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1. [R1] 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
2. [R9] Tapas 3/5 · US My inks keep disappointing without spending them: Whenever I get those inks, and I leave the app and save up, the next day it disappears. it happens all the time and it’s getting annoying. Please fix this, thank you.
3. [R10] Tapas 1/5 · US Continuously scammed out of money: These offers for games suck. While for common web ones as long as you don’t spend money over half don’t work. But for game ones to be usefully you usually have to spend a little money but I keep being scammed out of it and not rewarded even if I report it. And almost every-time I’m not rewarded for a purchase one the offer gets deleted so they won’t even reward m
4. [R11] Tapas 4/5 · US I like the app but I don't know where my ink is going: I love the app it's really good for what I want to read and stuff but sometimes I feel like it's stealing my ink because after I get some ink on Mondays I close the app after screen shotting how much I have and I don't use the ink but when I get back on the app my ink went down like I had 630 when I closed the app and now I have 380 ink and
5. [R5] Tapas 5/5 · US Love the app: Love all the different genres. Can get a bit pricey but worth it.
6. [R7] Tapas 1/5 · US Delete: THIS IS HORRENDOUS, damn near all the stories u need to pay and u guys have sooo many issues with the app wtf…
7. [R15] Tapas 3/5 · US Getting charged 3x more: So I have not had trouble till now that’s why it’s 3 stars, charging me 4.99 but on my card it’s being charged 19.99 idk what’s going on but this is ridiculous it’s happened 2 times already
8. [R2] 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.
9. [R3] 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.
10. [R6] Tapas 3/5 · US Lack of settings: There are new updates and annoying functions such as the swipe and scroll problems: - Swiping left and right needs on/off switch It is easy to change episodes with an up or down swipe even in the SLIGHTEST direction to the left or right and prices have gone up
11. [R37] Tapas 2/5 · US It’s pretty average: To start off, I do like the stories and translations are good, although sometimes the SFX are kind of silly. But my biggest issue is my reading list just randomly disappears. Like I started a new story, I’m 8 or so chapters in, and when I come back to app I have to scroll down to “continue reading” and literally half the time what I started isn’t there, so I lose out on contin
12. [R4] 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….
13. [R23] Tapas 4/5 · US Good but…: Great app to read, lots of variation of topics to read about, love the WUF (Wait Until Free) feature. Would recommend. However, the most recent game I played for earning ink didn’t give me anything, even after reaching out to customer support through Offerwall. I showed my transaction history, and all they kept saying was close and reopen the app…which didn’t work. Last time this happe
14. [R12] 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
15. [R21] Tapas 3/5 · US Locks too many episodes: I like the app, I just don’t like how new episodes are locked and I have to pay money for ink. Even if I try to get free ink, it’s some bogus stuff that doesn’t even give me the ink. I get you need to get ink to pay creators for their stories, but I feel like only having a certain amount of episodes free just takes away from my excitement of reading the stories.
16. [R24] Tapas 3/5 · US App: The app is okay compared to how it used to be. I hate the fact that we have to do offers to get free ink now and the worst part is that those so called offers don’t even work nor give you free ink because they’re always glitching. I miss when we only had to watch 30 videos a day and they would reload after just two minutes. I wish they would bring the adds back for free ink instead.
17. [R13] Tapas 1/5 · US Delist stuff I was reading: I was reading story and stepped away for a bit. When I came back the story I was reading was delisted. After searching around, found that apparently it was finished then delisted. So unless you like reading things and not knowing the ending. I’d try somewhere else.
18. [R25] Tapas 1/5 · US Pop-ups while reading: Pop-up ads in the middle of reading chapters I paid for!! Ludicrous.
19. [R31] Tapas 1/5 · US The Comments Ruin It: Edit: Tapas! Either take reports of malicious commenters more seriously or give us an easy way to block them on the app! Smarter people than I am have discussed the trolls/malicious comments on this platform on reddit, NU, and another webcomic app. Manta did it. Tappytoon did it. Webtoon patrols their comments religiously. You’re losing users over this. The titles that Tap
20. [R43] Tapas 2/5 · US Rape centered ads: Have reported an ad shown to me on this app more than 4 times because of its violent nonconsensual content and yet I’m still being shown this ad over and over. I attempted to contact tapas to ask them why they haven’t removed and the contact link has been disabled. This is more suspicious to me than the fact they keep showing rape ads and not removing them when they’re reported.
21. [R52] WEBTOON 5/5 · US I love this app: This is amazing first time reading and I never want to stop reading Webtoon
22. [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.
23. [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
24. [R55] WEBTOON 5/5 · US Good: I love this,it is a great idea and I love the manga
25. [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
26. [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
27. [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
28. [R68] 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???
29. [R79] WebNovel 2/5 · US Used to be better: When I first got the app, I had no complaints. Later, it updated and added a bunch of annoying adds, I can deal with that. Now, I can’t look up gifs to post anymore because it always says “No Results Found” whenever I try to use the search tab for gifs no matter if I am on high speed WiFi connection or using mobile data. Now I’m wondering what they will mess up next and will it
30. [R80] WebNovel 4/5 · US Audiobook: Please fix the audiobook option it keeps cutting off when I’m listening to the story and it’s starting to really piss me off
31. [R81] WebNovel 3/5 · US Website in general: Expensive to read. The stories are amazing but the website wants you to “Top Off” buying coins. There are other smaller ways to earn some credits, but not like that credit card. It’s bull! There’s other websites that have the same content and the stories are free to read.
32. [R82] WebNovel 1/5 · US Paywall reading experience!: If you like pay to win games you will love this app! You will hit paywalls even if you pay for the monthly subscription. It is really nice to see give us some more money before you can read some more chapters. Maybe you can watch ads to read more chapters. IDK.
33. [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
34. [R94] Manta 5/5 · US Love the novels: Excited and entertaining novels
35. [R95] Manta 3/5 · US Took my gems: There wasn't a next page but still took 60 gems🥺
36. [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.
37. [R18] Tapas 3/5 · US love but takes more money than listed: love tapas but the only issue would be when buying the ink the prices say 19.99 but it charged me 60$ this has happened on multiple occasions
38. [R46] Tapas 1/5 · US Unnecessary charges: I keep getting charged 1.99-4.99 for the ink when I myself have not actually went in to buy it. It continues to charge my card even when though it is not linked to the app directly
39. [R97] Manta 5/5 · US Not bad at all!: Loveee the comics and the monthly subscription feature is a GODSEND for someone who likes to read a lot. I do wish we could seethe spicy stuff in the app tho
40. [R103] Manta 5/5 · US So Convenient!: I love using the Manta app for all of my web comics and now manga. They have a great selection, I mean top tier for manhwa and manga & it is quickly becoming my most used app (as per my battery usage).
41. [R106] Manta 5/5 · US I’ve been using this app for the past 4 years! It’s amazing!: I am so happy that they introduced manga now! It’s so cool. I get to read novels, Manhwa and now manga all in one place! I’ve been using this app for the past few years and I love the fact that they’re always dropping something new! I always find something to read after I finish reading a series! I started reading because of the under t
42. [R51] WEBTOON 2/5 · US WEBTOON WTF: I just got back from taking a break off Webtoon for a while because I couldn’t get it back for some time, and I come back to all of my coins being taken away?! I had 130+ coins left from a while ago that I hadn’t used yet, and I came back to 0 in my account. what the actual heck Webtoon, good job making me take another long break. This upset me so much, I didn’t even know you guys did
43. [R56] 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