This is the only app that I have found that is actually free. Yes, you have to watch ads after 2-3 chapters. But it’s worth the money you save. I have had 100s of reading apps that make you pay by the chapter. And some books on those apps have 1000s of chapters. But on NovelFlow, I have yet had to pay for anything. The books are good too. There are some that need editing, but I can usually get around the issues of grammar and translation. If you like reading foreign authors but don’t want to spend money by the chapter, this app is for you! So far everything they say about the app is true, and I have not felt scammed like other novel apps. My only complaint is there are a lot of unfinished books. And I don’t like waiting for chapters to be uploaded. I like to read a story from the beginning till end. But hopefully that will change soon and the authors will finish their stories.

FINALLY, an app that advertises free reading and actually IS FREE. Sure, you have to watch an add after each chapter but I’d much rather do that than spend money unnecessarily. (Note: You could pay a subscription for add-free reading, but as a full-time student I can’t indulge in this offer. Maybe in the future they will offer a student discount.) You get check-in and task coin rewards, but I still haven’t figured out its purpose because you can’t use them towards unlocking chapters… it seems that once you reach 10,000 coins a you can cash out $1. I wish we could use the coins towards unlocking chapters, but I won’t complain since to pros outweigh this tiny con. So happy I can finally read for free! I’ll take the ads instead of paying any day!

I don’t usually use it, but the audio is hard to understand. The first author I chose, RJ Kane, is unfortunate. It’s been really hard to read after about 350 chapters. She has lashed out at readers in her notes at the ends of chapters as well as on Instagram. I purposely chose a story that was marked as complete. It’s not and she’s combined her next book with this one without finishing the original storyline. So here I am waiting for another chapter to be written after she had said she’d be petty and withhold the rest of the story just to spite complaints. She ends chapters abruptly and continues on as if she didn’t mark it as a new chapter. The 3rd person writing is super ridiculous as well and hard to follow. She tells the story from 2 or 3 different perspectives in consecutive chapters. It’s redundant and if you’re paying by the chapter, a waste. I subscribed and will be cancelling. I’d rather pay for books on one of the major platforms than deal with rookie authors with a god complex. Side note: NOT an original title. Searched for this book to see if I could read it elsewhere. There was a book by this title written 3 years ago by another author.