Tormento vs Noveltime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tormento
Experience a gripping narrative set within the dark web, presented as a simulated social networking app. Immerse yourself in a criminal underworld through messages and a feed, feeling as though you're accessing another user's account. This is a fictional story.
- Dark web narrative
- Simulated social network
- Message-based storytelling
- Feed interactions
- Immersive experience
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A story based on the dark web, told as a social networking app interaction (messages, feed, and more), as if you were using someone's social network account. *** Story Background: Tormento was a rising criminal social network in the dark web. It attracted the worst kinds of people in the world. For some reason you joined Tormento. And there's no going back. *** Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
Noveltime
Discover a vast library of high-quality novels across various genres, including romance, fantasy, and mystery. Enjoy a comfortable reading experience with features like eye protection, auto-read, and adjustable pages. Get intelligent recommendations and access new original stories.
- Numerous featured books
- Cozy reading features
- Intelligent recommendations
- Newest original stories
- Offline reading
- Frequent benefits activities
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Hey Novel lovers! Congratulations! You find a treasure-like reading app now! Noveltime - A reading application that focuses on high-quality novels and the ultimate reading experience. FLASH POINTS: 1.Numerous featured books: Romance, Werewolf, Vampire, Urban, Humor, Adventure, Mystery, and even Short Stories... 2.Cozy reading: Eye-protection & Auto-Read & Page adjustment 3.Intelligent recommend what you love to read! 4.Newest original stories! 5.Stable update! 6.Offline reading! 7.Frequent benefits activities! 8.More shining points are waiting for you to discover by yourself!!! Don't hesitate, start your reading journey with Noveltime NOW! 【Membership Description of Auto Subscription Service】 1. Subscription Period：1 week/1 month 2. Subscription Price：3 days free trial, then $4.99（Weekly）/ $9.99（Monthly） 3. Subscription Benefits: 80 Coupons every day(weekly) / 50 Coupons every day(Monthly) 4. Buying subscription Coins Pack will automatically debit your iTunes account and extend the service period of one month 24 hours before the monthly service expires. 5. If you want to unsubscribe, please open the iOS "Settings" —> enter "iTunes Store and App Store" —> click "Apple ID", select "View Apple ID", go to the "Account Settings" page, click "Subscribe" ", choose Noveltime Coins Pack to unsubscribe. If you do not unsubscribe at least 24 hours before the end of the subscription period, this subscription will be automatically renewed. 6. Service Agreement：https://api.noveltells.net/site/privacy 7. Privacy Agreement：https://api.noveltells.net/site/termofuse
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tormento at none against Noveltime's shown. Tormento also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (67% vs 50%). Noveltime's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.3). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Tormento sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Noveltime sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Noveltime holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 166 and 217 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Tormento's written reviews are positive against 50% of Noveltime's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Tormento ships an update daily, Noveltime every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tormento | Noveltime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (166 ratings) | 4.5 (217 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 166 | 217 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Long Sang Chan | Multibook International Publishing Group Limited |
Customer experience
Tormento
Noveltime
Bugs and requests
Tormento
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Noveltime
Reported bugs
8 issues- Coupons disappearing
- App keeps shutting down
- App stalls and force closes
- App locked while watching ads
- App won't open
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- App crashes before opening
- System errors when getting rewards or reading
- Request time out or system error
Requested features
5 requests- Better coin earning system
- More free tickets/coins
- See if book is complete or updated
- Ability to message authors or comment
- Word count based pricing instead of fixed coin price per chapter
In-app purchases
Tormento
- 200 Credits$0.99
Noveltime
- Noveltime 100 Coins$0.99
- Noveltime 500 Coins$4.99
- Noveltime 1000 Coins$9.99
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- Noveltime 2000 Coins$19.99
- Noveltime 5000 Coins$49.99
- Noveltime 7000 Coins$69.99
- Noveltime 10000 Coins$99.99
