# Shatoetry

> Official William Shatner App

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id564219788](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id564219788)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id564219788`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Blindlight Apps
- **Category:** Entertainment
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (77 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2019-03-09
- **First published:** 2012-11-01
- **Size:** 58 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shatoetry/id564219788)
- **Website:** [http://www.shatoetry.com](http://www.shatoetry.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://shatoetry.com/legal/](http://shatoetry.com/legal/)

## Description

Shatoetry is the official William Shatner app that lets you arrange words to form sentences, phrases, or messages, and hear William Shatner recite them in his signature voice. Celebrate Shatner’s birthday month and explore how you can get a shoutout from Mr. Shatner by visiting Shatoetry.com. You author it, and he recites it—creating playful, memorable lines and Shatisms you can save, email, or share on social media.

You can team up with friends to co-create, or pass the device around for Shatoetizing together. The app supports hundreds of words (over 500 words with three delivery versions) and optional word packs you can purchase, enabling everything from simple sentences to poetry, haiku, or witty word juxtapositions.

## Rankings

- #150,430 — Overall

## Review summary

Shatoetry is a playful, entertaining app that delivers humor by having William Shatner read poetic word-montages. Reviewers repeatedly praise the novelty, the fun of creating quirky verses, and the social aspect via co-op play with friends. The standout feature is the Shatner voice, which many find charming and funny. However, several users report core reliability issues: a limited word bank and poor navigation make composition frustrating, and purchase restoration or social-sharing features occasionally fail. Some users also note signs of neglect or discontinued maintenance, diminishing long-term reliability despite the app’s strong concept.

### Pros

- Fun and entertaining to pass the time.
- Unique concept of Shatoetry blending William Shatner's voice with poetry.
- William Shatner's dramatic reading adds distinctive humor and appeal.
- Co-op mode and sharing features enable social play with friends.

### Cons

- Limited vocabulary; too few words available and basic words like please/thank you are hard to find.
- Clunky UI and limited on-screen words make composition difficult.
- Purchase restoration issues and signs of neglect/maintenance problems.
- Social sharing (Facebook/YouTube/Twitter) can fail or be deprecated.

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