Wattpad User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience34.6% of reviews
Neutral17.6% of reviews
Negative experience47.8% of reviews

~ Based on 1,961 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 705,900 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

91.9% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.3% of ratings suggest some concerns
4.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 705,900 App Store ratings for Wattpad.

Is Wattpad Legit?

Wattpad - Read & Write Stories appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Wattpad is 83/100.

Based on 83 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

User since 2016 - Very Disappointed

I’ve been using Wattpad since 2016, and the older versions were honestly the best. We used to be able to save so many offline stories, but the app has gotten worse with every new update. Now, it constantly crashes when I try to write long comments, and I can't even read all the comments properly. Please fix these issues and make the app usable again.
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great app

i enjoy reading on this app, i’ve had it for some years now and it is great. Though the ads now are way too much , I remember when there were barely any ads , there were some ads but too a minimal and that would be my only problem. You can’t get pass a single chapter without an app coming up . Overall nice app
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Adds

I am sicking and tired of all these adds! I remember not too long ago you can read books with out adds! Now it’s every page is an Add and it’s ridiculous and I am not paying for something that should be free! Do better Wattpad!

Phil Dunphy

This app is amazing because I can write all my freaky Phil dunphy fan fics on it šŸ˜‰

Redirecting

The app is great but it keeps on taking me to shein even though I haven’t clicked on the pop up

Used to be good

I used to love Wattpad. But really? A subscription that’s so BS I get why you want to support writers but you make it so expensive just like the coins. And really ads on every chapter…it’s ridiculous

The app is too slow and crashes most of the time

Nearly 2 years ago I spent a lot of time on this app reading variety of stories published, it was fun back then. But now for the last 7-8 months, the app refuses to let the reader browse anything let alone read something. The home page is stuck in loading mode but never loads. The stories don’t load. You are unable to search and look for new reads because the brief glimpse page also doesn’t load. Some days the saved stories also doesn’t load. The ad’s run perfectly except for what the app was intended for. Multiple uninstalls and re-installs failed to help. There is no proper support from the app developers. It is frustrating and disappointing as an avid reader. Hope the develop fix the issues soon.
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the ads

there are so so so much ads holy hell everytime i try to swipe to the next chapter bam theres an ad like bro chill

ADS ARE AWFUL

The consistent ads after each page is incredibly annoying, I use to love this app until they got so money hungry and pretty much shoved ads in you face

I really used to live Wattpad but it’s going downhill.😐

- Cant read offline anymore
- Can’t browse anymore because it won’t load.
- when I hold down on a book to delete it,it’ll delete another book.
- AFTER EVERY CHAPTER YOU HAVE TO WATCH A ADD.

Ad bug

This app just had a bug fix update but theres an issue with the ads. Some ads you can X out of once its finished but 50 % of the time you are stuck on it and the only way to get to the next chapter is to close the app and reopen it. And then it will just keep happening every couple of chapters. Literally so annoying I cant even read in peace lol
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Can use a update

It need more improvement like it can be the same as quotev if that okay with you

Ads

I used to love this app a lot when I was younger but now i genuinely hate it you guys can’t be that money hungry till the point where we have to watch an ad each chapter it’s really annoying since before it felt like you guys actually cared about the readers but now you guys just want money witch i understand in this economy but it’s not fair to us as all🫩
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Is it even worth having?

I have been using Wattpad for years. It use to be a good app to find creative story’s. But now it just full of ads unless you want to pay for ad free.

STILL Unable to comment on my community tab

It just keeps saying ā€œupdate not postedā€ or ā€œfailed to postā€. For the love for God just make this a known issue for crying out loud and fix the issue!!

No support

Reached out to them for help about deleting an old account and they did nothing. Asked a bunch of questions that I would not have remembered since it’s been years. Super disappointed and can’t even reach anyone on an actual phone!

Too many addy

Sellout like crazy w the ads

STOP THE ADS

wattpad used to be one of the best places to read fics from any fandom but then you got over taken by greed and started to add too many ads between chapters, I miss the time I was able to read a full fic no ads between chapters. there was no paid books and no subscriptions to remove the ads. Even if you’ve increased your revenue you’ve upset life long users of your apps. it’s hard to find the things I want to read anymore and sitting through 10 or more minutes of accumulating ads is horrible. This little app made my literacy incredible and now younger generations can’t access it the same due to corporate greed. I’ve deleted this app so many times but redownload to read certain things I cant find on the much better ao3. You might find pulling back on the ads and the paid books will do you better and increase people coming back to use wattpad.
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Wattpad review

I miss all my old authors but still love wattpad sometimes.

Why so many ads?

I get that you want ads to earn money, but in this case it’s absolutely horrendous. Why do I have an ad every page or two when it’s a ten second read? Maybe do a side advertisement so it doesn’t interrupt our reading