Expensive and poor customer service
I do enjoy the novels. Several good ones. But even with the $30 USD package you can only read 5 chapters a day before you have to watch adds. Even with adds and special rewards you can read 10 chapters at most. That is not even an hour of reading.
I mistakenly purchased the Shorts package which does not unlock novels. I immediately asked customer service to undo that purchase and refund my money but they refused and offered no solution. So I lost $30 for something I actually won’t use. I am now disputing the charge with my credit card company.
I mistakenly purchased the Shorts package which does not unlock novels. I immediately asked customer service to undo that purchase and refund my money but they refused and offered no solution. So I lost $30 for something I actually won’t use. I am now disputing the charge with my credit card company.
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Zero Stars!
I’ve seen so many apps like this with stories that are “exclusive“ but that you have to pay to read after a few chapters and it takes more pearls or coins then you could possibly earn without paying actual money. It’s absolutely ridiculous and a scam! I’d be fine if they had you watch an advertisement in order to read each chapter but none of this click three articles in order to get two pearls when you need 40 to read a single chapter. It’s a real shame too because the story actually has potential. I’m just not willing to pay 100+ bucks and waste all of my time for a handful of chapters. I can get full novels for 20 to 30 bucks for a brand new fresh off the press and popular book in a bookstore, less if I go to a used bookstore.
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The algorithm for pearls to unlock chapters is ridiculous
I am completely out raged they took my money didn’t even give me enough pearls it takes so much to unlock them and right now it says I have 45 pears and I only need 43 to unlock the chapter but I don’t have enough how does that work then I have to do side quests what’s with the open 3 websites why can’t I just watch a few videos I am irritated they have great books but the effort is not even worth it overall underwhelmed and disappointed might just delete the app 👀😭🥹😡😤
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I like the app but…
I think the app is great the books are addictive the only thing I’d change is pearl/coin deduction amount I had 1244 then after one chapter it went down to 1193 and the chapter is only 3 pages I feel cheated. 🤷🏽♀️
Pros and Cons
This is not an exhaustive list.
Pros:
- Good stories can be found, some well written, some buried under a lot of writing issues.
- Subscription saves money for someone who reads in excess.
- You offer an audio option! I like the ability to be able to switch back and forth between reading text and listening.
- Completed stories are well labeled and easily found if you don’t want to risk starting a story that may never end.
Cons:
- Some of the books have glitches on the audio side. One I’m trying to read can’t even be listened to it’s so bad. And another was fine until all of a sudden it started glitching, too. While other books are fine. I’m trying a fresh install.
- How is a book with 40 chapters considered a short?
- Shorts can only be read with a subscription and it’s not included in the novel subscription. You can’t even buy individual chapters. And the short subscription is almost as much as the novel one!
- You can only read text or listen one at a time. It would be helpful to be able to do both at the same time. One app I have will follow along with the audio, highlighting the text as it goes.
If the audio glitches can be fixed I’d bump this to 4 stars.
Pros:
- Good stories can be found, some well written, some buried under a lot of writing issues.
- Subscription saves money for someone who reads in excess.
- You offer an audio option! I like the ability to be able to switch back and forth between reading text and listening.
- Completed stories are well labeled and easily found if you don’t want to risk starting a story that may never end.
Cons:
- Some of the books have glitches on the audio side. One I’m trying to read can’t even be listened to it’s so bad. And another was fine until all of a sudden it started glitching, too. While other books are fine. I’m trying a fresh install.
- How is a book with 40 chapters considered a short?
- Shorts can only be read with a subscription and it’s not included in the novel subscription. You can’t even buy individual chapters. And the short subscription is almost as much as the novel one!
- You can only read text or listen one at a time. It would be helpful to be able to do both at the same time. One app I have will follow along with the audio, highlighting the text as it goes.
If the audio glitches can be fixed I’d bump this to 4 stars.
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