Unknown Contact: Text Story
JudeWorks Games iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Unknown Contact: Text Story is a free Games app for iPhone and iPad by JudeWorks. Requires iOS 18.0. Updated September 10, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 67 MB
- Age 17+
- Updated
- Sep 10
- 2026 · v1.0.1
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About Unknown Contact: Text Story
A stranger has your number. They need help. Everything happens in the chat. Unknown Contact is a collection of short interactive stories that play out entirely as text messages. No cutscenes, no maps, no menus to fight through — just a conversation with someone who is in trouble, and the words you choose to send back. Tap a suggested reply, or type anything you want. Ask about the noise in the vent. Tell them to run. Stay quiet and see what they do. The story is listening. SEASON ONE — 20 STORIES, 80 ENDINGS Every story runs about 15–20 minutes and hides four different endings. Some you stumble into. Some you have to earn by noticing the right detail and asking the right question. HORROR BASEMENT — a stranger, a locked room, one flickering bulb THE BABYSITTER — don't let her answer the phone THE HIKER — the trail markers have names on them SNOW DAY — no footprints ever lead away THRILLER & SUSPENSE THE NEIGHBOR — he knows what's in your apartment LAST TRAIN — the last train doesn't stop where it says THE WITNESS — they recorded who wasn't supposed to be seen WRONG EXIT — every ramp leads back to the same floor MYSTERY THE HOTEL — the room numbers keep changing THE INHERITANCE — the letters already know your name ESTATE SALE — every photo in the album is you WRONG DELIVERY — the box arrived years too early SCI-FI NEW PHONE — the drafts are writing themselves ECHO — your answers never match theirs THE DEEP — a station that won't exist for sixty years THE SIGNAL — eleven names, one blank line, eighteen minutes COMEDY CUSTOMER SUPPORT — it's just a smart fridge. probably. GHOSTED — the haunting has the wrong apartment PROBATIONARY PERIOD — first shift, impossible handbook, review at midnight COLD FEET — forty minutes until a wedding nobody can find WHY IT FEELS REAL • Type whatever you want — the story understands what you meant, not just what you tapped • Photos and voice notes arrive the way they would from someone genuinely scared • Every voice note is captioned, so the sound is atmosphere and never homework • People tell you their name only once they trust you • Endings you've found are tracked, so you always know what you're still missing FIVE STORIES FREE, FOREVER One story in every genre is free and always will be. No timers, no lives, no energy meters, no ads, no waiting for tomorrow. If you want the rest, Season One is a single one-time purchase that unlocks all 20 stories permanently. There is no subscription and nothing else to buy, ever. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your device. No account, no sign-up, no analytics, no tracking, no data collection of any kind. Plays completely offline. On supported iPhones, free-text understanding runs on-device — nothing you type is ever sent anywhere. Turn the brightness down. Put headphones on if you're brave. Someone is typing. Support: [email protected]
What’s new
Version 1.0.1 · Updated September 10, 2026
Live Mode now actually texts you when you leave, and a few progress and purchase nicks are gone. - Leaving a conversation during a Live pause no longer cancels the notification that was supposed to bring you back. - An ending you already reached is counted even if you left before the ending card appeared. - A reply that had already landed isn't spoken twice when you reopen the thread. - Messages shows an unread dot — and the right time — when a character has come back. - Ask to Buy and other pending purchases now tell you they're waiting, instead of doing nothing. - Voice notes finish cleanly, and clearing one Live notification no longer wipes the badge for another.
App privacy
The developer, JudeWorks, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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