Wattpad

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. [R6] 4/5 · US Please add a translation link!: I love wattpad! And I have read many amazing stories but for fan fiction I be seeing these amazing stories just in a different language and I just really wish I can understand and enjoy the story and so I hope Wattpad can add like a translation link that translates chapters if needed. Also too much ads each chapter
2. [R20] 5/5 · US I love this app: I love this app so much! I’ve spent so much time reading amazing stories here , and I’ve also started writing my own books on Wattpad. This app has everything i need , and i truly enjoy using it every day.
3. [R41] 5/5 · US Best reading app: Love this app. So many different stories to read across all genres and types.
4. [R70] 4/5 · GB Wattpad going down-hill: I have had Wattpad for a number of years now and it has been a great start for me as a writer to begin my journey. It gave me inspiration to write different types of stories, both fanfic and original, and has also given me tips on how to better my literature. I really do love this app as it has opened my mind to many different forms of writing and media. HOWEVER, in the la
5. [R24] 2/5 · US Less Ads Pls: Look love the App I even be writing but the adds every chapter needs to stop Wattpad I get you need our money but come on I can’t skip a chapter without an add let’s get it together please and thank you
6. [R83] 3/5 · GB Keeps crashing: Really good for writing, like super good, and reading, but it keeps crashing!! So annoying while I’m writing on mobile 🥲
7. [R51] 4/5 · GB Stickers: I've been using Wattpad for quite a while now, and it's become one of my favourite reading apps. The more I use it, the more I enjoy it. One of the best features, in my opinion, is the comment section. Being able to react to specific lines and see other readers' thoughts makes every story feel more interactive, fun, and relatable. I do have one suggestion that I think could make the exp
8. [R1] 2/5 · US way too many ads: nothing like it used to be. the ads are everywhere and unavoidable. and after i paid for the premium subscription that claims to be ad-free, there’s STILL banner ads on every story.
9. [R3] 1/5 · US Stop with the ads: Literally after every chapter I’m hit with unskippable 1 min + ads and sometimes I have to restart the app because the ads won’t give me the option to ex out of it. Which then starts another ad going again. I’m not paying $5.99 a month I’m done with the subscriptions and the ads on everything ENOUGHHH. Let me read my fanfic in PEACE.
10. [R8] 4/5 · US To many ads: I’ve had the app for a few years now, and ever since this last update, I’ve had so many ads. I scroll after one chapter and I have three ads going and it repeats every time. Please fix this issue.
11. [R10] 1/5 · US Ads: Wattpad used to be enjoyable, but now the app is unbearable. Getting hit with an ad after every single chapter completely ruins the experience. I understand apps needs ads but this is way to excessive and ridiculous. It makes me not even want to use the app anymore.
12. [R167] 3/5 · GB New function?: I’ve used Wattpad for years like I’m talking probs about 10 years on and off at this point. I go away for a few months and things have changed. (I still pay for my monthly subscription for premium btw) I come back and even with premium there are ads? I don’t know if this is just cause I’ve been gone a while and it’s something i need to turn off or something but I was under the impr
13. [R5] 1/5 · US CANNOT SCROLL IN COMMENTS: The screen is frozen whenever I go to read comments. I can’t scroll down.
14. [R35] 1/5 · US Comments: Can’t read the comments due to broken scroll
15. [R44] 4/5 · US .: It won’t do anything it keeps loading and then saying that something went wrong
16. [R63] 3/5 · GB Overall a pretty good app: The ads really put me off reading and my homepage never loads but the formatting is nice and it has good works on it
17. [R37] 3/5 · US bad login: i leave a chapter open on a tab but when i go into the app it forces me to login but the thing is it either not go through at all (user/email or password) or keep glitching forcing me not even login and slides up no matter how much i try to catch and type for login. Everything else is good in my opinion but this login issue is making me think less of this app.
18. [R45] 1/5 · US I can’t sign in: It was good until I couldn’t sign in into my account and my day was bad already
19. [R47] 1/5 · US Terrible: How interesting, you download the app, but you can't register through Apple or Google. How do you expect me to register, through space or what? · translated
20. [R69] 2/5 · GB Lost all my stuff: Was really enjoying the app and the stories only for me to try get on it today, only to be met with “session expired” and logged out my account and I couldn’t get back on it, now it’s all been lost.
21. [R7] 3/5 · US Dynamic Island blocks word: Please fix the app when I’m reading on my iPhone with the Dynamic Island does tend to block some of the words at the top of the paragraph
22. [R32] 2/5 · US Iphone 17: Need better support on the newer iphones. Because of the Dynamic Island the top part of the stores are cut off and hard to read. Also as i dont pay for ad free having ads after every single chapter is extremely annoying and frustrating. It makes me want to delete the app.
23. [R76] 1/5 · GB Ad obstructing page: I’ve been using Wattpad for literally 12 years. It used to be amazing, and whilst the implentation of ads were annoying I could deal with it. Now whenever I try to read an ad appears at the bottom of the page, pushing the text up so it’s hidden behind the Dynamic Island on my phone and I can’t read the first paragraph on every page
24. [R13] 3/5 · US Used to be better: The search option is a lot more confusing than it used to be, there’s a lot of ads everywhere, and a lot of their stories that not only are they promoting, but it’s just generally showing up are all kind of the same thing
25. [R38] 1/5 · US Awesome app but virtually unusable.: You have to pay to be without ads, and if you don’t you have sometimes minute long ads between every single chapter (so for books with a shorter word count per chapter it’s basically an ad every few minutes) and the tagging and search system is genuinely the worst I’ve ever seen, certain tags are completely censored and “don’t exist” even when they do as a way
26. [R55] 3/5 · GB Search system: They need a better search and tagging system
27. [R161] 3/5 · GB tags: majority of the tags now say fail to load so it’s difficult to find a book under specific sections that you want
28. [R73] 1/5 · GB Disappointed: I’ve been using watt pad for so many years and I loved this app so much until the new updates. Now all you get is a bunch of ads, two offline stories which used to be unlimited btw and a bunch of ai stories recommended to you. It was a five star app before which everyone loved but everything has changed now and it’s sad
29. [R118] 3/5 · GB Bugs and too many ads + monetisation drawbacks: Been a long time user of Wattpad since 2017, it has gone down hill due to monetisation, but can’t blame them for that (they’ve got to keep it going). I think there are too many ads in between chapters and the ad skip doesn’t really make a difference. Back in the day you could have your whole library offline now only 2. Now you can be reading a book a
30. [R53] 3/5 · GB Add translator: Really good but the only problem is ads every chapter and no translator, only thing stopping me from reading absolute masterpieces.
31. [R12] 2/5 · US Can’t replace image?: Writing a story and had a place holder pic for the chapters and now that I’ve finished with the pics I want to use it won’t let me replace the place holder image. Wtf
32. [R102] 3/5 · GB FIX THIS NEW GLITCH: Whenever I type,it just jolts. The whole screen jolts. This is extremely annoying and makes it almost impossible to write. Please just fix this.
33. [R156] 3/5 · GB Would be higher if: I love to use Wattpad to read and make story’s but it has deleted all of my chapters except the first chapter I have spent over 20 hours making this book and could not wait to publish but now it’s gone 😡😡😡
34. [R171] 3/5 · GB Can’t see what your writing: Trying too write, the keyboard hides where your up to you have to guess what you’ve bloody wrote. Other than that good app, hopefully someone fixes this bug. Tried on two separate devices, same problems.
35. [R17] 1/5 · US Full of scammers and bots: Like the title says, it’s full of scammers and bots. They pretty much flock to fan-fiction writers 🫩 (me). I miss when wattpad had the option to private message. At least then I might not have to deal with a bunch of scammers invading the comment section of my work. I’ve muted god knows how many scammers/bots, but it doesn’t work, because more just keep coming. Also, I’
36. [R54] 1/5 · GB Ads and less non-smut than before: There are far too many ads. Not only this but finding a book not labelled mature that is actually written well is near impossible
37. [R87] 5/5 · GB Highly Inappropriate Content & AI.: First joining the platform, I was enthralled by the encouragement of user creation and the community of like minded creators, which, is very much present and satisfying, however, there are many instances of concerning content that Wattpad actively pushes to users on the platform. On Wattpad, there is content that depicts disgusting gaps in age and maturity disg
38. [R147] 3/5 · GB Text speech: Why did you get rid of text speech? It was great for people like me with dyslexia so we could read stories removing it makes it disadvantage for some of us. There should be an option for writers as well when they write stories taking it away will be difficult for some. I find it unfair that they’ve done this. This is the only floor I see in the entire app whoever is the creator please
39. [R2] 4/5 · US missing old wattpad: ENOUGH WITH THR ADS🫩🫩 i am not buying premium just to get rid of them plssss
40. [R4] 3/5 · US No ads please!: Honestly i really love it and love reading my books on there but what I do hate is the ads! I miss when it didn’t have ads and I tho k they should bring it back to no ads.
41. [R18] 5/5 · US Way to improve: I love Wattpad and wish I could permanently buy books on this app so I can have them forever!
42. [R25] 5/5 · US ADS: So many ads now and it’s going to ruin the app and make people not want to be on ig anymore. Every time i try to scroll to another chapter its a AD! A fake moneg ad or some spelling AD, overall its so annoying and i hate it cause i get on wattpad every day! I dont know if its oft people to buy premium or what but it shouldnt be like that. Please get rid of all of the ads.
43. [R110] 3/5 · GB Freezes: The app overall is really good. The only problem i have is that it freezes. When i’m clicking on a comment, it freezes and i have go refresh. Out of nowhere i’m reading a book and i’m trying to scroll and i realised the screen has froze. It’s annoying at this point. I’m always updating the app but it still freezes anyway. Pls fix this bug.