InAppStory

InAppStory

One platform for in-app communication and gamification

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InAppStory is an all-in-one platform for in-app communication and gamification. It helps product, marketing, CRM, loyalty, and growth teams create personalized experiences directly inside mobile apps without building every format from scratch.

The platform combines In-App Stories, SMART Banners, In-App Messaging, interactive widgets, mini-games, in-app landing pages, product carousels, and checkout scenarios in one system. After SDK integration, teams can create, edit, target, personalize, publish, and analyze campaigns from a single dashboard, reducing the need for a new app release whenever content changes.

Key capabilities include:

  • Audience targeting by tags and segments
  • Dynamic content personalization
  • A/B testing and campaign analytics
  • Event- and schedule-triggered communication
  • Quizzes, polls, feedback, promo codes, countdowns, and mini-games
  • Deep links, product widgets, shoppable content, and checkout flows
  • Enterprise options including SSO, APIs, webhooks, and on-premise deployment

InAppStory can be used throughout the mobile customer journey: onboarding new users, explaining features, promoting offers, increasing feature adoption, activating loyalty programs, collecting zero-party data and feedback, driving upsell and cross-sell, and encouraging repeat visits.

What makes InAppStory stand out is its all-in-one approach: instead of managing separate tools or asking developers to build each new in-app mechanic, teams get one flexible communication layer for interactive and personalized campaigns inside the app.

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