Storyfall

Mobile App

The Storyfall iOS app gives you the full Storyfall experience on your phone, plus the ability to download stories and play them offline.

Getting the App

The Storyfall app is available on the App Store for iPhone. All your existing account data, stories, and progress carry over — just sign in with the same account you use on the web.

Online Experience

When connected to the internet, the app works identically to the website. All features are available: browsing stories, playing, purchasing, the workshop, multiplayer, forums, and everything else.

Downloading Stories for Offline Play

You can save stories to your device so they’re available without an internet connection.

How to Download

  1. Open any published story’s detail page.
  2. Tap the Save Offline button (appears next to the Read/Multiplayer buttons).
  3. The story downloads to your device as a self-contained package.
  4. You can also save stories from the game page while playing.

Once downloaded, the button changes to Saved Offline. Tap it again to remove the offline copy.

What’s Included

A downloaded story includes everything needed to play:

  • All scenes, choices, and branching paths.
  • Variables, NPC/faction relationships, and triggers.
  • Story settings (character name collection, chapters).

Not included in v1: Audio (requires internet), multiplayer features, and forum discussions.

Offline Library

Access your downloaded stories from the Offline Library in the navigation menu (only visible in the app).

The library shows:

  • Story title, author, and genre.
  • Download date and storage size.
  • Whether you have saved progress.
  • Play / Continue button to start or resume.
  • Remove button to delete the offline copy.

Playing Offline

Tap a story in your offline library to play it. The offline player supports:

  • Full scene navigation with all choice types.
  • Variable tracking and conditional content.
  • NPC and faction relationship changes.
  • Trigger-based scene redirects.
  • Auto-save every 10 seconds and after each choice.
  • Manual restart from the end screen.

Your progress is saved to the device so you can close the app and pick up where you left off.

Syncing Back Online

When you reconnect to the internet and open the Offline Library, any completed or in-progress offline playthroughs are automatically synced to your Storyfall account. This means:

  • Your offline playthrough appears in your journal.
  • Your choices and progress are recorded on the server.
  • You can continue the story online if you prefer.

A confirmation toast appears when sync completes.

Checking for Updates

If a story author publishes changes after you downloaded, the app can detect this by comparing content hashes. You can re-download to get the latest version (note: this resets your offline progress for that story).

Storage

Downloaded stories are stored in your device’s Documents directory. Storage size depends on the story — most are under 1 MB. You can see each story’s size in the Offline Library and remove stories you no longer need.