# NBReader — user reviews > 89 indexed App Store user reviews of NBReader by Tai Vuong Duy, rated 2.70/5 from 96 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nbreader/id6746718668/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nbreader/id6746718668.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 25 · 4★ 7 · 3★ 15 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 35 ## What do users think of NBReader? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Good app **Cons** - 🐛 Keeps crashing - 🔋 Crashes during ads - 💰 Expensive ad removal cost - 📥 Slow download issues - 📺 Ads still present **Commonly reported bugs** - Constant app termination - Download issues for large files - Audio reader not working **Most requested features** - Lifetime ad removal option - Points system improvements ## Newest reviews (16 of 89) ### 4/5 — Loading *2026-07-21* Everything was perfectly fine, however it suddenly stopped loading anything in the app and said retry your internet connection… the problem is that I have perfect internet connection. ### 3/5 — Too many ads *2026-07-09, version 1.9* I wish there was ad free version ### 2/5 — Fix it *2026-07-09* You need to fix your app I can’t edit my chapters on my published novel and the chapters keep scrambling themselves even though I ordered them ### 2/5 — Ads non-stop! *2026-07-05* The app is lovely looking but you can’t read two chapters without a multiple minutes long ad playing and potentially dropping you into a store only to start again if you accidentally exit. Too much bother with no option there make them stop. ### 3/5 — Issues with audio *2026-06-13, version 1.8* The app is ok. Interface is user friendly. The audio integration has issues: Bluetooth, Apple car play, AirPods controls - all broken. ### 3/5 — Not supported in country *2026-06-07* Hi so I’ve been using this app for the past 1-2 yrs and it’s been working fine but last week onwards it started not opening and saying app not supported in your country I live in Australia plz fix it ### 4/5 — Color background *2026-06-04, version 1.6* Please add back the choice to pick the hex code for the color background. It makes it alot more unique ### 3/5 — (Updated )Honest review *2026-05-27, version 1.5* NB Reader is a decent app overall, but it comes with a mix of great features and some major red flags. If you are considering using this app, here is a complete breakdown of the good, the bad, and the costly. The Good Things * Massive Library: They feature a large catalog of books sourced directly from Webnovel and various other websites. * TTS (Text-to-Speech) Capability: It offers plenty of voices to choose from. It appears to utilize your phone’s built-in TTS system, giving you a solid variety of narration options. * Improved Interface: The UI has been significantly upgraded. It is much easier to navigate, browse, and search for the exact novel you want (though you might occasionally run into an empty novel cover thumbnail). * The iOS Advantage: If you are an Apple/iOS user, this might actually be your best bet right now, simply because this app currently boasts the largest selection of novels compared to competing apps on the App Store. The Red Flags * Random, Interruptive Ads: The ads pop up randomly throughout your reading experience. They appear frequently enough to easily notice and disrupt your flow. * Immersion-Breaking TTS Pauses: There is a noticeable pause at every single line break when using the Text-to-Speech feature. If you are sensitive to pacing like I am, this will quickly ruin the immersion. * Insane Pricing (Highway Robbery): The cost to get rid of ads is incredibly high compared to almost any other app on the market. To give you a better idea of how the ads run and what it costs to escape them, here is the exact data from my testing and the in-app store: Ad Frequency (Timing Test) During a live timing test, ads popped up at these intervals: * Ad 1: After 2 minutes, 50 seconds * Ad 2: After 9 minutes, 47 seconds * Ad 3: After 15 minutes, 30 seconds The Premium Cost Breakdown If you want to bypass the ads and unlock full functionality, you have two choices: a direct Premium Membership subscription, or buying coins to trade for ad-free time. Premium Membership Plans Perks include: Complete ad removal, downloading chapters without spending points, VIP server access for faster download speeds, and early access to future features. * 3 Months: $26.99 * 6 Months: $47.99 * 1 Year: $83.99 The Coin System You can buy coin bundles and then spend those coins specifically to purchase ad-free time. Coin Bundle Pricing: * $15.00 gets you 1,000 coins * $35.00 gets you 4,000 coins * $40.00 gets you 5,000 coins * $75.00 gets you 10,000 coins Ad-Free Time (Coin Cost): * 3 Days: 100 coins * 1 Week: 200 coins * 1 Month: 700 coins * 3 Months: 1,800 coins * 6 Months: 3,500 coins * 1 Year: 6,000 coins The Verdict If you are on iOS and absolutely need access to the widest variety of webnovels, the massive library might make NB Reader worth downloading. However, unless you are willing to tolerate frequent, jarring ad interruptions or cough up some serious cash for their overpriced premium plans, the aggressive monetization and TTS glitches make it a tough pill to swallow. ### 3/5 — NBReader *2026-05-22* It’s good but just to get rid of ads for like a week is way to expensive it’s ridiculous ### 2/5 — What happened????? *2026-05-20* This was a 5 star but suddenly the app changed appearance, logged me out, and lost the progress/names of more than 20 books I was reading on ongoing status. The only way it will accept a login is thru google but that must not be how I was originally signed in because all my bookmarks are gone. Devastated! ### 3/5 — What exactly are the points for? *2026-05-10, version 1.2* I love the app, it’s great and all but the points we get are useless if we can’t use it for anything like unlocking chapters ### 4/5 — I NEED a search option for searching via chapter amount *2026-05-09* I’m an avid reader on this app and enjoy it thoroughly unfortunately short stories that are under 2000 chapters are quite common and i usually read those above 2000 chapters so a search option that allows a minimum number of chapters from a novel would be very useful😁 ### 2/5 — Page turning *2026-04-26* Can you fix the chapters that fit the whole screen? When I change from scrolling to page turning it looks weird. It’s like it only fit half of the screen. ### 2/5 — Ads! *2026-03-29* I like the app but ads seem to happen constantly! I would pay a one time fee to remove them ### 3/5 — Ads *2026-03-28* Give me the option to pay to not have ads. They pop up roughly every three to five chapters. ### 3/5 — How to use coins? *2026-03-25, version 1.2* The app is pretty decent with a lot of new novels being updated, only problem is the ad which I got coins for but I don’t see how I can used them. Can someone help me? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Infuriating *2026-07-21* I regularly get kicked out of my account and the app seems to delete it. After being kicked out whenever I try to log in again it fails. It also fails whenever I try to recover my password (which I try in case that was the reason for the initial failed log in). Every time this happens I have to create a new account and loose all my saved books and places of the books I’m currently reading. If this didn’t happen I would give the app 5/5 stars but since it does, it’s pointless and I’m likely going to delete and use a different website instead of novelbin or its app. ### 1/5 — Advertisements *2026-06-29* Extremely pervasive advertising. How do the devs even expect you to read. ### 1/5 — Trash App *2026-06-21, version 1.9* The app doesn’t even take me to a Home Screen, it just opens up to a black screen and then closes itself instantly. ### 1/5 — Don’t ruin the website *2026-06-06* The forced pop up blocking my usual browser experience isn’t something I’m willing to cop. If the app wasn’t shoved down my throat to choke on I wouldn’t mind it. Also the app isn’t good enough to be better than the browser. ### 1/5 — New update *2026-05-23* New update is horrible very laggy and slow to load anything downloading a single book took 45 mins ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2026-05-22* All the books I’m reading disappeared after your update and I didn’t have the written down ### 1/5 — Paid for ad free, still has ads *2026-02-22, version 1.2* Paid for 1 year of ad free reading. 1 week later it has ads again. ### 1/5 — Holy trash *2025-12-19, version 1.2* First of all. What an absolute pathetic app. Trying to enforce notifications every time you open it. Secondly. Enforcing ads by interrupting the story? Get better. This app is abhorrent. The premise is wonderful but the execution is abysmal. Fix it or remove the app altogether it’s literally unusable. THE ADD FREEZE AND FORCE ME TO CLOSE IT DOWN. ### 1/5 — Not working *2025-11-18* This app is not working properly.I have invested money to buy your coins and I can even those coins because the app its keeps crashing.If you are not going to fix this I will ask for a refund. ### 1/5 — App crashes all the time *2025-09-04, version 1.1* I don’t know why, but every time I use the app, within 5 minutes the app crashes. Not to mention the constant ads that pop up when the app finally does work. It’s like it’s a non stop attempt to assault the reading experience?! I wouldn’t even mind the ads as much if the app didn’t crash all the time, because if the app crashes mid ad, you open up the app to another ad within 20 seconds. It’s genuinely ridiculous ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Currently perfect *2026-07-27* I read a lot of novels so i also tried multiple apps for reading them. But most of them were paywalled so hard that you couldn’t read more than 15 chapters before being forced to pay in gems (translates to about 10 ct per chapter) which for a book with 2000 chapters is just not profitable. However this app does currently not have that kind of system. You can read for free and also create little libraries with your books. The mechanics of turning pages is not as perfected as it is in the Apple Books app but that’s just a negligible negativ. I would however Hope for two things: being able to turn the pages with the arrow keys (iPad keyboard) and that this app never becomes one of those money-grabbers. ### 5/5 — Ads are out of control *2026-07-23* Watched adds to get points to download for offline reading. Still get ads when reading offline content when wifi on. But other than that it’s good ### 5/5 — 👍 *2026-06-16* I dont know why the rating is so low on this app i mean its not perfect but i dont think it deserves 2.3 stars overall so im giving 5 to hopefully boost its rating even if just a little :D ### 5/5 — first review *2026-06-04* This is my first ever review so i’ll keep it simple, the app is good no i am not a bot and no you won’t be “hacked” and no you don’t need to add your credit card info. ### 5/5 — Help! *2026-05-26, version 1.5* Every time I try to login my previous account it says, Timeout of 10000ms exceeded ### 5/5 — My experience *2026-05-17* Love the app but of recent there have been so many errors with the app, the downloaded chapters that are meant to be offline available are not showing unless the data is on ### 5/5 — first review *2026-03-31* This is my first ever review so i’ll keep it simple, the app is good no i am not a bot and no you won’t be “hacked” and no you don’t need to add your credit card info. ### 5/5 — Haaammmmmm *2026-03-29, version 1.2* Its a good app but definitely needs more features and updates ### 5/5 — Free and consistent *2026-02-27, version 1.2* They have ads but all the chapters are free and the uploads are consistent. Amazing experience ### 5/5 — It’s good *2026-02-20* I honestly have no idea why the rating is so low it works perfectly fine for me the amount of ads isn’t even a lot and doesn’t really disrupt the reading experience. Honestly solid app overall --- *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 2026-08-29.*