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. • School Edition: Classroom Sync Fix – Resolved a Google Classroom issue where duplicate books could appear after syncing. 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. - 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.

More reliable, faster, and even better for the classroom! - Book Publishing Upgrade – Now supports hardcover printing for books over 25 pages (with parental gate for purchases). - AR Storytelling Stability – Smoother performance when adding AR objects, plus improved video and GIF handling. - Rebuilt Unsplash Integration – Students and teachers can now see Unsplash photos directly in the media picker. Performance & Reliability • Page Manager now loads faster and crashes far less often. • Stories now render correctly on devices of all resolutions with rebuilt page orientation. • Fixed disappearing video and GIFs during exported story transitions. • Corrected multiple layout issues, including iPhone drawing alignment. • Better Attribution Tracking – Attribution page now accurately reflects the assets used in each student’s book. • General Classroom Improvements – Smoother book importing, improved subtitle scaling by age, and restored backgrounds in legacy projects.

School Edition – What’s New in 4.6.0 Real-World Publishing Students can now publish their stories as real books! • Parental gate before purchases • Apple Pay support • International shipping AR Storytelling for Schools Let students capture AR videos using real-world scenes and 3D characters. A totally new way to blend writing, storytelling, and digital literacy. Improved Image Editing Tools Give students the power to enhance their artwork: • One-tap background removal • Image cleanup, cropping, filters, and unblur • Optimized for classroom use Additional School Features • Google Classroom sync for rosters and stories • Support for Hebrew, Dutch, and Hindi • iPhone UI improvements and refinements • Back cover customization for printed books • Bug fixes and stability updates across the board

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 My Story Character Improvements - Now select from My Story characters in the avatar selector! - Added new character types by popular demand: princesses, kids, backpackers, robot, bear, and more Other Fixes & Upgrades - 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 This long-awaited update brings the School Edition fully up to speed with everything that’s made My Story better for all creators—plus classroom-specific fixes and sync improvements. Reliable Syncing & Roster Support - Google Classroom and Google Drive syncing is now much more robust - Pull-to-refresh now works consistently in the Library - Duplicate author issues and corrupted syncs are now resolved My Story Characters – Now with More Poses We’ve added new My Story characters so students can tell even richer stories with consistent, reusable characters. Faster, Cleaner Interface - Cleaned up code on the Library and Home screens updated and cleaned up - Updated minimum iOS version to 17.0 for reliability on modern devices Bug Fixes & Stability Improvements - Resolved crashes on syncing, drawing, and background images - Better handling of video and audio objects - Cleaner syncing visuals, faster feedback, and fewer delays

What’s New in My Story School Edition 4.5.0 – Classroom-Ready with Even More Creative Tools This update brings powerful new features and important refinements for classrooms using My Story across iPads and Macs. Meet the My Story Characters We’ve added a full cast of free, expressive characters that students can use to bring their stories to life. These diverse characters come in a variety of activities and poses—from scientists and athletes to builders and musicians—making it easier for young authors to tell stories with relatable and reusable characters. Enhanced Classroom Performance & Stability We’ve continued to optimize My Story School Edition to ensure a smoother experience in classroom environments: • Faster load times and better memory management for large books • Crash fixes and UI improvements across devices This version builds on everything released in My Story 4.0+, bringing School Edition up to date with hundreds of new free premium stickers, backgrounds, 3D objects, and the Magic Story Guide, our built-in writing assistant for students. Thanks for using My Story in your classroom—we’re proud to help your students become confident storytellers!

Our biggest School Edition update ever is here! This update brings everything we’ve built over the past year to your classroom—including powerful creative tools, performance improvements, and a smoother teaching experience. Built for Classrooms: Google Classroom Integration (Beta) Quickly sync your Google Classroom roster to import student accounts and keep their stories backed up and up-to-date using Google Drive. All settings are also synced across devices including teacher and student PIN codes, feature settings, and more. It’s a seamless way to manage devices and student work across your multi-device classroom. Please provide feedback in the app on where you’d like to see next! Unlock the Power of Storytelling with Video Your students can now use video in their books: - Add dynamic video backgrounds from a curated collection of free Pexels videos - Place movable video objects on the canvas - Use video audio only for narration, sound effects, or background music Magic Story Guide Our new AI-powered writing coach helps students overcome writer’s block, improve their storytelling, and get subtitle and full-book guidance tailored to their age group. Tons of New Creative Content – Now Included - Over 900+ premium stickers and stunning backgrounds - Interactive 3D objects from Sketchfab to enhance any page - Magic Stories to inspire creativity and help students get started - GIFs from GIPHY for fun, animated effects Faster, Smarter, and More Reliable - Story exports to video and PDF are faster and more stable - Major memory and performance improvements across the board - Undo/redo works better, and pages load quicker Better Adult Controls for Teachers You can now secure settings and important author actions with an optional Adult PIN code - ideal to prevent accidental changes or deletions. Whether you’re helping your students publish their first story or prepping your classroom for a new school year, this update brings everything you need to make storytelling magical. Thanks for being part of the My Story community—we can’t wait to see what your students create!

- Subtitles, Simplified: Subtitles are now visible directly on the canvas, making them easier to use as part of your story. - Bug Fixes & Enhancements: Addressed grown-up check frequency, resolved UI issues with subtitles on iPhones, and more.

- Share and Import Stories: You can now share individual stories with other My Story users and devices! Export a story as a .mystory file and send it to friends and family, or as a template in your classroom. Recipients can import stories for one author or all authors in their app. Simply click on a .mystory file in the iPad or use Airplay. - Enhanced Backup & Restore: You can now restore your database from backup files stored anywhere - including cloud storage like Google Drive. Just select your .mystorybackup file from any folder on your device. - Bug fixes and performance improvements

What's New in My Story: Powerful New Backup & Restore Feature - Easily create backups of your stories and authors and store the backup on device, iCloud, Google Drive, etc. - Quickly restore backups on any device running My Story - Perfect for setting up multiple devices with the same content - Great for teachers preparing classroom iPads with example stories! Note: you’ll have to save the backup file into the My Story app folder on your device to properly restore App Improvements - Backup and restore capability - a long requested feature! - Improved stability and performance - Bug fixes and general platform compatibility

General bug fixes

Fix for circle tool.

Minor bug fixes

We rebuilt much of My Story's code to prepare it for exciting new features in the near future! Please reach out to us on Twitter to help us build things that will inspire new levels of creativity! @mystoryapp What's New: * Rebuilt codebase on Swift to ensure compatibility into the future * Added a new onboarding tutorial for new users to get a jump start on using the app * Fun sound effects on button presses - you can disable this in the Grown-Ups section any time * Updated settings view with more useful features * Get help faster - New in-app support ticket submission * Updated compatibility to iOS 14+ * Export as image sequence - export your book pages as a series of PNG images * UI updated to better fit iPhone, iPad Pro, and other screen resolutions * Fixes for dark mode Some things we had to remove: * We removed the ePub exporting functionality as that service will be replaced with better sharing tools in the future * We removed the .mystory file format because of incompatibility with iOS 14. We're working on better ways of sharing and exporting editable stories

Updated for improved compatibility with iPad Pro and iPhone 11+ screen resolutions

Fixed issue where the app would crash when trying to add text to canvas on iPhone.

Fix for .mystory book imports. Reply button added to the end of "View Story" mode. Various bug fixes.

Bug fixes: * Importing My Story books between devices and authors now fixed * iPhone version add author crash fix * iPhone version fix for disappearing buttons after images added to the canvas New features: * Backgrounds moved to their own button on the canvas * Localized in Spanish and French! "Ça le fait!"

- Internal updates to keep My Story compatible with newer OSes and Devices. - Better microphone user experience complete with countdown.

3.5.4 Expanded compatibility to some older devices 3.5.3 What's new: - Emoji sticker pack - Sharing movie and pdf files now use the story name as the file name Updates: - Many under the hood updates and cleanup

What's new: - Emoji sticker pack - Sharing movie and pdf files now use the story name as the file name Updates: - Many under the hood updates and cleanup