# NovelUP - Webnovel & Fictions — user reviews > 40 indexed App Store user reviews of NovelUP by COLORFUL POINT PTE LTD, rated 3.40/5 from 99 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/novelup-webnovel-and-fictions/id6446337291/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/novelup-webnovel-and-fictions/id6446337291.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 43 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 12 · 2★ 12 · 1★ 22 ## What do users think of NovelUP? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Great storyline - 👍 Love the stories - 👍 Found the number one site - 👍 App is really good - 👍 Everything is free **Cons** - 🐛 Editing issues (pronouns, character names) - 🐛 Missing chapters - 🐛 Duplicated chapters - 🐛 App no longer available/functional - 🐛 Removed interesting stories - 🐛 Novels not complete - 🐛 Cannot watch ads for rewards - 🐛 Gender/name mix-ups in books - 🐛 Daily bonus/rewards don't work - 🐛 Authors post incomplete books - 🐛 Long waits for chapter updates - 🐛 Terrible writing/grammar - 🐛 Adverts cannot be closed - 🐛 Battery drain and overheating - 🐛 App shuts down unexpectedly - 🐛 Too many ads - 🐛 Ads won't end/stop - 🐛 App closes by itself - 🐛 App goes back to main page - 🐛 Cannot download novels - 🐛 Need to use data to read downloaded novels - 🐛 Ads per chapter are annoying **Commonly reported bugs** - Editing errors in chapters - Missing chapters - Duplicated chapters - App not available or functional - Reward ads not working - Gender and name mix-ups in books - Daily bonus and rewards not working - Adverts cannot be closed - Battery drain and overheating - App shuts down unexpectedly - App closes by itself - App returns to main page when clicked - Cannot download novels - Downloaded novels require data to read **Most requested features** - Fix editing issues - Fix missing/duplicated chapters - Make books available again - Suggest interesting new series/novels - Fix reward ad issues - Allow watching ads for rewards - Fix gender/name mix-ups in books - Fix daily bonus and rewards - Ensure authors post complete books - Improve chapter update frequency - Improve writing quality - Fix unclosable adverts - Fix battery drain and overheating - Fix app shutting down - Reduce the number of ads - Fix ads that won't end - Fix app closing by itself - Fix app going back to main page - Allow novel downloads - Allow reading downloaded novels without data - Reduce ads per chapter - Add comments section to iPhone version - Allow searching for stories - Slow down audiobook and change voice ## Newest reviews (15 of 40) ### 2/5 — No longer available *2026-02-13* I was reading and then nothing available. Deleted app and reinstalled but won’t allow a free download? ### 3/5 — No books at all *2026-01-26* I used to read books here, but suddenly, there is nothing at all. I have refreshed, uninstalled and reinstalled and just nothing. Same on my Android app. Is the app no longer functional? ### 3/5 — Don’t like new update *2025-12-29* The new update is horrible it won’t let you watch any videos for rewards and other things. Half the books have everything messed up in them like guys being women, women being guys. Don’t get me started on the have the names that are all mixed up. ### 2/5 — Not Good *2025-10-16* You allow authors to post books that are not completed and readers have to wait weeks and over a month for a chapter update. Yes I said ONE CHAPTER UPDATE. This is ridiculous. Once I finish reading this one book, if I finish, I am deleting this app. It is not worth the frustration. I am wondering if the author has abandoned the book. The update is always pushed back to the next day. ### 2/5 — Unfinished novels *2025-10-05* Please do not allow authors to post unfinished books!! Isn’t there anyone who checks to make sure they are finished? I guess not! ### 2/5 — Not Good *2025-09-29* You allow authors to post books that are not completed and readers have to wait weeks and over a month for a chapter update. Yes I said ONE CHAPTER UPDATE. This is ridiculous. Once I finish reading this one book, if I finish, I am deleting this app. It is not worth the frustration. I am wondering if the author has abandoned the book. The update is always pushed back to the next day. ### 1/5 — You need to publish the whole book *2025-08-24* People don’t want to wait weeks for a chapter or two. Publish the whole book **Developer response:** Authors require time to write, and we will communicate with them to try to accelerate the writing process. ### 2/5 — Ads *2025-08-23* Way to many ads **Developer response:** You can remove ads by subscribing to VIP. You can earn ad-free time by completing tasks. Ads are our main revenue source, helping us support authorrs and improve NovelUP. We're working to optimize ad for a better balance. Your feedback is invaluable, and we're committed to enhancing ad experience. ### 3/5 — Son of the richest man *2025-08-14* Unfinished…..leaves you hanging…..where is Calrise Harris, did Caroline get pregnant, did he get apprenticeship from Raphael and much more unfinished ### 1/5 — Dearest wife *2025-08-13, version 5.3.2.840* Please why can’t I find Dearest wife on the app I’ve searched and searched even report it still no avail ### 1/5 — Way to many adds, unloading this *2025-08-10, version 5.3.0.830* Way to many adds ### 1/5 — Battery drain. *2025-08-05* Recently downloaded app and find it quickly drains my battery and overheats my phone. App shuts down with no warning. Really interested in reading the book I found but not working out too good **Developer response:** Dear User, We are so sorry for the inconvenience, but there is a some confusion about your comment. Could you please explain the specific problems or send a screenshot to us at novelupread@gmail.com? ### 3/5 — Audiobook *2025-08-01* There should be a way to slow it down and change the voice!! ### 2/5 — Reduce your ads *2025-07-18* Would have give you 5 stars but ads per chapters is too annoying and make me loose interest in reading further. Work on that **Developer response:** You can remove ads by subscribing to VIP. Ads are our main revenue source, helping us support authorrs and improve NovelUP. We're working to optimize ad for a better balance. Your feedback is invaluable, and we're committed to enhancing ad experience. ### 1/5 — Report *2025-06-19, version 5.0.0.760* Stop the ads it’s too much and annoying ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Unavailability of novels *2026-01-20* I don’t like the fact that you guys removed all the interesting stories and made them unavailable! I see no reason at all, Novel up is becoming to boring because you no longer suggest interesting new series or good novels, you removed all the interesting novels and made them unavailable and then some novels are not even complete. This is not fair at all! ### 1/5 — Daily bonus and rewards don’t work *2025-10-31* I’ve contacted them with no response, no fix, nothing for the past 2-3 weeks ### 1/5 — Rewards redemption *2025-10-18* Terrible very poor, when you try to earn rewards it will not play the ad, I refuse to pay money. Very disheartening. ### 1/5 — Terrible writing & broken adverts *2025-09-15, version 5.5.1.875* The writing was incredibly bad - horrible English, and basic grammatical mistakes abounded. Basic problems like not being able to keep who was in the scene or talking consistent, or referring to a 'he' as 'she', people being in two places at once, and so on. The plot line had numerous holes and didn't make much sense. Adverts were to be expected, but once they hit, they were unable to be closed and necessitated closing the app completely and reopening. ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2025-09-04, version 5.5.0.870* Not a good choice ### 1/5 — Battery drain. *2025-09-04* Recently downloaded app and find it quickly drains my battery and overheats my phone. App shuts down with no warning. Really interested in reading the book I found but not working out too good **Developer response:** Dear User, We are so sorry for the inconvenience, but there is a some confusion about your comment. Could you please explain the specific problems or send a screenshot to us at novelupread@gmail.com? ### 1/5 — Angry *2025-09-04, version 5.5.0.870* You people make novels unavailable ### 1/5 — Fled with the billionaire twins *2025-09-03, version 5.5.0.870* To many ads ### 1/5 — Can’t read because ads won’t end *2025-09-02* I can’t read anything because the ad starts and you can’t stop it, and it won’t end. What good is a free reading app if you can’t read anything??? ### 1/5 — Books not finished. *2025-09-02, version 5.5.0.870* Books are not finished and they keep changing the update day. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — It’s the best *2026-06-09, version 6.3.0.1085* The best ebook ### 5/5 — Love them stories *2026-01-29* I love listening to each new story. ### 5/5 — Number One *2025-08-12, version 5.3.0.830* I’ve finally found the number one site. Fantastic!! ### 5/5 — Unable to read(app not clicking) *2025-06-09* Why is it going back to the main page as soon as I click on Novelup **Developer response:** Does this issue still exist after upgrading to the new version? ### 5/5 — Review *2025-05-11, version 4.8.0.686* Please update it faster before on my android iPhone when it was like this in the beginning but it is vested now I can download without ads on Android but update it here Good jobs guys ### 5/5 — I love this app *2025-03-26* I love this app, and my favorite story there is “ the son of the richest man” by small li ### 5/5 — Why can’t I read *2025-03-24* I like novel up but I can’t read it on my iPhone I try to it will just go back to mu main page ### 4/5 — Rewards *2026-01-08* I can’t afford to buy chapters & I rely on the rewards. For someone it will not let me watch adds to get the rewards. Please fix or I’ll have to delete & find somewhere else to find novels to read. ### 4/5 — Developments if you see this pls add comments *2025-04-18* This app is reallly really good and im so grateful that everything is free but the only thing is that there is no comments on the iPhone version. But when i had it on my huawei tablet (that’s now broken which is why im using it in my phone) there were comments. ### 3/5 — No Way! You Are Mine *2026-03-10* I rate this three stars even though it has a great storyline. The problems are with the editing. Around chapter 523 the editing just gets all wacky with a mixed use of pronouns, adjectives, and the name of the characters get switched around often. Also from 720 to 867 there are no chapters they’re completely gone. The book says it’s completed and that there is 939 chapters but there’s only 924 chapters and from 523 till 700 most of the chapters are duplicated giving you way less that 924 chapters. basically the book just needs to be cleaned up and it will be a great read --- *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 2026-09-02.*