AI Dungeon vs CyberStory

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Cheaper paid plan: CyberStory — $9.99/mo vs $14.99/mo for AI Dungeon
Free plan: Both have one
Higher Trust score: AI Dungeon — 91 vs 80 for CyberStory
Best fit: AI Dungeon: Long-running solo roleplay campaigns where world state has to survive dozens of sessions · CyberStory: Readers who want branching, choice-driven stories rather than a single generated text
Platforms: AI Dungeon: Web, iOS, Android · CyberStory: Web

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

AI DungeonText adventure engine where the AI improvises every scene

CyberStoryGenerates choice-driven interactive fiction with AI art, cinematic clips, and a player-styled avatar.

Side by side

Fact	AI Dungeon	CyberStory
Category	Storytelling & Fiction	AI Games & Interactive Fiction
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Starts at	$14.99/mo	$9.99/mo
Trust score	91 / 100	80 / 100
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android	Web
Company	Latitude Inc.	CyberStory AI, LLC
Launched	2019	—
Last verified	Oct 15, 2026	Oct 15, 2026

What our research says

AI Dungeon

Still the deepest AI text-adventure product there is, with seven years of scenario library behind it, and the only one where memory and world-state tooling is the actual product. It is entertainment, not a writing assistant — do not buy it expecting to finish a manuscript.

Pros

Memory, world info and scenario tooling are far more developed than in general chatbots used for roleplay
Multiple model choices per tier, including newer models added through 2026
Native iOS and Android apps, not just a mobile web wrapper
Large public scenario library gives an immediate starting point

Cons

Five-tier ladder from $14.99 to $99.99 is steep, and context length is the thing being sold at every rung
Credits do double duty for images and for extra context, so heavy sessions drain them quickly
No API, so scenarios cannot be driven from outside the platform
The service has changed content and moderation policy sharply in the past, which still colours community trust

CyberStory

CyberStory leans harder into the game-like side of AI fiction than a plain story generator: choices branch across a whole run, scenes get turned into short video clips, and readers can appear in the story via an uploaded selfie. The credit system covers narrative, art, and narration together, so a heavily-illustrated playthrough burns through credits faster than text alone.

Pros

No account needed to try the opening chapters of a story
Credits cover narrative, AI art, and narration together in one system
Users can publish their own stories and earn from them

Cons

Credit consumption scales with how much art or narration a playthrough uses, making total cost hard to predict upfront
Subscription tiers jump sharply between levels ($9.99 to $49.99 to $99.99)
No company location or founder bio beyond the LLC registration

Which one fits

Choose AI Dungeon if you need

Long-running solo roleplay campaigns where world state has to survive dozens of sessions
Players who want to author and share scenarios rather than only consume them
Anyone curious how far a story engine can go without authored branches

Choose CyberStory if you need

Readers who want branching, choice-driven stories rather than a single generated text
Users who want to publish and monetize their own interactive stories