21 Aug 4 Free Apps To Create Amazing Instagram Stories

Almost a year ago, I wrote a blog post on how to create better Instagram Stories. While I think that this blog post was useful, I’ve decided to share with you 4 apps that will make you create amazing Instagram stories. People tend to consume Instagram stories way more than what Instagram has chosen to show on their feed. For this reason, it is important for you to find a way to stand out and to have your followers keep on coming back to see more!

Before we get into this, I hope that you are using all the features that Instagram has put at your disposal to create amazing stories. The location and the hashtag stickers are great ways to increase your views. In fact, when using it, you have a chance to get featured in the location and hashtag page respectively. The GIF sticker is a way to personalize your stories even more and add some popular memes to it. Finally, the poll, the rating (or I don’t know how you call it) and the questions stickers are a must if you want to create engagement with your followers. Using them daily will increase your number of views but also, will make your followers wanting to see your stories more. Other than that, I personally don’t use much of the other stickers that are available when creating a stories, what about you?

The Unfold App

Unfold is a free app that helps you create stories with minimal templates. This app launched on January and already have over 3 millions of user using it. What makes this app so special? It has templates to help you create amazing Instagram stories! Look at the pictures below for examples.

That being said, the Unfold app is a great way to show multiple images at the same time in your stories. In the first picture above, I used one of their templates to showcase 5 pictures I took of the Buick Enclave 2018. (You can read more about the car here) In addition, this app also lets you integrate videos. I’ve used it to talk to the audience in one square and had another square to show where I was walking to. This app is free and has additional templates that you can buy to create amazing stories.

The Snow App

The Snow App is available to download on iOS and Android

This snow app is a video messaging app in itself, it has many features that can help you create amazing stories. While the Snow App is quite similar to the Instagram Stories Platform by itself, I personally find it better for many reasons. It has more filters, there are songs that are available for you to use for boomerang videos and you can also choose the format that you would like to record your video. In addition, for anybody that is a fan of using photoshop, this app makes it possible to change your face before filming! I’ve never seen that before for a video, it is quite interesting. With this app, you can use to slim your face, reduce your chin, add clarity to your eyes and more. Give it a shot and use it for your Instagram stories, I am sure that your friends will beg you to tell them how you were able to do these cool stories!

Hype Type App

The Hype Type is available to download on iOS and Android

A great element of your stories is your text. Instagram currently has 5 different fonts for you to use to help extra element to your stories. They are quite basic but I personally like to use the strong font with a background!  However, the Hype Type offers 25 text animations that you can use for your pictures and videos. When using this app, you can also personalize the speed of your animations and decide the way it will be shown. This application also lets you decide the speed of your video and add music from the Itunes Store once the video is created.  In the picture below, I am showing you a glimpse of a story that was created with Hype Type where the text is actually transitioning in and out, and the other picture was made directly with Instagram using the strong font.

The CutStory App

The CutStory App is available to download on iOS and an alternative is available for Android

Finally, the fourth app that I wanted to cover for this blog post is the CutStory app. Don’t you hate when you want to talk about a subject into your Instagram stories and you have to do it in 4-5 takes? The beauty about this app is that it cuts your video in sections. Per example, if you made a one minute video of you talking or you have a vlog that you would like to showcase in your Instagram stories, the CutStory app has the option to cut it multiple 15 seconds videos for you.

Now that I shared with you 4 free apps that will make you create amazing stories, I am curious to know what app do you like to use for your stories!? Comment below!