Stick Figure
Storytime

A storytelling app for iPhone, iPad and Android

Type a story. Watch it come alive.

Stick Figure Storytime turns your words into a hand-drawn cartoon, live, as you type. Name a character and they walk on stage. Write what they do and they do it.

  • No account
  • No ads
  • Works offline
  • Ages 4+
The studio screen. A story about a little dragon named Doris is typed in a notebook while the stage above shows a knight, the dragon breathing fire and a wizard in front of a castle.

How it works

Every word does something.

Bobwalks on stage jumpedleaps up high and kickedflying kick! the robot.a robot appears and goes tumbling. POW!

  1. Name someone

    Write “a knight named Walter” and a stick-figure knight walks on stage, helmet and all, in a marker color of their own.

  2. Say what happens

    Run, jump, flip, punch, dance, hug, cast spells, breathe fire, fall asleep. Over 40 hand-animated moves play the moment you type them.

  3. Add the drama

    Words in quotes pop up as speech bubbles, faces show how everyone feels, and a big “BOOM!” shakes the whole stage.

When you're done writing

Press play.

Sit back in the theater. The curtains open and your whole story plays from the beginning like a cartoon, with subtitles, at whatever speed you like.

Every story you write is saved on your shelf, ready for an encore.

The theater on iPad. Red curtains frame a blueprint stage where Bob kicks a giant robot with a big WHAM, above the subtitle: Bob jumped and kicked the robot.

Dragons? Robots? A dog named Steve?

Anything you can imagine.

People, kids, giants, dragons, monsters, robots, aliens, ghosts, dogs, cats and birds. Horses, lions, elephants, giraffes and dozens more animals get sketched in too. Write about a teapot that comes alive and it sprouts stick arms and legs.

  • Knights
  • Wizards
  • Pirates
  • Robots
  • Aliens
  • Ghosts
  • Dragons
  • Giraffes
A beach party story: a pirate named Janet, a robot named Gary, an alien named Kevin, a friendly ghost named Linda and Janet's dog Steve dance together on stage.

Sketchbook, chalkboard or blueprint

Hand-drawn stages.

Lines wobble like real hand-drawn animation, and the scenery follows your words: castles, cities, forests, beaches and outer space, from sunny mornings to sunsets, starry nights, rain and snow.

  • Sketchbook
  • Chalkboard
  • Blueprint
A chalkboard-style stage at night in the park, where Hannah, her dog Frank and Marcus dance under the moon.

Your cast, your way

Make every character yours.

Tap anyone in your story to change their marker color, dress them up or turn them into something else entirely. The new look follows them through every scene.

  • Crown
  • Top hat
  • Wizard hat
  • Pirate hat
  • Cape
  • Wings
  • Horns
  • Glasses
The cast sheet for an alien named Kevin, with eight marker colors, character types such as robot, dragon and ghost, and outfits such as crowns, capes and wings.

Your stories stay yours

Private by design.

Everything happens on your device. Stories are saved on your phone or tablet and are never sent to us or to anyone else.

  • No accountOpen it and start writing. No sign-up, no email, no password.
  • No adsNothing to tap by accident and nobody selling to your kids.
  • No trackingWe don't collect anything about you or your kids. Not even a little.
  • Works offlineOn a plane, in the car or at bedtime. No Wi-Fi needed.

On iPhones and iPads with Apple Intelligence, and Android phones with Gemini Nano, the optional Smart Director (off until you turn it on) uses an on-device model to understand even trickier sentences. It runs on your device too, so your stories still never leave it.

Read the privacy policy →

The home screen: a big Start a new story button, sample stories to watch and a shelf of saved stories.

Who it's for

Storytellers of every size.

  • Kids learning to writeEvery word they add makes something happen on stage, so they want to keep writing.
  • Parents at bedtimeMake up tonight's story together, then dim the lights and press play.
  • TeachersA playful way to practice action words, dialogue and putting events in order.
  • Margin doodlersFor anyone who has ever drawn a stick figure in the corner of a notebook.

The curtain rises soon.

Stick Figure Storytime is almost ready for the App Store and Google Play. Check back here for the download links.