# Fantales — user reviews > 48 indexed App Store user reviews of Fantales by HM Games LLC FZ, rated 4.71/5 from 3,508 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fantales/id6746925273/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fantales/id6746925273.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,749 · 4★ 325 · 3★ 115 · 2★ 12 · 1★ 11 ## What do users think of Fantales? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - ⭐ Excellent story **Cons** - 💰 Excessive ads and paywalls - 🕰️ Inconsistent unlock requirements - 🐛 Technical issues and lost progress - 📚 Inconsistent writing quality **Commonly reported bugs** - Disappearing purchased content - Redundant or nonsensical text **Most requested features** - Consistent and reasonable unlock requirements - Improved ad experience or ad-free option - Better content curation and editing ## Newest reviews (12 of 48) ### 2/5 — Incomplete stories and no response from support *2025-12-30, version 1.9.4* I got 256 chapters into Whispers in the Dark and then it ended without any conclusion to the story. It just stops. It’s clear from the writing that there should be more chapters, but they aren’t there. I paid to get remaining chapters and was very frustrated that I wasted my money. I don’t mind paying for good content but I do mind that I didn’t get what I paid for. ### 2/5 — Mediocre and always pressing for cash *2025-10-20, version 1.9.2* The books really could be run through a spelling/grammar check that could clean up a lot. It’s annoying to the flow when sentences are repeated or missing words or just don’t make sense. But worst is they call a “chapter” a collection of about 10 pages so a book is hundreds of chapters long and even when they are unlocked they will still pop ads in while reading, and the cost to unlock a chapter is just not worth it. Not for unedited junk. ### 1/5 — Lost book *2025-09-12, version 1.9.0* I was really into one of the books. I paid to unlock some chapters. Got to chapter 108 and couldn’t move further through. Updated app and now book has disappeared and not on site. Really disappointed. ### 2/5 — Clean App but too many ads *2025-09-11, version 1.8.0* If I am being fair I like the way the app looks and how the books are presented. The UI is good. However the way to earn more chapters is disappointing. Yes, we know they would like a micro transaction to unlock chapters, but with chapters that are only a couple pages and some of the stories are still being written and thus incomplete. 150+ in the on I am on and its is ongoing. I can buy books either in ebook format or as paper copies for less than it costs in this app. And should you be willing to watch ads to unlock chapters, the number of ads increases, seemingly infinitely, each time you do this. I am up to eleven ads to unlock a chapter. This makes this app effectively unusable for me. Oh, yes, you can get a free chapter every eight hours too. I can finish a complete book in less than eight hours. Earning a handful of paragraphs is not satisfying after an eight hour wait. I would love to support these authors and even this app but it is not worth my time or money to do so. Two stars because the experience, aside from ads and pay is good. ### 1/5 — Whispers in the Dark *2025-09-09, version 1.8.0* Great book but even though I have paid for chapters after 161 I can’t access them!! I have emailed help several times and have received NO RESPONSE!! This is very annoying and I feel like I have been ripped off. Hopefully this gets their attention and they fix the damn app!! I wonder if this happens in all their books? ### 1/5 — Waste of time and money *2025-08-29, version 1.8.0* I’ve been reading whispers in the dark. It’s been an interesting read however there’s little chapters for adds and time frames. I brought coins and have been waiting for a reply from the help centre as the book chapters ended and I never realised. This took over 300 coins and not sure why as the book finished this needs to be looked into to help others not be taken advantage of. Scam system in more ways than one. I have asked for a refund now but still awaiting response from them. ### 1/5 — The Silent Wolfs Reckoning *2025-08-15, version 1.7.1* I started reading this story through the game that I was playing, and when I downloaded the app, it told me to download the story is nowhere to be found. They’ve never heard of it. What’s up with that? ### 2/5 — Great story’s but ads let it down *2025-08-09, version 1.6.0* I love the stories Iv read so far but wish that ads to open “chapters” ( quotes cause not really full length chapter) refreshed daily do you really expect people to each 22 ads for a couple of pages ### 1/5 — Far too many mistakes *2025-08-04, version 1.5.0* From character that escaped but chapters later being in jail. Certain things repeated to the point of annoyance. Do not recommend ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2025-08-03, version 1.5.0* I went away for 20 minutes and the book backed up several chapters and now it’s making me watch ads to get back to where I was and I already watched several ads to get where I was. ### 1/5 — Don’t Do It! *2025-08-02, version 1.5.0* Thought this was like the usual but annoying ‘watch ads for chapters’ but couldn’t find the book elsewhere so… Despite the repeated words… I got to chapter 101 to find I have to pay for coins to continue reading… no way am I paying those astronomical avalanche prices for the next 101 chapters! Sad waste of a nice book and my time! Going to delete the app now! ### 2/5 — Too many ads for quality of writing.. *2025-07-26, version 1.3.1* The books are good but the amount of ads is pushing it and is unreasonable when ads could be 90 seconds or longer. The books do contain mistakes and that makes the amount of ads even more difficult to look past. This app is not a unique concept and I think the app developers should consider that the ads will push users towards competitors with more accessible formats x ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Writer Credit? *2026-04-18, version 2.3.0* The interface makes it difficult to navigate to the library or any other page in the app while in one of the stories. There may be method to this madness, though. Partway through CURSED BLOOD, I wanted to see what other stories were available on the app, to decide if I wanted to spring for extra coins. I finally managed to access the home page, and selected another story… …about another woman, fleeing her past, running a bar in Minnesota, where a handsome stranger comes in and makes her a life-changing offer. Same plot, no werewolves. On reading the summaries for the (very few) books available (to be fair, there might have been more, but the interface kept me from finding them), I spotted more similarities. In the stories themselves, I noticed the word “architecture” used frequently, always to refer to something other than buildings. There was a lot of repetition in the text, summarizing major plot points as if the author was afraid readers wouldn’t remember what they’d read. The style was the same in each book, using lots of partial sentences to convey urgency, for example. Either there was a heavy-handed editor at work here, or all the stories were written by the same person. Why wasn’t that person credited? Not even a pseudonym? Using an app to create a single-author collection isn’t a bad idea. Why not be upfront about it? Unless the stories weren’t composed by a person at all. AI software has been trained on the work of millions of authors (without their consent or any compensation, sadly). That software has been improving so rapidly that last month’s output bears no comparison to what it can do today. The uniformity of these books’ plot and style and the absence of any author’s credit could be accounted for by various human shortcomings. But I can’t dismiss the suspicion that these stories were not written, but programmed. ### 1/5 — Even of you pay to read you still get ads in between chapters *2026-04-14, version 2.1.0* What a scam. Pay per chapter isn’t a new concept, and while it may not work for everyone, it’s fairly common to pay for coins to unlock content. However, this app absolutely taking it too far and forcing users to watch ads in between chapters they have already paid for. I’d pay money to read, but I am not going to pay money AND watch ads. I’d go find another app, there are plenty with the same selection of stories. ### 1/5 — Ads even when you pay plus maybe AI writing? Avoid this app *2026-04-12, version 2.1.0* I honestly have no problem paying for chapters. What made me uninstall was primarily that almost every chapter I paid for also made me watch an ad. You don’t get to double dip on me. And then also, as I read further, I started noticing signs of things I tend to see in AI writing which I won’t support. ### 1/5 — Horrible Customer Service *2025-11-04, version 1.9.4* I bought a book and added it to my library, but the next day, the book was no longer available on the app. I have emailed the help center 6 or so times requesting a refund and I have yet to receive any form of response. Is this seriously how you treat your customers?! The worst customer service I have dealt with. I would give them negative stars if I could. ### 1/5 — Do not install *2025-10-07, version 1.9.2* If I could give a zero I would. I downloaded the app after seeing a pop up for Fantales app to read “The Unseen Heir”. After about 50 chapters, the book disappeared from my library. Did a search for it and not even showing up in the app. Sent 2 emails to their help desk with no response. This happened just after they did an update. I finally just deleted the app. Reinstalled it and found the book I was reading. Now a month later, 300 plus chapters in to the book and it’s disappeared again from my library and again from the books the app has. Emailed again. No response from them AGAIN. And guess what, update was just done the night before. I’ve deleted the app and reinstalled several times, but “The Unseen Heir” is not showing up. This book has over 600 chapters. I’ve paid for some chapters too. Don’t get this app no matter how appealing the book might be. I’ve got a feeling this may happen a lot and they are getting free money and readers not getting a complete book (and book is showing completed) ### 1/5 — Ads and more ads *2025-10-04, version 1.9.2* The are limited ways to get coins to read a book. One is the daily check in of 20 coins but a chapter needs 30 to unlock. Or you could wait 7 hours to unlock a chapter. Another option is to watch 30 long ads to open a chapter. The chapters are very short, 9 small pages!! Not worth the effort. 😡 Much better Apps out there. ### 1/5 — Don’t waste your time or money! *2025-09-24, version 1.9.1* I have been trying to read a book for a couple of months. I have even bought coins to try and read more but you don’t get much for your money. Now a problem has occurred and I can’t get any help and cannot get to read the book that I have nearly finished! A real waste of time and money. ### 1/5 — Book no longer found after I have paid money to review it *2025-09-21, version 1.9.0* I have been reading a story and now I cannot find it by searching- -sent a note to the app — waited over a week no response. Spent money to read the story — where did it go — fascinating that I have money loaded but cannot finish the book I started — no response. Very disappointing. ### 1/5 — Deleted the book I was halfway through reading *2025-09-19, version 1.9.0* Don’t bother with this app. It will delete the book you are reading midway through. No way I am starting another book knowing I might not be able to finish it. No response from customer service either after multiple attempts. ### 1/5 — The book is gone *2025-09-12, version 1.9.0* I could overlook the grammatical errors and the fact that you had to wait forever or pay an insane amount of money to unlock a book but now, the book I was in the middle of completely vanished. I went to read it under my saved books and it wasn’t there and I’ve searched for it and it doesn’t even come up. What a waste of time to not even get to read the ending after all. Deleting the app. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Nice *2026-04-20, version 2.3.0* Book ### 5/5 — Whispers in the Dark *2025-08-30, version 1.8.0* Great read so far ### 5/5 — Great *2025-08-27, version 1.8.0* Mesmerizing so far ### 5/5 — The Will to Live *2025-08-01, version 1.4.0* The depth of survival against all odds! Never give up, never give in may be the key to survival! Mind over matter ! ### 5/5 — Whisper in the dark *2025-07-14, version 1.2.0* Excellent ### 4/5 — Can be frustrating *2025-09-14, version 1.9.0* It has this reading bonus with candy hearts. It doesn’t work. Says the cost is $.99 and then charges $4.99. Second time I tried said I had 800 hearts and only gave me 250 when I paid. Scam. Stories are good though. ### 3/5 — Ok app… *2026-04-15, version 2.1.1* Stories seem to be decent. I don’t mind watching adds to read. The amount of adds gets a bit much. What I don’t like…even if you pay to unlock chapters they still may you watch adds every couple of chapters!!!! Why!?!? You got the money let me read in peace! ### 3/5 — Interesting *2026-04-14, version 2.1.1* But I only got through 2 chapters before it said: error, somethings gone wrong. ### 3/5 — Good and Bad *2025-08-11, version 1.7.1* Some of the stories are very good. Story lines, grammar, editing. Chapters are decent length. Good on these. I finally finished “The Art of Ruin.” Now I’m finished with the book and with the app. Read one chapter every 8 hours or Buy lots of coins. Prime reader and library ebooks are best options. ### 3/5 — Company needs to hire a proof reader. *2025-07-26, version 1.3.1* The stories are interesting but the spelling and grammatical errors are horrendous. Please hire a proof-reader. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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