10 Popular Story Editors: Which One to Choose?

This selection contains a list of the highest-rated story editor apps for Instagram. We evaluated them based on key parameters: subscription cost and availability of a free version, availability and number of templates, backgrounds, fonts, stickers, integration with a photo/video/audio bank, the ability to make covers for highlights, translation of the menu into Ukrainian or Russian. Let’s figure it out.
17 February 2022
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1. Canva
This is by far the most popular social media content creation app. It costs $13/month or $120/year, and you get the opportunity to work on content with a team of up to 5 people. The trial period is 2 weeks. There is a free version with limitations.

Possibilities:

2700+ editable templates,

Editor for added illustrations or photos

a huge bank with animations, stickers, videos, photos,
more than 500 fonts (but not all of them are adapted to Cyrillic),
140 highlight cover templates that you can freely edit.
All stories are saved in the app and can be directly published on the social network. It is convenient to create and save a series of stories in one file.

Ukrainian and Russian language versions are available.

2. Dazzle
A paid subscription costs $35/year, $10 per library shop  month. Trial access is only given for 3 days, but you can use the basic version for free.

What functionality does the application have:

more than 200 design templates for stories,
editable backgrounds,
effects that can be applied to stories (for example, VHS or flickering),
stickers, animations and image bank,
40 fonts, all applicable to Cyrillic,
more than 100 templates for highlights, but they cannot be changed, you can only download the series you like.
Stories can be archived to keep content ready for the moment in a personal gallery. Posting is available directly from the app. It is not possible to group a series of posts together.

The interface can be switche to both Ukrainian and Russian.The full functionality of the application costs $70/year or $10/month, the trial period is 7 days. You can freely use the limite free version.

What’s in the app:

400+ designer templates,
editable backgrounds,
there is no photo editor, you can only adjust the transparency,
there is no bank with illustrations and animations, there are only stickers,
30+ popular fonts, but many of them are not applicable to Cyrillic,
There are no templates for highlights.
Saved stories are saved as projects that can be publishe to Instagram right away. You can’t create a series of stories in one area; you’ll have to save the files separately.

You can choose a menu in Ukrainian or Russian.

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4. Mojo
Subscription to this service costs $10/month or $40/year. Traditionally, you can use a completely free version. The trial period before the premium subscription is 3 days.

The developers offer:

400 templates, each of which is available in animated and static formats,
built-in editor for multimedia,
stock photos and videos, stickers and animations,
35+ original fonts,
free audio,
no story covers.
The app is very convenient for creating a series of stories at once, then you can save them as one video or

6. Grids
A subscription with a 3-day free 10 popular story editors: which one to choose? trial costs $21 per month or $30 per year. There is a completely free version with limitati artistic fonts do not apply to Cyrillic),
about 30 templates for creating icons for highlights.
Stories are sent to Instagram directly from the app. You can’t create a series in one workspace, only individual posts.

The menu is translated into Russian only.

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7. Unfold
This app has a free version, and there is an individual or enterprise subscription. Individual Unfold+ costs $20 per year or $3 per month, and enterprise is $60 per year and $8 per month. The trial period is 3 days.

The application allows you to:

use about 400 templates,
change the background color or add texture to the background,
edit photos in templates and apply effects to them,
use the built-in image search in the photo bank,
add elements from your brand kit (branded fonts, logos, stickers and other graphics),
use dozens of fonts – unfortunately, many do not work with Cyrillic,
You can’t make icons for saved stories.
The app makes it easy to create and prepare a series of stories for publication, and you can post them in one click directly from the service.

Its significant drawback is that all usa bu materials are store only on your phone, they are not uploade to the cloud. That is, when you change your phone, add a new team member, or work with a new SMM manager, you will have to upload all templates and design elements again.

 

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