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Head-to-head

Wattpad vs WEBTOON

Wattpad 4.7★ · Free + IAP 60
Winner WEBTOON
WEBTOON 4.8★ · Free + IAP 75

WEBTOON is generally preferred for its content and slightly less aggressive ad experience, despite both apps struggling with ads and monetization, while Wattpad faces more severe technical issues.

Full reviews: Wattpad · WEBTOON

Both Wattpad and WEBTOON offer extensive libraries of user-generated and professional stories, but recent user reviews indicate a significant decline in user experience for Wattpad due to overwhelming ads and numerous bugs. WEBTOON also struggles with ads and monetization, but its content and overall app stability are better received.

Head to head

Content Library & Variety edge: WEBTOONR17R41R47R71
Wattpad Wattpad is praised for its vast collection of fanfiction and original stories, with users finding it a great place for creative minds and diverse genres R47R17R41. It helped some users improve their reading skills .
WEBTOON WEBTOON is highly regarded for its wide variety of genres and art styles, with users loving the designs and finding many engaging stories R71R82. It's particularly popular for LGBTQ+ content and manga-style comics .
Ads & Monetization edge: WattpadR1R4R6R7
Wattpad Wattpad users overwhelmingly complain about an excessive number of ads, often appearing after every chapter or even every page, making the app 'unusable' and 'unenjoyable' R1R4R6R7. Many feel forced to pay for a premium subscription to remove ads, which they are unwilling to do .
WEBTOON WEBTOON also faces criticism for aggressive ads, which appear between chapters and can be difficult to dismiss, sometimes leading to accidental clicks or dead-end screens . Users also dislike the coin system, where coins expire and are needed to unlock later episodes, making the app 'not free' .
Technical Performance & Bugs edge: WEBTOONR2R3R14R18
Wattpad Wattpad users report numerous severe bugs, including keyboards not working R2, stories being deleted R3, accounts logging out frequently R18, inability to comment or reply R14, blurry covers , stories disappearing from libraries , offline books not loading , and the app crashing . The home screen often fails to load , and the website also experiences glitches .
WEBTOON WEBTOON users report some bugs like random freezing or crashing on iPad , issues with logging in and receiving confirmation emails , and occasional glitches . Some users also noted the disappearance of voiced episodes and issues with screenshot detection .
User Experience & Features edge: WEBTOONR5R9R16R38
Wattpad Wattpad users express frustration with the new 'social feed' which clutters announcements and invades privacy R9R38. They desire features like highlighting R5 and better library sorting options . Some also complain about AI-generated content R16.
WEBTOON WEBTOON is praised for its vertical scroll format, which allows reading at one's own pace . Users appreciate the community comments at the end of chapters and the overall engaging experience . However, some are annoyed by constant pop-ups about new stories .
Pick Wattpad if

you are primarily interested in a wide variety of fanfiction and original stories, and are willing to tolerate a high volume of ads or pay for a subscription to remove them R47R17.

Pick WEBTOON if

you prefer visually rich comics and manga-style content, value a generally more stable app experience, and are comfortable with a coin-based monetization system for some content R71R82.

Evidence note: Recent reviews for Wattpad are heavily skewed negative due to ad saturation and technical issues, which contrasts with its higher lifetime rating. WEBTOON also has negative feedback regarding ads and monetization, but its technical issues appear less severe and widespread.

Frequently asked

How do Wattpad and WEBTOON handle ads?
Wattpad has significantly increased its ad frequency, with many users reporting ads after every chapter or even every few pages, making the app nearly unusable for free users R1R4R6R7. WEBTOON also has ads between chapters, but users describe them as aggressive and sometimes leading to dead-end screens, though the overall ad experience seems slightly less pervasive than Wattpad's .
Are there significant bugs in either app?
Wattpad users report numerous and severe bugs, including login issues, keyboards not working, stories being deleted or disappearing from libraries, inability to comment, and frequent app crashes R2R3R14R18. WEBTOON users mention occasional freezing or crashing, login problems, and some content disappearing, but these issues appear less widespread and critical compared to Wattpad's .
What kind of content can I find on each app?
Wattpad is known for its extensive collection of fanfiction and original stories across various genres, often written by amateur authors, and it's a popular platform for both reading and writing R47R17. WEBTOON specializes in webcomics, offering a wide array of manga-style content with diverse art styles and genres, including a strong presence of LGBTQ+ stories R71R82.

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. [R17] Wattpad 5/5 · US Very informative and entertaining to use as a reading tool👍: I think it’s a very good app for readers of all types ENJOY 😊
  2. [R41] Wattpad 4/5 · US I like it but…: I really like using this app! I’m not a creative writer so I enjoy the stories that come out of other writers’ heads! I was weighing the pros & cons between this & Kindle since I already have an Amazon account. I decided to just give this a try. I have a suggestion for improvement: I wish it would not keep suggesting stories you’ve already read. Can they fix it so that stories in
  3. [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🫶💗
  4. [R71] WEBTOON 5/5 · US AMAZING APP: I love this app! I’ve had it for a while now and it never disappoints me with its amazing story’s and artists! There are so many story’s and all kinds of them to. It doesn’t matter what genre and/or art style you like there is always a perfect story for you if you’re willing to read it!
  5. [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
  6. [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.
  7. [R6] Wattpad 3/5 · US get rid of the constant ads!!!: i’ve been using wattpad for about 6 years, i’ve always loved it! There used to be very few ads and now this new update gives you ads after EVERY chapter, it ruins the whole mood and is very annoying, i stopped using wattpad because of this..NO ONE wants to sit through ads every minute while reading.. and absolutely NO ONE wants to pay any money to get rid of them! T
  8. [R7] Wattpad 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. [R2] Wattpad 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
  10. [R3] Wattpad 3/5 · US My story was deleted: It’s a really good app I love it but my most popular story got deleted and I can’t get it back sadly 😔
  11. [R14] Wattpad 5/5 · US bugs: i can't seem to reply to peoples comment let alone comment at all. sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't
  12. [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?
  13. [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
  14. [R9] Wattpad 3/5 · US Becoming unusable: I love this app, don’t get me wrong, but it’s becoming so unusable as a person who writes, interacts with friends, AND reads. The social feed was introduced and it alerts all followers when you add something to a reading list, or vote for a chapter, or comment on any fic. And now, announcements have moved to the social feed which just gets mixed up in all the clutter and makes i
  15. [R16] Wattpad 1/5 · US WHOLE BUNCH OF AI SLOP: EVERYTHING IS AI GENERATED NOBODY TRULY WRITES ANYMORE EVERYTHING IS STRAIGHT UP AI SLOP AND ADS ! WATTPAD IS MONEY HUNGRY AND FULL OF BS AI
  16. [R38] Wattpad 4/5 · US Remove Social Feed: I love wattpad, but please for the love of God remove the Social Feed or at least let us opt out if we want what stories we vote on in the feed or not!
  17. [R82] WEBTOON 5/5 · US Best read manga ever: I love their designs are and I love how they have every single section that you really need and you can pick out whatever one that you really wanna watch and I love how you can play games and coins. I just love it so guys download WEBTOON.

Synthesized from 110 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store