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Fortelling - Story Writing

Novel writer & book plotting

AJP Digital Tools B.V.
Download on theApp Store
App Store rating4.5★1K ratings
PriceFreeIn-app $7.39–$199.99
Age12+Store age rating
Size123 MBiPhone download
CategoryProductivity
DeveloperAJP Digital Tools B.V.

What we found

Full report

Too little checked to say Store information only. We haven’t analysed this app or read its reviews yet.

Money

  • Free to download · in-app purchases $7.39–$199.99 (4 listed). Monthly plans $7.39 (about $89 a year) and $7.49 (about $90 a year); yearly plan $74.99.
  • If you subscribe through the store, cancel in iPhone Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Deleting the app doesn’t cancel a subscription.

Not yet tested.

The store currently lists version 5.1, updated 2026-09-29.

Preview

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Store screenshots supplied by the developer.

About this app

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.…

From the developer’s store description.

For developers and the curious

The full report

The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.

Findings and evidence

Not yet tested
Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app. A missing label is not a clean bill of health.

What reviewers report

No review coverage

No review analysis published for this app.

Measurements

4 measured · 4 not assessed

“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.

From store data and reviews

Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
The store description doesn’t list prices (most don’t)
Cancelling, in the store description
The store description doesn’t say how to cancel (most don’t)
Themes reported by reviewers
Not assessed
This app's reviews have not been assessed yet
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.

In the app package we scanned

No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence, not a finding.

Sensitive permissions
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
How we know

Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured

Versions and dates analysed

Not yet tested

Not yet tested. No analysis has been run for this app, so there is no version or date to report.

Store update history

Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.

App Store

Version 5.1 · 2026-09-29
New in version 5.1: - New: More styling options for labels: add an icon, select a gradient, and choose between a filled or outlined style for your labels - New: Re-order labels in the label selector or on the story element page by long-pressing and dragging them to a new position - New: Drag to re-order labels in the story element header view, and for labels in scenes, timeline events, and files - New: Re-order images of story elements - New: Icons for label folders - New: Occasional tooltips for new features - Improved: Label selector no longer requires you to press save after selecting labels; they are now saved automatically - Improved: Filter will now stay active on story element lists…

Shortened here; the full notes are on the store listing.

Assessment record

Status
Not yet tested
App identifier
fortelling
Sources used
None recorded
Reviews read
None recorded
Package examined
No package scan
Human inspection
Not completed
How we know
Measurement vocabulary
1.4

Store facts

App Store

What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.

App Store

Store rating
4.49 ★ · 1,042 ratings
Version
5.1
Updated
29 Sep 2026
Price
Free · In-app purchases
Age rating
12+
Size
123 MB
Open in App Store
Developer
AJP Digital Tools B.V.
Category
Productivity
Listing price
Free · In-app purchases

Purchases the store lists

 What this app sells

From the store listing. Billing terms are read from each purchase’s name — the stores don’t publish them — so treat them as a strong hint, not a disclosure.

Subscriptions3
Fortelling Pro - MonthlyMonthly$7.39
Fortelling Pro - MonthlyMonthly$7.49
Fortelling Pro - AnnuallyYearly$74.99
Buy once1
Fortelling Pro LifetimeLifetime$199.99

Method and limits

What this report can and cannot show

What a missing label means

Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app, so there is no method to describe for it yet. A missing label is not a clean bill of health: it means nothing has been read, not that nothing is wrong.

Limits of this report

  • A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
  • Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
  • Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
  • A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
Not yet human-reviewed. A human review gives an app hands-on, recorded measurements. None has been run for this app. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.
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