A texting story maker turns a written chat into a video of messages appearing one by one. GhostShorts and Brainrot Shorts add AI voices. Chatimator Pro costs $5.99 a month and mentions no voices. TextingStory is a free phone app with a watermark. CapCut is a free editor where you build the chat by hand. GhostShorts voices each side but does not write the chat for you.
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Read from the bubbles this clip renders, not from a saved draft.
USD before tax, read from each tool's own pricing page on 2026-09-27unless the footnote says otherwise. Prices change; check the tool's site before you pay. A number we could not confirm is not printed.
| Tool | Web or app | AI voices | Platform skins | Watermark on free | Export | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GhostShorts | Web (runs in a browser, no app) | Yes, one AI voice per side, included in the plan | iMessage, WhatsApp, Instagram, Tinder, each light or dark | No free export. Paid exports carry no watermark. | 1080x1920 MP4 at 30 fps | Starter $19.99/mo (monthly billing)[1]Also: Starter $16.66/mo on annual, Creator+ $39.99/mo, GhostMode $79.99/mo, Credit pack $9.99 one-time |
| TextingStory | Mobile app (iOS and Android) | None mentioned on its site | Not listed on its site | Yes, removal is an in-app purchase (third-party sources) | Video or GIF, square or vertical | In-app purchases, prices not published[2] |
| ConvoClip | Web (browser tool) | Not stated on its homepage | Not listed on its homepage | Not confirmed | Video; resolution not stated | Subscription $15/mo (monthly billing)[3]Also: Credit pack $15 one-time |
| Chatimator | Web (renders in your browser) | None mentioned on its site | iMessage, WhatsApp, Instagram DM, dark or light | Yes | 720p free, 1080p60 on Pro | Pro $5.99/mo (monthly billing)[4] |
| Brainrot Shorts | Web | Yes, 40+ character voices (fewer on the free credits) | Not listed on the page we read | Implied (paid plans are advertised as watermark-free); not confirmed | Video; resolution not stated | Lite $29/mo (monthly billing)[5]Also: Creator $49/mo, Pro $99/mo |
| CapCut | Desktop and web editor | Not checked for this page | No chat generator; you build the chat from templates or by hand | Third-party sources say free exports carry a watermark; not confirmed by CapCut | Whatever you edit; you assemble each video yourself | Pro $19.99/mo (monthly billing; from a CapCut article dated 2026-09-23, not a pricing page; US web price, varies by region)[6] |
One line each, from the tool's own pages. GhostShorts is held to the same standard, so its row says what it does not do.
| Tool | Where it fits | Where it does not fit |
|---|---|---|
| GhostShorts | Runs in a browser with one AI voice per side included, four chat skins in light or dark, a free silent preview of your own chat, and a prefilled link or API to start from a script. | It does not write the conversation; there is no AI script step. No free plan or free download, no Hinge or Bumble skin, no auto-posting, and the app interface is English only. |
| TextingStory | A free phone app with unlimited video creations, exporting video or GIF, square or vertical. | Phone only, no AI voices mentioned on its site, free videos carry a watermark (third-party sources), and in-app prices are not published. |
| ConvoClip | A browser tool with texting story, story video and quiz formats, at $15 a month or the same amount as a one-time credit pack. | Voices, chat skins and export resolution are not stated on its homepage. No auto-posting or API mentioned. |
| Chatimator | The lowest paid price here (Pro, $5.99 a month) with 1080p60 exports, AI-written scripts, and iMessage, WhatsApp and Instagram DM skins. | No voices mentioned. The free plan is one 720p watermarked export a month. |
| Brainrot Shorts | 40+ character voices over 98 gameplay backgrounds, with 240 free credits to start. | Uploading your own background is paid-only, chat skins are not listed on the page we read, and Lite is $29 a month. |
| CapCut | A free general editor with a template library, where you control every cut. | There is no chat generator, so you build each conversation by hand. Auto captions are Pro only, and the Pro price varies by region. |
Put the chat in the URL: one message per line, each starting with me: or them:, plus an optional contact name. This is the link for a three-message example:
https://ghostshorts.com/fake-text-video-generator?script=them%3A%20did%20you%20just%20leave%20me%20on%20read%0Ame%3A%20I%20was%20in%20a%20meeting%0Athem%3A%20for%20three%20hours%3F&contact=Alex
Open this example chat in GhostShorts. The silent preview of it is free; the voiced MP4 needs a plan.
We picked the tools that come up when you search for a texting story maker or a fake text message video maker: one phone app (TextingStory), four browser tools (GhostShorts, ConvoClip, Chatimator, Brainrot Shorts), and CapCut as the free-editor baseline most people already have.
Every price and feature was read from the tool's own site on 2026-09-27. TextingStory does not publish its in-app prices on the web, so none is shown. Where a site does not say whether it has voices or which chat skins it offers, the table says so rather than guessing. We did not test output quality and nothing here is a ranking. GhostShorts is our product.
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The same template runs through the GhostShorts API and MCP server. Connect it once and ask your assistant for a video; it comes back as a finished MP4 on the same plan and credits.
claude mcp add --transport http ghostshorts https://api.ghostshorts.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <your API key>"This template is available as fake_text_message on the API. Plain-text guide for agents
Link straight in: ghostshorts.com/fake-text-video-generator?script=…&contact=…