Wattpad User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience33.0% of reviews
Neutral16.7% of reviews
Negative experience50.3% of reviews

~ Based on 2,170 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Wattpad Safe?

Wattpad - Read & Write Stories appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Wattpad is 94/100.

This assessment is based on 706,042 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

91.8% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.3% of ratings suggest some concerns
4.9% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 706,042 App Store ratings for Wattpad.

Is Wattpad Legit?

Wattpad - Read & Write Stories appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Wattpad is 93/100.

Based on 93 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Ads

The ads have gotten out of control. After every page you have to watch one which never use to be like this

ads

TO MANY ADS GET RID OF THEM, THEY PISS ME OFF SO MUCH I CANT READ WITHOUT GETTING INTERRUPTED

Too many ads!

EVERY CHAPTER?! Seriously?? It’s so annoying.

The best

I love love this app, I am able to express my self with out being judged in this app, all story tellers are welcome in my opinion! Keep up the great work

too many ads!

you can now only read about 2 chapters(short or long) and be forced to view a 30+sec long ad that you can barely skip out of off it’s ridiculous!

Why are there so many ads

Used to be able to get through a book now there are so many I can’t finish a chapter with out ads popping up. Used to be a good app for stories now a lot have been completely erased and Im not enjoying it as much as I used to

Trash

Censorship and puritan culture ruined this app. I’ve been a member since 2011/2012 and this app used to be full of fun and genuine art. Until it got overrun by ads and paywalls and greedy authors. The final nail in the coffin, however, is the banning of smut. A very unwise, stupid, foolish, and asinine decision considering more than half of your users read or write erotic literature. Now you’ve run your fan base to another app. Goodbye Wattpad. You had your time, now AO3 has taken your crown and your users.
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TOO MANY ADVERTISEMENTS

Way too many advertisements after every single chapter. Wattpad used to be one of my favorite reading platforms, but the constant interruptions have made it genuinely hard to enjoy stories. The ad frequency has become so intrusive that it breaks the flow of reading and takes away the immersive experience that made Wattpad special.

I understand the need for ads, but this level of disruption feels excessive. Unfortunately, it’s reached a point where I’ve lost interest in using the app altogether.
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Screaming into the void

There’s a lot of people with amazing books that get no views and likes. I feel like there should be a push for them by the app itself to give them a better chance.

More so, the ads. My goodness. I feel like if I’m to watch ads, the author should be getting paid a percentage of that ad revenue. Every time.
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Ads!!

You guys really want ppl to not use this app!! Forced ads it’s getting ridiculous!!!

Complaint

I have been on this app for eight years and have found tons of supportive online friends who are strangers that I don’t even know I was able to message with them and give them feedback on their Old stories until Wattpad decided that they were going to remove private messages completely now I can’t reach out to those same online friends who have supported my work and check in with how their stories are going because there are no more PMs if you will private messages to reach out and send support. I would also include that when I follow people back on Wattpad the majority of the time now it glitches and says I haven’t followed my respective followers back and that I need to try again later which if you’re a writer like myself, and you appreciate feedback and support from your fellow writers. How the heck are you supposed to support each other if there are no PMs to do so? Construction feedback is important to people like me and I’m sure other writers feel the same as I might.
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It's a decent app but these fake viruses are so annoying.

Too many ads

I can deal with banner ads. But the forced ads between chapters are too invasive and take me out of a story.

Website > App

This is fine. For some reason when I used the same account from the website on the app I couldn’t change my story. Honestly I’m surprised most people aren’t saying to use the website instead. Website is better.

excessive ads

recommend using browser instead of the app.

What a drag

Why the app not working with WiFi

Amazing but

I love this app, I am always using it, but personally I think there are way too many adds they interrupt every time I finish a chapter and t this point it just started to piss me off. But otherwise this app is the best app you can find I use it daily and totally recommend it to anyone that will listen.
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Awful compared to years ago

Customer service is awful. Over excessive ads. And the money grab. I remember when wattpad was free

I can’t reply back

I tried to reply back, but I can’t reply back. Can you please update so everyone can reply back, please? There is something wrong with wattpad and every time I get in, I keep on getting booted out I think it needs more improvement. Just saying I could use some more update.

way too many ads

use to be my favorite app but the excessive ads are insane.