Mimicly vs ChatTales
Mimicly vs ChatTales
ChatTales (listed as “Text Story Maker - ChatTales”) and Mimicly both start with a conversation you write yourself. ChatTales goes further on sound: it can read the story aloud with AI voices. Mimicly goes further on look: it offers 80 templates styled after messaging apps, AI chats, comments, posts and email. Mimicly makes this page; every competitor fact below links to its App Store listing.
Updated . Written by the Mimicly team.
Short answer
Pick ChatTales if you want narrated text story videos without a separate audio step. Pick Mimicly if the scene must look like a specific app, if you need screenshots as well as video, or if you want a one-time lifetime price instead of a subscription.
Side by side
Built for
- Mimicly
- Mockups of many app styles, saved as images or short videos
- ChatTales
- Text story videos with narration
Where it runs
- Mimicly
- iPhone app and web editor at mimicly.net
- ChatTales
- App Store app
Voice-over
- Mimicly
- None; add audio in your video editor
- ChatTales
- AI voice-over (text to speech), using voice gems
Group chats
- Mimicly
- On supported templates, such as the WhatsApp-style chat
- ChatTales
- Yes
Video export
- Mimicly
- MP4 from supported chat and AI conversation templates
- ChatTales
- Yes
Still screenshots
- Mimicly
- PNG or JPG from every template
- ChatTales
- Not verified
Dark mode
- Mimicly
- Light and dark on supported templates
- ChatTales
- Yes
Pricing (US)
- Mimicly
- Free account exports free templates clean; Pro $4.99/week, $9.99/month, $27.99/year or $49.99 lifetime
- ChatTales
- Subscriptions from $4.99 to $69.99, plus voice gems
US rating
- Mimicly
- New app with too few ratings to summarize yet
- ChatTales
- 4.4 average from 6,467 ratings
Competitor ratings and prices come from each app’s US App Store listing as of September 2026. They change often, so check the listing before you buy. “Not verified” means we could not confirm the feature from the listing.
Which one to pick
Choose ChatTales if…
- You want the story read aloud by AI voices inside the same app.
- Your stories rely on group chats and you want that built into a story-video tool.
- You are fine with a subscription and buying voice gems for narration.
Choose Mimicly if…
- The conversation needs the look of a specific app, from iMessage and WhatsApp to ChatGPT-style and Claude-style chats.
- You also need still images: a comment for a thumbnail, an email for a slide, a DM for a storyboard.
- You plan to record your own voice or music in a video editor anyway.
- You would rather pay once ($49.99 for lifetime Pro in the US) than keep a subscription.
What Mimicly is
Mimicly is a mockup editor for iPhone and the web. You write fictional conversations and posts yourself, then save them as images or record supported chats as MP4. It does not send messages, generate AI answers or connect to the apps whose styles it follows, and it is not affiliated with them.
Questions
Is Mimicly a ChatTales alternative?
For silent or self-narrated chat videos, yes. Both let you write both sides and export a video. If built-in AI narration is the reason you use ChatTales, Mimicly does not replace that feature.
Can I add a voice to a Mimicly video?
Not inside Mimicly. Record the chat as an MP4, then add your own voice, a text-to-speech track or music in CapCut, iMovie or another editor.
How do the prices compare?
In the US as of September 2026, ChatTales lists subscriptions from $4.99 to $69.99 and sells voice gems for narration. Mimicly Pro is $4.99 a week, $9.99 a month, $27.99 a year or $49.99 one time for lifetime access, and a free account exports free templates without the watermark. Check each listing before buying; prices change.
Does Mimicly write the story for me?
No. You write every message. Mimicly does not generate AI answers or send messages; it renders the scene you authored.
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