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Shonen Jump Manga & Comics App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ It’s good butSo like, this app overall is amazing, no bugs, no ads, none of that. But there is a small problem. I don’t know if I’m the only one who’s not allowed to use apps while having premium so we have to pay every month, but it’s kinda annoying hat we have to buy premium just to read chapters from 4 to whatever the last chapter is. You can only read 3 chapters without money, that’s it. I personally think I shouldn’t have to pay to read chapters. Or volumes! Overall it’s still good, just wish I could read more chapters. That’s all.Version: 5.3.1
✓ Excellent Content, Poor AppThe content offered by this app is great - there's a wonderful selection and the cost of membership is more than worth it. The app, however, leaves a lot to be desired. It's incredibly laggy and frustrating to use, and the transition between chapters is unbearably slow. Every single new chapter takes up to a minute to load before I can even begin to swipe through the pages. It's also pretty annoying that you have to click on the chapter number to start it, not sure why it wouldn't just automatically load the next chapter as you're reading. Love the catalogue and it's very much recommended, but I would love to see the app improve because it's honestly just too frustrating to use it for too long and read entire series or multiple chapters. Would definitely use it more often if these issues were fixed..Version: 5.4.6
✓ Great service, but the new app is awfulI’ve subscribed for just over 5 years at this point. I love the magazine, and as sad as I was to see it go having access to all of the Viz catalogue is amazing. Well, it would be, except that this app has no way to track the manga you’re reading. With hundreds in the library, every time you want to read one you have to hunt it down in your list and search for the last chapter you read (nothing like “currently reading”). Downloads are removed every seven days, without any trace, so if you recently started a new manga and can’t remember the name, tough luck. There’s no way to see what chapters you recently read or recently downloaded. It even removed the ability to track which WSJ you read most recently, like the old app did. Ultimately, it requires that you use a second app to track the manga you’re reading and what chapter you’re on, which is frustrating and pretty unacceptable when I’m paying monthly for this one already..Version: 5.0.3
✓ I have a problemWhen I try to subscribe it just shows me the loading screen.Version: 5.5.4
✓ Refuses to close accountIve had an account for like 5+ months that i DID NOT after having NO MONEY for those 5+ months and instead of closing my membership they decide to charge me IMMEDIATELY after money is deposited into my account and there is NO CUSTOMER SERVICE.Version: 5.5.3
✓ Buggy messThe app is incredibly buggy. Whenever I try and view manga in landscape mode, the view can distort in several ways: - Instead of a normal double page view, I can only view the top half of each page on the bottom of the screen, with the top half being black. I cannot zoom or scroll up/ down the page; nothing fixes it. When scrolling left/ right, the view stays distorted as the pages change. - It stays in single page view while in landscape mode, but zoomed into the centre of the page. Cannot scroll up/ down the page. - The screen goes completely black. - It stays in single page left/ right scrolling, not double page. Rarely does landscape view ever work. I use a fully updated iPhone 11 Pro Max. This issue has persisted ever since I've first used the app around 5 months ago. The app isn't alone to the bugs either. On the website on PC, every time I change chapter it exits fullscreen mode..Version: 5.4.15
✓ Kinda dumbWhy is there a limit to how much you can read? Like if you want people to buy your physical books then either make this free and reduce the limit to like 20 chapters a day or remove the limit because most people would still buy physical copy’s anyway..Version: 5.2.9
✓ 3You can’t read all the books.Version: 5.5.5
✓ Solo levelingSucks! No solo leveling in here!.Version: 5.5.10
✓ Chapter LimitThere’s only 3 free chapters available to read. You gotta pay to read the other chapters. Id rather go on illegal websites 😪.Version: 5.3.5
✓ Nice idea but poorly executedHaving so much manga at your fingertips for £1.99 sounds like a great idea. And initially it is great. No more sketchy translations or poor quality scans, and the knowledge that you’re not essentially stealing from mangaka anymore is very appealing. The 100 chapter limit a day is pretty annoying but it’s a small price to pay. Then you discover that the app is glitchy as hell: loading errors, pages not turning due to app losing touch sensitivity, blank or missing pages, freezing screen etc. When you actually turn away from the app in frustration and start searching the internet for free scans... well that’s when I cancelled my subscription. Try again Shonen Jump. Please..Version: 5.2.2
✓ Good value but flawed appIf you love manga and want to support mangaka by reading officially, this app is great. It contains the best of shonen along with some other titles in Viz’s catalogue. The price is the best part as a subscription is pretty cheap. The flaws come down to the app itself. In ways it is very barebones. Granted it runs smoothly and accomplishes the bare minimum but fails to go beyond that. One of my biggest issues is the fact that the app does not sync the chapters you are on or have already read across all your devices. Meaning if you started to read a series on your phone but wanted to continue on your tablet or laptop, it would only save on your phone even if you are logged into your account on all devices. In terms of the catalogue itself, some manga are restricted to the desktop version (the viz website). These being the more mature titles. It’s a strange decision and I would prefer every series be accessible through the app, and maybe just have an age verification if that’s the problem? That’s about it. It’s good value but don’t expect much from the interfaces and such. It really just is an app that is only slightly better than your run of the mill pirated manga app. (But official). Little changes have been made since the apps debut and I would like to see far more..Version: 5.4.5
✓ Promising, but far too buggyThe new model for Shonen Jump is exactly what I’d been hoping for a company to do for years; create a affordable, convenient alternative to the shadier online manga sites. Unfortunately, while the 2 bucks a month model they’ve set up is very reasonable considering all the content available, it’s iOS apps on iPhone and iPad are both fairly buggy. First off, I had problems originally with loading pages from a new chapter, and would have to scroll through a few black pages before getting the pages to load. I’d then try downloading the pages to see if that would fix the problem. It did, but instead of loading problems, downloaded chapters would have problems with pages from previous chapters replacing the correct pages in the current chapter. And in a baffling oversight, you can’t manually delete downloaded chapters, and instead must wait until they’re automatically removed after 7 days. Viz has a great model here, but a disappointing product..Version: 5.0.3
✓ OkYou need to pay for almost all chapters you should have a toggle-able option that makes you watch like three ads for each premium chapter.Version: 5.2.5
✓ Content lockEven with premium there is a content vault requiring you to wait hours after reading a hundred chapters in a few days.Version: 5.4.11
✓ Lack of featuresI want to start this off by saying I love the new subscription service. It’s nice that I can support the creators of some of my favorite manga series; however, the app lacks a couple of vital features. The first feature missing is an indicator on where you left off in any given series. This is practically a must have in an app that contains multiple series with hundreds of chapters. The second feature missing is a “favorites” or “following” section. The only thing keeping me from having to re-search for all of the manga I want to read is whether I have it purchased or downloaded, but what if I’m not able/don’t remember to get on within seven days and download another chapter? All of my downloads will be automatically removed, and I will instantly lose track of everything I was reading. This is also a big inconvenience for those who don’t want to download anything, as they will have to search for the manga they want to read each time they open the app. Again, I love the fact that I can easily support creators for their hard work, but the features missing here are pretty much standard for other manga apps. In terms of organization, SJ’s only redeeming feature is it has a search bar....Version: 5.0.2
✓ Low quality scans on an outdated appIt’s a great idea at a decent price but the quality of the scans are very subpar and the app doesn’t seem to be optimised for newer iPhones. If you have any model after the X, the top part obscures some of the page; this is even more noticeable when the phone is on its side. This probably wouldn’t be of any concern if used on an iPad, however. Personally I have to give this service (app and web version) a miss. The low quality of the scans are too blurry for me to justify paying for them as I have trouble looking at them comfortably. I have heard that newer chapters have a crisper, higher quality but if you can’t read the chapters to catch up with them, there’s not much point. Very unfortunate..Version: 5.2.6
✓ Bad User InterfaceI like that the app is official and all on my phone shortly after chapters release. However, it’s lacking key features that would make this worth not just reading online. For one, there is no continuous scrolling. The current method of swiping through pages is terrible. Also, when in landscape the app shows two pages at a time instead of making the page bigger, and there’s no option to show one page at a time instead. The pages are too small in portrait and landscape only makes it smaller. And when you try to zoom in it often turns the page. Then when you do turn the page you need to zoom in again. That is another disadvantage of not having continuous scrolling. Honestly, the annoyance of reading the tiny text with clunky zooming and no continuous scrolling actually makes this app less convenient than just closing ads on a illegal cite. Barely worth the money. I will change my review when those features are added..Version: 5.1.8
✓ Version 5.2 IssueAfter Version 5.2 the app crashes on startup. Not cool..Version: 5.2
✓ Good but serious drawbacksThe app does what it's meant to do. Gives you a legal way to read the app (which is why I pay for it). But it performs poorly. Quite often lags when trying to flick through pages has a 100 chapter per day limit. And has the lame-ass censorship. Overall, it does it's job. If you want to support the manga-ka digitally, this is your best app. But it's a pretty poorly maintained app. Plus the censorship is a big drawback..Version: 5.2.7
✓ HelpThere is no option to read in japanese, very annoying.Version: 5.5.3
✓ Pay to viewThe app may seem great and all. But unless you are willing to pay £1.99 per month then it is useless. I understand that saying this makes me seem spoiled ore something. But if you are like me, in the sense that you already have other memberships you need to pay for, then this probably isn’t the app for you. This is because you get the first 3 chapters (well, 3 chapter for the mangas I saw) and then you have to buy the membership for all the other chapters. I would rate it higher if they made it so that the paid membership gets you early access to chapter and exclusive membership only manga but it doesn’t..Version: 5.1.8
✓ WebsiteI've been using the VIZ website for a few days now, via the google chrome app for iPad, and decided that using the app would be better than a mobile web browser version. It wasn't. On the website, I can click on any free manga chapter and istantly read it, as long as I am connected to internet. On the app, however, I have to download the entire chapter onto my device before being able to access it online. So if you feel like reading manga when you are not in the internet, this is the app for you. If you just want to lie in your bed and read manga, don't bother. On a side note, you seem to be selling hard cover copies of manga before making them digital. If you have a good reason then don't let me stop you, but I would like to be able to purchase manga as soon as possible without ordering a hard copy. Just a thought..Version: 4.1
✓ One RequestThis app is awesome been subscribed for about a year just one request if there could be a comment section for the mangas so other readers could interact as if I want to comment I have to find an alternative. Had to change the ratings due to the new update. For some reason app never works when Im not connected to wifi. It closes when I open it and and the chapters I download don’t work when I’m offline too and the app closes. Please fix this or I will cancel my subscription and find an alternative which would annoy me as I love this app..Version: 5.3.3
✓ I guess its goodI have just signed up to the app, and pretty happy with how it looks and all but I am not sure if anyone else agrees but I personally think that there should be more chapters that are available to read for us free users. I mean- come one, I went in and looked at a couple of manga chapters to read, excited, and the only chapters available are like- 5-6 out of 300+ chapters. Even the first chapter has to be paid for which I dont think is really fair or reasonable..Version: 5.3.4
✓ *picks up phone“Hello Shonen jump” “I’d like a shojo manga please” I love this app that I pay for it but what knocks it 2 stars is that not every manga I want to read is in Shonen jump also even though it’s not as good manga plus is 90% where as this is mostly not, but it’s cheap enough that it’s worth the money if you read lots of manga and shonen jump has most of the most popular manga around. Overall I recommend it but still if you don’t really like shonen battle I recommend trying to find something else.Version: 5.5.5
✓ It’s okI wish we could read for free.Version: 5.5.7
✓ What the heck?Was really enjoying so far, until I got to the end of chapter 115 of Demon Slayer/ Kimetsu no yaiba and I find out that you are missing chapters 116 - 138.. why is this?.Version: 5.1.8
✓ Good, but...Some manga, such as Hunter x Hunter, costs extra money ($9.99 per volume) which is a little sad. Also, there really should be a feature so that you can remove manga from the “continue reading” section, because any ongoing manga I start and don’t like are now there forever, mixed in with the ones I actually enjoy. It would also be much better with genre tags. But it’s a good app, and a decent price. I do enjoy it!.Version: 5.2.6
✓ Laggy and freezesGoing into landscape and portrait while on a chapter can freeze the app if you turn your phone off while reading. Bit frustrating because I thought I couldn’t read the chapter for a moment.Version: 5.5.4
✓ Everything locked behind a ridiculous paywallOnly a few things are free to read. 1 chapter: 10 dollars. 1 volume:10 dollars. At least make most ACTUAL WHOLE SERIES FREE, and good ones at that. Make it so that when you pay, you can pay for the whole series at a reasonably low price. I expected better from the actual Shonen Jump app. Absolutely, utterly, disappointed. What have you been doing, woolgathering!? 0 stars if I could..Version: 5.5.7
✓ 100 chapters a dayI’m not a fan of only being able to read 100 chapters a day even though i’ve used money and subscribed. Some manga also have a paywall so you’re not able to read them although you’re a member. If they changed the 100 chapters a day to unlimited chapters i’d be happy with the app, even if they raised the subscription price, but overall i’m disappointed..Version: 5.2.4
✓ Good app could use UI updatesThe search functionality could be more refined with a sort/filter functionality for things like chapter amount, genre, age rating, completed if it is readable for free on the app instead of needing to purchase the volumes. It would be nice to have a button that lets me download the next amount of chapters from where im currently reading so that its easier to manage my chapters per day. An option to delete downloaded chapters when read would be a good setting for data management, as well as the ability to exit the chapter to the main screen after reading for those of us caught up and reading weekly instead of needing to swipe back to the last page in the chapter to close it, that would probably help with the tracking issues for when a user has finished a chapter or is still reading it..Version: 5.4.15
✓ Poor performance, slow, buggyWith a perfectly stable WiFi or mobile connection, the app constantly fails to load pages, crashes, freezes, or is just very slow. Scrolling through chapter lists is slow/buggy. Clicking the Read button on the Read the Next Chapter screen is consistently unresponsive. I cant count the amount of times a error with something like 'The page could not be downloaded, check your internet connection and try again' has happened. Most of these issues can temporarily fixed by closing and reopening the app. Downloading a chapter to the phone solves the slow page load issue as the downloads are extremely fast, but there is 100 chapter limit, and no quick way to delete all saved chapters and reset. My recommendation would be for the app to automatically download and cache the next chapter of every chapter read so people can binge manga without the headaches. These issues have been observed on an iPhone 11 Pro, 12 Pro and an iPad mini 5th gen. On the iPad, reading in landscape would cut off the top and bottom of every page of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. This app needs serious work. Hopefully the extra $2 a month they just started charging for a sub is going towards developers and testing and not just Viz exec pockets..Version: 5.4.17
✓ Only Shonen mangaIt has many good shonen manga to browse from but, it’s still missing some popular ones such as Attack on titan, Fullmetal Alchemist and The seven deadly sins. Would have liked it even more if they had these. I know the app is called Shonen Jump, however it would have been even better if they also had other genre anime such as Vinland Saga and Berserk (which are both Seinen genre)..Version: 5.4.13
✓ Good I’m concept but little issues hold it backThe content of this app is great, but it’s lacking so many basic UI features that hold it back. For one, if you’re reading in landscape mode at the end of the chapter it force rotates back to portrait to hit the next chapter button. After hitting the next chapter button you have to physically rotate back to portrait and then back to landscape to go back into reading it 2 pages at a time. Additionally, the next chapter button gets really annoying when you’re binging a series. Why can’t it just flow into the next chapter or auto go to the next chapter if you swipe while on the last page? It gets frustrating having to click the next chapter button especially on larger phones. Lastly, the 100 chapter limit for downloaded manga is fine, but it would be nice to have a “bulk delete” or an option to automatically remove a download after reading it. As is I have to click on each check mark and click confirm for every single chapter I want to remove to make room for new chapters. If those features aren’t available then maybe at least allowing the user to change the 7 day time period to be less time would be helpful as a sort of work around to bulk deleting downloaded manga. Additionally, the website allows for following manga but the app has no place to show which manga you follow. Why is that? Overall I think this app has potential and I will keep using it because the content is good. But the UX could be significantly better. Hence 3/5.Version: 5.1.8
✓ Needs workHaving subscribed to the magazine for years, the app worked fine as a magazine stand. With the recent changes to reading individual chapters this app is far behind its competitors. It’s hard to keep track of what you’ve read, when new chapters are coming out, or how long they’ll be free for. I have a paid subscription with access to the back catalogue (I think that’s what I’m paying for??) but I still find it hard to find the chapters I want to read. I want to use an app the supports the mangakas, so I hope this will become more usable soon!.Version: 5.0.3
✓ The 5.0 update ruined this appShonen Jump is great and I think that providing access to a back catalogue of titles is fantastic, however, the 5.0 update turned a good app into a bit of a mess. The app is now clunky and unresponsive, chapters load with missing pages, among other issues. You don’t seem to be able to bookmark, nor do you get any indication of which chapter you’ve reached in a series, meaning you always have to try to remember which number you got to. This app needs sorting out ASAP - it really is a shadow of its former self as it currently stands..Version: 5.0.4
✓ Functionality/ AccessibilityThis app has probably the worst functions, accessibility and app design ive seen in a mnaga app. Why is there no chapter select, letting you select ch X - ch Y. For example, if you wanted to download chapter 50 -150 all at once instead of downloading each chapter individually, why has this not been added. Especially for an app that has only shounen manga, which are some of the longest running manga, why is that not an option, why is there no way to sort manga by genre, or ongoing v completed, or by anything else apart from alphabetical order, why is there no “continue reading” button placed at the top of every manga page where you can quickly continue reading a manga from the chapter you last read? Why does this app not let you go back to the previous chapter once youve started reading a chapter? Instead you get the “whoops, youre reading in the wrong direction” prompt. I understand that and surely everyone that downloads a manga app on there phone would understand that and if they didnt, there is already a prompt on the bottom of the screen that advises that you need to read right to left aswell. Why can you not edit the way you’d like manga chapters to be displayed? Why is there not an option to read pages vertically or to change which direction you would like to read chapters from within the chapter? Like if I wanted manga pages to be displayed from left to right, why cant I just do that? This is probably the worst manga app but its the only official manga apps. I love supporting official releases but goddamn this app is bad. Every single pirated manga app or website have most of these options and it helps so much. This app, that im paying for has none of these. I’ve submitted feedback before but i see that submitting feedback is probably useless. Please developers, reading manga and supporting official releases is something I love to do but please update this app..Version: 5.4.12
✓ It’s okayThe actual shonen jump service is very good,£2 a month for a subscription is amazing. However, do keep in mind some titles aren’t on this app but this is just because they’re not shounen jump titles, for example: Beserk, FMA, etc. Now, the actual mobile app itself is not amazing. It doesn’t lack any features like continue reading and recommended titles however it is quite buggy as in it freezes a lot (this is definitely not due to my internet by the way). If they could just fix the bugginess (if that’s a word) then it would be perfect. Hope my review helps..Version: 5.2.6
✓ I don’t want to payI downloaded the app so I could read on the go but having to pay is not a big issue for me but it can get in the way if I’m in a rush.Version: 5.5.2
✓ Great Manga, Poor ReaderThere’s no arguing that the amount of manga on offer her for $2 a month is a great value, and goes a long way to putting the putting the “pirate” sites out of business. That said, the reader software is incredibly lacking in features that are commonplace on the other “pirate” manga readers. The biggest fault is ZERO amount of tracking as to where you have left off on a chapter/series that you’ve been reading. Every time you open the app, you have to remember where you stopped. This isn’t a huge deal if you are only reading one series at a time, but with multiples? Forget it. There should definitely be a HISTORY tab on the bottom of the main menu screen. In addition, there should be CLOUD SAVES as to which series/chapters I’ve read, so that I can seamlessly switch between reading on phone and iPad. That aside, I would love for there to be a similar service available for SEINEN manga targeted at older readers, but I know that has nothing to do with this service and this particular app. With a few reader-friendly additions to the app here, I think it could definitely be bumped up to 5 stars..Version: 5.0.4
✓ Great App, But Has SlowdownsThe app works well enough, but for some reason I get constant issues with slowdown. It starts ok enough at first, occasionally I’ll catch an instance where flipping pages or trying to leave a chapter will lag for a half-second or more. But the more I read the more it seems to pile up, where I can be sitting at the first page of a chapter for 3-5 seconds swiping away before the app registers that I’ve done anything, or taking multiple taps on the down arrow to leave either the “read next” screen or the chapter itself when I’ve finished it. Bonus points for the font on a series in the “Latest Chapters” bar occasionally shrinking for no reason after reading a chapter for that series. This is across fresh restarts of my phone, as well as on mobile data/WiFi iPhone XR on iOS 16.6.1, App version 5.5.8 if that helps any.Version: 5.5.8
✓ HmmmmmSeems fine for now but trying to read yuyu hakusho is still behind a paywall even though ive subscribed ? Thought all manga would be available after so..Version: 5.1.8
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