My teacher made my class use this app for a slide show which took me quite a while. Once I backed up the project to the cloud system in the app and sent it to her, I waited a few weeks and then deleted this app as I figured I wouldn't need it again. Turns out, my teacher hadn't gotten around to grading them yet, and upon deleting the app, it also deleted the project I made. I figured that the cloud system would have backed it up fine, but my teacher said she couldn't view my project. So I re-downloaded the app and tried to back it up from the cloud. It gave me my project, but the contents were blank with no pages or content; however, the cover page and title were still there. I tried emailing the developer(s) and got no response after a month of waiting. Now I'm going to have to restart the whole project over, hoping this doesn't happen again. Very annoying, and very frustrating. My advice, go get a different app with a functional cloud system. Even if you have to pay for it, it will be well worth it rather than losing everything you spent time working hard on.

Story Creator, a very easy app to create quick stories that look professional. My special needs students were able to quickly and easily create a story, using pictures from our photo album, type their text and record their story. Another option is a crayon with 4 color choices to draw their own picture. Settings while not locked, provide access to emailing app to friend, get support or check recommended apps and more. Created stories can be shared through login with Facebook or email. The only difficulty encountered was the three finger tap to delete a book, the action did not work. However, books can be deleted using the edit mode. A very nice app that will give users a nice finished product.

I currently use a social story app, almost like this one. I use it to make social stories for my son who has autism. This is really, really easy to use, and has a nice & simple feel too. You can make stories, record your voice, and even draw on the page! It even highlights the text as it is read aloud. My only two suggestions would be to use a lock feature for parents ( so they can't delete it), yes I know it's backed up, but I don't want changes and deletions every time it's in use; AND please make it easier to email so that I can print it out to make a laminated, hard copy for school. Totally well worth it, highly recommend!!!

I love how you can add photos/videos and have voice overs for kids to listen to. BUT the video did not load up at all for me whether I took it with the app or used my regular video to upload. The login is also wonky because I tried making an account and it said that I already used the email, but when I went to retrieve my password with “Forgot Password” my email was not valid….so that is annoying. Tried emailing tech support, but it doesn’t seem to exist..and I copied and pasted it. Please fix the bugs! It’s a cute app and I would to use it with more of my students and share with their teachers and parents.

I love the simplicity of the design of this app - it is very easy to figure out how to create a book using all the available features. I love that there is the option to include videos- something that I find valuable in my work with special needs students who benefit from video modeling of social stories! A couple of things I would love to see added is the ability to share outside of Facebook (which is most often blocked in the schools I work in) and more color choices when using the drawing tool.

I like the simplicity of this app. I teach first grade & it is very user friendly for primary students. I would rate the app higher if I could email the stories to parents & other students. It would also be great if stories could be sent to iBooks. We make some class books on our iPads & the kids love it when they are able to add the story to their library. Other suggestions for future updates are to add more color options & allow for adjusts width of the pen. Also, allow photos to minimize so as to fit the page.