Light Novel Reviews: Is It Legit?

Name: Light Novel - Offline Reader
Rating: 4.54416 (351 reviews)

Light Novel - Offline Reader

Thien Le

🎬 Entertainment

📚 Books

Customer Experience

Positive experience79.0% of reviews

Neutral8.6% of reviews

Negative experience12.3% of reviews

~ Based on 81 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Light Novel

Reviews of Light Novel are mixed: the Books app is rated 4.5/5 from 351 App Store ratings. What users like most: great novel selection, affordable VIP/lifetime membership. Top complaints: overbearing ads, limited library selection. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

👍Great novel selection
💰Affordable VIP/lifetime membership
🎧Good text-to-speech (TTS) quality
✨Generous login gifts and points system
📥Downloadable chapters for offline reading
🆓Free to read with ads
🚀Fast updates
🌟AI audios are on point
👍Easy to use
💯Worth paying for VIP
👍Good for offline readers
💎Developers are appreciated

Negative things

😠Overbearing ads
📉Limited library selection
⚠️Ads can be intrusive/laggy
🚫Offline viewing issues
💸VIP upgrade feels excessive
🤖Robotic AI narrator sound
🐛Glitchy chapter downloads
🗑️Downloaded chapters removed over time
😵Ad count down when not in app
❌Lifetime membership removed
🚫Apple OAuth not working
❌VIP status not transferred between platforms
❌Cannot redeem purchases on new devices
❓Illustrations missing
🚫Ads cover text/screen
🚫Ads play at full volume
🚫App doesn't work offline
🚫TTS stops when app is closed

Is Light Novel Safe?

Light Novel - Offline Reader appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Light Novel is 90/100.

This assessment is based on 351 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.5/5.

Safety Analysis

89.6% of ratings point to a safe experience

5.2% of ratings suggest some concerns

5.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 347 App Store ratings for Light Novel.

Is Light Novel Legit?

Light Novel - Offline Reader appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Light Novel is 95/100.

Based on 95 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

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Annoying search bar

My favourite app to read novels

but unfortunately everything has flaws. the search bar is actually awful, when searching for a novel/book it does not gives accurate results and thats my issue here

FFriktam

21 days ago

peak app

I love it a a lot and recommend. This is the first time I’ve given a review to an app so it’s that good.

WWhatno,Wait!

25 days ago

Decent free reader but flawed

This reader doesn’t allow to import the stories at all so I can’t read the novels a want to read.

LLwolfrt

a month ago

Good reader

Good reader not great at jumping from 2 different readers

EEcthorDax

2 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback! Sorry switching between readers isn't smooth yet. Could you email contacts.simplestudio@gmail.com with a bit more detail on what happens? We'd love to fix it!

Light Novel

This app is perfect for stories but I only don’t like the way the AI speak

BUblessing udoh

2 months ago

TTS ENHANCED

Hey, i recently downladed the app, here is a few suggestion. The app doesnt go to the next chapter unless its open( with the premium pass) . It will be great if it could work. Also it will be great if you could add a timer for lecture, for example, i like to read 30 minutes before bed.
Finaly, the TTS ENHANCED (Evan or Nicky) is okay but it sound so robotic. I think if you can update it for an even better voice quality it will be great. For reference andrew-us on the web novel app sound perfect.
Thank you!

RRobinz4521

2 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for the detailed suggestions 🙏 We’ve noted the premium pass next-chapter behavior and the 30-minute reading timer idea — both are great suggestions. Regarding TTS, we’re continuously improving voice quality and will work on making it sound more natural in future updates. Really appreciate you taking the time to share this!

great app

could have better text to speech, integrating a proper AI maybe

MMagicalsnek

3 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback! 🙏 We’re always looking for ways to improve the text-to-speech experience, and we’re exploring better AI voices for the app.

It’s rly good with that free add free token option

I like it but it has a glich where if u inv ur friend it says u get vip fr a week but u dont actually get it it just shows that u have vip no vip perks

Vvhdfr

3 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for reporting this, and sorry for the issue! 🙏 We’ll look into the referral VIP reward and fix it so the VIP perks are properly activated. We really appreciate you bringing this to our attention!

None

Much ads but manageable and worth it

J5Jennifer’s 504

3 months ago

Read aloud additions

Hey I already said this is the app but I thought I’d double dip. I’m extremely impressed with the app, however I wish there was more content in the read aloud side of things. It would be great if there were more additions like pronunciation correction, skipping certain words or phrases, or only skipping/highlighting sentences instead of full on paragraphs. Great work otherwise tho

Oorangejacket64

3 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for the amazing feedback—and for "double dipping"! 😊 It really means a lot to hear you're enjoying the app. Those are excellent suggestions for the Read Aloud feature. Pronunciation correction, custom word/phrase skipping, and sentence-level highlighting are all ideas we've been thinking about, and feedback like yours helps us prioritize what to build next.

Simplified Beast Evolution Path

Surprisingly coherent and well written. The characters have depth to them and it’s actually pretty good

MSMr. Night Sky

4 months ago

It’s meh.

The app looks great but the amount of ads popping up? Terrible the amount of points you get from watching ads? Terrible the ad at the bottom of the screen making scrolling laggy? Absolutely awful Ima stick with NovelReader it’s better.

UUnknownSoloP1

4 months ago

Response from developer

We're sorry to hear that your experience wasn't a good one. We understand that ads can be frustrating. We try to balance keeping the app free with providing a good reading experience, and your feedback about the ad frequency, coin rewards, and scrolling performance is valuable. We'll continue working to improve these areas in future updates.

Peak reading experience

Both smooth free and easy to use and understand

RRock_0

4 months ago

Really Awesome!!!!

There are many novels that can be read online and you also get points by reading them . I can also downloads novels with these points and every log in gift points are generous. I sometimes log in daily even if I am not reading to collect points and so I can use them for later. The points system is really fair and I like it . Not like other apps where you can only get so little and have to buy them.

RRileyChu_61

4 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for the thoughtful review! ❤️ I'm really glad you're enjoying the coin system and daily rewards. I wanted to make it fair so everyone can keep reading without feeling forced to spend money. Thanks for your support, and I hope you continue enjoying LightNovel. Happy reading!

Add a fast forward/ rewind option

Please add an option to make it where when your listening to the audio you can skip/rewind so it will be easier to listen, I’m at work and some want to skip in the story, please add this I saw in the App Store a picture the had an option where this was available but I can’t see it, it’s the 4th picture on the App Store where it says every novel, now an audiobook

--Puffz

4 months ago

Fantastic app

One of the best novel reading app that I’ve tried. Almost all the novels are present and you can even listen to them

MBMattu boy

4 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for the 5-star review! 😊 I'm really happy you're enjoying LightNovel. It's great to hear that you like both the large novel library and the listen feature. I'll keep improving the app and adding more features. Happy reading (and listening)!

Love it

Love it and only thing they could change is the sound of the narrator AI it should be real like sound person . If they use sound like the chat GPT I think it will be awesome . But over all it’s amazing app lets you read or listen as much as you can . With some ads but still way better than spending 1000$ on other apps

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5 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for the amazing review! 😊 I'm glad you're enjoying the app. I completely agree that more natural AI voices would make the experience even better. I'm actively working on improving the TTS quality and adding more realistic voice options in future updates. Thanks again for your support, and happy reading!

One glitch which should be resolved however amazing app in all

I’m enjoying the app so much however there’s just one problem. When I tried downloading the chapters with my points, it didn’t download and I couldn’t get my points back but it happened only once so I’m guessing it was a glitch apart from that I can’t wait to see more about the new feature that has been updated.

Although there are lots of ads, you can gain points by watching them which helps you to download the chapters. For me once the chapters are downloaded I can switch off my data and WiFi and enjoy uninterrupted reading, so in all I’m really enjoying the app.

Aamazing_sunshine

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the kind words and the detailed feedback, it really helps. Sorry about the points not refunding after that failed download. If you email me at contacts.simplestudio@gmail.com, I'll credit the points back for you. More features on the way, happy reading.

Great novel app with one flaw it removed some downloaded chapters over time

I love how you can download the novels so you can read them online it’s a great novel the only issue is it keeps removing what’s been downloaded after a bit so if possible I’d like that flaw fixed

Wwolfinaroseheart

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much, glad you're enjoying it! 😊

App used to be ok but kind of annoying now it’s borderline unusable without premium

I always used this app for one specific book only because it is free on here otherwise I use other apps because the ads are overbearing, now they added an update so that you can only read 15 chapter for free per day unless you watch more ads even if you downloaded the book, which you also have to watch ads to download, the only way to get around is to pay premium which also sucks because you guys already stuff this app with ads every 2 minutes

TTurrtalI

5 months ago