WebNovel - Read Novels & Manga Negative Reviews

WebNovel - Read Novels & Manga App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

WebNovel - Read Novels & Manga app received 135 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using WebNovel - Read Novels & Manga? Can you share your negative thoughts about webnovel - read novels & manga?

WebNovel - Read Novels & Manga for Negative User Reviews

✓ AdsEven when watching 30s of ad to get 30 minutes of ad free reading I get ads. At least stories are good.GamerlixVersion: 6.5.5

✓ I’m very Poor nowThis app gives a lots of books to read from. All the free books are made by app users and most to all are harem based ‘which I a female are is kinda getting sick of it’ (can’t find any free book without it.) With the paid books they are going to make you poor, I spend $50 on coins (money based currency in the app) to buy individual chapters that range from 4 to 15 coins I still haven’t finish this book and I’m expecting to pay more to even finish it. I don’t think I can afford to even read another book. I plead with the app gods that they put there prices down..Poor now :(Version: 4.2.0

✓ Too priceyThe app should change its prices, iv spent so much money and still any even finish the book. I think, paying to read the whole book is much more better than paying to read for chapters. Once I do finish the book I am on I probably won’t be using it anymore as it is way to exspensive. I could have brought a lot of books from a shop with the amount of money I have spent zzzzzzz.JudztumekeVersion: 4.7.2

✓ The App works fine but the greed is realThe app itself if very good and easy to use but over the last few months to a year, everything has become about money. Almost every original novel is given a contract and is now locked behind a paywall after only 40 chapters or so. This can be very frustrating for readers considering a lot of these novels are written by amateur authors (who are not even native English speakers) and do not have the quality you would expect from a paid novel. Contracts seem to be handed out for the sole reason of raking in as much money as possible and I say this because if there was anyone actually reading the novels first, they would never agree to charge for a lot of them. The value of the in App currency has also dropped exponentially, with premium chapters costing more coins to unlock. You also get way less coins for your money now than you did a year or two ago. All in all, the platform is really good and so is the fanfic section... mostly but the greed of the developers can be felt a mile away. They even take away your fast passes (free chapter unlocks) once you have over 20 so you can’t save them up for a novel you like..HaZeLlTrOnVersion: 5.0.2

✓ ExpensiveI understand that the app wants to support the writers, but it is way to expensive. Most of the chapters are behind a paywall, and they’re slow to translate it anyway. I was reading Under The Oak Tree, and there was an unofficial English translation by some fans. It was free and chapters were regularly uploaded, but due to the author saying that it was harming her, they took all of the chapters down. Now the best translation is on here. The unofficial translation is 200+ chapters in while the official is only 70+ chapters in. You get the first 6 free, but then you pay if you want to read quickly. Unfortunately, this means that although I want to know what happens next and i want to support the writer as much as i can, i simply can not afford to pay per chapter. Realistically, the chapters all together are way more expensive than the Webnovel is even worth, so I’ll just quit while I’m ahead..Herecome_iVersion: 5.7.2

✓ Too expensiveThe books are amazing, but the fast pass are wayy to expensive. 2 fast pass for one chapter? Not worth it..南方的神Version: 6.4.5

✓ Surprising good, but.....This app was actually good. I came across it due to an accidental Facebook post. I’ve been reading now for a week and I only have a few issues. The point system doesn’t make any sense. Do you get points because the book is new?Why do books that are over a year old still have high coin cost? shouldn’t those cost come down. For example I am reading a chapter book that has over 1100 chapters, how however I am only 200 chapters in and I have already spent $25. On average you can buy this book in the store for that cost. Why does it cost so much to read these books? If you could change the points system to where chapters cost maybe three points instead of seven or eight that might ease the burden of paying for these chapters. Also I noticed that the further into the chapters you get the more they cost. Again as I said I’m only 200 chapters it so why did the cost of the chapters go from 7 to 8 is it going to be a one point increase every 100 pages? I have paid for the trial(Which was discounted from 9.99 to 7.99 ) for 500 coins. Add the $10 purchase for 500 points and the individual purchases of 50 points for a dollar this is becoming quite expensive and I don’t know if I can continue to read after this book. It’s obvious that the goal is to get money instead of telling stories so could we try to focus on telling the stories and not how much money were making..Ayashi HitomiVersion: 4.6.1

✓ A shadow of its former selfAs my title says this app is a shadow of its former self. It has become so heavily focused on profit that it’s becoming unusable. A long time ago you used to be able to watch an ad to unlock a chapter which was awesome for me, then there was a member ship that was a feature for like 2 months where you could read unlimited for like 15 dollars a month,you would also earn fast passes to be used on any locked chapter you would like to unlock. But both of those are gone now they give you genre specific passes or even book specific passes and I haven’t received one yet for a genre or book I actually read so it’s just becoming a joke. But even with all that aside the book selection is also becoming a joke they go through waves where they promote a certain story type and it feels like they suppress everything else until they switch again. Long story short the monthly membership is a joke if you read more than 40 or 50 chapters during that month, the payments for buying chapters is a joke 50 bucks got me like 170 chapters and while that might sound like a lot the majority of stories on the app are 280 plus. Devs if you are reading please help us, reading is my passion and I honestly like this app but it feels like you are making it harder to enjoy, bring back some of the older features I feel like it would make a lot of people happy..Roamer201Version: 5.9.7

✓ Greed at its bestI’m not one to pay huge amounts of money for books which can most of the time be found elsewhere but I used this site back when I had to watch ads (to get spirit stones) to unlock the next chapter then I had to log in every day to get 1 fastpass to get 1 chapter now even if I log in every day I only get a genre specific fastpass so can’t even choose what book I want to read 1 chapter of At this point you might aswell cancel all access to those not paying money as only trial reads are available to those not paying money.Old man fishVersion: 6.4.1

✓ Love it but too many non-free chaptersI love this app, but I can barely get any coins or fast passes. I usually use fast passes because I still don’t know how to get coins, however the fast passes only last one chapter and you can only earn them by daily rewards and accomplishing some certain tasks. If you want more people to come to your app, I would recommend doing something with the daily rewards or fast passes so the people can unlock more chapters and keep reading. You should also make every book or comic have at least ten or twenty free chapters in them so people can keep reading and get more hooked. I love Webnovel because of all of the fun and may be inappropriate comics or books and they are really fun to read, but it is not really clear on how to get coins which also tells me you need to make it more clearer so more people understand how you get them and what they do. Also this may look like an essay and you might not want to read this which I’m sorry about, but all I wanted was to let you know, is that you may need to improve your reading app for people like me whom do not understand as much, but love reading the novels, graphic novels, and fan-fics as well as listening to Ebooks, if you did read this thank you for reading it and I hope you can consider all of my suggestions..VietdarknessVersion: 4.3.6

✓ BugsSometimes while reading a chapter it will suddenly switch to a different story in my library. What's even worse is that it doesnt go to the previously read chapter so I completely lose what chapter i last read for that story. Sometimes switching to dark mode from light or vise versa also messes up where you are in the chapter.~SunnyRaeVersion: 1.6.2

✓ Very bad customer serviceI was reading a book for the last year up to about 3000 chapters and then each chapter started repeating sometimes like copy and paste and the other half of the chapters we’re missing and then it started happening every chapter i contacted support and they did nothing.Darwin pincovskiVersion: 6.3.6

✓ App doesn't even workI normally use the pc site but you broke that didn't you...So i chose to cut my losses and try the app but it doesn't even open. I get an ad then a loading screen then it crashes.DryFrogLakeVersion: 5.12.2

✓ Don’t Sell Your Books To ThemSo I was contacted by someone from Webnovel (was a legit email etc, I checked everything) as they wanted me to write stories for them on their website/page. However, they wouldn’t send me the contract I needed to sign unless I went through it with someone THEY assigned to me. I didn’t feel right doing that at all. The moment I said I wanted to see the contract to read through it myself first, before reading with anyone else, and started questioning the whole process, they disappeared. They stopped responding to emails completely. Which, I found extremely dodgy and fishy. Not to mention, my friend said once you write for them, you pretty much hand over most, if not all, your rights to your work to them. That’s not right at all..BlabsigailVersion: 5.11.1

✓ Not honest with purchasing chaptersI have been reading for more that a year with this app. There were times that fast passes where not given. But I let it pass. Now that I frequently purchase privilege chapters and batch chapters, I feel I need to comment about these. I recently made a batch purchase for 17 chapters that did not open until the intended chapter. I checked the opened chapters and realized that I’m missing 5 chapters. I know I had a Privilege purchase but it isn’t right that I will be missing those 5 chapters for whatever reason they have. I still purchased it and their system should have started from the unopened chapters. I had reached out via chat and they said unfortunately the system does not refund electronically. It’s like saying, “No Return, No Exchange.” This is how Asian markets work. Returning is a hassle for them and not good for their business. No wonder writers here are so overworked to push their work just to get paid. So typical of having underdogs feeding the masters. I’m mean, well, start by being honest. Better start checking what you have purchased or what you gift the writers. A big chunk goes to the bosses and not to the writers..Bjing926Version: 5.11.1

✓ Rating/ review system problemI have used this app on and off for a couple of years now( before there was original novels on it ) but I find it keeps on becoming more annoying to use. I won’t mention the spirt stone and premiere chapter situation because most people already have. I’m talking about the novel rating, it’s common on this app for even the worst of original or fan fiction novels to have a 5 star rating or at least 4.5. This is because most author can easily create more accounts to rate there novels as well as delete any rating with a bad review, even if the review is giving them constructive advice. As a result of this bad rating system you can search for days for a good original or fan fiction novel and turn up with novels where the Mc sounds like a retardant 7 year old with anger issues..TheNerdyLonErVersion: 4.7.2

✓ Great but has some consI have been using this app for 4 or 5 years now. I have always loved the novels and comics that they have! I don’t like how they changed the system they use to allow you to unlock chapters now though. It use to be great and actually doable to read the novels and comics just by using the coins you could earn on the app. Now it’s impossible to read more than two or three chapters without paying and the price is just getting to expensive. Some books would cost you AUD $80-$150 just to be able to read it all if you bought the coins it would take to unlock the chapters. I love the app and always come back to it. However, now that I’ve started reading a novel that I can’t finish unless I purchase the entire book at once, which would cost me more than AUD $150, I’m feeling like its not worth it anymore..Izzy-readerVersion: 5.6.4

✓ WebnovelGreat app, FB login doesn’t work . Still has errors.J-CreatorVersion: 5.14.5

✓ Sign me inI can’t get into my account from my broken phone and I lost over a hundred different books that I was reading and luckily I didn’t buy anything from your stupid app.BeepbophiphopVersion: 6.6.0

✓ I feel kind of dirtyThere are some great novels on here ( Lord of Mysteries is a personal fave) but I feel dirty when I use this app. I love reading and it feels like it’s cheapened my favourite hobby by turning it into a peep show. I dono. Maybe it’s just me.UltradanpanVersion: 6.0.1

✓ UpsettingI would like to stress how upset I am with this group, firstly the advert on Facebook said that this was a free reading site…what rubbish Secondly I have purchased coins only to find that on the last 2 occasions I have not received the full 50coins, I only got 35 although the history shows that 50 coins were purchased, I then checked consumption only to find it had deducted coins automatically for 2 chapters that I had already paid for and read. I’m now wondering if this happened on other purchases I’ve made, as had never paid any attention to it before and as the chapters keep opening up, even though I have taken the auto unlock off , you don’t see how many coins are being used per chapter, it was only by chance that I noticed the first deduction and the last purchase I actually checked to see how many I received once I bought a further 50 coins. I contacted the help desk only to be told that they could not do anything about it as they didn’t have the power to reimburse any malfunctions that happened…. So please all readers take heed make sure that you are getting the right amount of coins you are paying for…. Because like me you could be paying twice for some of the chapters…..Crayola62Version: 5.5.2

✓ Expensive and no customer serviceDon’t get sucked into this app. Some novels seem amazing but they cost 300+ dollars to read in their entirety and so the game offers membership that you think will be good but doesn’t remind you to cancel it so when you give up on expensive reading, you get an unexpected charge a year later to your card. Neither the app’s customer service or PayPal would help me in this matter. Save yourself some grief!.GabsD11Version: 6.3.6

✓ I want to give 5 stars... butThis app has AMAZING!!!! novels and comics/mangas. However, it is almost not worth the money. I love love reading, and I especially love binge reading. I bought the membership which isn’t too bad of deal except the 10 free daily coins aren’t really worth it. The purchase of 800 coins for $7.99 is probably the only good reason for the membership. I think the app layout is great, with needing only some minor enhancements just to make the User interface more friendly. However if you don’t have a decent amount of money to spend on this app, it’s not really worth it. I hope they decide to change it to a membership more like the Wattpad membership or allow an easier way to obtain coins for free. The competition for this app is Wattpad and Webtoons. In comparison of money-wise and story-wise. Both of those app rank far more above this app. I understand that helping the authors is one of the reasons for this, however Wattpad has the exact same thing. They just have a better way of rewarding the Authors and making it simpler for the Readers. I really really wanted to give this 5 stars. But with both the membership and there being no simpler way to obtain coins. I’ve taken off 2 stars, for a 3 star rating. Truly unfortunate, this app could take 1st, but at the moment, they’re just not worth it..Nic071Version: 4.9.7

✓ Not Good. See edit.It's a solid app with a few bugs (on my iPad) however it is getting steadily more difficult to use if you are a free user. As a student who currently can't afford to pay for spirit stones (used to get new chapters think micro transactions) I rely on the daily reward/watching adverts and voting to read chapters. When something like the daily reward gets changed so that it gives exp or power stones instead of spirit stones it gets harder to stick with the service. But overall if you are more able to pay for the service than I am I can only recommend it. Edit: Horrible business practices, introducing "privilege" you have to pay for to finish a novel. In short do not download, run by thieves..Doughnut DevourerVersion: 3.8.1

✓ Stole my writing…I used to write story’s online and once was talking with a Webnovel employee, she told me how she was interested in my story and would like to use it for WN. I kindly rejected the offer, since I was young and confused at the time and only recently checked this app out. They seemed to have clearly copied parts of my story… Overall though, I of course am bothered but it has happened other times in the past. But this app is pretty good overall..Yuta0273Version: 5.4.1

✓ Great service. Slow load timesGreat interface and UI makes this app easy to navigate and the leveling up system makes an interesting way to read and feel rewarded. However servers are slow and load times for comics take a very long time. If not for that would give this a 5 star rating for premium members..ZanethemagnificentVersion: 4.9.1

✓ I love this game but it’s a scamI love tho is app, and the stories and events are amazing, although the events seem somewhat unfair? There’s a discount event, I’ve had 45 friends press a link to help me get a discount, I have 25% off, someone that has 50 people reducing theirs has 66% off?? Everyone that I have help now only reduces under 0.1%???? What’s with that. Also $ -> £ isn’t reduced due to conversion rates, so I have to pay £9.99 for the subscription instead of $9.99 which is a scam, the subscription also doesn’t give any bonuses except like 10 coins a day and a weekly draw. Also everything’s so expensive, I don’t have enough money to throw to read my favourite novels all at once, I end up having to wait weeks to finish a 200+ chapter novel. I wish they’d reduce prices and improve rates for events..Daredevilz1Version: 5.8.3

✓ Charging twice for coins refuse to give you refundBeen with webnovel for 3 years now, used to be good but now they are being greedy. I am someone who normally spends 20-30dollars per month,but lately they have been charging me twice, refusing to refund or give me the coinc equivalent. excuses they give are that I sent invoice late, which is why my bank statement is wrong but they are wrong I know precisely how much I spent down on what purchase down to the last cent! They are outright STEALING from you and even try to make it look that you are the one in the wrong! Extremely disappointed,hence deleted the app, cancelled all subcription, and move on with another pay to read novel service. Never would I recommend this to anyone. You guys have lost a good paying customer for life! STEER CLEAR FROM WEBNOVEL! go to Babelnovel or mangatoon instead! Pwe! 😡😡😡.Tooties88Version: 4.6.1

✓ Good stories, way too over pricedThis is a good app but people will loose interest soon because of the price. I’ve nearly finished one book in here. However I won’t be starting any more in the app as it is too expensive. You can easily get a paperback book (brand new) for cheaper. It would be nice if this was a platform for authors to get their work out there. And gain some new readers. But it seems as though it’s just designed to trap you, and squeeze as much money out as possible..MolenoleVersion: 4.11.1

✓ Can't load ad for reward chapterCan't load the ad for the bonus chapters..XSh1v3rVersion: 1.4.0

✓ Rewards are buggy! Always something going wrong!Sick and tired of video rewards glitching out or the complete button being the top or bottom corner of my iPhone so I can’t get awarded. Definitely is a known issue and Webnovel doesn’t fix it. Making people rewatch ads!.JS YoonVersion: 6.3.0

✓ New UpdateI use Webnovel on my phone so the new update frustrates me to no end, sending me all the way back up to the start of the chapter because I touched the top of my screen, who thought that was a sound idea!? There is literally no need for it, no one needs to re-read the chapter title in bigger letters. Just get rid of that function and I’d be perfectly happy with the way Webnovel is..Charlie.9.0.9Version: 7.0.3

✓ I like it but there’s some flawsI really enjoy reading some of the books on this app. However there are a few times that I have used points to buy fast passes and I never received them. Some of the fast passes I purchased on other times we’re only good for specific books that I had no intention of reading. How is that fair. So I feel like I wasted points. It doesn’t seem like there is a way to earn coins. When you check in daily it gives you points but not coins. I also noticed even though I’m checking in daily it would not register that I actually checked in. I did purchased a membership however even though I’m checking in daily, my daily check-in‘s are not showing all the time. Which affect the extra coins you can earn with the membership. This of extremely frustrating. I have spent a lot of money purchasing coins. This is getting very expensive. I feel there needs to be a way to earn coins. Also I’m not getting any free daily chapters to read any longer like I used to get. Two times now I have purchased coins that I never received. I contacted my bank to get a refund as I was instructed from the app however that didn’t happen either. So I feel like I’m loosing money. Please fix these problems..Mom O 5Version: 5.3.2

✓ Total scamThis site stole my money and refused to give me the service I paid for, they even tried to get me to believe I didn’t purchase the right item. Take screenshots of all purchases before and after you purchase. Take screenshots of the conversations with customer service. They will lie to your face. They will blame the author They never take responsibility, the true sign of the scam artist. Take no responsibility Do not purchase Do not install Save yourself If I could give it less then one star, I would. I’m asking my bank to get me my money back. I don’t pay for scams.Tam the greatVersion: 5.8.0

✓ Great books available, however...Some stories and chapters are free. Others need spirit stones. Which you can either purchase, get when you sign in each day or get friends to sign up and join. Which was fine. However the last few days the friend codes haven't worked and the help email doesn't really get replied to. So it can be frustrating..BeccablueyesVersion: 3.3.0

✓ We NovelI love web novel but I wished there could have been more story to viewed from. I love story that are similar to hidden marriage. Love only one person.Hidden marriageVersion: 3.4.0

✓ Something to changeI absolutely love this app, I love reading but, I wish my reading didn’t cost me an arm and a leg, I think paying for a book is fair and just but I think that the fact that with the pace I read I can spend £50 in a month is ridiculous, I would suggest a monthly subscription instead of the coin system currently in place, this way I believe people would be more likely to continue using the app to read :).Jake_W18Version: 5.2.2

✓ Good content and interface but horrible monetizationFor starters I only got this app to read shadowslave so I don't know about the quality of the rest of the stories. The interface for reading is good but everything else reminds me of a crappy free to play game that is constantly trying to get you to spend money. Constant tedious tasks to grind to add up points, multiple different currencies and trinkets and finally a horrible money to word ratio. An average novel will contain between 70,000 to 120,000 words and will cost roughly 30$ to 40$ canadian. On this app it will cost you 60$ to 80$ for the same amount of words if you pay in one go..MrNorodyVersion: 6.3.6

✓ Complete Rip off don’t waist your moneyThis app will make you buy chapter s for a high price like 30 dollars for coins u can use to buy 200 small chapter then account on app will forget you bought those chapters with coins n will make you re buy if want to re read a chapter u bought already . a total rip off n they have no way to track what u bought n give you those chapters back u have to come up with proof like screen shots ! Who thinks of taking screenshots before it happens.Kumar_666Version: 4.6.1

✓ Browser updateI have been using Webnovel since 2016 and have really enjoyed the progression of the site. The new update broke everything. You cannot read on the site or browser anymore but are forced to download this bad app which has flashing pop ups and random presents on screen. I just want to read not navigate a maze to even find the book I was reading. The browser was 1000x better and more user friendly. - rant from a avid book reader.Bluewren2Version: 5.12.2

✓ Fake advertisingWhat is that? ''Authors'' from here started private messaging Wattpad authors to install the app with this fake letter: Hello My name is May. I'm an Author Liaison representative, representing W e b n o v e l. I've read the initial chapters and I feel that your novel showcases your capabilities as a writer thus, I would like to invite you to publish on our platform W e b n o v e l. You may find our App on Appstore or Google Play, which has over tens of millions installations. We would like to offer a non-exclusive contract for your novels currently on the site, this way, you can keep the novel on the site but at the same time also help you tap on the large reader base of on our platform with over 60 million unique user views, making it a win-win situation. Please feel free to reach out to me with regards to this, we want to understand your needs first and foremost as an author to help you reach the target market you want to hit. If you are from Wattpad, please uninstall the app. Dm fake advertising is not okay..Ellyz_Version: 4.10.1

✓ .....I use to absolutely love this app, didn’t mind paying a bit of money for stones even loved the monthly subscription but since they have brought in advanced chapters and if you want to read them you have to pay the price numerous times over and every single month at extortionate prices it’s just turned into a money pit, I think the creators have forgotten what it’s like to let people enjoy the glory of the novels while also giving the authors some money for their hard work, not to mention the fact it’s glitched in the renewal this month and you can’t even open the chapters you have pre purchased, I’ve spent well over £100 in the last month just to read novels which are an escape for me as they are for a lot of others I’m sure, I think it’s time for me to move platform somewhere else where hasn’t completely sucked out the enjoyment of just simply reading I stress I’m all for paying a little money for books as authors deserve recognition for their hard work but this bleeding people dry is ridiculous, after suffering from cancer twice this app was my escape from reality when I needed it but now it’s completely ruined, please sort it out so us loyal and long term readers can enjoy once more.XxsxxlxxbxxVersion: 3.8.7

✓ It’s not badThis app isn’t bad but it’s not the best, it’s been logging me out every month, and it’s rather difficult to find a book that is properly written and interesting. Maybe that’s just me being picky? It’s also frustrating that you have to wait 24hours for a free pass unless you pay, if I was “well off” it wouldn’t be an issue but I know like myself there are other people who can’t afford it. Also the chapters are very very very short so you end up using your only free pass for 30seconds of reading and have to wait a whole day before you can read 30seconds more..Shanzy brahVersion: 5.8.3

✓ Annoying new systemLook Webnovel is a great app but with the new system of using fast passes I find is worse then the previous system as it seems like this change was made just to get more money. You get them by completing mission in which you’ll get about three a day but the fast passes are not always for everything on the sight they also give out passes for certain genres and type of book (novel or comic) so that means you could sign in one day get your easy 3 passes but you won’t be able to use any as none are for any books you read. So it seems like they want people to start buying the premium service or more fast passes which I understand people need to make money but it seems like they’re trying to get more money by making it so that it is harder to read for free and as someone who cannot spend that much money outside of necessities it really drags down my opinion of they app.Hellbird22Version: 5.1.6

✓ The Spirit Stone Problem.This app has great stories, an interface that is pleasing to the eye, a pretty decent system in which it uses to decide on the most popular books and what books people want to see next, however, there is a large flaw that makes this great system fail. And that flaw is the overly greedy and overpriced Spirit Stone system. For almost all of the popular, reccomended, or highly rated books, Webnovel has employed a system upon it called premium. It requires the reader to use Spirit stones to unlock and read chapters, but if you want to read a few premium books at a time, you will need to either make several fake emails and invite them to earn a decent ammount, or spend money to gain them at a decent rate. The alternative methods they give you such as checking in, voting power and energy stones, and watching videos aren’t enough to read all the books you would want. This is the overarching problem with this, and this apps intial lure is the freeness of the whole process, and if you don’t want to spend 25 bucks a month to read your favortie books, then I don’t reccomend getting invested into this app..ZtchedVersion: 3.4.0

✓ Currently taking a nose diveThe app is clean and they have a wide selection of works, the categories are kinda vague it would be nice if the search function worked better. Honestly, the app is very nice and seems to be taking it fairly slowly when it comes to forcing us to pay to read. My main problem is that ads were recently introduced on every page, they are still small for now but I read in the dark and they are all like bright suns in my eyes at night, it’s super annoying, especially with how bad the quality has been on the works being pumped out, it feels like it wasn’t a person but a program that translated them not to mention the quality of the story itself. The classics are great and they’ve bought solo leveling so that’s going for them, but I doubt they’ll have an easy time in the future especially if they don’t start grabbing up some of the better pieces or figure something out about the quality of their works. TLDR good app, now has ads, stay away from voting polls the new stuff is trash.FrigidGodsVersion: 5.4.1

✓ Worst App EverI was really excited when I downloaded this app and started reading the stories and comics, but was quickly disappointed. The cost to read one chapter is ridiculous considering most times the chapter is incredibly short and you get no plot development at all. This wouldn’t be horrible if there were more ways to earn coins or fast passes, but unless you spend money, you either have to save up your passes and coins or be satisfied(or rather dissatisfied) with reading the equivalent of a page worth of story a day. And even if you do try to earn ways to read chapters, the app is so glitchy that you’ll sit through ads only to realize you never got the fast pass it promised. Also, when the app updated, it erased all the progress I made in my stories and all the coins I had saved up. This meant I couldn’t even read a new section every day, I had to earn enough passes to get me to a point where I was actually progressing in the story. I am often left frustrated and I feel like the only way you can enjoy this app is if you’re willing to spend money, which I can’t. Total waste of time. Better apps like Webtoon out there..Jess_mezVersion: 4.2.0

✓ Worth usingThe stories are pretty good and are released pretty fast but translation aren't the best compared to wuxiaword but it's better then using a MTL. Worth using if you love translated Chinese novels.RaylaighVersion: 1.4.0

✓ ARGHHI NEVER leave a detailed review like I’m doing now but I have to say this Webnovel is literally trying to eat all your money. Some books have very long chapter over 1000 and you have to pay to unlock some of the chapters because it won’t let you unlock everything with one payment 😐 and THAN when you unlock some chapters still have to pay to read it!! So basically you unlock to see not to read😒. Than you only get two daily fast pass plus watching an ad for just one more ONE so that’s three, and if your lucky enough when you watch the so called bonus video and you get an all works fast pass that makes 4 ONLY of your lucky than you can’t read your favorite novel or comic for the rest of day😐 you’ll have to read another book till it tells you, you have to pay to unlock a chapter and you don’t have any fast pass left. Honestly don’t waste your time on webnovel webtoon is better WAYYY better unless webnovel makes an update and fixes everything that is unfair than just find another app to read on cause you WILL be disappointed and will eventually get fed up that you’ll just uninstall..CwatermelonVersion: 5.9.2

✓ ScammerWhy your story getting 10 trillion out of nowhere is not updating regularly and if you want to read you need to buy a privilege which is 12x expensive that regular paying for chapter and if you buy a privilege they will open a chapter that you already read. If you want to read next chapter you need to avail again. To much greedy. Check your system.Albert1067Version: 6.5.5

✓ OkayHonestly I love the app, and I’ve loved tons of the novels on it; but everything is so expensive. I really liked the old version where it was a lot easier to get spirit stones. I understand they have to make money but a dollar for 50 coins is unreasonable, there should be more ways to earn coins and fast passes. I would recommend this app but be aware that it can be frustrating at times. Though a good portion of the well written novels cost passes or coins, there all also a ton of free ones you just have to do some digging..Wildxwolf 👿Version: 4.5.0

✓ It’s expensiveThis app is expensive! You’ll easily spend over $200 for one story. They have some pretty good stories on there. Some are better than others so you have to spend some time searching. I recommend reading only complete stories though. I invested so much money in one story to find it wasn’t complete and the author hadn’t updated in over month. Also, the stories are like 500+ chapters long. The thing that irks me is that first 20 or so chapters in the stories are plot driven and really capture your attention. Then the next 100 chapters is devoted to the main character doing mundane things like enjoying a pleasant meal with family and having lighthearted or nonsensical banner with other characters or even just having an internal monologue. Then you get 3-4 chapters that advanced the plot with another 100 or so chapters about nothing important. And that pattern repeats until the end of the book. So, many of these stories are unnecessarily long and I suspect it’s due to the issue of earning money. The app itself is not intuitive. Like, you have to play around with it for a bit to figure it out and their Privilege system is a total scam. You use 300+ coins for the privilege of reading chapters that aren’t released yet and then have to use more coins to unlock the chapters you just used your privilege on. I like the app ok, but they need a better system that is easier on the reader’s wallet..Hnb34Version: 5.2.0

✓ Really?Was hooked on the books but you have to BUY coins to then use to read the chapters. This makes on the go reading so much slower if you’re unable to pay for these coins. If we are gonna need to pay with coins to unlock chapters there should at least be an option to watch a video for 20 coins or whatever. The company still make money (off sponsorship) and readers who can’t pay their way for whatever reasons can still continue to read! It’s exploitation to make people pay when these are free on other websites. Other than that, it’s easy to use and has got some great books!.CrimsKingslyVersion: 4.12.2

✓ Don’t like the privilege systemThere privilege system is a Scam. If you really enjoy a book and want to purchase privilege on it don’t do it until the first of the month. If the writer is 36 chapters ahead you end up spending a LOT of money to catch up. I spent 50 bucks to get caught up because I was really interested in the novel. I even pay monthly as a vip on top of this. All of a sudden I find out by customer service that if I had purchased it on the first I would have it for 30 days. However, regardless of WHEN you purchase the 30 day privilege those 30 days end on the 1st of each month. Like... really? I just spent 50 bucks on a 30 day privilege I was only able to use for two days. I’m a vip, shouldn’t you do things special for the vip customers? Like the privilege doesn’t expire? However vip doesn’t even have any perks what so ever! My suggestion if your going to get into this one is be patient and wait for the chapters to come out regularly. The privilege isn’t permanent (though it should be with how much they charge) and there customer service is a joke. They take advantage of their customers, know it, and honestly don’t care..MLScarletVersion: 4.8.1

✓ DisappointingYou have to spend so much money to read comics on this app. Literally so much. And just because it says a book is completed doesn’t mean that it actually is. I’ve read 5 comics on there so far, and literally 3 of them are marked completed when they are not. They leave off on cliffhangers and there is no way to know if there is more to come. Some have been marked as completed over a year ago. I’m disappointed more than I’m happy with this app. I’m literally going to finish off the last batch of coins I bought and I’m deleting the app. It’s so disappointing and so expensive for something that is completely misleading..FidaChehabVersion: 6.4.1

✓ CoinsBuying coins is a rip off I could buy a book for $10 once off but here the cost of coins does not even cover the book. Where can I buy the book without waiting for it to be available online?.ChuckLee 99Version: 4.10.1

✓ FAKE ADVERTISING: Charge in wrong currencyI tried to purchase in app for coins that stated to be in Canadian currency and when you pick a method of payment it switch to USD currency even though my account is set for Canadian purchase. This is fake advertising.LizzyboofrVersion: 6.0.1

✓ A bit expensive and the content is a bit different from what it used to beIt’s expensive to keep up with everything since a lot of webnovels have hundreds and thousands of chapters and the content I can find on the site has changed a lot from when I first started using it to read translations of Chinese webnovels. Not necessarily a bad thing but whilst I used to spend days at a time on webnovel I barely use the app nowadays..SoraSasaki*Version: 5.4.1

✓ StupidThis is stupid I have to pay to read.Loving this101Version: 6.5.5

✓ Used to be decent, now it’s expensive.Daily logins might get you a fast pass, but that’s about the only way to get something free. The prices for unlocking a chapter are getting more and more expensive while each coin package is still as much as ever for even a slightly significant amount. There isn’t a way to earn free coins except for maybe in an event, and then it’s negligible anyway. This is a money-grubbing app, through and through. It used to be about 13 coins for an chapter, now many are 30 or close to that. Unless the book/comic is literally THAT good, I won’t be unlocking these, especially when they only have about 4 or 5 free chapters. Usually it would be much closer to a dozen. If you dare to buy into “privilege” in order to unlock content early, it will cost you about a hundred coins per chapter after the first one, not including the unlock price. After the first few tiers it gets more and more expensive, especially for some of the books. Furthermore, privilege only last a single month, so good luck if you mistakenly buy it even a day before the month ends; because, it will end at the start of a new month..James2theMVersion: 5.10.5

✓ Cant load bonus chapters due to failed adsAs the title states, when the ads fail to load, we don't have access to the chapters. Happy to change my review when the issues are fixed..Corey PBVersion: 1.4.0

✓ Hate premium chaptersThis would be an awesome book app if they didn’t practically force you to continually pay to read instead of using alternatives such as watching adds..Natey BaityVersion: 2.9.0

✓ They had a great thing going for the readers.For about 2-3 months they had a subscription service that I used. I read stories from multiple websites and this one used to be a lesser used one. Then they had the subscription service that I used and I would read almost completely one this app because I no longer had to deal with those spirit stones. Instead I used them to give gifts to the stories. Now that the subscription is gone I can only get about 20 spirit stones a day witch could be at most 4 short chapters. So either I wait for more stones or I could start a new book only to end up at a pay wall again. They said it was for the writers and translators to get paid more but who really knows. I doubt they were making more than extra spending money. Edit: they don’t stop there money grubbing ways. Now they are making you pay like $40 to read a extra 50 chapters ahead and who knows what’s next. For now on I’m just going to look for these books for free. I don’t care if they’re stolen from here. I have always been one to support authors and translators but not those from Webnovel..King churchVersion: 3.8.0

✓ It’s a good app.Web novel is convenient for reading and has most novel on the market on it. However sprit stones (in app currency) are over used and shouldn’t be used for every chapter but a whole book so you know what your paying for (although they’re easy to earn but you never have enough. And most of the work on the app is stolen from original editors with no credit given other than the original stuff. I know they own the rights but they literally just copied and pasted from previous translators so should at least credit their hard work..🐺in amongst🐑Version: 3.7.0

✓ Off puttingI’ve used this app for more than a year now and I gotta say its pretty good, but lately i’ve been dropping on the activity aspect because every time I open the app. I go through the process of “Oh i’m logged out! Let me log in again” , log in again , wait a few seconds then a webpage version popping up onto my screen of Webnovel with me logged on popping up and a notice down at the bottom saying “You can download the app” When I am on the app. What is going on? I don’t feel like logging on every time I jump on to the app nor the fact that I have to get redirected to the site to actually read.BlueQubeVersion: 3.4.0

✓ The stories are good...but I’m not getting what I paid forI really like the app and the book I’m reading is wonderful. The problem is, I’m not getting what I paid for. I paid the subscription but did not receive the 500 pts, nor did I receive the 10 daily that should amount to 300 throughout the month. Also, just now, I checked my point balance, which was 14, before I went to check in to claim my free Fast Pass. After claiming it, I went back to check my balance and the point balance was 1. I lost two chapters of reading, by this mishap. Does the “free” fast pass charge us? So then I tried to use my fast pass to at least read one more chapter, and it said I had no fast pass left. I’ve spent a lot of money on this app and I really enjoy it, but I cannot keep supporting it, if I do not receive the points I actually pay for. As is, in a book with 1200+ chapters, you already end up paying about $200 for one book. I really don’t see why I am not even getting the points I paid for, when this book alone is already making you so much money. I really hope I get the points I paid for, or I will be forced to abandon a great book and withdraw my membership..ChrisT haVersion: 4.7.2

✓ Rip off regarding privilegesYou can pay extra to get ‘early access’ to chapters for 30 days. However, what they don’t tell you is that this access expires at the end of each calendar month, not after 30 days. So, if you purchased this on the 28th, guess what… no access after 2-3 days, even though you paid for it. This is also not advertised as you purchase..Igbus2022Version: 6.0.1

✓ Privilege chaptersHello, I brought privilege chapters so I can read the chapters ahead. However, it won’t let me access the chapters I should be able to read. Instead I see the countdown to the next chapter to upload. Why am I not able to access the chapters? The privilege chapters I brought are temporary so if it continues that I couldn’t access the chapters I’ve brought. I’ve basically paid for nothing and you’ve just ripped me off. Please let me access what I’ve brought. Thank you.I Luv SushiVersion: 4.3.1

✓ DisappointingI’ve had this app for years and love so many as well as followed I didn’t mind when they introduced the stone payment set up way back when because it gave some excitement and I enjoyed supporting my more favoured authors, however! In this recent update I have lost any and all respect for this money grabbing app!! How dare they set up a “premium” and deny loyal customers because they decided the money they get isn’t enough! I will be not using this app again in the future and deeply regret any of my money I spent here as it was now as I can see a complete waste!.SammynekogirlVersion: 3.8.1

✓ Trial MarriageI enjoyed every chapters,every characters portrayed in this novel.It made me giggle it made me fall in love.Mo Ting and Tangning the everlasting couple.I recommended this novel to everyone.one of the best .❤️❤️❤️.YenkoshalVersion: 3.2.0

✓ Unreliable and disgusting businessI am one of many people who downloaded this app to read a legal translation of a book series. Earlier this year the app promised to release the second book in august but it’s October and it still hasn’t been released and they have structured it so you have to read a whole other book before you can read this. I’ve already read that one elsewhere so I don’t want to pay for it again. We have waited so long and Webnovel hasn’t said anything more. This has been deliberately structured to ensure Webnovel absolutely milks money from this series of books. I refuse to use an app that is run by people who can’t stick to a deadline and are more focused on the money than the damage they are doing to their brand. I could get the same book for a fraction of the cost on Amazon once it is released.JdhalVersion: 5.13.0

✓ It’s okayI had no idea about the spirit stones to read until I got 370 chapters into this amazing book. Pretty bumped that I have to either pay to read what I thought was free or do all this extra stuff to earn stones just to read. I’d rather just go out and buy books in person than try to figure out this app. Update: I made this review a couple weeks ago and now that I’ve had more time to try to accomplish the things that earn spirit stones I actually really like this app. It’s not that hard to earn stones and I don’t always read a lot. The only thing that I still don’t like is the fact that I have a hard time banking enough spirit stones to read for long periods of time. Completing the tasks is fine if I’m only really 3 or 4 chapters a day but there are some days where I want to read 30 to 40 chapters and I never have enough spirit stones to do that. Other than that I really like the app and I do my best to log in every day to earn stones even if I’m not reading that day just so I have extra when I want to read..Mrs. DudleyVersion: 3.4.0

✓ It’s OkayWebnovel shoves garbage poorly translate novels with awful plots you’ve seen 10000 times before down your throat all the time but if you look past that there are a lot of great books..LeanneX5Version: 5.18.0

✓ AdsThere are ads displayed after PAYING to read. If you watch video to remove ad for 30 minutes a new ad gets displayed. Super greedy..KickyousVersion: 6.3.6

✓ Love the booksI love the books on this website they are our amazing but the problem is the website itself they’ve recently introduced genre specific fast passes ,which is what is needed to unlock a premium chapter, and that idea is utterly retarded it’s made reading good books extremely difficult for someone like me who can’t pay for fast passes please if one of the devs read this I’m begging you please remove this feature.Blushedmender79Version: 5.1.6

✓ Keeps crashingFix ur app. First it keeps showing the annoying pop ups even if im not checking in. 2nd it keeps crashing every 3 chapters from last 4 weeks.Deep67bVersion: 6.5.5

✓ Good content, CS needs to be more responsive.This is a great app, so far the quality is the best among all e-reader app. However ever since latest iOS upgrade, I repeatedly purchased $7.99 coins but it never went through. I sent all the necessary docos and even screen recorded my app & mail but they still didn’t acknowledge it. They were saying the invoice date doesnt match with the actual purchase time, well that is how App Store generates invoice. It is almost never on time. Even some other e-reader apps that are not as chic as this app has CS team that is more knowledgeable in this invoice-delay thing within App Store. Such shame, this app is the best. Kudos to the developer and content curator & translator, but seriously your CS team needs to familiarize themselves more. (And they can be a bit rude, but well everyone has a bad day).Mrl9892Version: 4.11.1

✓ Fix this please!I do like the range of story’s that their is. But for a lot of the comics when I’m scrolling down and reading, some panels are just black or it thinks I’m offline when I’m not. When I press retry to reload the panel again either the panel comes up black or has only a little piece of the panel where a speech bubble is half cut off so I can’t read the other half! Fix this please! Happened as soon as I found a comic I liked!.Missmonster001Version: 3.7.0

✓ Good App, latest version is very buggyIssues with chapters jumping Asking to update to see chapters when already up to date Ads not unlocking chapters properly. Previous version was stable.NZnicasVersion: 2.2.0

✓ Lowkey false advertisingI downloaded the app through an ad i saw on instagram. The ad showed a story through a comic strip, making me assume that this was some sort of manga/comic type of app. Was really keen bc the story it had shown on the ad seemed really interesting. Not gonna lie, i was really disappointed when i realised it was just books. Don’t get me wrong i loveeee reading and will probably still enjoy the app, but was still really disappointed when i realised the truth..Desley maccaVersion: 4.5.0

✓ Nothing is earnedMost novels you may only read to chapter 60 and all the points you earn while doing so are completely useless. Unfortunately you are forced to spend real money to read and you will most likely never finish anything. As far as I’m aware buying chapters with points is virtually impossible even if you spend a month reading nonstop there isn’t anything to show for it.KoOkaMiiVersion: 5.6.2

✓ Cost is insaneThe actual story Im reading is great- but costs an arm and leg and possibly a kidney - the cost of one story is insane I’m up to approx $100 US and it’s not finished the either keeps dragging out the chapters which cost coins and the amount of time you have to wait for chapters is ridiculous- how about only posting the story when it’s finished!!!! It’s been 12 days and I’m still trying to finish the book -as soon as this story is finished I’m deleting app- I will not be reading snippets to sucker me in again - no more/ just pay $6 on kindle and get a complete book no hidden costs..SparkleplusVersion: 5.8.0

✓ It’s pretty neatOverall it’s just a better version of the website with more functionality and features. But annoyed with the constant alerts that pop up in the middle recommending other stuff, double checking every action you make, and every page seems to have a completely new design to how everything is arranged..Winky LackerVersion: 5.8.2

✓ 80% Behind a PaywallI downloaded this app after seeing absolutely ridiculous (and often times inappropriate) ads for it, to read and see what it was actually like. In terms of app design, and usage, it’s very nice! It looks good, it’s easy to use, and has a dark mode. Unfortunately, all of the novels are behind a paywall. In a book that had over 1000 chapters, I could only read to chapter 19 before getting locked out of the book. I completely understand wanted to support the translators, but having to pay for chapters that have been out for years (as it tracks when it was posted) feels dirty to me. It didn’t make me want to buy coins, or motivate me to even read any other novels. With such a system, I deleted the app. If you are going to keep a system like this (which I understand to a certain level, there are people that need to be supported behind these stories), do it better. Do something similar to other sites, where newest chapters are behind a paywall, but eventually become free. But not this current system..All my nicknames were taken 27Version: 4.10.0

✓ Expect to get scammed... just read online.So couple of things to note if you’re going to download this. 1. If you’re in the UK, and too buy coins, note that the scam your with a direct exchange of $ to £ so you get screwed on that. E.g- $0.99 is £0.99 and so forth. 2. Their app is 5 hours ahead so if you pay to have access to privileged chapters, then expect to have your access revoked late noon UK come end of month. Oh, and let’s not forget that those chapters you accessed and have read will no longer be available pass that. 3. Note that when they say you have access to these privileged chapters for the month, they mean that come end of month, you won’t any longer. Regardless of you paying to have access to them mid way through the month.. you’ll only have till the rest of the month and then you get sucked into paying £20+ to keep up to date for the new month. 4. Though you pay to access these privileged chapters, not that you have to pay to then unlock them to read, so basically.. estimating that you’ll be paying over £30 -£40 each month to read these. Best to go to online websites like Wuxia or MLT translating sites to read. 1. You don’t pay anything or need coins to read and they are up to date as per the app (not including the privilege chapters though some sites have more). 2. No need to get bombarded by ads not unlock daily to read, 3. Cheaper over all. Lastly, anyone know who we can report this exchange fraud to? Surely this is not right?!.JoshikaBAVersion: 4.8.1

✓ Good When you’ve got time or money. Go to Wattpad.This app has tons of stories and mangas of all kinds. It was great while I was on a promotional, but it gets super expensive very quickly. It’s honestly a lot like Wattpad in format, but with comics available. Big concerns: 1. Why are fast passes ever genre specific? Getting 3 a day is great until you realize they don’t work on the book you’re reading. I have 18 free passes but none work on the novel I’m reading. I should be able to get through more than 1 chapter a day (takes about 5 min to read). At that point I might as well read a cereal box. 2. Why are chapters so expensive? Being able to only read 3-4 chapters for $5 is crazy when you consider the fact that they are often short and not edited. I spent $7, which is the price of a normal published ebook, to read 1/5 of my novel (including all the “free passes” I earned at the same time). I came for Under the Oak Tree Riftan’s POV, and they totally lied about release dates for book 2. I’ve only read 1/2 of 1 other novel so far, which I like a lot, but I don’t think I’ll continue. It’s too frustrating for someone who likes to binge read like me. As others are saying on the app itself, it’s turned 100% into a money game. I just hope the artists themselves are getting a good chunk..Livi\Version: 5.12.2

✓ Hate having to buy coinsI HATE having to spend money on coins. There should be an option to watch ads to get coins..TheAliceWondrland1718Version: 4.4.2

✓ Bad UpdateBefore the be recent update, Webnovel was amazing but it the update turned spirits stones into coins and you can only get coins by either buying them or inviting friends. The rewards section doesn’t give out coins, they give out fast pass which you can use to unlock a chapter for 72hrs. The fast pass expires within 7 days so you can’t save them. You can only use fast pass on stories that are. not in the privileged section. Really upset with webnovel, spirit stones were a better system to unlock chapters than coins..BuhnicakeVersion: 4.2.0

✓ Too muchThe cost of coins is ridiculously high considering it takes between 5000+ coins to get through any of the books on this platform. Which can equate to $50+ per book. I understand making money for your app, but the point is to attract people to using your app. It’s books provided for people to read- the average book to purchase and read in your hands (all at once if a person wants) is between $20-30 each. With exceptions. Your app doubles that cost and forces readers to wait for released chapters. That’s twice your readers get gyped- waiting for chapters and the exponential cost to read it. And then- the third party payments are the ones that chose to give bonus coins or not. Some days it’s there. Others, the bonus coins are removed. Is Audible the only book app that doesn’t try to completely screw its readers? Pay one cost to receive the whole book content. What’s so hard about that?! Or put in monthly subscription options for those of us that read a ton- let us pay a flat rate per month and give us unlimited access to a certain number of books or chapters that can be read that month..KamiiraVersion: 5.18.0

✓ Potential DownfallThis app has been great up until now besides the being forced to “read” a genre I care nothing about due to the daily reading passes not being an any novel/comic option. I get that they are doing the forced genre thing to make us readers try novels/comics outside our norm, but I have specific genres that I like and specific ones I don’t. They have now made the reading passes even less important with some novels/comics now requiring two or more passes. The reading passes were meant to be there so that I didn’t have to spend coin on novels/comics not be forced to now purchase more coins just so I can read my favorite novels/comics. This is a huge downgrade to an app that I have enjoyed for a couple-ish years now. The translation quality of some novels/comics have also seen a downgrade with some being almost incoherent and jumbled. Maybe get some cleaners that will go in and cleanup the writing for those authors who’s main language isn’t English and have had basically Google translated novels/comics to a different language. Please bring back the necessity for only one reading pass per chapter so we can continue to enjoy the novels/comics from your app..Private Hy4lyfeVersion: 5.14.5

✓ Latest updateThe latest update on the website is a slap on the face to almost all Webnovel readers, now instead of making you pay money for premium novels, now they also force you to download this app by hard locking how much of a chapter you can read, effectively making the website useless, it’s so much easier to read on the website on pc but now that’s gone and with it my loyalty to Webnovel..Dannyman😜😜😜😝😝Version: 5.12.2

✓ ScamI got this app because I wanted to read one novel that had advance chapters and paid a lot of money to access them but only expired after 3 days. Spoke to customer care and they said it expires every month and mind you it doesn’t tell you this when you pay for this. Now that I have paid for the privilege plus to unlock the chapters and it has expired. They will ask you to pay again for the access of the chapters you have already read so that you can then access the chapters you haven’t.. now can someone please tell me who has the money to pay for chapters you are not even reading? And if this is not a scam what is? I can’t be the only one having this issue, right? I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone. I use webcomics too but am not being asked to unlock chapters again and they stingy on coins too.AntonellaOnaiVersion: 4.10.1

✓ Please fixIt’s always telling me to open up the app when I’m already inside and logged in the app. And why did you guys put the x on the profile. Every time I click my profile pic it will log me out?!!! Worst update ever!!.Rainy jedVersion: 3.4.0

✓ Membership is not worth itI don’t particularly like to leave reviews aside from stars, however I’m slightly aggravated with this app. I downloaded this because of an ad I saw on Facebook. I’ve had WebToons and WebComics for quite some time now and absolutely love the both of them. From what I’ve seen most web comic apps are fairly similar. My biggest complaints about this is the fact that the membership STILL requires the reader to pay coins to unlock episodes. I subscribe to WebComic for $6.99/month and that gives me unlimited access to all the comics. Webtoons offers top up similar to this app, but they only charge 5 coins per episode instead of the 13 coins Webnovel charges. It’s expensive and I’m currently only able to read one comic due to the cost of these coins/unlocking. I was willing to subscribe, but if I’m still having to pay the same amount of coins to unlock the episodes as it is to not subscribe it’s not worth it. The only perk I’ve seen is 10/coins per day. That’s not even enough to unlock one episode of the comic I’m reading..Enholt87Version: 4.4.0

✓ The app has failedI’m writing this review because the app has finally failed, having two issues that need addressing. 1: For the last three days the app has logged me out and won’t recognise my account (using my google account) to login. The browser version works fine for my google login but the frustratingly annoying point is having to use the app to get full access for the daily rewards tasks. .......................................... 2: And finally the second issue, Is for the in app feedback which hasn’t worked since the day I downloaded the app, The app freezes every time I tried using it, having to close the app and then opening it again to use it again..Geordey was here😎Version: 3.5.0

✓ PaymentNo matter what i did the payment doesnt go through! Like i have this problem a whole 2 days and i keep trying but it keeps telling me that i need to subscribe.Abbymercado20Version: 6.2.2

✓ Great app but...1. For some reason, whenever I try to invite friends, the page always crash and I have to use my laptop in order to do that. 2. Also for stories that have 500+ chapters, I feel like they should have an option where you can just pay for the entire ebook (unfinished or not) so we don't have buy chapters individually and repeatedly buying and earning spiritstones 500+ times..JellyK3Version: 3.1.0

✓ It’s good but...Overall the app is amazing it has been made really well and I like the fast pass system but the one problem I have is that some really long chapters lock at 40 and they go into the 1000 and I’m just saying that pisses me off but other than that it’s fine Extension: I don’t like the new update as the ad at the bottom is annoying so I watched an adult to remove it for 30min and it just reappeared so I tried a few more times and it didn’t work so overall I’m very irritated with this.5-star alexVersion: 5.4.1

✓ Too much you have to spend on the appApp is good and nice to Main problems I have are the extortionate amounts of money the app needs you to pay in order to read a full 200 chapter long novel or you need to wait for years only using your for on that one book. Second is the fact that nearly all books on the app go premium extremely quickly, with most going at about 50-60 and the ones in the new arrival novels section going premium at chapter 20. Tbh the number of fast passes you get has been constantly dropping as well, so now you only get on average ~2 a day. The genre specific fast passes are ridiculous as you then get fast passes for genres you have 0 interest in. Finally I would like to point out how some novels are straight up stolen from the original creators and posted on the site and then locked behind a paywall. This is honestly really unfair to the original creators..Almondspring250Version: 5.1.6

✓ Authors discord is terribleI’m writing as an angry author. Their discord is terrible and stress inducing. When all one wants to do is get feedback and make connections..CdonehereVersion: 5.18.0

✓ Not worth it anymoreThis app used to be the best application to read translated and web novels out there, but now it feels like every other over priced app out there and is turning into EA. I downloaded this app and had been a part of it since the beginning. It allowed one to buy, and gather the resource to unlock chapters, though it still had random ads. You could gather and horde resources for weeks to binge read a novel you were behind in or one that updated weakly. When the first major update that removed the random ads everyone cheered. Then slowly over time the amount of resources you can horde became less, the chapter prices became more over priced. This continued till they began making the resources expire after only a few days of non use making it just as demanding as a idle game. Finally now the chapters for books are so over priced that you can buy a physical copy for a fraction of what it costs to read it here on this app. The resources are mostly only bought with money and the resources that are received daily for a free chapter are for random books one may never like and any resource you get that is useful expired in 2 days making it so that you can only read the book you really want once a week or pay the steep prices per chapter.RiheartsVersion: 6.1.1

✓ No ads for fast passes/points anymoreSince the last update was rolled out I can’t watch any ads at all for fast passes/points. Zero. Nothing. Please fix your app..IndigosamaVersion: 6.5.5

✓ Needs More Work, Not New PF Frames!This is the 3rd time I’ve had to download this app for the 12.9 iPad Pro. It would not update chapters of novels, requiring reinstall. Sometimes it wouldn’t load at all. The devs spend more time creating profile photo frames than fixing the app itself. It’s literally nothing more than a novel cash cow, with expensive upgrades to read extra chapters of novels. Too many pop ups as soon as you open the app, opening novels I don’t want to read. You cannot read Horizontally, why this is so, is just stupid. The vertical view is difficult to use because the bottom of the vertical is where the power cable goes in, therefore limiting the use of the cable and a case that has a frame support for hands free reading..PaalgrimVersion: 5.2.5

✓ Great appLove this app and the books are amazing. They have an incredible selection BUT the price for reading them is insane. I read about 5 or 6 books at a time and could never afford to do that on here. I don’t was to stop reading my book to read 20 minutes of another book to earn points because they are not always books I am interested in so I end up hating it. And I wish there was an option to be able to just purchase completed books and be able to just read through but no there isn’t and it ends up costing well over $100 bucks for 1 book and that is ridiculous..BathoryBabeVersion: 6.3.6

✓ WebComicsIf this app doesn’t work for you, you should try WebComics. It’s an app that has manga with lots of genre such as: Romance, Thriller, Boys Love, Action and much more. So please try this app. It made me want to read more everyday. You’ll be given money to unlock the chapters and you will receive more if you complete 10 minutes of reading or logging in. Hope to see you there! Bye!.Ivy JadeVersion: 3.3.0

✓ Completely Oblivious to Customer NeedsThey recently brought out a premium subscription which finally brought down the costs from $200-$300 a book, which is incredibly high price, to around $40 a month sub. As this started getting more popular they realized they weren’t making as much money so they decided to stop the subscription program with no forewarning. This not only stopped the subscriptions but any chapters you read while sub have now been re-locked so you paid for nothing..AnaplexVersion: 3.5.0

✓ This app is a scam!This app is so buggy. I bought $15 of spirit stones and none was issued to my account! Money was deducted from my account, got receipts from both paypal and appstore to confirm the transaction. After a quick search on the internet, it seemed like many others had the same issue too. I have reported to webnovel and they basically told me to contact appstore and solve the problem myself!!! It works fine for free reading but if you decide to pay then be prepared, you might be scammed!.Unhappy_customer89Version: 4.1.1

✓ They just want to get your moneyIt’s ridiculous the amount to pay for coins I would rather find the book elsewhere.Gabe55221Version: 5.16.0

✓ First time with this appI like everything except for the fast pass. It only gives 1 daily and you can not increase the amount with levels. I also don't like the author membership thing were the author can lock up to 50 chapter or more. To unlock those you will need to spend money to buy coins to unlock it. Which I think is stupid in my opinion. The membership would been nice if it gives unlimited reading on some novels even if its not unlimited to all of them. Over all its good but it will take a very long time to finish one novel without spending money to buy coins and membership..TheCool47455Version: 4.8.0

✓ Really good apart from...This is an amazing app and I really enjoy reading the novels it has to offer and keeps you reading for hours and you don’t even realise. However there is one problem that I have noticed, generally I have found that because you become so hooked in acertain novel you end up reading so much that you lose access to the availability to read anymore and I have recently noticed that in often happens when you are at an exhilarating part of a novel. Also to gain access to read more you can use coins but the coins are quite difficult to get access to unless you buy them which for people like me is not an option..OneproblemonlyVersion: 4.10.1

✓ Only worked onceThe app worked the first time I tried it, to read more of a novel I had started in an ad, but now that I’ve gone back to try to read more, it’s either a glitch or a scam, but it won’t load the novel any time I click on it, and only has a circle loading in the corner, but even when that finishes, it starts over and goes around and around again and again. You can’t even go back to try again without quitting the app and restarting it, and the same thing just happens again when I reopen it and again try to click on the book. The only thing you can click on at all is the circle itself, which brings you to the page where you can buy fast passes. It doesn’t even tell you if you need that to read even your first book, and just having the page loading over and over when you try to get back to it is useless, to either understand what needs to be purchased or why on earth it keeps loading the circle over and over. I’ve wasted so much time letting it load and load and closing and reopening the app. Very disappointing..Halli620Version: 4.9.0

✓ Spirit coinsThis app was great at first, not everything was free sure. But it did give you a chance to earn way to read locked episodes, like daily check ins and other things, the problem I had with was when I saved up my free spirit coins to use on a story I was reading, when I caught up I have extra spirit coins so I thought I’d save those for later. Little did I know that those coins expire, so when I found a new story I wanted to read with it, the app have expired +200 spirit coins, this would be on me, I probably should I spend my coins when I got the first notification, I just didn’t have a story to spend them on. Sense than every time I check in I don’t get spirit coins for some reason? I think those were switched out for points? If you watch a add you can get 1 fast pass which lets you read one episode of your story or comic. You can only watch one add a day though so if you are trying to binge or catch up on a comic it makes that much harder. Yes I love the comics I’m reading, I have tried looking for them on other platforms because of this problem with the one a day if you can’t buy spirit coins. I’m sorry if this review made little sense but the point if they added a add system, where if you watch a add you can get spirit coins or fast passes it would be much more helpful..Ello mellowVersion: 4.2.0

✓ The More Privileged ChaptersIt shows xx unread for something that’s in a whole different section and it’s getting to me. The small amount of spirit stones to read the locked chapters are fine, I can read up to whatever using my spirit stones, but when It shows the number on stockpile. I can’t accurately guess what I’m able to read. It would be great that in the Library it just shows the amount of chapters unread as it did previously and the stockpiled chapters will be kept for when you tap to show the novel in details..Joshua Oyewole PrnSt4rVersion: 3.8.1

✓ DisappointedI have been reading on this app for years! The stories are great the setup was easy and I did not mind paying for extra coins to read. Overall it WAS one of the best apps out there! I have now dropped them from a 5 star to a 2 and the only reason it is a two is for the writers and artists who do such a wonderful job! When they added the privilege purchases they turned into a money hungry app and the privilege never works. I had the same issue happen twice, where I had read and paid for chapters and needed to purchase the privilege. What you don’t know is with the privilege even if you read and paid for chapters it doesn’t matter. You will get the same chapters you already read and paid for before until a ton of money getting coins to purchase a en higher privilege to purchase more chapters under the privilege. Yep it doesn’t unlock the chapters for you it gives you access for you to pay for them. And the customer service is a joke! They can’t help you, compensate, or fix the issue. Instead they talk to you like you are an idiot and do. It understand anything. So if you like spending tons of money to pay for something 3 times just to read one chapter this is the app for you..DestinedwithinVersion: 4.9.6

✓ Not bad, until it goes buggy...When it works, which admittedly is alot of the time, it's a pretty good app. Not perfect, but then what is. However, when it goes buggy, it's exceedingly annoying. I'm writing this because it's one of those times. I opened the app today as normal to catch up on my reading, and found that I was signed out. At this point I was anticipating the coming headache, and unfortunately things played out as I expected. Signing on with my email and password, the app...hung. I walked away for roughly 10 minutes and it was still sitting there when I got back, hung. So I closed the app and opened it up again. Selecting the signin option (again), it switched to the email/password screen and before I could do anything, it recognised my signon and switched to the 2nd screen -- except it displayed it like a web page!! In this fashion, I can clumsily navigate around, but a number of the buttons display the words 'open app' -- BUT I'M IN THE APP!! It's so frustrating! This is around the 5th to 7th time this has happened, over a period of roughly 6 months, so it's not common. In the past, it eventually comes good without me doing anything further, so fingers crossed it'll do the same this time. I reported it the first 2 times it occurred, but received no response. Please, fix this!! I'm seriously considering going back to just using a browser..Talyn7Version: 3.4.0

✓ Why had it gotten worse?It was fine when I started. I went on the app so often, multiple times a day or just hours straight. As time went on there were added requirements, like the time limit on all the spirt stones, if they expire they disappear from your account total. And annoyingly enough it signs me out on its own sometimes and just ruins the “bookmark” I had in any novel, all of them turning to “unread”. So many times I had to search for the chapter I left off. But the biggest problem I have faced with this app so far is today it had kicked me out once more and as I attempted to sign in I was told my account was suspended. It had kicked me out the day before and wouldn’t let me sign in so I waited till today to try again. And guess what? It wouldn’t let me and even told me my account was suspended. Why? I hadn’t done anything!! I even went on the website on safari and it worked at first but when I refreshed the page it kicked me out. I tried signing in but it said my account was suspended. Why? What had I even done? I’m so sure I have done nothing for such treatment. Some books I love to read but this app had finally touched upon my last bit of patience!!.Bri.julVersion: 3.2.0

✓ Fix the Fast PassesThis app has a lot of good content and I like that I can read a lot for free if I’m patient, but the rate at which you can do so has gotten worse and worse. You used to be able to get and use 3 Fast Passes a day to unlock any chapter of any series, but this has changed 2 Fast Passes that you can use like that and 1 ‘genre specific’ Fast Pass that dictates not only the genre, but book type (comic vs novel). If you read Romance Comics, but get a Mystery Novel fast pass for your daily login, you can’t use it without starting a new series that you may not even care about. Having only 2 real passes a day has significantly decreased my progress on reading many of my stories. Some of which are still releasing chapters. I don’t mind if you want me to watch ads in exchange for real fast passes, but at least get rid of the genre specific stuff. People complain about ads, but if you give them the choice to watch an ad for an extra pass, then it’s on them if they want to watch it and you get the ad pay..Silver DayVersion: 5.0.1

✓ ScamIt’s so expensive reading off here! I’ve spent about $80 on a story that I haven’t finished yet because the story line always takes to long never ending.. I deleted the app because I couldn’t believe that the story was taking so long... don’t use this app or you’ll go poor!..---.---.123aroVersion: 4.6.1

✓ The last few updates have made things hardI’ve had this app for over a year and it’s easy to use with pretty good functionality. However I’ve seen the progression in rewards which have made the app increasingly expensive. Although I initially understood the increasing prices and ensuring chapters were paid for to give some benefit to the writers, Some of the recent updates seems to have been the last steps to ensure the free benefits are as minimal as possible. For example, in the past reading 600 minutes have enough stones/coins to unlock 4/5 chapters of average length. I’ve read over 900 minutes this week and that has given me 1 fast pass to unlock 1 chapter. Absolutely appalling..MaryamAbiOduVersion: 4.3.5

✓ IrritatingIt’s actually so frustrating how they try to ruin every way you can read the novels for free. A few months ago I could get 3 fast passes that work on all the novels and comics, but now it’s this stupid thing were the first login of the day gives a random genre bullshit and the power stone and energy stone vote are the only ones that give a fast pass that works on all novels. It’s very clear they are indirectly trying to persuade users to buy their garbage coin deals..AregogVersion: 5.1.0

✓ 😡😡😡I hate that you have to use stones to read these novels.Gf cvsVersion: 2.9.0

✓ Consider merging fast passes, please.The main problems with the app how incredible stingy they are with fast passes; instead of a general fast pass they broke it up in multiple hyper niche categories you will likely never even touch. I’m only interested in 2 out of them all; to add another kick in the balls all of their sides events like the carnival give randomized passes as well and 9 times of 10 they’re not the pass I would even use. As the final cherry on top, the fast pass cost to unlock a chapter is anywhere from 1-3 based on word count. Very stingy. Then there is the app itself which crashes constantly every time a chapter is unlocked. Apart from the bugs, the pop up recommendations when opening the app are made even more annoying from the above issue. I’m not freeloader, so I don’t mind buying coins to support authors, but it is incredibly expensive. We’re talking of triple digits for books with hundreds of chapters, in CAD $. When you add in how stingy the devs are with fast passes, the pricing is awful. I would prefer to just buy the whole book for the author’s price than little incremental payments. At least for books that are completed..Ilikecats92Version: 6.5.5

✓ Greatly SaddenHonestly when this app first came out I loved everything about it. I would spend hours on end on it reading. Back then most of the chapters were free expect the last 10 releases. Which you pay maybe 5 or 1 spirit stones “ sorry coins”to unlock. However as time went by they started locking chapters that use to be free already and making stones last limited time. Soon they added a subscription which I don’t mind paying for one to read and unlock all if not a good amount of novels. However, they got rid of it shortly after and it became what it is today. So why the low review? 80% of the chapters that use to be free are locked, you pay 10$ to get 500 coins which would only unlock around (33 to 71) if your lucky and LN can easily have up to 500+ chapters mind you, daily coins last limited time so if you don’t use it quickly well to bad, and honestly the voting system does great injustice for authors since it pretty much set up for us to vote just to get a little bit more coins without reading their LN. I am down with supporting authors and translators for their work but this? Ima have to say no thank you. I may not understand all on how the back end of this works but as it is now I hope to prepare any future readers before they got on this app. If you do, whip out your credit card because trust me you won’t get far without it. Thank you for taking the time to read this and have a good day..CaldorixVersion: 4.2.0

✓ The Cultural Experience is Great, BUT...It’s really expensive for the experience. I’ve had this app for over a year, almost two. I end up spending more money than I intend, even with the membership. It was worth it for a little while because there was a discount weekend that I took advantage of at least once a month. But that’s gone. And the free passes I have to get require reading new novels I’m not always interested, or I am interested in but it just keeps adding to the pile in my list. I’ll never be able to finish any books without spending a ton of money. Buying a whole 6 book series in the “real world” is cheaper than a single novel on this platform. And now, the free passes have to spent carefully because if a chapter costs above 15 coins, it requires the use of two passes. This is incredibly disappointing and annoying. And all the “free” events aren’t that free, they require some amount of money if you really want to participate..Addicted to Reading BooksVersion: 5.18.0

✓ It was awesome but now it’s overThis used to be one of the best applications I ever used. I was spending hours reading every day and it never bothered me investing money in order to support my favorite authors and the translators that made it possible for me to read these books. During this past year, a great number of changes took place. I was not pleased with all of them but I kept using the application without complains. But these last six months, a great number of books were/are suddenly dropped (they are already complete but they simply stop translating them) although they were/are very popular. They arbitrarily decide to stop translating books without ever offering a single explanation. Many loyal readers are outraged. You might have already spend 50$ and more to read a single book and never read the ending. This is not professional at all and a major turn off for every decent reader. So if you decide to download this app, be warned and only read the books that are already described as COMPLETE because it’s really a sin to spend years (some of these books have more than 1,500 chapters) and money to read an awesome book and ending up reading part of it. Hopefully a decent application will appear soon to cover the gap that Webnovel created..GhostofDaoVersion: 4.9.6

✓ Good, but could be improvedIt is a very good app with many good translated novels and comics. However, acquiring fast pass can be improved. As a reader that reads several novels/comics at the same time, getting fast passes to catch-up to ongoing and finish series, can be really difficult. The store point system is good but what’s the point when you can only redeem one fast pass a week. I think it would help people who can’t afford to buy coins if they did not limit buying fast passes to only once a week..RedLion8123Version: 6.1.1

✓ Good but can be annoyingThe app is nice to use. However, there are a few things that are infuriating. 1. Ads when you open the app - even when you are a paying member 2. Notifications for when someone spends $100 on a novel you haven't even read (which doesn't benefit you in any way) that CANT be turned off 3. The constant advertisement of events that are always to do with spending money of novels Apart from that, the UI is good.StrangeOne101Version: 5.5.4

✓ Great Content, Glaring IssuesDon’t get me wrong, I highly enjoyed using this app. So much so that I even was purchasing their privileges, a premium service that allows the reader to skip the wait and read the most recent chapters. I come to find out, privileges only last a month. No biggie: I enjoy supporting the authors content and drop the ≈$30 per novel. Later I come to find out if you purchase your privilege, for example, on the 29th of the month, it will actually expire a few days later on the last day of the month. What astounded me further, is that you can purchase privileges for several different novels, weeks apart, yet they will still all expire on the same day. Several times I reached out to online help, which came in the form of a single entity named ‘Matt’, to voice concern. Despite being a premium member who paid quite a bit of money regularly, it was clear through the fake help chat bot that they do not value customer service and have no intentions of actually retaining a loyal customer base. Until this issue is resolved, I would recommend using this app to only view the free content, or forgo it altogether..Joshdog629Version: 4.9.5

✓ Censorship issuesThe app definitely gives us a wide variety of novels to select from, however most of these novels released are not well thought out and are usually very low quality. However speaking out on these issues by leaving a review will garner the ire of a shameless author who deletes your comments no matter if they are constructive criticism or not. It’s very irritating and does ruin the diversity when all of these amateur authors are shamelessly copying and pasting the same story (e.g. the brilliant fighting master, true to its name it is a very bad quality novel).J:z:Version: 3.0.0

✓ PriceyIt’s expensive when buying coins to unlock chapters especially once the author decides to upload privilege chapters. It’s basically subscribing from the author in order to read advance chapters plus paying to unlock each chapter. Reading from this platform is very costly. The amount of coins you buy to unlock chapters is more than the price of buying an actual hard copy of a book. The readers are basically getting ripped off..Mari3all3nVersion: 5.7.4

✓ DO NOT DOWNLOAD!!1) Aside from the struggle to collect spirit stones to read as much chapters as you like, the app crashes and can ruin your iPad! I was engulfed by a good story and created 5 different accounts, so I could continue reading. I would log in and out of different accounts, then something happened: the app froze. I pressed the home button for a hundred times, but nothing happened. I pressed the sleep/wake button for a hundred seconds, but I could not restart my iPad. Luckily, my iPad only had 5% battery when that happened, so I waited for it drain completely and charged it. After that, I immediately deleted the app. What do you think would have happened without the luck?🤔🤔 2) Because I loved the story, I downloaded this app on my phone which was a Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro. It was still disastrous because it would crash before I could even log in. 3) Even through Safari, its website froze my iPad for a minute or two. Please just don’t use this☹️☹️.Someone_Reliable_Version: 3.6.0

✓ It’s “meh”The novel, comics, fanfic etc are all amazing and fun to read. But I’m a person who loves reading and the fact that you have to pay to unlock the rest of the chapters angers me. You can only read about a quarter of the book before you have to unlock them. This is by paying money to get coins on the app in which you can finally read the chapter. And once you pay one chapter at a minimum price you would have to pay again to read the next chapter. This whole system of ‘paying to unlock chapters’ is honestly making want to stop reading on this app overall. Don’t get me wrong, I adore this app and love the novels I read but due to the fact I can’t finish reading them without paying money. It makes me want to read from another site like Wattpad, at least I can finish the stories on that app without having to pay money..꧁𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞꧂Version: 6.6.0

✓ Fallen from greedy mediocrity to drooling for money.I’ve been reading on Webnovel for 2 years, or at least trying. In the beginning, it was a bit ridiculous how much they tried to squeeze pennies, then dimes, out of readers for every chapter. The chapters were released in an agonizingly slow manner because the poor translators got paid per chapter, and I imagine some other complicated pay structure. Then they kept squeezing tighter and tighter until you really can’t read more than 3-4 chapters a day without putting in more money than most people spend on groceries in a month. The thing that they haven’t considered, which makes the most sense, is a Kindle Unlimited type of set up. One flat rate for renting their materials for a month. Why should I have to pay for limited access when I don’t even own the material in the end anyway? (There’s no downloading a whole book here.) If they make people feel happy and at home with a subscription service, or a way of buying a complete novel (that you can actually own), that would make people happier to give out their money to support this company..Hong Tao KaiVersion: 4.2.0

✓ WthDon’t bother buying the monthly sub. You still have to pay for coins on top of that to read anything. Monthly sub should include unlimited reading. What a waste of time.LORD RAlDENVersion: 7.1.0

✓ Fast passesI really loved this app when it was first made because I could read 5-10 chapters of the book I like with just fast passes, now you need 3 fast passes for one page of a book and you only get one fast pass when you vote three times With energy and power stones. Of course we have the daily check-in that sometimes doesn’t even give you the pass you need to read the book you want. I think we should get more then one fast pass for every 3 stone votes and I mean give us the three fast passes for the three votes. Or I noticed that you can watch an add for a fast pass. Why not make it so you can do that more then once. You can make it so it’s not back to back to back. After three videos put a 30min timer for when we can watch 3 more videos and get more passes. You don’t have to go with these ideas I would just like too be able to read more then one chapter of only one of my saved books a day..Gyuvfvvg bad butVersion: 6.5.5

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