JoyLit Ratings and Reviews

The book are great, but the bonuses glitch

Ever since I downloaded this app it’s been a cycle of amazing books. I love how apps like this have bonuses that you can get, to use to unlock chapters. I don’t have money to just buy coins when ever I want. Also I like how there’s a game that you can play to get more bonuses. The only problem is that sometimes after I play the game, the bonuses that I won don’t transfer, and it’s aggravating when you play and it says that the coins should be transferred but they’re not. Another thing that just happened, is that one book that I was reading reset some of the chapters that I already read, to make them locked again. I got to chapter 26 of “My Twin Soulmates”. I really don’t want this to happen to the other books I’m reading. If the creators read this, could you please fix it

Do Not Download

Look the books are really good or at least the one I’m reading, but the first chapter I had to buy was 97 coins so I did the little tasks and made that, but after there are no more tasks so you’d have to buy coins. It’s an outrageous price for coins because each chapter costs so many. The amount of coins to buy a chapter goes up every-time too. First it was 97 and now it’s 113 for one REALLY SHORT chapter. I’m a fast reader so chapters are usually pretty short, but these chapters are short even for a 7 year old, it takes me only a minute or two max to finish a chapter from there. I would suggest lowering the price of coins for each chapter or coming up with a monthly subscription plan to make it more appealing. If changes aren’t made then I’ll just stick to Wattpad. They have subscriptions and not all of their books are premium. There’s a wide variety of really incredible books on there for free. Plus the whole book is usually the amount of coins that this app wants you to pay for one short chapter. Wattpad also has videos you can watch to make the amount of coins in 30 days to get a book so you don’t have to spend any money out of pocket. I really like the books on JoyLit I just wish it was more affordable because the cost to buy enough coins in order to finish one of their books is the price of well over 4 or 5 books you can buy a paper copy of. It’d cost hundreds of dollars to finish one book, I don’t know about you, but that’s unaffordable to most.

Not worth it anymore

I originally loved this app but the last 2 days I had problems when doing the 24 hour reading challenge I was reading for hours I even bought a pass to ensure I passed the challenge and I got stuck on level 3 no matter what I did and the developers didn’t reach back out to me when I contacted them via email keep in mind this challenge I should have gotten 7000 coins to split among 96 people if they finished as well but we were all stuck on level 3. Then the next day I did the Readict to get 1000 coins and it didn’t work either. For the 24 hour challenge I even bought a pass and it said no where in the rules that it wasn’t allowed in order to complete the challenge they just cheated me out of coins and money! Also don’t buy the pass if you choose to continue use of the app because once the pass runs out of time every chapter you unlocked gets locked all over again and you just got played ! I thought I would continue using the app but I’ve been looking for my story on other platforms with more friendly purchase options and with a more active contact options because the contact us feature doesn’t work on this app at all! You have to use your email to reach out if I could give negative stars I would and I know they won’t respond here they ignore everyone with complaints

The Membership is a Scam I’m reporting to Apple Now 1 Week of No Response From Creator

The stories and writers are cool, my bone to pick is with the creators. I paid for the subscription of 300 coins for daily check in ($10 a month). I’ve only received 10 extra coins a day. I did receive the $900 upfront that was also included in my membership. However as a member I still don’t receive enough coins to unlock even one chapter a day. As a teacher I find it ridiculous that the app doesn’t even try to hide it’s using blurry lines/unclear wording to get money out of people. (Not just a normal amount $50 or more to read a whole book) The 300 daily coins was what it appeared to promise. Regardless of what the actual policy is, if it says 300 daily check in when I purchase I should receive that no if and or butts especially with a no refund policy. It’s screams greedy and slimy. Save yourself, don’t start, don’t download, don’t waste your time. Apps like these are created for people who don’t watch their money or have nothing better to do. Go buy a way more professionally written novel for less than half the price. If you still can’t get over these kinds of apps the one I’ve liked most so far is Alpha Novel!

Scam/Expensive app- not worth it

I have finished 1 book total on this app: what happens in Vegas… I had to buy coins and I got through it but the price keeps increasing and gets ridiculously expensive once you buy coins. I purchased over 3000 coins the first time and 2 days ago I purchased 2400, I didn’t even get to finish “He wants me back after the divorce” because it’s ridiculously long and quite expensive, when I attempted to go to the next chapter they said my coins were finished. I bought them like yesterday or 2 days ago max. There are a lot of grammatical errors in this book and it’s almost like some parts jumped ahead or skipped but I am truly disappointed about my coins. I believe I was robbed, there is no way I used 2400 coins in less than 2 days especially when I’m not reading all day. In addition I get the free coins for reading so how is that possible. I have yet to get the free 135 coins during this promo for reading 120 mins, yet I’ve used all the coins I bought? That is so ridiculous. I will never recommend this app. I’m going to find something better. Not worth it.

Great books but no money

I saw an ad for this app on other reading apps and on game apps. The stories that I was given glimpses of in the ads where really good and I would love to have continued to read those books and the MANY other books that are on the app, but I do NOT have the money to buy coins/passes no matter how I save. Since I now have a baby on the way, I definitely can’t afford to spend money on an app no matter how great it seems. I would have loved to have seen a daily rewards check in and/or even an ad watching set up to gain coins/passes to unlock chapters. Unfortunately because I don’t have the money to buy them I have no choice but to delete the app since I won’t be able to finish any of the books here. Very big sad. 5 stars so this review would be seen and because the stories look like great reads!

NOT for actually readers.

I love that there’s a subscription for it but I can’t get it because kids are expensive so I really rely on the freebies. Right now it’s read a certain amount of minutes and get prizes for reading. Read 10 minutes, 25 minutes, 40 minutes etc etc. I have read a few chapters and I know I have been on the app reading for at least an hour because I have been on the road. The only prize that has been unlocked is the 10 minute one. It’s a rip off and I can’t continue reading the stories I’m interested in because I don’t have enough coins to buy the next chapter. It’s insane how much it is to unlock a whole book. Each chapter is a different price ranging from 40 coins to over 200 coins. For $10 you can get 1000 coins or pay $10 monthly you can get 1300. That’s not enough for a whole book unless the book is unfinished and then it would take over a month just to finish one book. Smh. This app it NOT for people that love to read.

NOT Free Reading and WAY over priced!

The books I’ve started reading have been pretty good so far, but after about a week and a half of reading basically a chapter a day since that’s all the free coins cover (sometimes 2 days since you earn a very small amount of free coins) I am at a point where I can’t continue reading ANY of the stories I’ve started unless I purchase coins. I’ve started a small handful of different stories that I’d read through the first 6 (free) chapters when I couldn’t unlock a chapter. Most of them have minimal spelling/grammar errors, but one or 2 have had quite a lot and the writing has just been difficult to read/follow. I will likely be deleting this app because I will end up spending stupid amounts of money on books when I could just buy books direct from an author for a fraction of the cost. I would consider keeping it and putting some money into it if I had other options to pay like PayPal or credit card like some of the other reading apps rather than only being able to use Apple Pay in the app.

Developer Response ,

Hello, there are two options for you to choose from: book coins and reading cards. Currently users can earn free book coins on the reward page by updating to the latest version, so you can try it out.

Scam

I found a book I liked that they were advertising on social media and I started reading. The app is outrageously expensive and the price keeps going up and up, but I was invested in the story so I kept paying. I got $45 into the book to find it was unfinished and the author hasn’t posted any updates in months. I was so disappointed. I wrote in to customer service, complained about the lack of transparency, and asked for my money back. They began by asking for a list of information they knew I didn’t have - user number, dates of purchase, purchase number, etc. We went back and forth and they eventually declined to refund and said they credited me 100 coins, which isn’t even enough for a couple chapters. They also didn’t have a way of crediting me anything because I had already deleted the app in frustration. This is a overseas company that doesn’t care about anything other than getting your money any way possible. There are much better reading apps available. Don’t fall for this one.

Not worth it

The app itself is ok, although continuous scroll would be a nice reading format option.

The cost and subscription model is outrageous. The lowest subscription tier is the cost of a mass market paperback book but only allows you to read about 12 chapters of a book during the month. Other similar apps have subscriptions that grant you unlimited reading. You should at least be allowed to make it through one book on a monthly subscription. The chapters themselves are super short too. So a base subscription gets you access to only about 1 chapter equivalent of a published novel each month. There are not enough reward options to get more points in a day to read more chapters without paying significantly more. At a minimum subscribers should get automatic access to a new chapter each day. This would still end up costing significantly more then purchasing a book.

Best to stay clear of this app and look at other options with unlimited subscription models.