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Do not get sucked into this stupid app
I started reading a book on Facebook. I wanted to finish it but it’s going to take me a week to finish the last few chapters because you have to either buy the coins to buy chapters or wait to earn coins. So I bought 100 coins for $4.99. And then unlocked some chapters but the balance never showed up it just automatically used my 100 coins to unlock who knows how many chapters and now it’s asking for more money to unlock more chapters. It doesn’t tell you how many coins it would be to unlock the whole book and some of the chapters are a different amount of coins. Also there is only one way to earn coins and that is your daily check in. The daily check in coin increases every day but only for 7 days. Then you go back to the beginning to get less coins after that.
When I finish this book I’m deleting the app.
I just want to read a dang book and not spend who knows how much money on the books. There are other book apps that don’t do this to you so you’re better off finding a better app that isn’t trying to scam you out of money.Show lessCbBe
Developer Response
Hello,We are sorry to hear the App was not as your expected.We'll try to resolve the issue as soon as possible by providing more opportunities to be rewarded the coins within the app,please keep a look out for that!If you have any other questions,please login your account and come to us via:Help>Feedback,we will reply you within 24 hours.Enjoy Reading - Never Enough Coins
I enjoy the books here but, I’ve spent hundreds of dollars purchasing coins, however this is getting old. 1) unlike other apps, they don’t use your bonus coins first, so if you have recently purchased coins you lose all the bonus coins, they expire, so you really never obtain any “free coins” 2) if you don’t purchase coins, and rely on the bonus coins, I have to go two-three days to get enough coins to read only one chapter! Lord, depending on the book (how many coins each chapter is) heck it could take you two to three months to read one 30 chapter book relying on bonus coins, that’s crazy. Bottom line is I’m done paying over and over to read with this app, I can’t wait 2-3 days to read one chapter! It kind of stinks, I have several books I want to read saved, I really like the author Lexi Ryan and several others, I just can’t afford all the coins it takes anymore, several hundreds of dollars is enough!Show lessGo CATS Go
Developer Response
Hello,We are sorry to hear the App was not as your expected.We'll try to resolve the issue as soon as possible by providing more opportunities to be rewarded the coins within the app,please keep a look out for that!If you have any other questions,please login your account and come to us via:Help>Feedback,we will reply you within 24 hours.What happened?
I used to really enjoy this app. Bonus coins were fairly easy to get because it typically just involved reading for a certain amount of time. Now you have to unlock so many chapters in order to get coins to unlock chapters. First 5 then 9. And if you unlocked 6 before claiming that first reward the extra 1 doesn’t go to towards the 9 for the next level reward. You end up spending more than you can get and eventually you can’t get the bonuses without spending money to unlock chapters. Doesn’t make sense. Also I noticed there hasn’t been any free for a limited time books lately. Please change this.Show lessLovingfantasy
This used to be my favorite reading app
This used to be my favorite reading app. Books are great, and well written and edited. Liked it so much I subscribed. Then two weeks ago I lost my reading history and now although the App Store happily accepts my money and shows me as subscribed the app no longer does and continues to ask for coins. I’ve asked for assistance through their feedback form twice in those two weeks and have yet to get a response. So I will find a new app and cancel my subscription before it renews in 9 days. I was fine paying for books individually but something just feels very dishonest about offering a subscription but not honoring it. Even if it’s just a glitch not receiving back a response in weeks to an actual problem involving real money just rubs me the wrong way and I’m not buying more coins again even if I’m just getting into a really good book when their app acknowledges to me I have a subscription but asks for more money…..Show lessfrustrated book lover
Developer Response
Dear valued user, we do apologize for the inconvenience caused! In the last version, there was glitch that has to be fixed, and it really took us some time to fix. Our IT team has been working very hard to ensure our users have a perfect reading experience! The technicians have to find back bonus and coins and reading history for all users one by one. Could you please provide your uid and send us via feedback function in KISS App? So that I can check the fixing progress of your account. Thanks for your support and patience.Stories are good, but it’s a pain to even get to read them.
You get 3 coins for the first 3 daily check ins. It takes 6-10, sometimes more, to unlock a single chapter. The next 4 check in days, you get 5 coins each. Then the once you check in for 7 days, it goes back to giving you 3 coins. This is extremely frustrating because I have to check in for 3-4 days before I can even read a single chapter. Maybe consider offering ads for coins? I’m not willing to pay $4.99 and still not get to finish the entire book.Show lessThe og Pizza
Hate the new updates
I love this app but the recent updates have not made it better, it’s made it harder to get coins. The check in now has ads (which is not that big of a deal but still slightly annoying) and the old reading rewards were based on time read now it’s based on unlocking 5 chapters.
This has been my favorite app for reading but I wish I had t installed the last two or three updatesShow lessN.Scribbles
Concept is good, execution is horrific
It is never explained how the “bonus” from daily check can be used, found that out by reading some comments in chapter notes. Everything was fine for a while then my account suddenly disappeared- “eh, I haven’t bought anything I can work around this” and did. They make a change to the other option to earn bonuses-worked only after sending a feedback form. No response, no sorry for the issue it’s been corrected…no customer service. Yesterday I try to use my daily check bonus but only get a popup to buy coins. Take screenshots to send another feedback request but they won’t come up when I try to attach (yes, the app is allowed to access my camera, it shows only pictures from 1st feedback form). So thanks for the memories of a few good stories but this app needs to be a lot more user friendly & reliable.
The only plus was seeing some authors I wasn’t familiar with…now I’ll go buy there books somewhere else.Show lessMissing Colorado too
Developer Response
Dear valued user, we are sorry about your experience. You can use the bonus to unlock chapters. If you meet any problem, please login your account and come to us via:Help>Feedback. We are happy to help you out!I’m confused….
So I’m not great at understanding apps honestly so please don’t take this personally. In the title of the app it said “Read & write romance” so I thought we could write there?? I am genuinely confused. And again please don’t take this personal, I just love writing stories so I decided to come check out this app. So I started exploring but I kind find anywhere to write?? So I’m confused by the title. If you could explain that would be amazing! Thank you.Show lessBilwonderqueen
Deleting immediately
I read a snippet of a book on social media and dismissed it but then it popped up again. I knew it was going to be a decent book and I’m on vacation so I downloaded the app. In order to keep reading you have to buy “coins”. The first time I bought 100 coins for $5. No biggie a book normally costs about that. There’s a box clicked that says use coins automatically when you first buy them. I had no idea how many I was using but figured no big deal. Well I had to repurchase coins 3 times just to finish the book. $15 later I’m not a happy camper.
Could the company just tell you up front? Sure but no one would ever pay $15 for each book. So why would they.
Marketing 101 says keep your prices reasonable abd you’ll have long time customers. $5 a book times multiple books is $25+ because it is a good app. But they’d rather swindle you out of $15 up front and lose customers so now they have to keep this up,
Word to the developers. Be up front, honest and reasonable and you could have had a huge amount of loyal readers. I easily would have read her series for $5-$7 per book upfront = $28 plus I’m sure I would have read more. You got $15 and no repeat business ever again. No way am I paying $60 to read 4 books from a shady company.Show lessHeatherB797
Developer Response
We appreciate your feedback. At KISS, we strive to provide our users with an unparalleled reading experience by empowering authors and readers. At KISS, you’ll find books that have been carefully selected, and you’ll receive recommendations based on your unique reading tastes and preferences, something that many retailers are unable to provide. Plus, with our model, you’re able to read as much or as little as you want, rather than purchasing a full book and not finishing it or not enjoying it. We feel confident that once you give KISS a try, you’ll keep coming back for more of our amazing books and amazing authors.Reading Rewards Are Terrible
I used to love this app. It used to be my favorite because I could read and read while gaining a fair amount of coins. I noticed a change recently in how many coins I can earn a day which bogged down my reading. Now I have to unlock 5 chapters to gain reading rewards? What used to take me one day to read now takes me a couple of weeks. Now, I hate this app and I’m deleting it. The book I was trying so hard to read was available on kindle so I just spent $2 for the whole book rather than wasting time on this app that has suffered a sharp decline in worth. Way to crash and burn KISS!Show lessSpiritForsaken
