LongStories app profile
For YouTube creators weighing LongStories for an AI story video: what it makes, where it falls short, and why VidRush's finished 6 to 60 minute narrated videos suit long factual stories.
Real, licensed footage, narration, music and captions, assembled into a publish-ready video in under an hour.

LongStories
AI tool for long animated story videos, series and music videos with consistent characters
2.8
· 6 reviews

About
LongStories.ai makes AI-generated videos of up to 15 minutes from an idea or a pasted script, plus songs and music videos. Users create reusable characters, universes and visual styles (Pixar-style, anime, cartoon, comic book and more) so a series keeps the same cast, voices and world from episode to episode. Each video gets a narrator voice and a voice per character, with captions. A shot-level editor changes one shot at a time, and videos can be uploaded or scheduled to YouTube from the app. Its examples are AI short films, kids' songs and moral stories, and episodic series.
Ideal for
Creators making animated AI story videos, kids' content, episodic series or music videos with recurring characters, at up to 15 minutes per video.
What it does well
Makes AI videos of up to 15 minutes from an idea or a pasted script
Characters are made once and reused in every video
Series keep the same cast, voices and world from episode to episode
Song maker with 16 genres and 10 moods, with auto lyrics, your own lyrics or instrumental, and any song can become a music video
A voice for the narrator and for each character, with captions
Shot-level editor changes one shot without regenerating the whole video
Yes
No
Visuals are AI-generated in a chosen style
Yes, paired with another tier
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes, 6–60 min
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Your own song is accepted for music videos
Yes
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Yes (beta)
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Yes (beta)
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Yes, 5–50 by plan
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Yes
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Yes, plus Cartesia and 25 VidRush-exclusive voices
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Yes, up to 15 by plan
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When the video finishes; blocked input and system failures cost nothing
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A reviewer reports a failed generation used all their credits
Monthly plans pause for up to 3 months
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Yes, from one photo, with no charge to create it
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Editing Style and Script Style learned from one of your videos
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Up to 30 blocked sources per Brand Profile, plus preferred sources
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First render included in the video charge
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In-app chat, 24 hours on weekdays
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English, German and Spanish
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1 to 15 at once, by plan
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Unused plan credits roll over, up to half the monthly allotment
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Yes, 6–60 min
Limited, up to 15 min
Homepage states videos of up to 15 minutes
Yes
Yes
Paste a script and it is turned into scenes, visuals and narration
Yes
Limited
Editor changes one shot at a time
Finished videos from 6 to 60 minutes
VidRush turns an idea or your own script into a finished narrated video of 6 to 60 minutes. LongStories caps each video at 15, short of the 20 to 40 minutes many long-form YouTube videos run.
$1.06 to $1.58 a minute for a finished video
Mini + Medium runs $1.06 to $1.58 a minute. Each minute includes research, script, voiceover, image and motion-graphic visuals, editing, music, captions and thumbnail. LongStories' homepage gives no minutes per plan.
A quote before any credit is spent
The Quote Statement shows format, length, language, model, voice, Brand Profile and a credit estimate first. A prompt checker flags problems before generation, not after a failed run.
Credits come off only when the video finishes
VidRush charges when a video completes. Blocked input and generations that fail on a system error cost nothing, so you pay only for minutes you receive.
Fix it in a full timeline editor
Swap a visual or adjust timing in a real timeline, or ask Rush Agent (early beta) to replace footage or regenerate a stretch of voiceover. A bad scene costs a swap, not a new video.
Brand Profiles for each channel
Save each channel's voice, look, footage rules, editing style and script style once, so every episode in a series comes out sounding and looking the same.
Your own script or voiceover
Paste a finished script and VidRush treats it as the source of truth, or upload your narration and it paces the visuals to your audio. It skips the steps you already covered.
Real licensed footage on Pro
Deep Video v1 Pro cuts Storyblocks stock video, licensed in perpetuity, with images and motion graphics. LongStories visuals are AI-generated animation only.
Pros
Characters are made once and reused, so a series keeps the same cast, voices and world from episode to episode.
A song maker with 16 genres and 10 moods, and any song can become an AI music video.
Preset styles including Pixar-style, anime, cartoon and comic book.
A voice for the narrator and each character, with captions, plus upload or scheduling to YouTube from the app.
Cons
Videos are capped at 15 minutes, short of the 20 to 40 minutes many long-form YouTube videos run.
Visuals are AI-generated animation in a chosen style, with no real footage option.
Reviewers report characters' looks changing between clips, even after building a detailed reference sheet.
A reviewer reports scenes cannot run past about 10 seconds, with long videos stitched from 5-second clips.
A reviewer reports a failed generation used all their credits; another learned of script limits only after a failure.
Reviewers report output that often does not match what they asked for, and the editor changes one shot at a time.
USE CASES
Faceless, talking-head or with an AI presenter: give VidRush a brief, a script or a recording and get the finished long-form video back.
Faceless documentary and explainer channels
Give VidRush a prompt with your topic, length and title. You get back a researched, narrated documentary cut from licensed stock, images and motion graphics.
See how it works
Top 10 lists and breakdowns
Ask for a Top 10 in your prompt or write a list-structured script. VidRush builds a numbered countdown with enough time for each item to land.
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Talking-head videos
Record yourself once and upload it. VidRush cuts dead air and filler, adds B-roll, captions and your theme, and returns a finished edit.
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AI presenter videos without filming
Pick a VidRush avatar, a background and a voice. VidRush writes the script and builds the full video around your presenter (beta).
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Your own face as a reusable host
Upload one photo of yourself to create a custom avatar. It then presents your videos to camera, so you can appear on screen without filming each one.
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Avatar-led videos with generated scenes
Give Persona I an avatar plus your script or voiceover. It generates a visual for every line and shows your host from different angles, for videos up to 40 minutes.
See how it works
From zero to 3 monetized channels in 5 months
“In that short time I managed to monetize three YouTube channels. That's something I never would have pulled off so fast with a traditional setup. What used to take my team roughly four days to coordinate, scripting, editing, voiceover, finding the right footage, I can now get done in under 30 minutes.”
Arez A.
· VidRush customer
It helped me monetize a channel in 1 month.
“So far, the vidrush videos went viral much faster and more often than the ones my editors did. AND, I created those videos in 1-2 hours, with minimal input on my end. Maybe I changed 1 or 2 scenes. The videos turn out very good.”
RomyB
· VidRush customer
“My editors have been in panic mode since I started using vidrush. It makes great videos in a few hours and also create thumbnail for it. The editing is better than 70% of my editors.”
Osas King
· VidRush customer
Vidrush is for you if you want good quality videos fast
“Vidrush is great because it cuts video production time down by a lot. With a few prompts or even your own custom script, you can get a video done in around a couple hours, versus possibly days with a normal video editor.”
Pic Jr
· VidRush customer
World-Class Tool, World-Class Support
“VidRush has become the backbone of my entire production workflow. The voice quality, imagery, and video output are genuinely impressive, everything comes out looking and sounding professional without the hours of manual editing other tools require.”
Cam Conkle
· VidRush customer
Vidrush is Lifechanging
“Vidrush is insane, I've gotten multiple bangers and made my money back so early that every video afterwards is just playing with house money (one vid hit 1.3M views early on and I barely knew what I was doing back then).”
Gabby
· VidRush customer
“I contacted their live chat support twice over several days, laying out the issue clearly with screenshots as evidence. Both messages were left on read with no response.”
bacarde
· LongStories user
They can't create scenes more than 10 seconds, no long videos
“I tried to create 1 scene on a video and they created over 20 scenes and took my money for the extra scenes and wouldn't fix the problem.”
Michael
· LongStories user
Good concept
“The biggest frustration came when trying to correct these problems. Sometimes regenerating or editing a scene fixed the original issue but introduced a completely different problem.”
Mohan Kumar
· LongStories user
“You can be one word off and that one word will change the complete outcome of your idea. You have to be very detailed with clear expectations in order to get what you’re looking for. I’m excited and actually just purchased more credit to get more videos completed.”
tonessha wilson
· LongStories user
How good is LongStories AI?
How long can AI-generated videos be?
Is LongStories or VidRush better for an AI story video on YouTube?
How much does a minute of video cost on VidRush compared with LongStories?
What happens to my credits if a video generation fails?
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VidRush's Quote Statement shows format, length, voice and estimated credits up front, and credits come off only when the video completes.




