User Reviews: Royal Road

Royal Road - Read Stories

Not Yet Media Ltd.

Entertainment

Books

Reviews Summary

Positive highlights

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This app hasRobust filtering to find stories easily

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This app hasEthical monetization scheme without intrusive ads

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This app hasVast catalog of stories across many genres

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This app hasElegant dark mode design for comfortable reading

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This app hasConvenient home screen showing reading history and updates

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This app hasHelpful in-built dictionary for unfamiliar words

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This app hasStreamlined functionality compared to website

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This app hasEasier to keep track of updates and new chapters

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This app hasFrequent updates and responsive support

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This app hasPersonalized story recommendations

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This app hasIntuitive and user-friendly interface

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This app hasBetter reading experience than mobile website

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This app hasSafe platform that protects author rights

Negative highlights

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This app hasRandom deletion of downloaded books

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This app hasAdvanced search page opens instead of basic search

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This app hasSignificant battery drain and phone heating issues

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This app hasDifficulty canceling premium subscription

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This app hasMissing some common story tags

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This app hasNarrow reading area in landscape mode

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This app hasMisleading offline download functionality

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This app hasLoud and unskippable audio ads

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This app hasLack of text-to-speech support

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This app hasNo author tools or writing features

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This app hasPersistent banner ads at the bottom

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This app hasLimited font and theme customization options

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This app hasInability to open shared stories in the app

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This app hasDifficulty accessing reading history and progress

Top reviews

My Favorite Website Comes to Mobile
Royal Road is an outstanding website that allows authors to post stories on the platform, gain exposure, and build an audience — all for free. You can pay for a subscription but that is completely optional and just helps the website out and removes ads (the ads aren’t obtrusive).

The website’s owners have a high level of ethical integrity and specifically insist on protecting the rights of authors. They ensure authors retain all rights to their posted stories and try to prevent piracy. They are helpful and are active in the community. They are personally invested in the app and have a strong vision for the website (and now app).

1000% recommended for anyone looking for awesome free stories. Many of them eventually go to Amazon and go on to be successful fantasy series, so you can read them first on Royal Road!
caerulex
a year ago