Ember
Coming to the App Store

Romance written to you,
one chapter at a time.

Every chapter is written from the choice you just made, in second person, in the present tense. Nothing is pre-written, so nobody else is reading your version.

Two stories free · three chapters eachNo account · nothing leaves your phone
A chapter, written to you
A chapter, written to you
A chapter, written to you
A chapter, written to you
The setup before chapter one
The setup before chapter one
Eight kinds of trouble
Eight kinds of trouble
Twelve stories in each
Twelve stories in each
Two stories free
Two stories free
96stories
8categories
4languages
∞chapters

How it works

  1. 1

    Pick a story, or write your own opening

    96 stories across eight categories, or two sentences of your own. Then choose the weather: slow burn, thriller, mystery, dark or drama.

  2. 2

    Read a chapter written to you

    Second person, present tense, arriving a word at a time. You walk into the room. He says your name.

  3. 3

    Decide, and watch it land

    Two ways forward, or say something else in your own words. The next chapter is written from there, and what you chose comes back later.

What makes it different

Your choices actually land

Trust you give someone early comes back four chapters later. A lie you told is remembered by the person you told it to. Someone who was not in the room does not know what happened in it.

It never runs out

There is no last chapter waiting for you. The story keeps going as long as you do, and when you want it to end, it takes several chapters to bring you home.

Say something else

Two ways forward at the end of every chapter, or write what you do in your own words. Nobody pushes you back onto a rail.

Four languages

English, German, Spanish and Turkish. Change it mid-story and everything you have already read is translated with it.

One image a chapter, if you want it

Cinematic, never spoiling what the page withheld, and off by default.

Keep what you read

Save any story as a PDF, with its setup page and its illustrations, and it is yours.

96 stories, eight kinds of trouble

Office & PowerContracts, hierarchies, very bad ideas
Second ChancesThe one who left is back in town
Small Town Slow BurnEveryone knows, nobody says
Other BloodHe is not what he says he is
Danger & ProtectionSomebody is standing between you and it
Pretend With MeOne lie, two people, no exit
Crowns & AshOld houses, older debts
Under the LightsFame, and the person behind it

Or write your own opening in two sentences and let it grow from there.

Your stories stay on your phone

No account, no sign-in, no email. Your chapters, your choices and your illustrations live on your device and nowhere else. We keep no copy, which also means that deleting the app deletes them for good. Save anything you want to keep as a PDF.

Two stories free

Two stories, three chapters each, no card needed. After that, Ember+ gives you unlimited chapters in every language and 40 illustrated chapters a month, or buy credits and pay per chapter.

Weekly$3.9910 illustrated chapters a week
Monthly$7.9940 illustrated chapters a month
Yearly$49.99$4.17 a month

Or 100 credits for $4.99, about 33 chapters.