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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] 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
2. [R7] WebComics 2/5 · US Disappointed: I’m disappointed. Ads then pay for reading…why not all ads or put somewhere that it’s pay to read.
3. [R9] WebComics 3/5 · US Not free: It has a lot of great books but there are a lot of ads and you do have to pay for the books
4. [R10] WebComics 1/5 · US Expensive: You have to spend money to enjoy the app. And even when you spend money everything’s so expensive within the app that there’s a chance you can’t even read a whole book on here even while spending 20$ on it.
5. [R3] 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
6. [R6] WebComics 3/5 · US Gems: I don’t like that it takes forever to get coins
7. [R12] WebComics 3/5 · US starts are great: the story’s have a wide range and o have not been board yet, but the majority of them you have to buy, cons are much 240 of them is1/100 of a gem and it can cost 5 gems to read a book sometimes also i am having problems with the gem playground even when i complete the task i can’t get the coins
8. [R21] WebComics 3/5 · US Idk: I love this app but just one tiny complain, the tokens redeem thing. I had earned like 20,000 tokens and when I redeem it into gems, it gives soooooooooooo little.
9. [R11] WebComics 5/5 · US Love it! But…: I LOVE this app! I enjoy reading in it and using it! I’ve been using it for a while, but there’s a slight problem. I’m not sure if it’s an update or a bug, but lately my 5 add free watch thing hasn’t been working! I come back everyday, and it still hasn’t replenished! Idk what it is, but if ifs a bug, ok! And if it’s not, then ok again :3
10. [R17] WebComics 4/5 · US Why only 5: I was wondering why there’s only allowed 5 ads per day I mean I know that you need money for the company and for the artists but if you let more than 5 ads a day then you could have more ad revenue for that I don’t mean to make all of them add unlocks but only 5 feels like stoping at the last page to a chapter
11. [R25] WebComics 1/5 · US expensive: I just wanna read manga and only 5 ad episodes are available each day. After that you have to pay…to read the later episode. I look at the gem value and estimated..5$ gem value wont even last an hour of reading. Meaning it cost 5$+ to read on this app hourly. I cant afford that.
12. [R19] WebComics 1/5 · US Paid for gems, not delivered: I paid for several gem packs, nothing has been delivered. Submitted screenshots through feedback, nothing but an automated response.
13. [R27] WebComics 3/5 · US Problems with menu when reading comics: Hello, I’ve been trying to message through the app but get no answers. When I read the comics on my IPad, the menu at the top will not disappear which intrudes on the reading experience. Very frustrating since I don’t experience this on other comics apps. I do enjoy the comics. This probably has the most extensive Chinese comics while Tapas and Tappytoon hav
14. [R33] WebComics 3/5 · US Don’t give rewards you pay for threw offers…: So I love this app let’s start their because there is some really good stories on this app. But that’s where the problem come in for me… The fact that the stories are so good I’m willing to pay for what I like but why have offers for us to complete to get more gems to read more if your not going to give us the reward after we complete the task… I have
15. [R4] WebComics 1/5 · US Account deletion is not an option.: I wanted to delete my account but lo and behold I can’t do it because the account deletion button is hidden now what am I supposed to do???
16. [R13] WebComics 1/5 · US Tricks people into thinking they have comics that they don’t: I am a comic creator. This app has a fake link with my comic name that leads to their website. I do not host my comic on their platform. They do this solely to trick people who are looking for my comic into going to their site instead. It’s really gross.
17. [R52] WEBTOON 5/5 · US I love this app: This is amazing first time reading and I never want to stop reading Webtoon
18. [R53] 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. [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
20. [R55] WEBTOON 5/5 · US Good: I love this,it is a great idea and I love the manga
21. [R65] WebNovel 2/5 · US Very Gamified and Soooo Many ads 😮‍💨: This app strongly promotes gambling ads and has created a very obnoxiously addictive formula to keep users engaged and continually clicking on ads and buying ‘premium content’.
22. [R66] WebNovel 4/5 · US My favorite novel app: It's a great app, just be aware they give you many free chapters, then there's a paywall to support authors and the app itself.
23. [R67] WebNovel 3/5 · US It’s okay but…: I wish there were more ways to earn coins. There are interesting novels on there, but it’s frustrating to not be able to read as much when there’s no other options to get coins. It’s also frustrating when certain books won’t allow fast passes. I have 5 fast passes that won’t work for the book I’m currently reading.
24. [R68] WebNovel 1/5 · US Can’t Unsubscribe from their stupid emails: Spam emails, every day, with no unsubscribe link. Just a scam with spam. Go read Ao3 for free babes.
25. [R79] Tapas 2/5 · US Took my money: tried playing the games to earn ink, but the progression is a brutal, exhausting grind. Decided to just spend real money to read my books, but the app is completely broken. It regularly takes my money without delivering the ink. To make it worse, the transactions don't even show up properly on my statement right away. Don’t waste your time or your money on this buggy app. But still
26. [R80] Tapas 4/5 · US Lots of stories but Recent bug?: Very fun and addicting app. Only trouble is I’m having trouble opening it currently? I click on the app and it starts to load but then just exits. Hoping this does not continue for long.
27. [R81] Tapas 3/5 · US It’s ok: The ink system is annoying but the real issue is the WUF page. It doesn’t load properly. Incredibly frustrating to want to read and search through what’s available and it won’t even load. I’m more than ok with the waiting to read aspect. What bothers me is not being able to look through the available catalogue.
28. [R82] Tapas 1/5 · US No help: I have written to the tapas team multiple times about a problem and no one has reached out to me. It’s been almost two weeks now….
29. [R93] 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
30. [R94] Manta 5/5 · US Love the novels: Excited and entertaining novels
31. [R95] Manta 3/5 · US Took my gems: There wasn't a next page but still took 60 gems🥺
32. [R96] 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.
33. [R107] Tappytoon Comics & Novels 2/5 · US Cannot read in Russian: Cannot read in Russian, I don't understand English, and certainly not other languages. · translated
34. [R108] Tappytoon Comics & Novels 5/5 · US Great comics and artwork: I don’t remember how long ago I’ve downloaded Tappytoons but I appreciate that they’ve never asked me to review their app. That pop up is annoying. I would probably say I’ve downloaded this app maybe 3/4 years ago. The artwork is amazing and the comics are original. I love that they even got some comics from SPOTTOON when they stopped continuing stories. I love when they
35. [R109] Tappytoon Comics & Novels 3/5 · US Ads: Seems like every other week a new ad comes along and breaks the app.
36. [R110] Tappytoon Comics & Novels 1/5 · US Pay to read: Not good- expensive This is a pay to read platform. I looked at dozens of titles and each required u to pay to move past a certain amount of episodes. Like 3 are free. Do NOT use this platform. There are some that have actually free stories
37. [R22] WebComics 1/5 · US Coins and gems system makes no sense: Sucks. Watch one video get 1-2 thousand coins redeem coins to turn them into gems. Get .01 gems need 5 gems for 1 chapter. So you need 100 thousand (100,000)coins to get 1 gem or 500,000 for 5 gem aka 1 chapter of a comic. I’ll just go to a different app like webtoonz watch one chapter and get to read in entire episode
38. [R98] Manta 3/5 · US Great App: Love the stories on this App, sometimes the cost adds up. Wish paying for a member ship truly gave you unlimited access to stories.
39. [R101] Manta 3/5 · US Good stories /steep prices: I started with this app back in 3.99month days and most stories were unlimited but now I think it’s 4.99month but that only gets you a handful of unlimited stories but there’s still some good ones you can read but now most things cost additional jewels (that you need to buy but each chapter is like 40-60 jewels) sooo take that as you will. Also they do have light novels
40. [R105] Manta 2/5 · US I Miss How Manta Used to Be: I loved this app because all I had to do was pay a subscription and not have to worry about any special currency to unlock chapters. That’s not true anymore since they introduced gems. Even increasing the subscription price a little would be better than having to pay for them if I want access to much of the content.
41. [R90] Tapas 3/5 · US READ BEFORE YOU GET: So basically, for 99.99% of the books the first five chapters are free but then you need ink to unlock the rest. And there are three ways to win ink: Give money, download and play the games they say, or do the web activities. And im not giving any money so i decided to do the other two options. But guess what? THEY DONT WORK. SO NOW IM DELETING THIS APP BC I CANT READ ANY BOOK