WEBTOON vs WebNovel

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. [R8] WEBTOON 5/5 · US I fricking love it: This app got me back into reading and it has different categorys if shorts witch is a great b Plus 😁
2. [R11] 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!
3. [R29] WEBTOON 5/5 · US Amazing!!!!!!: Absolutely amazing!!! This is one of the best reading ever. I never really read before Webtoon because I never seemed to have the time or energy to get up and get a book. So this helped tons I read everyday now for multiple hours. The amount of genres there are is insane! All are awesome and so cool. I also love the fact it is LGBTQ+ friendly. And also the comments on the end of cha
4. [R38] WEBTOON 5/5 · US Gay: I LOVE THE GAY ONES
5. [R3] WEBTOON 3/5 · US Too many ads: App functions well overall and there are a lot of gems on here (and a lot that aren’t, but that’s okay). However, the ads have been getting more and more aggressive over time, making you jump through lots of different screens to get to the end, popping up on their own so you accidentally click them when trying to advance chapters, etc. I’m considering not using the app anymore due to
6. [R5] WEBTOON 4/5 · US i really like it BUT: there are ads after you get to a certain point in a comic between every chapter but other than that i really like it! there are lots of great stories and amazing art and such so i highly recommend
7. [R9] WEBTOON 3/5 · US It’s good but DEFINITELY not free: You have to pay for more episodes😬😬🌝🌝
8. [R10] WEBTOON 1/5 · US horrible: Horrible para que tengo que pagar por leer? para eso los descargo en telegram , quien va a pagar por leer no me gusto
9. [R1] WEBTOON 1/5 · US Log in requirement?: Why is there suddenly a requirement to link your account with google / social media after years of not needing one? After all that’s come out about larger sites and social medias tracking and selling user information, im really disappointed to see webtoon trying to also capitalize on user information by forcing users to link an account to save and support their favorite seri
10. [R2] WEBTOON 5/5 · US Very good: This is very good and you don’t have to read it you can have it in the video now l love it so much
11. [R4] WEBTOON 1/5 · US Virus: I was reading fogland and was about to try situationship bug all of a sudden it says o have a virus very bad I don’t recommend for your safety
12. [R6] WEBTOON 3/5 · US The app is very buggy on my iPad: The WEBTOON app is extremely buggy on my iPad. It randomly freezes or crashes, even though I’m using an M5 iPad, which is more than powerful enough to run the app.
13. [R30] WEBTOON 3/5 · GB Fine: So I’ve had it for about 5-9 months and I would never stop reading story’s like •school bus graveyard •Osora •the d!ckheads •tears on a withered flower •marionette And a bunch more But once I was on my account trying to read tears on a withered flower and my account was like reseted like all my books, coins I payed for basically everything was gone and I went to complains and everything but
14. [R42] WEBTOON 3/5 · GB Security Alert: When I downloaded the app everything was fine. But when I tried to sign in with my google account google sent me a mail that says critical security Alert. Someone tried to breach my account. Why? And why after sign in?
15. [R57] WEBTOON 3/5 · GB EVERYTHING GOT RESET: it would of been 5 stars if MY WHOLE WEBTOON DIDN'T GET RESET! One day I come onto webtoon like normal and I had been logged out so I signed back in and ALL of the wetoons I've read had gone and the episodes I've paid for to and all of my coins! I hope you can fix this ˶o̴̶̷᷄‸o̴̶̷̥᷅˶
16. [R26] WEBTOON 4/5 · US I love it: I love WEBTOON but I don’t love the fact that you have to pay for coins and now I can’t read half of it
17. [R34] WEBTOON 1/5 · GB Money hungry: Having to watch an add each chapter and having to pay for almost everything now
18. [R66] WebNovel 3/5 · US Good Reading, Bad Pricing: I have so many books that I've started and think are great but no way to really finish them. The cost for membership has ranges but no matter what you pay you don't get unlimited reading. At 50 per month you only get 60 coins per day. I would have that gone in less than 10 minutes. You have to pay 100's to finish a book if you are a voracious reader. I buy chapters when
19. [R67] WebNovel 2/5 · US Too expensive especially for incomplete work: So they charge an arm and a leg (or you can read one or two chapters a day which is painful) and then after you have invested hours listening to a story you find out that the book isn’t finished OR the end is behind an even more expensive pay wall.
20. [R103] WebNovel 2/5 · US Unaffordable: The story I am reading is great! However I’ve spent $80 on a book and I am probably only a little more than halfway thru. This is for one book… I’m committed to this book and would love to see this through but spending over $100 on a book is insane. I will delete this app once I finish this book :(
21. [R106] WebNovel 1/5 · US Way too expensive: Way too expensive. The books are decent. You have to buy coins to unlock chapters. The “monthly” plan is a joke. It gives you a few coins a day, not even enough to open one chapter. This is a total waste of time and money. The app also has all these other stupid things you can earn, but they only work in certain books. I can’t even figure out what most of the things I earn are e
22. [R22] WEBTOON 1/5 · US 5/5 comics. 1/5 predatory app.: Webtoons will gate some episodes behind ads. This would be fine, except the ads usually last 30 seconds or more and then roadblock you permanently. You'll get to a screen where you can 1) demo a mobile game, 2) install it, or 3) view it in the app store. There is no button to close the ad and proceed to the comic. No button appears no matter how long you wait.
23. [R31] WEBTOON 1/5 · GB Ads...: I've been using Webtoon for 2ish years now.. and recently, there has been an ad EVERY single time I open an episode. Even just scrolling to the next one!! It's ridiculous..
24. [R52] WEBTOON 2/5 · GB Disrespectful level of advertising: As of time of writing I started getting almost full screen unstoppable video adverts on chapter load. This is way too intrusive for me and they’ve lost a long time reader from this behaviour. The previous banners at the bottom of the screen were fine, hell even a similar one at the top would have been ok.
25. [R69] WebNovel 3/5 · US Enjoy the app, but the audio player is bugged badly: I have been on Webnovel for over a year now and read/listened to MANY of the books on their platform. Defy the Alpha(s) by Glimmy is hands down the best one out of their entire catalog. However, for the last couple weeks, any time I try to use the audio player/ audio book feature, it stops and starts, it reads the same line over and over, an
26. [R98] WebNovel 5/5 · US Everything’s great with one issue: Everything about this app has been great since I started using it. However, I’ve only ever had issues with the audiobook / read aloud function. I’d love to listen while driving my car.