GALATEA: Novels & Audiobooks 17+

Interesting!!

I’ve tried 3 stories so far and the immersive experience has been quite different and interesting in a good way! Stories are exciting too. The only downside is the wait time—which seems to increase every day so the maximum you can read for free is probably one chapter per story per day (unless you’re paying—which I did for one story that was really exciting). I genuinely don’t mind paying for a good story/experience since I pay for ebooks and audiobooks in general but it would be nice to get more points out of each payment AND if they could implement a better bonus point system (such as reading 5 days straight grants you 10 points etc. or reading 5 chapters a day grants you additional 10 points etc.) because right now the amount of points you’re able to gain (both through the free system and actual payment) is pretty low so that also makes me less inclined to keep paying :( if the value I receive is higher then yes, why not? :)

Good but slightly annoying

Yep you all know what I’m talking about. It’s the waiting. The stories are great, though of course I don’t like all of them, only some but that’s just personal preferences. But. The. WAITING. Gosh can y’all shorten the time? I’m not asking to get rid of it, I understand the suspense and the readers can’t getting enough and the desperation to collect points and use more of your app therefore allowing you to profit, but I honestly considered deleting the app after finishing that one story I got hooked on (100% my fault) because there was no way I am going to just waiting day after day for a few short pages of words. The waiting will cause many people to consider and actually delete the app and if you can shorten it that will be great, thanks. :)

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your feedback! We love hearing suggestions and ways to improve our next updates! So thank you for taking the time to write a review and give your honest opinion about your waiting time experience. Many people seem to think it's reasonable because they are paying for an immersive story experience. So our costs have to include not only our authors getting paid but also sound designers, developers, editors, artists, and customer support :) I hope this gives you a bigger picture of how things work over at Galatea and inspire you to support us grow!

Mostly good but still annoying in some ways

The stories are really good and entertaining to read but having to wait 24 hours for the next chapter is really annoying. Even thought the chapters are very interesting, the long wait time honestly makes me want to find a physical book or another platform to read on.

I’d like to suggest making the wait times shorter, like 12 or 6 hours so its less annoying to wait for so long to continue reading it. Or what I can suggest for other readers, is to find something else to do, like your work or play a game. Find something to entertain yourself so the wait doesn’t feel that long.

All in all, this is truely a good app with entertaining stories. I just wish that the wait time could be cut down at least by a few hours so its less redundant to wait for the next chapter when it’s really getting to the good parts.