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What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R1] Panels 1/5 · US Garbage: This worked for a while and then suddenly the Downloads section just broke. It won’t load anymore. I have 75GB of content downloaded. Now my options are to not have access to them or try to delete the app and redownload all of it. Spectacular. I have comic apps that haven’t been update in over 5 years that don’t screw up this bad. If you read locally avoid this app. Update: I ended up cl
2. [R6] Panels 3/5 · US It got bad: Latest update broke the library, every single time I need to re-link the information
3. [R12] Panels 3/5 · US new bugs needs more fixes: app was running great for months, then the new update broke parts of it. files i’ve had loaded before the big update a couple weeks ago now have broken thumbnails that can’t be restored. if i turn my ipad off, the app has to resync my whole manga library from the folder on my ipad storage, which breaks more thumbnails. if these bugs could get fixed the app would be back
4. [R19] Panels 1/5 · US Broken: They seem to have broken the basic functionality of their app trying to find a way to monetize it. I redownloaded after a few months, now on a new phone, I can’t get anything to actually import, and now it makes my phone hotter than it does when running a 3D game. It’s clunkier in every way. But hey, at least there’s a store now. I get they need to make a living but their priorities are wa
5. [R4] Panels 1/5 · US get rid of the store: i remember when this app was cool
6. [R10] Panels 2/5 · US Get rid of the store: There are enough markets. I just wanted a reader app, not another thing trying to sell me things. At least let us remove it from the main navigation. I promise you I will never spend a dollar there, and if it becomes unavailable I’ll have to switch to a new app.
7. [R16] Panels 1/5 · US Last Review Got Removed: I bought this for the panel by panel but there is a large pop up over each page loading but this will get removed again (because I updated this previously to mention another app that does panel by panel better for like 3 bucks) I will change this to 5 stars when they fix the panel by panel massive popup saying analyzing page on each page turn
8. [R7] Panels 2/5 · US Awesome app but..: I like the with the seamless adding of some manga I have, my biggest gripe comes to light novels tho, I hate that I can’t even read them because they don’t really work with epub which I really love more than PDFs. Besides that the app is amazing would recommend it.
9. [R22] Panels 1/5 · US No metadata support: Does not support any kind of comic metadata. When importing manga, users need to manually switch reading direction. Comic "titles" are just the filename, and there is no way to sort or filter by any other data field, because they are not read by this app. Devs say they will implement this in an upcoming major version, but it's been 3 versions already without this feature.
10. [R34] Panels 1/5 · US No cover art: Why have a comic app but not have cover art? I imported several comics from my own library, which was on another app that showed cover art, and not one single comic is showing cover art. Guess I’ll be using Chunky or YACReader instead. Zero stars.
11. [R49] Panels 1/5 · US Can’t read webp: Webp is a way to reduce cuz and car file size, and has been around for fifteen years, but this reader can only cope with thirty year old technology
12. [R3] Panels 3/5 · US Stop😭: Please stop giving me pops ups to review it (even when you actually do review it I will give you a pop up to review it every time you leave a book)
13. [R33] Panels 3/5 · GB Great but…: I like the app but I’m giving it 3 stars because it constantly nags me to review it. Very annoying.
14. [R13] Panels 2/5 · US Only good for imports: No store search and it’s probably because the content. It’s all LGBT, antifa, and anti-capitalism stuff. There is nothing Japanese, it’s all westerner published things. You need to import manga if that’s what you want. I’m sure there are licensing issues but honestly, I’d rather just buy a physical manga instead. If other apps won’t let you keep it forever, it’s not worth u
15. [R53] WEBTOON 3/5 · US WEBTOON: Honestly everything used to be free and you didn’t have to pay to read finished comics. I mean you gotta do what you gotta do to make bank. However, I just wished that I didn’t have to pay so much to REREAD a story.
16. [R54] WEBTOON 2/5 · US Used to be good: Downloaded webtoons when it was still relatively new, and back then it was really awesome for reading some good stories. Then they decided to add the coin system and I was like “ok even they need to make some money so understandable” but now there’s unskippable ads that pop up for chapter and tons that pop up for stories that cost only coins. Used to be great but now just feels gr
17. [R55] WEBTOON 5/5 · US honesty: genuinely the best reading app ever and the series on here are so awesome
18. [R56] WEBTOON 3/5 · US .: This app is good in all but it used to be way better. Over the years the creators just got more and more greedy with money,causing them to make it where basically EVERY single comic/manga costs "gems" I cant find a single good thing anymore without it costing something. I wish they brung the old version back.
19. [R65] WebComics 1/5 · US They want to Scam you: Loved some of the comics in here but when you get 30 chapters in and aren’t buying gems to pay for chapters they remove the watch ad to release chapter which you only get 5 a day to begin with
20. [R66] WebComics 5/5 · US Good diversity among stories: I love the diversity amongst the stories even if they seem relatively alike they all have different personalities and themes. How they conclude is also different
21. [R67] WebComics 3/5 · US Gems: The gems are too hard to come by and if I can read a chapter in like 2minutes then i shouldn’t have to take 20 trying to get gems to read the next chapter
22. [R70] WebComics 3/5 · US Gems: I don’t like that it takes forever to get coins
23. [R79] Manta 1/5 · US They use Ai: They have switched to using ai to translate. It’s unacceptable. We are PAYING for this service for actual human transmission. F Ai
24. [R80] Manta 5/5 · US Love the novels: Excited and entertaining novels
25. [R81] Manta 3/5 · US Took my gems: There wasn't a next page but still took 60 gems🥺
26. [R82] Manta 1/5 · US AI translations: They’re charging a lot of money for AI translations for the webtoons and novels and the should be ashamed to replace quality translation work with AI translation.
27. [R93] VibeShort 1/5 · US Scam! BEWARE!: I cancelled my subscription on 5-19-26 and Agile Quadrant charged me $19.99 5 additional times while telling me through emails they would refund me and not charge me anymore. I finally had to close my account and they continue to try and charge my closed account and as of 7-8-26 I have not received any refunds. SCAM!! Do NOT order, they do not honor their cancellation policy. Edit:
28. [R94] VibeShort 5/5 · US Super: 👍🏻
29. [R95] VibeShort 3/5 · US Good but need to finish stories: I've found a lot of really great stories to start. My only is that quite a few of them are not completed. They set up for the second act when we get to meat of things and leave it unfinished even with it saying the story is completed. Also would like features where we can leave comment to the creators so they know people are invested in the story. It's good but the
30. [R96] VibeShort 1/5 · US Avoid at all cost!: The price and stories aren’t worth it. Repetitive. They end when they aren’t over like midwork. It’s the same stories just changed barely. And the subscription can’t be cancelled through Apple subs. You have to email them!!! Not worth it!!! Several others are better and cheaper like 5.99 a week!!
31. [R109] Comic Geeks 3/5 · US Has potential: The idea of this app is perfect, I just feel like the execution is lack luster. More than 3 weeks in a row it’s not had accurate info about what comics are releasing that week. I really want to love this app and use it more, but it’s frustrating when I count on it to show me what’s coming out. I am in no way trying to hate or be negative, I just think it either needs a little simpli
32. [R110] Comic Geeks 1/5 · US Trash: The app doesn’t work. My comic store never looks at it and won’t pull my books.
33. [R111] Comic Geeks 4/5 · US Racist mods: Watch yourself and minors on the social discourse. The racism and homophobia and transphobia is reaching new heights. Stick to pull tracking and upcoming comics. The pub solicits are great, too. The anti-white comments hang the longest and the dev is pretty lax about it. I assume if they have time to comment when people criticize the app and desktop versions; they can see reported com
34. [R112] Comic Geeks 3/5 · US Great App, Trecherous Community.: Its expected out of any social media app though.
35. [R11] Panels 5/5 · US Excellent: Worth the single price, best comic reading app
36. [R14] Panels 5/5 · US Amazing: I’ve been a TestFlight member for quite some time now, and this is one of the most incredible book and manga readers I’ve ever used. I only wish that the page-curl feature was one of the free options, rather than being a paid feature.
37. [R30] Panels 3/5 · US Subscription Model is Stupid: App works very well but of course for some reason they feel the need to charge to read comic epub files. Not really sure why support for a common file format is locked behind a paywall. Very annoying and scummy practice.
38. [R40] Panels 1/5 · US SMB is Free: SMB is not a proprietary technology, the fact that you make us pay for SMB is a scam. I can literally use any other reader with smb flawlessly. FOR FREE. Youre not getting MY money bud. Stop scamming, your service isnt "premium" at all 😭
39. [R59] WEBTOON 3/5 · US Good but too many ads: While I’ve been reading for a while and there’s tons of good comics and all, there’s just too many ads now
40. [R60] WEBTOON 1/5 · US Ads are crashing the app: The pop up ads they use as a banner overlay for every first 5 sec of each new episode you read crashes the app and puts it into a no response. Forcing you to re open the app…… and that’s right have to go through the ad again. After it happens after every episode you break down and go purchase the Manta app. Rather pay money than deal with an app that’s supposedly free bu
41. [R62] WEBTOON 3/5 · US Intrusive ads: I used to love WEBTOON but lately the ads have gotten more and more intrusive- including videos that overlay the comic for a short time, even if you’re a subscriber. Greedy greedy and it just makes the app less appealing.
42. [R85] Manta 1/5 · US Uses AI Translation: Used to be one of my favorite manhwa apps but when I started to notice errors did some digging and saw they have partnered with an AI translation tool called Rivetta. Why would I pay for AI translations, especially when I can do that myself and pay less for the original? This is going to cause piracy of these titles to rise because no one will want to pay for AI translated slo
43. [R98] VibeShort 1/5 · US Worst app at canceling subscription: I won’t not recommend you downloading, tied to cancel subscription several times and keep getting charged. Had to report it to my credit card.
44. [R100] VibeShort 1/5 · US Trial subscription: Purchased the trail subscription and assumed it had been cancelled as it was not listed in my active subscriptions. Was charged the next day, contacted customer support who was very unhelpful and asked to cancel the subscription and refund me. They did neither and actually tried to charge me again! What a joke. Horrible customer service. Don’t recommend this app.
45. [R114] Comic Geeks 5/5 · US W: Great app I love keeping track of my reads and seeing when new comics come out
46. [R115] Comic Geeks 3/5 · US Loved it until now: Yeah so the release dates are all wrong. I take screenshots and ask for issues that haven’t even came out yet and have even missed issues that already came out BC the app tells me bullshiii so please update this and be more accurate on what comes out when
47. [R117] Comic Geeks 5/5 · US Best app for your comics!: I’ve always read comics on and off but it’s always scary jumping back in with all the events and current runs going on. This app has everything organized so perfectly that it makes read so much fun. Reading comics is now a hobby I look forward to every day. Keep up the great work devs.