WebNovel - Read Novels & Manga 17+

good app, used to be Great

I have used this app for a few years at this point. I have read a lot of good novels and comics in that time. Since this is a Chinese app there are a lot of Chinese authors and artists that make up the majority of the contributions. That isn't really a problem for most stories, but some translation jobs are better than others. That is probably due to certain words/expressions not translating properly and is for the most part not a problem when reading. The app does have a "leveling" system that doesn't play much into the reading part, but directly affects how much voting power you have when deciding on new serialized works or the current rankings of "hot" novels/comics. It used to be an amazing system: guaranteed EXP every day, and 3 fast passes to use on chapters. But now experience is harder to get without paying (which is not a problem if you just want to read) and the fast pass system has been changed to a genre+format basis. The new fast pass system limits how you can use the fast pass, and this is my biggest complaint. But it forces me to read outside of my wheelhouse when I don't want to waste a fast pass I otherwise wouldn't use. I wish the daily login always gave me +5EXP and a daily pass again. T.T

It’s expensive

This app is expensive! You’ll easily spend over $200 for one story. They have some pretty good stories on there. Some are better than others so you have to spend some time searching. I recommend reading only complete stories though. I invested so much money in one story to find it wasn’t complete and the author hadn’t updated in over month. Also, the stories are like 500+ chapters long. The thing that irks me is that first 20 or so chapters in the stories are plot driven and really capture your attention. Then the next 100 chapters is devoted to the main character doing mundane things like enjoying a pleasant meal with family and having lighthearted or nonsensical banner with other characters or even just having an internal monologue. Then you get 3-4 chapters that advanced the plot with another 100 or so chapters about nothing important. And that pattern repeats until the end of the book. So, many of these stories are unnecessarily long and I suspect it’s due to the issue of earning money. The app itself is not intuitive. Like, you have to play around with it for a bit to figure it out and their Privilege system is a total scam. You use 300+ coins for the privilege of reading chapters that aren’t released yet and then have to use more coins to unlock the chapters you just used your privilege on. I like the app ok, but they need a better system that is easier on the reader’s wallet.

Surprising good, but.....

This app was actually good. I came across it due to an accidental Facebook post. I’ve been reading now for a week and I only have a few issues. The point system doesn’t make any sense. Do you get points because the book is new?Why do books that are over a year old still have high coin cost? shouldn’t those cost come down. For example I am reading a chapter book that has over 1100 chapters, how however I am only 200 chapters in and I have already spent $25. On average you can buy this book in the store for that cost. Why does it cost so much to read these books? If you could change the points system to where chapters cost maybe three points instead of seven or eight that might ease the burden of paying for these chapters.

Also I noticed that the further into the chapters you get the more they cost. Again as I said I’m only 200 chapters it so why did the cost of the chapters go from 7 to 8 is it going to be a one point increase every 100 pages? I have paid for the trial(Which was discounted from 9.99 to 7.99 ) for 500 coins. Add the $10 purchase for 500 points and the individual purchases of 50 points for a dollar this is becoming quite expensive and I don’t know if I can continue to read after this book. It’s obvious that the goal is to get money instead of telling stories so could we try to focus on telling the stories and not how much money were making.

Developer Response ,

Thank you so much for your feedback to Webnovel and sorry for the troubles we caused. We have recorded and are working on the problem you mentioned. Your feedback is essential to the perfection of our app. Hope you enjoy your future journey with Webnovel.