Novel Dragon vs RosyRead
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Novel Dragon
Explore a vast library of Asian fantasy fiction, including Wuxia, Xianxia, and LitRPG. Immerse yourself in tales of cultivation, immortality, and adventure across diverse fictional realms. Discover new genres and find your next captivating read.
- Vast library of Asian fantasy fiction
- Wuxia and LitRPG genres
- Cultivation and immortality themes
- Adventure and leveling systems
- Diverse fictional realms
- Multiple genres including Sci-Fi and YA
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Novel Dragon is the huge library of Asia fantasy fictions. Join us in seeking the Dao, ascending to Immortality, wandering through vampire realms, surviving post-apocalyptic landscapes, dodging deadly dragons, delving into LitRPG wuxia worlds, adventure with leveling system in another world, typical nobody been powerful by cultivation or adventures, and so much more! Whatever you’re into reading—action-adventure, epic, xuanhuan, xianxia, science fiction, saga, mystery, comedy, Paranormal, fantasy, young adult fiction, or fanfiction—it’s all in Novel Dragon. So whether you’re looking for more Gamelit meet-cutes, cyberpunk fairy tales, or new technothrillers to devour, you’ll find it all, and so much more, on Novel Dragon. Obsessed with fictional stories? Download the app and enjoy your own magical world!
RosyRead
Discover a vast library of exclusive copyrighted stories, from romance to fantasy. Customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts, brightness, and page-turning options. Earn rewards for daily check-ins and reading tasks.
- Exclusive copyrighted stories
- Customizable reading settings
- Daily updates and bestsellers
- Personalized bookshelf
- Rewards Center for bonuses
- Multiple subscription options
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Embark on your reading journey with our app! Simplified, intuitive, and personalized for daily enjoyment. You can enjoy countless exclusively copyrighted stories on RosyRead including billionaire romance,comedy,fantasy,young adult fiction and classic novels so on. Personalized and customized reading settings： You can set the font size, display brightness, background color when reading and reading page flip method (slides and flips are supported) in the reader within the app. Quick Daily Updates & Customizable Reading Experience： Join RosyRead to unlock our daily-updated bestsellers and enjoy a unique and immersive novel-reading atmosphere here. Customized reading setting allows you to build your own an comfortable bookshelf. Reader benefits in Rewards Center： 1. Daily Check In: You can collect Bonus by checking in. Check in consecutively to receive more Bonus. 2. Daily Bonus: Bonus can be claimed for completing daily reading tasks, up to 30 Bonus. 3. Novice Reading Tasks: You can earn Bonus by continuously reading. The more you read, the more you receive. Multiple subscription campaigns： We offer a wide range of subscriptions in various amounts, types and cycles, so you can pick the one that suits you best. Subscriptions help optimize your reading experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RosyRead at 4.6 against Novel Dragon's 3.7. RosyRead also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). Novel Dragon's advantage is review sentiment (95% vs 71%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Novel Dragon sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and RosyRead sells 29 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
RosyRead holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 29 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 95% of Novel Dragon's written reviews are positive against 71% of RosyRead's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Novel Dragon ships an update every 3 weeks, RosyRead every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Novel Dragon | RosyRead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) | 4.6 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Novelfun Limited | Qingshan Culture Media Co., Limited |
Customer experience
Novel Dragon
RosyRead
In-app purchases
Novel Dragon
- 100 Bricks$0.99
- 200 Bricks$1.99
- 300 Bricks$2.99
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- 500 Bricks$4.99
- 1000 Bricks$9.99
- 2000 Bricks$19.99
- 5000 Bricks$49.99
- 10000 Bricks$99.99
RosyRead
- subscription_coins_weekly_4.99$4.997 Days
- Group5_9.99_offer$9.997 Days
- subscription_coins_19.99$19.991 Month
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- Group3_Weekly Bonus Pack_19.99$19.997 Days
- Group4_weekly_offer_29.99$29.997 Days
- 500 Coins_065$3.29
- 500 Coins_08$3.99
- 500 Coins_085$4.29
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- 500 Coins_09$4.49
- 500 Coins_0.9$4.49
- 500 Coins_0.95$4.79
- 500 Coins$4.99
- 1000 Coins_065$6.49
- 1000 Coins_08$7.99
- 1000 Coins_085$8.49
- 1000 Coins_0.85$8.49
- 1000 Coins_09$8.99
- 1000 Coins_0.9$8.99
- 1000 Coins_0.95$9.49
- 1000 Coins$9.99
- 2000 Coins_08$15.99
- 2000 Coins_085$16.99
- 2000 Coins_0.85$16.99
- 2000 Coins_0.9$17.99
- 2000 Coins_0.95$18.99
- 2000 Coins$19.99
- 3000 Coins$29.99
- 5000 Coins$49.99
- 10000 Coins$99.99
