# Free Novel — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of Free Novel by 森 袁, rated 4.84/5 from 773 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/free-novel/id1207143060/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/free-novel/id1207143060.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 715 · 4★ 24 · 3★ 17 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 14 ## What do users think of Free Novel? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Good selection of novels - 🚀 Convenient for reading on the go - 👍 Organized and easy to navigate - 👍 Free to use **Cons** - 🔒 Requires 5-star rating to continue reading - 🐛 Crashes and freezes - 🔧 Settings and notifications in non-English languages - 🔧 Lack of customization options (fonts, themes, etc.) **Commonly reported bugs** - Loading issues and error messages - Incompatibility with older devices **Most requested features** - Offline reading mode - Improved translation quality - More frequent chapter updates - Ad-free premium option ## Newest reviews (17 of 50) ### 5/5 — Very well done *2019-04-16, version 1.0* This app is very good if you just want to sit down and read. I recommend this reading app to everyone. ### 5/5 — Great app *2019-04-04, version 1.0* Didn’t expect to see some of these titles but so happy I can read them ### 5/5 — Useful *2019-03-25, version 1.0* It would be better if theres a low power option and more updated chapters ### 5/5 — Need five stars to unlock *2019-03-16, version 1.0* Really enjoying the app. Translations are pretty good. Not too pleased that I am coerced into giving a five star rating to continue reading. The designers should achieve their ratings honestly ### 5/5 — Amazing *2019-03-13, version 1.0* I like the way this app has ads at the bottom of the screen ### 5/5 — Works well *2019-03-09, version 1.0* Could use some options for formatting text to make it easier to read but overall this is a solid reader with a good selection of novels that are easy to search. ### 5/5 — Good Place to Read Chinese Literature *2019-03-06, version 1.0* I’ve always been a fan of Chinese literature. I never knew apps like these were available! I’ve always been reading from blogs in the past, so I am grateful for this app. ### 5/5 — It’s pretty good no real problems, there is a trial *2019-02-27, version 1.0* Other then the unexpected 5 star review its good, just wished I would’ve know about the trail before ### 5/5 — To read or not to read *2019-02-25, version 1.0* Need to give a 5* to continue reading ### 5/5 — Great find *2019-02-18, version 1.0* It’s unbelievable how many novels this has that I can’t find normally. It’s extremely convenient. ### 5/5 — Interesting *2019-02-12, version 1.0* I’m enjoying the easy access to all these novels. A lot of them I can find online but they’re spread out all over the place and it’s hard to keep track. This app is very convenient. ### 5/5 — It told me to do this *2019-02-09, version 1.0* This is really weird for me because I usually just stop using the app if it does this but I really want to read the stories in this app. ### 5/5 — It’s a good app *2019-01-28, version 1.0* It has many novels and they are all free. It is organized into categories and is organized. ### 5/5 — Thanks *2019-01-25, version 1.0* The app has a unique style went out for masses books which I appreciate makes it easy for me to pick the books that I like it is able to have a lot of books even though it is never like genre types it’s made it easy for me to find the books and read them when I couldn’t find them everywhere else or I had to pay for it thank you ### 5/5 — Hope this works good *2019-01-19, version 1.0* Haven't used this much yet but since this unlocks more hopefully it works ### 5/5 — Maaan *2019-01-18, version 1.0* Havent gotten that far its ight though so far, only put this rating cause i had to to keep reading ### 5/5 — All my Favorite Books, but BEWARE *2019-01-17, version 1.0* I have been trying to find an iOS app to read light novels on instead of virus written websites, and this app is great for that, and it has all of my favorite books, but beware, it does make you give the app a five star rating to continue reading. That is the only thing that would make me give it anything less though. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Would Not “Recommand” *2019-05-10, version 1.0* I normally don’t write reviews for apps, but I thought I would write one for this because of how ridiculous it is. While the app does provide free stories, it only lets you get past a certain point in the story before it requires you to make a five-star review or you can’t continue. While this doesn’t really do any harm, I think this is just a really shady way to get good ratings, especially for an app that’s not deserving of the rating. In addition to having several translation errors (“recommand” instead of “recommend” for example), the app has a pretty confusing layout and tended to freeze when I used it. Again, it’s not a horrible app and the stories are pretty fun to read. It’s just not perfect and it’s shady, man. Would not “recommand”. ### 1/5 — Forced and Broken. *2018-08-24, version 1.0* Forces readers to rate 5 stars to read more than a few chapters that don’t even end up loading in the first place. After a certain number of chapters in each book the app just stops loading them. So unless you only like reading the first 25% of each book then this app is for you. ### 3/5 — The End😢 *2018-11-24, version 1.0* You don’t update. Don’t you dare lie to me and tell me u update. I have waited for almost a year for a new update on a book (No Fatigue) and there’s still no update. Other than that there are no issues regarding this app. Thank you for your time and please make an effort to fix this issue. ### 4/5 — Need help *2019-09-12, version 1.0* Love the app the stories just keep coming and are enticing but now when I load the app all I get is a loading indicator and then some message comes up that I can not read because I don’t know Chinese languages and it never loads even when I know I have good internet already reinstalled still won’t work ### 4/5 — This is awesome *2019-05-25, version 1.0* I like this already and I just got it, but I wish I knew which chapter lines up with the manga when it’s a 300+ LN but other than that I like this. ### 4/5 — Good, but needs some bug fixes *2018-05-16, version 1.0* This app works pretty well, except that it crashes whenever I re-open it after going to another app, and the settings are written in Chinese. Overall a good app, but it just needs a few big fixes. ### 5/5 — Need offline reading *2019-09-13, version 1.0* It’s good great after searching I found the novel I needed but it’s online Fix offline reading too please ### 5/5 — Slow *2019-09-12, version 1.0* I love the novels but today when I open the app it’s really slow I can’t open any novel due to its slowness please fix it thx ### 5/5 — I like it *2019-05-19, version 1.0* There are a surprising amount of novels that I found interesting so I think this’ll keep me occupied for a while ### 5/5 — Time to unlock chapters~ *2019-05-12, version 1.0* Just doing this so I can read. This is probably why this app is rated so high. ## Most praised reviews (6 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good so far *2019-05-01, version 1.0* I’ve recently downloaded this because WN is trash but I’ll keep everyone updated if it’s good ### 5/5 — Why? *2019-04-28, version 1.0* It asked me to give 5 star rating in order to read on. ### 5/5 — Great App *2019-04-27, version 1.0* I’ve been looking for a way to read the web novels without all the sudden website collapses. Though I do like the way the app wants you to rate them. I got a good chuckle out of it ### 5/5 — No English in the settings *2019-04-27, version 1.0* All the setting and support things are in a different language and there’s no way to change it to English.:( Also couldn’t keep reading unless I gave 5 stars ### 5/5 — Requires 5 Star Review, But Amazing *2019-04-20, version 1.0* It’s wonderful. You can take your light novels on the go and you don’t have to pay for them (or again if you have the physical copies). Beware, it requires a 5 star review in order for you to keep reading past five pages. ### 5/5 — I like this app *2019-04-19, version 1.0* Thank to this app I have been able to enjoy reading and searching for new book or novels to read whenever and wherever I want. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*