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Text Yourself Chat Story Maker — Online, Free, No Trial

Make your own chat stories in a browser tab. No app, no three-day trial, no weekly charge.

Text Yourself – Chat Story Maker is an iPhone app that has become primarily a place to read chat fiction; making your own story sits behind a subscription — weekly, monthly, or yearly after a three-day trial. texting.video is the browser-based way to make the chat-story video itself: characters, photos, colors, 13 chat themes, and MP4 export are all free with nothing to install and nothing to cancel, and ChatGPT or Claude can write the conversation for you.

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Free · No signup required · Runs in your browser

texting.video vs. Text Yourself

Feature comparison of texting.video and Text Yourself
Featuretexting.videoText Yourself
What it is forMaking chat-story videos to postReading chat stories; making your own is a premium feature
Where it runsAny browser — desktop, Android, Chromebook, iPhoneiPhone app
Website / online versionThis is one — nothing to installNone
Free trialNot needed — every feature is free3-day trial, then a subscription
SubscriptionNone required; optional Pro $9/mo removes the watermark$4.99/week, $9.99/month, or $49.99/year
Chat themes13 — current and Classic phone chats, Google Messages, Discord, Slack, Teams, Terminal, JRPG, True CrimePhone chat styling
AI writes the scriptYes — ChatGPT/Claude, plus an MCP server for AI agentsWrite it yourself
Writing a long storyPaste a whole conversation as "Name: message" lines on a real keyboardThumb-typed on a phone
ExportMP4 and WebM in 9:16, 4:5, 3:4, 1:1, or 16:9Check the current app listing

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Frequently asked questions

Can I use Text Yourself online or on a website?
Text Yourself is only distributed as an iPhone app. For making a chat-story video online, texting.video runs in your browser on any device — nothing to install, and no account needed to export.
Is there a free chat story maker with no subscription?
Yes. Every feature of texting.video is free with unlimited exports; free videos carry a small watermark, and Pro ($9/mo) removes it. There is no trial to cancel.
Does Text Yourself still let you make your own chat stories?
Its listing now leads with reading chat fiction, and creating your own story is a premium feature. If what you want is to write a conversation and get a video out, texting.video does exactly that, free.
Does it work on Android or a computer?
Yes — it is a web page, so it works in Chrome on Android, on Windows, Mac, and Chromebook, as well as on an iPhone.
Can I add photos and custom names?
Yes. Each character gets a name, color, and avatar, and you can send image messages, reactions, read receipts, and timestamps — all free.

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Text Yourself is a trademark of its owner. texting.video is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with it. Comparison reflects the competitor's public App Store listing as of September 2026; check it for current details.