Browser Interactive Erotica

Why the explicit end of this field is on the web

The interactive erotica section is mostly apps, but the two services in it that are explicit by policy are websites. Both app stores restrict sexual content, and the web does not have a store. Apple's guidelines ban overtly sexual or pornographic material as the point of an app, remove apps with user-generated content that ends up being used primarily for pornographic content, and say an app showing content from a web service may display incidental mature material only if it is hidden by default and switched on through the website. Google Play does not allow apps that contain or promote sexual content, with an exception for catalogues where such titles are a minor fraction. Our guide to why erotica apps disappear from the app store sets out both.

The services bear that out unevenly. Literotica's About page says it once released an Android app and that Google later changed its policy to prohibit adult apps; it has no store app now. For Chyoa, Outfox Stories and Erota we found no store listing, though a name search is not a statement from the service, so we call that unconfirmed. Other explicit-by-policy services do have store apps: AI Dungeon (rated 13+ on the App Store), DreamPress AI (18+) and Pirr (18+). So a web-only product is common here, not a rule.

What runs in a browser

Service	Store app	Account	Free route	Explicit by its own words
Chyoa	Not confirmed	Not needed to read; adds saved games and bookmarks	Everything, with ads	Yes: a community library for interactive adult fiction
Outfox Stories	Not confirmed	Not required, per its site meta	Most stories free; AI use capped on the free tier	Yes, with an adults-only cast for mature content
Literotica	None	Optional and free	Everything, including Story Games	Yes, adults only
AI Dungeon	iPhone and Android	Not recorded	Free tier: 4k tokens of context on most models	Through a Mature setting you confirm as 18+
NovelAI	None: a web app that installs from the browser	Required to subscribe or use the trial	No free plan; a one-time trial	Not confirmed
Erota	None linked	A free account with Google sign-in	15 daily credits	Yes, explicit is the product
DreamGen	Not confirmed	Not recorded	200 monthly and 25 daily credits	Not confirmed
DreamPress AI	iPhone	Email verified for free credits	15 daily credits, no card needed	Yes, for adults
Pirr	iPhone and Android; the web is a beta	Not recorded	Freemium: 20 daily Standard AI actions	Yes, as an opt-in setting, off by default

StoryLoom also plays in a browser, with an account that records a date of birth, but its acceptable-use policy says pornographic content is not permitted, so it belongs here as a contrast and not as an option.

Installing from a browser

Some web products can sit on a phone's home screen without a store. NovelAI is the one that documents it. Its docs answer a question about a phone app by pointing to the mobile browser and an installable Progressive Web App: in Firefox you install from the website, and in Chrome you add it to the home screen. The pages describe no iPhone or Android listing by the service. That makes NovelAI browser-only in the sense that matters: nothing to download from a store, and nothing for a store to rate.

The same trade-off applies elsewhere. Without an app there is no store rating to read, no developer privacy card in a store listing and no automatic update to track. What replaces them is the site's own text, so read the policy pages before you start.

What stays in your browser

With no app, what the site remembers is held in the browser or in an account. Chyoa says reading settings are remembered in the browser you are using, and an account is what adds saved games, bookmarks, favourites and following. Literotica offers a read-later list. Offline use is not confirmed for Chyoa, Outfox Stories or Literotica. We recorded no clear-history feature for any of the sites in the table.

That last point is a finding about the records, not a claim that no such feature exists. As general advice, a browser's own history and cookie controls are the dependable way to remove traces from a site that offers none, and a private window avoids creating them. Our guide to deleting reading history covers what the services themselves offer.

Age checks on the web

A web page has no store to run an age rating, so the check is the site's own, and it is light. Chyoa shows an entry screen with a button confirming you are 18 or older. Literotica treats visiting as accepting its adult-only terms. AI Dungeon asks you to confirm you are 18+ to switch on Mature, and DreamPress AI shows an 18+ gate and says it may ask for an age check where the law requires it. Outfox Stories is the one that names regions where a one-time verification is required before mature content unlocks; the detail is on our page about the community-run interactive fiction sites.

None of these describes a routine document check, and none is a substitute for filtering on a shared device.

Interactive stories that do not play in a browser

The big choice apps are phone-first. Dorian's help centre says it does not support play on the website, where you can only be an audience member for streams. Lore says it is available on the App Store and we found no web version. Chapters lists mobile apps only on its company site. Romance Club has a Windows build and a Steam page, and we found no web player. If a browser is a requirement, those are not options; interactive romance apps covers them as apps.

Choosing a browser service

• Free, human-written branches: Chyoa or Literotica's Story Games. See interactive porn stories for how they differ.
• A daily free allowance and an AI that writes: Erota or DreamPress AI.
• An AI you steer by typing, with a free tier: AI Dungeon.
• Flat-price unlimited text and no free plan: NovelAI at $10, $15 or $25 a month.

For the full list of free options, there is free interactive erotica; for ranked apps and sites, the best interactive erotica apps; and for the AI end of this field, AI interactive erotica.