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. [R2] 4/5 · US Writer/reader: Definitely a must have app if you’re into reading stories from beginners or experienced writers! I’m very happy with a lot of the apps functions, NOT A FAN OF THE ADS EVERY CHAPTER! VERY ANNOYING! Stop the ads!
2. [R18] 3/5 · US Apps not loading: I love the app and would write stories, but just randomly, the app stopped working for me as well as the stories I was reading, which is very disappointing. Also the excessive push of ads isn’t very cool makes reading a simple chapter dreadful considering you almost have to watch an ad after each one.
3. [R23] 4/5 · US Ads: An ad after every chapter is insane. It has become more watching ads than actually reading! Fix it please!!
4. [R25] 3/5 · US el incremento de anuncios: Esta app me parece una de las mejores ahí en la parte de la lectura ya que es muy variada además de que proporciona a los mismos lectores la oportunidad de crear libros o mini libros, sin embargo el incremento de anuncios innecesarios me ha traído aquí, porque los anuncios aparecen por página y la eso lo hace más estresante de usar o leer cómodamente, y se que me dirán q
5. [R43] 2/5 · US So many ad’s: Been using this app 11 years now, I’ve been though so many ups and downs with you wattpad. An ad after every chapter is ludicrous. And they’re the type of ad’s where it always takes you to the App Store so you have to swipe back into it. Why penalize me for being poor? Has our time together meant nothing? You have sold out and should be ashamed.
6. [R52] 1/5 · US Scammy ads + Paywall: The ads for the app are out of control, and this coming from a user who used the app for 8+ years. From gambling ads, temu, and other sketchy game ones that when you try to ex out of it it takes a step further and leads you to a random site where you leave the app and the ad stars over again. Get it together wattpad advisors; stop putting everything behind a paywall just to r
7. [R140] 3/5 · US To much ads: Love wattpad but I hate the amount of ads there are now, before it would be a 10-15 second ad, but now the ads can go up to 2 minutes from my experience. And I get it I can pay for the ads to be removed but I just wished there weren’t so many ads as there is now.
8. [R44] 1/5 · US Too many ads: The ads on this app are ridiculous and make it impossible to use. The inability to scroll without an ad popping up makes the user experience unbearable. And of course, they make the ads impossible to dismiss without taking you to the sponsors page/website. Disgusting.
9. [R24] 1/5 · US full of ads: overall the app is great but the recent update that makes you watch ads after EVERY CHAPTER is excessive! It’s turned into being money hungry and the app is no longer enjoyable.
10. [R26] 1/5 · US Ruined with ads: Used to be a place to explore writing, now it’s ad central. I’ve deleted several times due to the fact that u can hardly read, too many ads. There’s absolutely no reason for them besides wattpad, which is why nobody likes it anymore
11. [R33] 2/5 · US Ads: I’ve been an on and off reader for about 10 years. The corporate greed is terrible, ads after every chapter is disappointing. When reading, I want an immersive experience and ads interrupting that is frustrating. People shouldn’t have ads on their stories and not make anything off of it either. You are benefitting from unsuspecting people. Total corporate garbage.
12. [R47] 2/5 · US I used to love this app: I genuinely used to love this app growing up. Somewhere they got that corporate capitalist greed. Theres genuinely an ad every single chapter when i used to be able to read at least 5 before an ad appears. Also the algorithm is worse somehow and the library and chapter save functions are all messed up somehow.
13. [R4] 2/5 · US won’t load: this app is literally always buggin😭 the notification screen somehow doesn’t fit my screen and genuinely will not let me click anything and nothing evverrrr loads even if I uninstall and reinstall🥹 idk what to do anymore to add on top of this the amount of ads is honestly just excessive and also I just randomly get logged out? pls fix ur app
14. [R12] 4/5 · US N/a: App is nice for writers and has really good books. It just has way too many ads. It also logged me out without being able to get back in..
15. [R72] 3/5 · US App issue: I have had this app for a while and for the past year or two, I have getting logged out by the app and most of the time can’t view the home page to finished reading the stories after I been logged out. I want to continue reading and it’s really annoying when I can’t continue reading the books I have started. Is there any way to stop this from happening?
16. [R73] 3/5 · US Ads: For free, every chapter has ads. I don’t always have to be on the app. There should be options to pay for ads off and for a subscription, and if not, on it all the time. It will log you out
17. [R3] 1/5 · US Please fix this issue as soon as possible: It’s not loading and when it does sometimes load I can’t read anything because it’s not loading the chapters of any story and when it does rarely load I can’t move on to the next chapter because it’s not loading. I can’t even see the notifications. It keeps giving the same error message. Please fix this as soon as possible. I’m waiting.
18. [R5] 1/5 · US App Doesn’t Work: Nothing loads since the update. Cancelled my subscription. Deleted the app. Never coming back.
19. [R6] 1/5 · US NEED TO FIX GLITCHING: I use to love this app but for the last couple of month the app has been freezing so much that I’ve deleted the app and download it back but it still has the same issues. I thought it was just my phone at first but when it started glitching on my iPad, I knew it wasn’t my fault for the glitch. I really hope you guys can Fix this glitch because I really love this app, and I h
20. [R32] 1/5 · US Sick of this app.: I don’t know what’s worse; the constant ads, the horrible updates, or the bugs and glitches this app always HAVE. Since yesterday, there’s been a glitch where if you log out your account and try to sign back in with the ACTUALLY information, it’s going to say incorrect password or username. It’s such a lie, I know it is because I use SAVED passwords and it still did it when i
21. [R1] 5/5 · US My go to reading app: I have been using wattpad since I first got a phone in 5th grade. Thats 13 years now and it's my favorite app ever. When I get a new phone the first app I always download is wattpad. It's so easy to use and the amount of stories available is beyond amazing. Obviously there can be issues and glitches but I've never minded them. I pay for no adds and it's been the best decision
22. [R16] 5/5 · US Lovee: So easy to navigate through. Great for both writers and readers, amazing free stories on here. People complain about ads often but it’s not really that bad especially with ad skips. I love the offline feature as well
23. [R78] 5/5 · US BEST app for fanfiction: I absolutely LOVE wattpad. The community is super kind, and it's definitely the first place I look when I want to find fanfiction to read. Whether it's for a show, movie, or book, wattpad has it all. I love that I'm able to post my own fanfics and stories on there too. Definitely one of my favorite apps🫶💗
24. [R89] 4/5 · US Love the stories on this app: Wattpad is an app filled with creative minds and never ending stories, but my only complaint is when I want to draft my story the app crashes and exits me out.
25. [R60] 5/5 · US Long Time User: I started using this app when I was a seventh grader in middle school. I am now a junior in college… Take that how you will lol.
26. [R96] 3/5 · US Disappointing Lately: There are several bugs and glitches to report about Wattpad lately. I’ve been using it for over 12 years and in that time I’ve never taken the time to write out minor complaints. But nowadays, it’s ridiculously ad heavy in the stories, I don’t need pop ups to offer an ad for less ads down the line, it’s silly… just cut down the ads if so many people are this annoyed by them.
27. [R61] 3/5 · US Please add a one-time purchase option to permanently remove ads: Wattpad has been my favorite place to read and write stories for the last 11 years. Over the years, the app has changed. Some changes, such as being able to save a story to read offline, writing resources, and genre organization, have been amazing additions. One change that has made it excruciating to enjoy the app is the nonstop ad
28. [R17] 1/5 · US .: had it for years LOVED when the ads after chapters were few and far between now theirs an ad EVERY chapter making it very hard to enjoy what i’m reading.
29. [R35] 1/5 · US Crashes and deleted paragraphs: It’s been 3 days since the app would crash and delete my paragraphs. It will suddenly crash and delete from 1 to 3 paragraphs and the layout doesn’t stick. I would be lucky if only 1 sentence got deleted. Nothing shows in the revision history. Please help. Sometimes the thoughts that went into the paragraphs don’t come out the same when I have to write it again….
30. [R41] 4/5 · US Why??: Ok, please read this because I’m having a lot of trouble. I’m a writer on Wattpad and I don’t want to loose all of my progress. It said sign in again because my session expired but my keyboard? IS NOT WORKING!! I tap the writing space to put my email in, and the keyboard just goes back down just as quickly!! Please fix this, I need to get another chapter up soon and I forgot my google acco