StoryFire - Videos & Stories

Overall a good app the only problem I have with it is whenever I try to do full screen it just kicks me out of the app

I can't expand the video I'm watching, Everytime I click the enlarge button it stops the app and closes out

Foundation of the app is just not there yet. Launching a new platform is difficult in its self, but I feel the app just does not know what it wants to be. What I mean is it is advertised as a story telling app, yet, it is attempting to be another video platform, from what I understand. It just does not feel ready to be used by anyone who wants to post videos to it. The story side however, is fine, the striking is a cool way to make a story interactive to read. But, with ads, which are essential to making money, are sometimes abrupt, even with the recent updates, along with random crashes, make it not a pleasant user experience. The videos cannot keep ahead, causing it to buffer on a 1GB connection, even on the web version. However, I feel it has potential and might be good one day, just not now.

It's not fully fleshed out so if you're expecting it to be like the other platform then you might be disappointed. The concept is cool though, integrating almost every major aspect of social media into one app and it's done in a pretty neat manner. That being said though, it's not fully optimised so loading takes a few more seconds and not everyone can upload videos. Also eventhough the UI is neat and streamlined, there are a few blindspots like no UI to go back a page. 5/5 for potential though.

The app is same concept as youtube and has gained a good community, and it has potential. A lot of it. However right now it is slow and buggy. Sometimes when I sub to someone i have to do it several times. Some buttons like full screen on videos straight up don't work. The UI is something I'm not enjoying, but that may just be me. Number 1 priority is fixing a lot of the bugs that plague the website.

cool app. I've noticed that when you click on videos the ads take up your entire screen, kind of like a mobile game and its inconvenient. I also noticed that when you have auto rotate off if you put the videos on full screen then they will be vertical instead of horizontal which is annoying. The app is a little slow but its fine. However it's a fun app, the design is simple and easy while also being like Twitter and YouTube combined with a dash of stories involved.

StoryFire is a very good app. My one problem, (it may be only effecting me), is that it occasionally buffers and sometimes has difficulty loading. Though, for a fairly new service it is amazing and easy to navigate and use. Their are lots of people already using it and it is far better than any other social platform I use. Besides the difficulties loading and buffering, this is amazing and has a lot of potential.

Meh. It's nice to see YouTube getting some competition (it really needs it) but this still needs a lot of work. There are many problems, but here are the main ones: Insane amount of ads. Nobody likes ads, so I recommend an adblocker, but you could also edit the .apk if you know how, since these ads are hard to block. The app is poorly optimized, since it lags even on high-end devices, and the video stream (in pieces rather than a full file) is absolute garbage, just like Twitch.

This is a wonderful app I really loved the idea to it and I downloaded it because of the podcast moms basement! It really is a fun app you can be on! I love the fact you can make stories or regular posts or even videos! It still needs work like on the video player like making it smoother when using it. Oh and the app doesn't really work when I click on someone's profile and then I want to go back but my back button does not really go through. Like it doesn't go back to the previous page.

It's a neat idea, biggest problem which is impossible to ignore though is how slow the whole app is. It takes over a minute for a video to even load the page, let alone watch the video. I can't seem to go full screen as the entire app is just SO DAMN SLOW. It could just be my phone but every other app works perfectly as intended, and I haven't encountered a single app that is even half as slow as this

The app is okay, but there are small bugs that need fixed. I cannot create an account, it just sits there and loads when I sign up, and no it is not because of my connection, it takes forever. Or it will just say my account has been deleted and send me back to login page. Also as far as the ads go, there are some that end and I cannot skip back to the video. I have to close out of the app and go back to the video I was watching.

Finally a potential competitor to YouTube but I noticed 2 issues so far. The algorithm is flawed. I'm subscribed to a fair amount of YouTube but all I'm seeing is content from 2 youtubers on the algorithm. Another issue is the fact that it's stuck on portrait mode when you're not watching the video. As a tablet user, I find that really frustrating, especially when I'm using it on the bed. If those two issues are fixed then I'll give 5 stars.

A good idea, but the app is so unstable. When I try to do anything (like watch a video for example), the app locks up while the video plays. This means i can't pause the video, change any settings, or even press my back button to leave the video, resulting in me having to force close the app. Its a shame because I feel like I would like this app if it actualy worked as it should.

Story fire is great and it works as it should. Haven't had any bugs so far but the only problem I've had is not being able to turn the screen sideways. I want an option to do that. StoryFire can you please add this feature? Moving my screen when I have the rotation mode on is such a annoyance once it happens everytime I move. Please add a feature to be able to make my screen horizontal.

I originally rated this app 2 stars, but the community itself has raised my opinion to 3 stars. This app has a ton of potential and the people who use it are super nice, the only problems with it are that it seems to be very buggy and laggy; The app also doesnt have a seamless transition when full screening videos and the ads seem a bit "out of place" if that makes sense, but it's a solid app otherwise. Think of this like Twitter and YouTube, along with the ability of writing stories.

Actually very nice app, it's like Twitter, Youtube and free "books" (well ok, "stories") in one. Very nice design, sometimes slow but it' acceptable. The only thing I don't like that much are those "blaze points". They look like one of those in-game currencies in those pay-to-win mobile games and that's not a good sign. On top of that you have ads. Personally I'd choose one or the other - either have ads or let me pay to remove them.

So far I love this app, and the content on it keeps evolving which is really cool(so much content to explore) the app itself is a bit buggy. You guys should have the option to minimize the video and keep using the app, also is buggy while i simply just go back to where I was and glitches sometimes when I put the video im watching into full screen. But this all feels like is just the nature of the app for now since is very new(i think)The content and the people make it worth it all.

Loving the app so far, but I have a possible improvement. Maybe the app can have stories as well as real books that people make, because that would be helpful for descriptions and so on. Love how the stories or organized though! I'd suggest keeping them if you do add the books. Also would be cool if everyone could make videos, but I understand why not everyone can. The app is also very slow

It's a very good application although, I do have a few problems. Having ads fill the screen whenever I go to a video is very inconvenient. Also, there needs to be a feature that allows viewers to navigate through videos. One other thing that's annoying is that sometimes the screen locks up and I can't press any of the buttons. The last thing is that sometimes it will unsubscribe me from certain creators.

The UI is very pleasent, love the dark backgrounds and colours. The content is growing fast and all seems to be flavourful and varied. There are a few technical hiccups here and there abd the most dire feature still missing is the ability to minimize a video your watching while you continue to browse. Choosing a video and having the urge to keep browsing is one of the few reasons why I would swap over to YouTube. Great app, I'm excited for it's future.

Adds out of the blue are horrible! The user interface needs to be more user friendly. It's a nice interface but does not offer the option to adjust resolution (quality), volume, captions. Would also be good to have a nice drop down menu to select between videos, search or written stories instead of the icons on the bottom of the screen.

There is alot of problems with the app. 1. There is no dislike button 2. The app is extremely slow 3. You cant make video unless you're verified, everyone should have the ability to make videos 4. I dont like the ads, the ads are similar to mobile game ads, I dont like em. 5. There is no settings when you watch these videos, what I mean is that when you watch a video, you need settings to slow or speed up the video, use subtitles, change quality ect. Basically, it's slow and needs alot features

The app is great and I hope it does well further in the future. It has a nice layout and the idea is great, but there are a few problems with lag and loading times although those will most likely be fixed pretty soon. Some suggestions I have would be to allow people to slide the video to the bottom or to a little square within the app, so you can browse the app wile watching a video. Another thing that would be great would be if it had a picture-in-picture mode or background play

This app is a really good idea and concept, but I don't think the creators cared about this app on mobile. When I click things it doest respond or clicks on something else, the overall design is nice, but unusable. I tried to watch a video but couldn't put it into landscape, and the adds give you a whole screen of ads and you have to click a little X at the top like a mobile game add, sometimes even has minigame adds.Overall I don't think this app is worth your time, but I'm sure it will improve

the app worked fine for 3 months and I had no problems. But now it won't even open because "the was an error in initialization " so now I can't do anything I was starting to like this app too. UPDATE video would play when I wasn't on it and it would constantly freeze in the middle of it. this will not be an adversary to YouTube "join the revaluation" more like join the dumpster fire

This has so much potential, but needs to speed up... I have clicked on a video, lost interest due to the wait, and will scroll down. Then suddenly the video will load up. I'll try to switch to landscape view, and I'll wait another half minute. (Minor nitpick, but also let us choose the colors of the characters when writing.)

I haven't used the app for very long, but i can say i see this platform has a lot of potential to be a real contender to YouTube. I really want to see this platform grow into something great, however the app has a few drawbacks that need to be addressed before that can happen. The app seems to be very, very unresponsive very often, taking a good 30 seconds to register that i tapped something. This issue is really holding this app back, and i hope a fix comes soon as it's borderline unusable.