Aftertale: Short Stories

Somebody's lying, somebody's leaving, and by the last line you'll know who. Every story in Aftertale has a real ending.

Aftertale is short fiction for adults, performed by a full cast. A story takes ten to fifteen minutes, short enough to finish before you fall asleep, on the way home or in the bath.

TRADE THE LATE-NIGHT SCROLL FOR A STORY
Swap the endless feed for something that ends. There are over 100 stories, and a new one arrives every evening.

Every voice is a character
Every character has their own voice, and a narrator carries the story between them. The lines are acted: a whisper, a laugh, a pause before someone answers.

Follow every word
As the cast speaks, each word lights up on the page and in the player's caption. Listen, read along, or both.

Read it, hear it, or switch
Start on the page, then tap Listen From Here on any paragraph. The cast picks up where your eyes were.

Tonight's story, chosen for you
It starts with a few questions about your evenings and the stories you like, read aloud by the narrator you pick. Your answers become your story profile, and tonight's story is picked from them. A quiet reminder names tonight's story at the time you set, only on the nights you choose, and the app keeps count of the nights you listen.

Seven kinds of story
- Romance
- Mystery & Thriller
- Fantasy & Romantasy
- Sci-Fi
- Horror
- Feel-good & Cozy
- Bedtime: calm stories for grown-ups

Made for the end of the day
- Every story stands alone. When it ends, nothing plays next until you choose.
- Set the sleep timer for the end of the story, or for 5, 10 or 15 minutes. The voices fade out, and your place is kept.
- Playback speed from 0.8× to 1.5×, lock screen controls and AirPlay.
- In the reader: adjustable text, and light, dark and sepia themes.
- Stories you've played recently stay on your device, so they keep playing on a weak connection.
- No account and no sign-up. Your library and your place in each story sync between iPhone and iPad through iCloud.

Your first story is free
Not ready to pay? Tap Not now on the paywall. The first story you start is yours to finish, free. Every other story opens as a three-minute preview, so you can hear how it begins before you decide.

Made with AI
The stories are written with AI and performed by AI voices. Before a story is published, other AI models review it and check it against strict content rules. Every story's credits say the voices are AI, and no voice is presented as a human narrator.

For adults (16+)
Romance fades to black. Horror builds dread without gore. No story involves real people.

Aftertale Plus
Every story in the library, to listen to or read, and every new one we add.
- Weekly: $6.99 a week
- Yearly: $49.99 a year
- Lifetime: $99.99, paid once. It never renews.

Prices are in US dollars. Other countries follow the App Store's local pricing, and the app shows your price before you confirm. There's no free trial.

Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Weekly and Yearly renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for the renewal within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel a subscription anytime in your Apple Account settings, and you keep access until the end of the period you paid for.

Terms of Use: https://aftertale.app/terms
Privacy Policy: https://aftertale.app/privacy
Apple's standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Aftertale is made independently by Paulo Pereira in Portugal. Questions, or a problem with a story: support@aftertale.app