Wattpad vs GoodNovel

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 110 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. [R5] Wattpad 4/5 · US HIGHLIGHTING FEATURE PLEASE!!: Ok don’t get me wrong I LOVEEEEE the app but PLEASE I beg add a highlighting feature for iPhones I can’t highlight and I’m sooo sad cause I love highlighting things in books/ stories I read this is literally my only problem with the app lol
2. [R47] Wattpad 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🫶💗
3. [R62] GoodNovel 5/5 · GB App great: This app is brilliant and you can earn rewards to be able to buy the chapters so you don’t always have to spend a fortune and it does let you read the majority of the book before having to buy anything
4. [R66] GoodNovel 1/5 · GB Light reading. Heavy annoyance: Got hooked within a few chapters . You do need to do daily tasks and watch ads. The trouble is. A chapter is around 20 to 26 lines long and you have to put up with a ad for every 24 lines approx sometimes only 4 lines. If like me you get hooked in to a story it literally SUCKS the joy out of reading. Also the story I’m reading is bd.y written with characters getting
5. [R18] Wattpad 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?
6. [R36] Wattpad 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.
7. [R88] GoodNovel 5/5 · GB Average lupine smut, annoying interruptions: The books are okay, entertaining enough for ‘free’ wolf smut but the constant ads and unlocking is tedious to say the least.
8. [R34] Wattpad 1/5 · US story removed from library: while reading the book will randomly unadd from my library and ask me to add it. or when i leave the app and come back it’ll just be gone and i have to find it again. pls fix these bugs!! irritated asf
9. [R64] GoodNovel 1/5 · GB They keep taking my money: Made 1 payment for coins and then subscribed. After realising the subscription wasn’t worth the money I cancelled my subscription with Apple. Since then I’ve had 3 payments taken from my bank each week. I contacted support for good novel who said they can not find a subscription and to send screenshot evidence. I sent screenshots of the payments and they have since ignor
10. [R96] GoodNovel 5/5 · GB Decent: Just sucks when you have a membership and still have to pay for coins to unlock chapters…where are the benefits to the membership?
11. [R19] Wattpad 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
12. [R58] Wattpad 2/5 · US What a waste of a good app: This app truly used to be great. Now all there is to do is watch ads and pay a crazy amount of money to have ad free reading.
13. [R1] Wattpad 2/5 · US Ads: There is way too many ads it’s absolutely ridiculous, why do you need a ad after every freaking chapter it’s crazy that I can’t read a chapter without an ad. DO BETTER
14. [R4] Wattpad 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.
15. [R22] Wattpad 1/5 · US Ads: This coulda been a great review if Wattpad didn’t have ads. This has significantly worsened the app since the start. I’ve been a loyal Wattpad user for over 10 years and this is ridiculous. No one wants to pay in order for them not to have the ads. Do better Wattpad. Get rid of the ads.