Head-to-head
Manobook vs iReader-Story
Manobook
75
Winner
Manobook
iReader-Story
40
Manobook is the better choice for readers looking for a more transparent and less frustrating experience with in-app purchases and subscriptions, despite both apps having similar monetization models.
Full reviews: Manobook · iReader-Story
Both Manobook and iReader-Story offer engaging stories but rely heavily on in-app purchases for chapter access. Manobook provides a more consistent experience with clearer pricing and fewer complaints about fraudulent charges or subscription issues, which plague iReader-Story.
Head to head
Manobook Manobook users consistently praise the engaging, captivating, and well-written stories, with many finding them addicting and having diverse plot twists R9R15R17. Some appreciate the good editing and lack of misspellings R18.
iReader-Story iReader-Story also receives positive feedback for its great stories, good quality writers, and a wide selection of titles and genres, including international best-selling authors .
Manobook Manobook's monetization model, which involves purchasing coins or watching ads for chapters, is a frequent point of contention. Users find it expensive, with chapters costing around 250-447 coins, making it costly to finish a book R1R3. While some appreciate the option to watch ads for free chapters R7R24R45, others report limitations on daily ad viewing or that ads stop working towards the end of a book, forcing purchases R4R13. There are also complaints about subscription confusion R4.
iReader-Story iReader-Story also uses a coin/voucher system, which users find very expensive, with chapters costing around 180 coins R54. Many users feel misled by ads promising free content . The app is criticized for not providing enough ways to earn free coins or for having short-lived vouchers R73R75. The practice of splitting chapters and re-locking previously paid content is a major complaint, forcing users to pay again R59R89R91R92.
Manobook Manobook has some complaints regarding subscription clarity, with one user stating a weekly subscription did not provide seven-day access as expected R4. Another user mentioned difficulty with some coins not converting to reading coins R16. However, these issues appear to be isolated compared to App B.
iReader-Story iReader-Story faces severe and widespread criticism for fraudulent charges, unauthorized billing, and an inability to cancel subscriptions R51R54R57R61. Users report being charged weekly or monthly despite cancellation attempts, with customer service being unresponsive or providing non-working links R51R61R63. Some had to involve PayPal or their bank to stop charges R61R63.
Manobook Manobook is generally considered easy to use . Users appreciate the ability to read for hours R39 and the straightforward process of claiming rewards compared to other apps R27. One minor suggestion was a direct link to the rewards center from the story R32, and another wished for purchased books to remain in their library for re-reading R41.
iReader-Story iReader-Story has some positive mentions for its library selection and the ability to earn credits to finish stories . However, the app is criticized for short pages , and the process of earning coins through ads is described as tedious, time-consuming, and not yielding the promised amounts R73. The difficulty in contacting support is also a significant usability issue R91.
Pick Manobook if
you prioritize a more reliable billing experience and a generally positive user sentiment regarding the free-to-read options, even with their limitations R7R24R45.
Pick iReader-Story if
you are specifically looking for stories by international best-selling authors and are willing to navigate significant billing and customer service challenges .
Evidence note: iReader-Story's recent reviews are heavily skewed negative due to severe billing and subscription issues, which contrasts sharply with its high lifetime rating. Manobook's negative reviews are primarily about the cost of chapters, a common complaint for this app genre, but it lacks the widespread fraud accusations seen with iReader-Story.
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What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 100 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.
- [R9] Manobook Love it: Very entertaining can’t put it down once I start reading
- [R15] Manobook Jilted Hires marriage, billionaire tycoon: Love this book so interesting and it’s down to earth. I can relate to a lot of the stuff that’s going in love this love it love it love it.
- [R17] Manobook Pack Doctor: I love this story, it was interesting from start to finish. There were many different plot twists. Romance, intense fighting and steamy love stories. There was never a dull moment and I couldn’t put it down. I highly recommend this story, you won’t regret reading it. Planning on reading it again soon.
- [R18] Manobook Great stories: I like that I don’t have to keep clicking buttons, the prices aren’t posted, but it isn’t too much. I like the stories, very well written and edited without a lot of misspellings.
- [R1] Manobook Wish you had better options: The stories are good, enough to keep me interested. Having to watch so many videos for a chapter that I read in less than half the time I spend watching videos is nonsense, but I can’t bring myself to spend what would be at least 30 dollars or more to read a book that if it had regular chapters it would probably only be maybe a 40 to 50 chapter book. At least other App
- [R3] Manobook Gets expensive: As much as I love this reading on this app, it gets too expensive. 250 coins for a chapter is robbery! And not many ways to get coins except buying, as much as I love the app I’ll have to delete it. Three star for the ridiculous amount of coins it cost for a chapter after you’re already caught up in a book and want to know the ending.
- [R4] Manobook Hard to understand!: I purchased a weekly subscription thinking that meant I’d have a seven day access to my book. Yeah that apparently isn’t true. I got like two days then it’s made me watch ad after ad to read the next chapter. Then after so many then it wouldn’t even let me do that anymore. It’s making me watch other ads with very few points with each just trying to get enough to read the next
- [R7] Manobook Good stories, read for free: I love this app because you can read chapters for free by watching ads. Much better compared to some of the other apps which you can read only by paying a lot for coins. Would definitely recommend this app!
- [R16] Manobook Starr: I’m intrigued by the storytelling and it’s very engaging. I do have a little trouble with getting some of my coins because they’re not able to turn in to reading coins, which makes it very difficult.
- [R51] iReader-Story Cancellation: This app sucks they will not respond to you when you try to cancel. Only a email available to contact them no phone number. Do not download
- [R54] iReader-Story The five stars are bots: Personally stating that as of today May 18th i found this app in an ad on facebook! I downloaded to complete a story called Your late love means nothing, and i got to chapter 8 and had to pay over $30-45 for coins to continue it!!! this is outrageous for a book !! Then i came to app store to read reviews and what i seen is grounds for a lawsuit, not only are you taking mon
- [R27] Manobook So far so good: Honestly i have no complaints right now it’s easier to claim rewards than other apps.
- [R32] Manobook Amazing: So far this is one of the best apps that I have used only wish there was a way to go straight to the rewards center from the story that is being read I have to exit go to the reward center and then find my story again but apart from that it’s a really good app
- [R39] Manobook Great reading app: I love the stories in this app. I can read for hours! 💕💕💕
- [R41] Manobook Reading: I like the reading app but I believe once you read a book it should stay in your library for free. Sometimes I like to read a story more than one time especially if it’s a good book.
- [R13] Manobook Really nice app: I really like this app. It allowed me to read almost the entire book by just watching ads until it got almost to the end and then they stopped the ads and make you pay for the chapters which for one chapter can cause 447 coins, which means you will have to pay a lot of money just to finish the book so I wasn’t happy with that. If you pay $4.99 for 500 coins you’re only going to ge
- [R24] Manobook 👍🏻: Great stories and love the ability to read quite a bit for free before having to pay for chapters.
- [R45] Manobook Ads: Having ads to watch in order to read next chapter when you have no coins left is actually great for me.
- [R57] iReader-Story Scam: They do not cancel your subscription. Terrible customer service.
- [R61] iReader-Story Take advantage of their customers: You’ll set up an account and tie your PayPal to it and then they’ll never allow you to cancel. I have been attempting to cancel my subscription for months. They send the same generic email on how to cancel where the link provided does NOT work, and they continue to charge you WEEKLY. I’m now attempting to work with PayPal to stop payments. This is frustrating and
- [R63] iReader-Story Keeps charging: I bought this subscription over the summer. It’s fine, whatever. But I decided I didn’t want to pay the subscription fee. I canceled auto renewal. Wasn’t in my Apple subscriptions. I used PayPal to pay and I’m still getting charged. There’s no way to contact the provider and I can’t dispute with PayPal because I approved the original payment and the app never sent an email or text
- [R73] iReader-Story Don’t believe all the 5 stars….: They give you coins/ivouchers for 5 stars. Each chapter so far is 180 coins, which is ridiculous. And they don’t give many options to earn like other apps do. Watching adds takes 5+ minutes because of the add, then have to wait another 2 minutes before you can watch the next one, and it doesn’t give you the 75 coins like it says. You only get 6, so you have to watc
- [R75] iReader-Story Wish the prices on chapters were lower: Honestly loving the app so far but i really wish the price to unlock the characters was lower 180 points for 1 chapter is a little high in my opinion. Also I just realized that there is an expiration date for your ivouchers witch is only a 7 day expiration time aka only available for 7 days witch is really bad since that ends up meaning if something happe
- [R59] iReader-Story Chapters lock after already paid for: I really enjoy the books on this app, however they say that once you’ve paid/read an entire book you have access to them forever but I’ve had books get re-locked and I can’t go back and re-read them with out paying for them again. Please unlock all the books that I have previously paid ALOT of money for!
- [R89] iReader-Story Split chapters: After so long they decided to split chapters up and relock them so you have to pay more and good luck getting them unlocked. It has happened with four books I have read now.
- [R91] iReader-Story Recurring Split Chptr Issue and then Customer Service Support doesn’t Respond: I am writing to express my growing frustration with a recurring issue on your platform. Several books I’ve purchased have been split into multiple parts, and I’ve been charged again for chapters. When you write to customer service, they do not respond. It is very disheartening especially after spending so much money on
- [R92] iReader-Story Thieves: They are a pay by chapter reading app. But when a book is getting lots of reading they split the chapters to get more money from customers even the chapters the customers have already bought.
Synthesized from 100 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store