments later a complete illustrated storybook appears, with cover art, themed pages, and a matching soundtrack. That's Full Magic Story, the biggest thing we've ever added to My Story. Just type a single prompt and our AI writes, illustrates, and scores an entire multi-page storybook for you. Full Magic Story uses 600 Story Sparks and is available for Premium members. We've also brought your drawings to life in a whole new dimension. Magic 3D Stickers transforms any doodle or image into a gorgeous 3D sticker you can drop right into your story. It's a little bit magical every single time. Text lovers, rejoice! We completely overhauled the text editor. Text is now vector-sharp at any size — no more blurry letters on big headings. You can also add beautiful colored text borders and outlines to make titles pop off the page. Getting your layers just right is now a breeze with the new Layer Manager. See live thumbnails of every element, then drag them into exactly the order you want. No more guessing what's on top of what. Smart Play Mode is another one we think you'll love — page durations now automatically adjust to subtitle reading time, so your audience always has a moment to read before the story moves on. This update also includes resizable and draggable video crop handles for fine-tuned video placement, long-press tooltips on every toolbar button so nothing is ever a mystery, age-tailored AI story suggestions for readers of all ages, and easy drag-to-reorder for Magic Characters (plus the ability to delete individual character variations). All AI features have been upgraded to Gemini 2.5 for smarter, more creative results. On the polish side: we've eliminated the white border on hard cover prints, fixed viewer mode layout on iPhone, made white text visible in editor preview, resolved a drawing layer rotation issue, smoothed out story viewer navigation, and cleaned up character reference sheet artifacts in AI generation. As always, thank you for creating, sharing, and reading stories with My Story. Every story matters — and so does yours.

What’s New in Version 4.7.0 This update brings new creative audio features along with important fixes and polish across the app. - Magic Soundtracks A brand-new way to add mood and emotion to your stories. Magic Soundtracks automatically creates music that fits your scene, helping stories feel even more alive. - Sticker & Page Fixes The default view for standard stickers now displays correctly, and duplicated pages will no longer miss content. - Stability & Crash Fixes Several rare crashes have been resolved for a smoother, more reliable creative experience.

What’s New in Version 4.6.6 - New Setting: You can now disable Sketchfab 3d models in settings for both the images tool and now this setting will disable the AR Video feature as well. - Crash Fix: Resolved a rare issue that could cause the app to close unexpectedly during story creation.

What’s New in Version 4.6.5 This update brings powerful new ways to personalize your stories, along with important fixes and improvements. • Custom Soundtracks – Now you can upload your own MP3s and use them as story soundtracks, giving kids even more ways to make their books unique. • Fixes & Enhancements: Text tool display corrected in landscape mode. Display issues on iOS 26 resolved. General stability and performance improvements.

What’s New in Version 4.6.4 This release introduces some of our most-requested improvements, making storytelling faster, easier, and more fun for kids at home and in classrooms. • Instant Story Playback – No more waiting for video export! Our new real-time book viewer lets you play back your story instantly on your device. You can still share your book as a video via the share button. • Character Search – Quickly find the perfect My Story character. Search across hundreds of characters and bring them into your stories faster. Other Improvements: • Multiple crash fixes for greater stability.

What’s New in Version 4.6.3 This update brings fresh content, powerful creative tools, and important performance fixes to make storytelling smoother than ever. - New Monster Avatars – Fun, updated character options to personalize your author profile. - Magic Characters Upgrade – Improved poses and expressions for even more dynamic storytelling. - Image Editor: Eraser Tool – Easily remove parts of images for cleaner edits and creative effects. - Hardcover Printing Improvements – Better bleed coverage for polished, professional-quality books. - Recents Everywhere – Quickly find your most recently used items in Community Stickers, Giphy, Unsplash, and Image Gallery. - Sticker Loading Boost – Stickers now load faster thanks to improved category logic. - Credits Page Fixes – Giphy attributions and other assets are now correctly listed in your book’s credits. - Stability & Memory Fixes – Cleaned up memory leaks when moving between canvas, library, and home. - Crash Fixes – Addressed multiple issues causing crashes during image handling and video generation.

A few key fixes in version 4.6.2 - Critical Crash Fix – Resolved an out-of-memory crash during video generation for large books. - PDF & Video Sizing Fix – Corrected object sizing issues when exporting on iPhone.

Faster, smoother, and packed with creative upgrades! New Features: - Book publishing now allows for a beautiful hard cover option (story must have at least 24 pages for hardcover) - You can now easily crop your source image for the Magic Characters generation view so you can pick exactly the right face in your photo - Magic Animations with transparency now have less visual artifacts and look cleaner - Magic Animations are now 5 seconds long and cost has been reduced to 50 Story Sparks (from 100) - Rebuilt Unsplash view – Browse kid-safe Unsplash photos directly in the media picker for faster, easier story creation. Fixes: - Page Manager loads much faster and is far less prone to crashing. - Stories now display correctly on devices of all resolutions thanks to rebuilt page orientation. - Video and GIFs no longer disappear during transitions in exported videos. - Multiple layout fixes, especially for drawings on iPhone. - Better Attribution – Attribution page now accurately lists all assets used in your book. - General Bug Fixes – Improved subtitle scaling based on age and content, smoother object positioning, better Apple Pencil activation, and restored missing backgrounds from legacy books.

Version 4.6.0 is Here, and There's A Lot of Goodies! Introducing Book Publishing Now you can turn your stories into real printed books! Design, customize, and order professionally printed hardcover books—right from the app. Great for gifts, classrooms, or your bookshelf. Create AR Videos with Millions of 3D Models Bring your stories to life in Augmented Reality! Record yourself interacting with characters and props from Sketchfab’s expansive model library and create completely new stories using the real world around you. Magic Animate Animate anything—stickers, drawings, characters, or even your own photos. Add motion and emotion in seconds, using our new AI-powered Magic Animate tool. Customize Your Story's Back Cover Now you can customize the color or choose from hundreds of background images for your back covers Image Editor A smarter way to edit images: - Background removal - Cropping, filters, enhancement - Unblur and sharpen tools Bonus Updates: - New fonts and text styling options (bold, italics, underline, alignment) - Dozens of new characters - Updated localizations: Dutch, Hebrew, and Hindi now supported - UX and UI refinements throughout the app

What’s New in 4.5.2 – Smoother, More Expressive Stories This update adds a whole new layer of creativity to how kids create and present their stories - with the introduction of page transition animations for videos, and tons of additional content. Page Transitions Are Here Add smooth animated transitions between your pages when playing back or exporting a story as video. Choose from 6 fun visual effects in page manager and make your stories feel like movies! Canvas Animations Now, the story canvas animates between page transitions so you have a better sense when pages change. Improved and Expanded Backgrounds - 100+ new backgrounds added to explore - Search through the entire collection to find the perfect scene Magic Character Improvements - Now select from My Story characters in the avatar selector! - Fixed preview image layouts on iPad and iPhone - Added new character types by popular demand: princesses, kids, backpackers, robot, bear, and more Other Fixes & Upgrades - Resolved bugs around thumbnails, fuzzy Magic Stickers, and canvas image layering - Updated app localizations and new avatar types added to profile editor - More consistent and stable experience across devices

What’s New in Version 4.5.1 – More Character Magic This update is packed with improvements to make storytelling smoother, faster, and more magical. Magic Character Enhancements - Even more My Story Characters and now you can create your own variations on these characters. - Request a character! We added a character request form so feel free to ask for anything and we'll try to accommodate! Smoother UI, Faster App - Cleaned up code on the Home and Library views - Delightful new animated monsters for progress tracking Stability & Crash Fixes - Video object play buttons and export logic cleaned up - Resolved crashes related to background images and thumbnails - Optimized memory usage to make large stories more reliable Thanks for helping us build a space where kids can imagine, create, and tell their best stories. We can’t wait to see what you make next!

What’s New in Version 4.5.0 – Say Hello to Magic Characters! This update brings one of our most exciting features yet: Magic Characters, the easiest way to bring yourself—or a whole cast of original characters—into your stories. Introducing Magic Characters Turn a photo into a character you can reuse again and again in your books. You can even paste an image or pick from dozens of My Story character packs designed to spark your imagination. Characters will help with consistency from page to page, making storytelling more creative and fun than ever before. • Create characters from your own photo • Use multiple expressions and poses • Add outfits and accessories • Choose from curated character sets for all kinds of stories • Use Story Sparks to unlock Magic Characters or create more variations of the same characters Big Stability & Performance Improvements We’ve also made major improvements behind the scenes: • Better memory and file size handling to keep stories fast and smooth • Smarter image and video optimizations to prevent crashes • A single optimization pass helps reduce book file size automatically • Fixed bugs like cover video previews, community sticker search, and canvas toolbar glitches

Bring Your Stories to Life with Video! This is our biggest update yet! You can now add real videos to your story pages in three exciting ways: - Video Backgrounds – Add beautiful moving scenes behind your story using your own videos or free options from Pexels. - Video Objects – Drop videos anywhere on the page like stickers and move or resize them just like images (limited to 10 seconds) - Audio-Only from Videos – Use just the sound from a video to bring pre-recorded music or voices into your story (limited to 20 seconds) Whether you’re making a nature scene come alive or adding action to your characters, this unlocks a whole new creative world. GIPHY Stickers Are Here Say hello to animated stickers with transparent backgrounds! GIPHY Stickers can make your story look much more polished. Smarter, Smoother, and More Polished - You can trim videos and set a maximum length, and audio now respects mute toggles. - Exported videos now look better and work more consistently, even on pages with lots of moving parts. - We’ve squashed bugs, reduced memory issues, and made dozens of UI improvements across the app. Grown-Up Controls for Video Content Pexels video search and content access can now be turned on or off in Settings, giving parents and teachers more control over what’s available to kids. This update unlocks even more ways to create stories that feel like mini movies. We can’t wait to see what your kids make!

What’s New in Version 4.3.0 Introducing Magic Story Guide Now available for Premium users, the Magic Story Guide is a smart, friendly tool designed to help young authors craft stronger, more imaginative stories. Whether your child needs a gentle prompt, a creative spark, or help finishing a tale, the Magic Story Guide is there to support every step of the storytelling journey. Improved Video and PDF Export We’ve made major under-the-hood improvements to how stories are turned into videos and PDFs. Exports are now more reliable and are less likely to crash. New Parent PIN Option for Added Control Parents can now replace the default visual adult gate with a secure, customizable PIN code. This is ideal for households with multiple children who can easily bypass visual challenges. The PIN can protect sensitive actions like changing settings or deleting stories and authors. Additional Improvements - Higher resolution video exports (now 1280px wide) - More reliable speech recognition and transcription - Dozens of bug fixes to improve overall app stability, especially related to animations, drawing, and speech-to-text

What’s New in Version 4.2.5 More Smart Creation Features - If a book hasn’t changed, video and PDF exports now reuse the previous version - Option to generate subtitles automatically to accompany voice recordings - Added speech to text button to most text fields to quickly allow children a faster way to input text - Added multitouch trackpad gestures on Mac for easier object interaction Bug Fixes & Stability Boosts - Crash fixes: specially around animated images and GIF handling - Fixed an issue with legacy drawings and PencilKit rendering Other Improvements - Added missing translations - Uniform white backgrounds for all pin code screens for consistency

What's New in Version 4.2.4 - Animated 3D models now export as looping GIFs, bringing stories to life like never before - Added 50 brand-new stunning backgrounds: even more ways to set the perfect scene - Introduced a new Furniture category in Premium Stickers for cozying up your stories - Big improvements to book export: faster, more reliable video generation, and we now skip unnecessary re-exports when nothing has changed - Enhanced our support requests to let you attach problematic books to support tickets for better, faster help - Canvas undo/redo now works seamlessly across drawing and object edits, making creating easier than ever - Clearer messaging around Sketchfab 3D model limits - Multiple crash fixes to boot! What’s New in Version 4.2.3 - Legacy books are back in action—we’ve fixed a major issue affecting video generation and page conversions - Added 3d sticker button to canvas tutorial for first time authors - Updated our Gif Library: we updated the gif library to one that is more robust to help prevent crashes and memory leaks. - Added a stop button for voice playback to give users more control when reviewing their recordings - Reduced image size from Unsplash to avoid memory issues - Fixes for images from the camera sometimes appearing blank - A loading indicator now appears when opening or closing the editor, especially helpful for large books - Fixed a few language localization issues - Local file cleanup now works properly when deleting pages or assets—no more clutter hiding in the background - Multiple stability improvements and crash fixes, including: * PDF export issues * History tracking bugs * Multiple crash fixes across page rendering, stickers, WebViews, and thumbnail generation * Audio and canvas rendering crashes This update makes your My Story experience faster, cleaner, and more reliable than ever.

What’s New in Version 4.2.3 - Legacy books are back in action—we’ve fixed a major issue affecting video generation and page conversions - Added 3d sticker button to canvas tutorial for first time authors - Updated our Gif Library: we updated the gif library to one that is more robust to help prevent crashes and memory leaks. - Added a stop button for voice playback to give users more control when reviewing their recordings - Reduced image size from Unsplash to avoid memory issues - Fixes for images from the camera sometimes appearing blank - A loading indicator now appears when opening or closing the editor, especially helpful for large books - Fixed a few language localization issues - Local file cleanup now works properly when deleting pages or assets—no more clutter hiding in the background - Multiple stability improvements and crash fixes, including: * PDF export issues * History tracking bugs * Multiple crash fixes across page rendering, stickers, WebViews, and thumbnail generation * Audio and canvas rendering crashes This update makes your My Story experience faster, cleaner, and more reliable than ever.

What’s New in Version 4.2.1 - Magic Covers just got way more magical boosting the quality, creativity, and visual detail of your book covers! - Fixed occasional issues with audio recordings not saving properly. - 3D Sticker previews are now larger, making it easier to see models before placing them on the page. - Various crash fixes for a smoother experience, including PencilKit rendering, 3D model imports, and saving page thumbnails.

What’s New in Version 4.2.0 - 3D Stickers are here! Dive into a whole new dimension of storytelling with amazing, interactive 3D models—powered by Sketchfab - Spark creativity like never before by placing, rotating, and editing 3D objects right on your story pages. Adults can disable 3d Stickers in settings if you don't want them - Improved content moderation and performance limits keep everything smooth and safe - We’ve made Home view faster and more responsive, especially on older devices - Fixed unexpected text color changes, page preview issues, and canvas glitches - Patched multiple crashes to keep your creative flow going strong

What’s New in Version 4.1.2 - Now you can earn Story Sparks by simply using the app and creating great stories every day, the longer your streak of creating, the more Story Sparks! (premium only) - Improved drawing performance with better memory usage, especially on longer books - Drawing tools now behave more predictably when switching or finishing a drawing - Added a visual cue so it’s clear when a new page is created - Support requests now automatically include app version and device info for faster help - Sticker suggestions are now moderated for kid's safety and quality - Tons of fixes and polish across audio, text, layout, and crash reports

What’s New in Version 4.1.1 - Export Fixes – PDF export is working again, with improvements to GIF and video rendering. - Smarter Magic Covers – Blank covers now auto-fill with a suggested image if page 0 has content. - Canvas Just Got Bigger – You can now hide the toolbar for a cleaner, full-width view in landscape mode. - Improved Community Stickers – “Load more” now respects your search term. - iPhone Layout Fixes – Better spacing, cleaner UI, and fewer surprises. - More Stable, Smoother Experience – Tons of under-the-hood crash fixes and cleanup, including page thumbnails, brush tools, and audio recording logic. Thanks for creating with My Story!

What’s New in Version 4.1.0!! - GIFs Are Here! You can now add animated GIFs to your stories with full GIPHY integration – search millions of GIFs, add them to your canvas, and watch your videos come to life! Parents can disable Giphy in settings if desired. - 23 Free New Backgrounds to inspire even more creative storytelling. - Longer Subtitles – Add up to 200 characters per page to tell your story your way. - Smarter Library View – Your stories are now sorted by last modified for easier access. - Improved Video & PDF Exports – Get a better sense of how much time it takes to generate your videos! - Bug Fixes & Performance Enhancements – More reliable audio playback, better Magic Sticker behavior, and a more responsive canvas experience. GIF it a try and bring your stories to life!