TextCrawl
Turn your words into a cinematic opening crawl.
Overview
TextCrawl is a COOKOO app for making cinematic text videos on Android. It brings writing, styling, playback and recording into a single mobile experience.
TextCrawl has reached 10K+ downloads on Google Play, as of September 2026.
Google Play downloads · checked September 2026
Available on Google Play
Writing, styling, playback and recording
The challenge
The product brings a creative workflow onto a phone: write a story, adjust its appearance, preview the motion and save the result. Each stage needs to stay accessible without overwhelming the main screen.
Inside the app
A few screens from TextCrawl. Tap any of them to take a closer look.
How we approached it
The interface centres on the current story and its preview. Editing controls are grouped by purpose, with playback and recording available from the home screen.
What we built
Story library
Save and switch between text crawls.
Text styling
Adjust fonts, colours and alignment.
Scene & sound
Choose a background and add music.
Perspective playback
Preview the crawl with adjustable motion.
Record to gallery
Save the presentation as a video.
Portrait & landscape
Play the crawl in either orientation.
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