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Wattpad. Where stories live.
Discover the world's most-loved social storytelling platform. Wattpad connects a global community of 90 million readers and writers through the power of story. Download it today to start reading or writing original stories.
Get your story discovered
Have your own story to tell? Get it discovered through the power of community and technology on Wattpad. Share an original story on Wattpad and share it with our community who are there to cheer you on throughout your writing journey. Think your story could be the next blockbuster? Wattpad Studios discovers untapped, unsigned, and talented writers on Wattpad and connects them to global multi-media entertainment companies.
Read original stories
Discover stories in over fifty languages from writers around the world! Whatever you’re into reading—romance, science fiction, mystery, comedy, action adventure, fantasy, young adult fiction, or fanfiction—it’s all on Wattpad. So whether you’re looking for more LGBT meet-cutes, cyberpunk fairy tales, or new technothrillers to devour, you’ll find it all, and so much more, on Wattpad.
Connect with a community of story-lovers
When you join Wattpad, you become a member of an international community of story-lovers. Connect with other passionate readers & writers, comment directly in stories as you read them, and support writers as they create and share their original stories. You can even read together and share your library or create reading lists so your friends always know what you’re reading.
Start your own free library
Save your favorite stories to keep them with you wherever you go. Hooked on a story? Simply sync your account to easily pick up where you left off, whether you’re on your laptop, tablet, Kindle or iPhone.
Read the stories that inspired blockbusters
If you’ve seen The Kissing Booth on Netflix, streamed Light as a Feather on Hulu or read New York Times best-seller Anna Todd’s series After, you may not know—these stories were first discovered on Wattpad. Join the platform the entertainment industry scours to find its next big hit, and start reading tomorrow’s box-office sensation today.
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- Subscribe to Wattpad Premium for uninterrupted ads-free reading and first access to new features
– Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase
– Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
– Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, at the cost of the chosen package
– Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase
- For full terms of service, visit https://www.wattpad.com/terms
- For our privacy policy, visit https://www.wattpad.com/privacy
– Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable
Already a Wattpad fan? Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to stay up-to-date on your favorite writers, stories, contests, and more!
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Discover the world's most-loved social storytelling platform. Wattpad connects a global community of 90 million readers and writers through the power of story. Download it today to start reading or writing original stories.
Get your story discovered
Have your own story to tell? Get it discovered through the power of community and technology on Wattpad. Share an original story on Wattpad and share it with our community who are there to cheer you on throughout your writing journey. Think your story could be the next blockbuster? Wattpad Studios discovers untapped, unsigned, and talented writers on Wattpad and connects them to global multi-media entertainment companies.
Read original stories
Discover stories in over fifty languages from writers around the world! Whatever you’re into reading—romance, science fiction, mystery, comedy, action adventure, fantasy, young adult fiction, or fanfiction—it’s all on Wattpad. So whether you’re looking for more LGBT meet-cutes, cyberpunk fairy tales, or new technothrillers to devour, you’ll find it all, and so much more, on Wattpad.
Connect with a community of story-lovers
When you join Wattpad, you become a member of an international community of story-lovers. Connect with other passionate readers & writers, comment directly in stories as you read them, and support writers as they create and share their original stories. You can even read together and share your library or create reading lists so your friends always know what you’re reading.
Start your own free library
Save your favorite stories to keep them with you wherever you go. Hooked on a story? Simply sync your account to easily pick up where you left off, whether you’re on your laptop, tablet, Kindle or iPhone.
Read the stories that inspired blockbusters
If you’ve seen The Kissing Booth on Netflix, streamed Light as a Feather on Hulu or read New York Times best-seller Anna Todd’s series After, you may not know—these stories were first discovered on Wattpad. Join the platform the entertainment industry scours to find its next big hit, and start reading tomorrow’s box-office sensation today.
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Wattpad Premium:
- Subscribe to Wattpad Premium for uninterrupted ads-free reading and first access to new features
– Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase
– Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
– Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, at the cost of the chosen package
– Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase
- For full terms of service, visit https://www.wattpad.com/terms
- For our privacy policy, visit https://www.wattpad.com/privacy
– Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable
Already a Wattpad fan? Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to stay up-to-date on your favorite writers, stories, contests, and more!
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Oct 20, 2020 It has been a great experience. Recent updates managed to annoy me though. There has been a recent update on the library part, in which when you add a book to the library, you have the option to have it offline and online. I am not really complaining on the new feature, but there is a problem about it. WHY IS THERE A LIMIT?! Please, remove the limitations of book we are allowed to have offline.more -
Love this app, but...
Dec 7, 2019 This is an awesome app to read stories and fanfics, but the one thing at the moment that I don’t like is the new limit to read offline without premium. I liked how before you could read any story offline, but you couldn’t update the new chapter, but it’s better then having a limite on stories to read and sometimes get to read the story if they did update a new chapter without internet. I would like it if wattpad were to take away the limitation on offline stories, for its better that way and I can read more when I’m on a business trip or on an airplane I can read lots of stories without limitations. I have had this app for maybe 2 years and I never had a complaint, but with the limited offline stories it had caused me some troubles, also once I was in a business trip and I went to read and there was no internet connection or anything. But I had my offline books and one of them updated, though the thing was I couldn’t read it and it told me I have to have an internet connection to upload the new chapter, which irritated me cause this was supposed to be an offline story that I can read without anything and after that I couldn’t read until 2 hours later once I got internet. In a couple of day I will be traveling and some parts of the place that I’m going does not have internet connection, but I want to still be able to read, but I can’t afford premium so I’m just asking please get rid of the limited offline books they’re troublesome.more -
Oct 19, 2020 Ok this app is the BEST!! My writing has increased, and gotten better by 85%! I think this really helps people who love writing express, for me it's a fun Hobby, but I think that it could be more. Just publishing a book, and reading your own book feels great!! You can even read books others write! I love Fanfics, and I write them, and read them. In my opinion the best writing and reading app I've came upon of. Total recommend it to writers out there! It's like a community.more -
curious? read this
Oct 10, 2020 alright, i’ve had this app since 2013 and let me start this review by saying it’s definitely not the same as the old version. the changes aren’t too bad, once you get used to the adds that pop up every so often when you’re reading a story. they can get annoying and more consistent the longer you read, but again, you get used to them after a while. if not, just pay for premium (i actually wouldn’t recommend getting premium unless you’re REALLY bothered by the adds). overall this app is great. if you want to write a story, it’s not hard trying to figure out what specific buttons you’ve got to press in order to pick your story’s cover, select tags, add a new chapter and so on. i do have to warn you though, the app is known to crash when you’re in the middle of writing a chapter and deleting all of that progress you made, so be careful with that. getting your story views isn’t that difficult either, unless you’re a new author but even then your story will eventually get viewers. wattpad’s also a great app to make friends and find mutuals too. over the years i’ve met a lot of nice people, and gotten myself more than a lot of followers. you don’t need followers though, you can simply use wattpad to read, find friends, or do your own thing. it doesn’t matter if you’re trying to find a story of a specific fandom/an original story, wattpad’s perfect to pass time. so yes, i recommend it, regardless of the few problems it has occasionally.more -
I’m in love with Wattpad but there is a problem...
Jan 26, 2020 I love Wattpad so, so, so much and am even an author of a couple of books. I’ve been on this app for like four years now and it has made my life so much better and enjoyable. I love how in the library you can have as much books as you want and being able to comment on stories and to message authors and all the other stuff. Each update of Wattpad was better than be next. I love the most recent update because it makes everything look so organized but.... I have a concern. You see, before this update, I was able to access any book easily offline as long as it was in my library. But now, the new update only allows to have two books offline and it seems sort of unfair to me. I can still read but I don’t feel that much joy as I used to feel. To have more offline books, you have to have the premium plan and sadly, I cannot afford that as I already have to much things to take care up. With this review, I plead that you try to fix Wattpad as to get rid of only having two boos offline without premium to change so that Wattpad users are able to read any book on their library offline and to be able to see their updates. This is the concern I have to address. I hope someone sees this and is able to take my concern into consideration and fix Wattpad. For feedback from others, this pretty much is similar to what most of the Wattpad users that I know said when I asked them.more
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Oct 20, 2020 For me, this platform is still one of the best writing platforms out there. This app was very useful not only for author's but also for readers that don't have access to the online version on the internet. But this recent update just ruined what wattpad is. Reducing the available offline books to read really annoys not only me, but a lot of people too. I've always loved that you can offline read stories because I read up to 10 different stories everyday. This update really sucks.more -
Oct 20, 2020 I've had wattpad for a long time now and when I first got it I've had such a blast reading on it. No ads what so ever. But in the latest updates the only thing that I really like was the dark mode update. Now I understand why put premium but after that there's ads everywhere and you can't get a break. Now with putting a limit on the offline books we can read is too much I have alot of books in my library. You can't expect me to choose a limited amount of them. Please bring the old version back..more -
Oct 19, 2020 When i logged out of wattpad, I wanted to login again but when I entered my password, it said, "Sorry, the password is incorrect. We can help you reset your password." I already tried changing my password a dozen of times but it would always say the same error with the password, again and again. I was supposed to rate it to 4 or maybe 5 stars but because of this annoying error, 1 is enough. I also installed the app two times, restarted my phone, turned off the wifi, and the same error appeared.more -
Oct 20, 2020 Honestly I really loved Wattpad. It was an app that let others read for free and enjoy the stories that other people write. But then they started to put ads. Fine, it's annoying that the flow of reading is disrupted for like 8-10 seconds by watching ads but Wattpad has got to make money in some way. Then more premium stuff was added that puts limitations on its readers. For me, the limited number of books that you can read offline is where I cut the line. You are now a sad state to see.more -
Oct 20, 2020 I want the old version of wattpad before you make the new version which is today that I can't read my other books that I like because you need an internet connection when you want to read it offline. Think about those other people that doesn't have an internet connection. They couldn't not read those other books that are not part of the other offline books. I'm so sorry to say this but please reconsider changing it back. Please consider it. Other people don't have internet/ money to pay premium.more
- Connect to a global community of storytellers through the power of the written word
- Get creative with monthly writing challenges, or publish your own stories independently and get feedback from the community
- Discover new stories and take them with you wherever you go! Wattpad syncs across devices so you can read amazing content anywhere, anytime
Reviewed by Kaylin on July 19, 2018
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Love this app, but...
Dec 7, 2019 This is an awesome app to read stories and fanfics, but the one thing at the moment that I don’t like is the new limit to read offline without premium. I liked how before you could read any story offline, but you couldn’t update the new chapter, but it’s better then having a limite on stories to read and sometimes get to read the story if they did update a new chapter without internet. I would like it if wattpad were to take away the limitation on offline stories, for its better that way and I can read more when I’m on a business trip or on an airplane I can read lots of stories without limitations. I have had this app for maybe 2 years and I never had a complaint, but with the limited offline stories it had caused me some troubles, also once I was in a business trip and I went to read and there was no internet connection or anything. But I had my offline books and one of them updated, though the thing was I couldn’t read it and it told me I have to have an internet connection to upload the new chapter, which irritated me cause this was supposed to be an offline story that I can read without anything and after that I couldn’t read until 2 hours later once I got internet. In a couple of day I will be traveling and some parts of the place that I’m going does not have internet connection, but I want to still be able to read, but I can’t afford premium so I’m just asking please get rid of the limited offline books they’re troublesome.more -
Oct 19, 2020 Ok this app is the BEST!! My writing has increased, and gotten better by 85%! I think this really helps people who love writing express, for me it's a fun Hobby, but I think that it could be more. Just publishing a book, and reading your own book feels great!! You can even read books others write! I love Fanfics, and I write them, and read them. In my opinion the best writing and reading app I've came upon of. Total recommend it to writers out there! It's like a community.more -
curious? read this
Oct 10, 2020 alright, i’ve had this app since 2013 and let me start this review by saying it’s definitely not the same as the old version. the changes aren’t too bad, once you get used to the adds that pop up every so often when you’re reading a story. they can get annoying and more consistent the longer you read, but again, you get used to them after a while. if not, just pay for premium (i actually wouldn’t recommend getting premium unless you’re REALLY bothered by the adds). overall this app is great. if you want to write a story, it’s not hard trying to figure out what specific buttons you’ve got to press in order to pick your story’s cover, select tags, add a new chapter and so on. i do have to warn you though, the app is known to crash when you’re in the middle of writing a chapter and deleting all of that progress you made, so be careful with that. getting your story views isn’t that difficult either, unless you’re a new author but even then your story will eventually get viewers. wattpad’s also a great app to make friends and find mutuals too. over the years i’ve met a lot of nice people, and gotten myself more than a lot of followers. you don’t need followers though, you can simply use wattpad to read, find friends, or do your own thing. it doesn’t matter if you’re trying to find a story of a specific fandom/an original story, wattpad’s perfect to pass time. so yes, i recommend it, regardless of the few problems it has occasionally.more -
I’m in love with Wattpad but there is a problem...
Jan 26, 2020 I love Wattpad so, so, so much and am even an author of a couple of books. I’ve been on this app for like four years now and it has made my life so much better and enjoyable. I love how in the library you can have as much books as you want and being able to comment on stories and to message authors and all the other stuff. Each update of Wattpad was better than be next. I love the most recent update because it makes everything look so organized but.... I have a concern. You see, before this update, I was able to access any book easily offline as long as it was in my library. But now, the new update only allows to have two books offline and it seems sort of unfair to me. I can still read but I don’t feel that much joy as I used to feel. To have more offline books, you have to have the premium plan and sadly, I cannot afford that as I already have to much things to take care up. With this review, I plead that you try to fix Wattpad as to get rid of only having two boos offline without premium to change so that Wattpad users are able to read any book on their library offline and to be able to see their updates. This is the concern I have to address. I hope someone sees this and is able to take my concern into consideration and fix Wattpad. For feedback from others, this pretty much is similar to what most of the Wattpad users that I know said when I asked them.more -
Amazing app!!!
Aug 4, 2019 This app has everything for a reader or writers needs!! You can write all your stories, with as many chapters as you want!! You can also create your own cover for your book as well. The writing portion of the app is very simple to use. With the ability to add videos or pictures at the top of each chapter, you can give the readers a better picture of your story, and they have the tools you see on any writing software. From which side you want to write on, to italics, bold, or underlined. For the readers, there are many genres to choose from!! Fantasy, Fanfiction, etc. it your choice. you can also change the font style, color of the page and, size of the font for you various needs. You also have a personal library that no one can see except you! So you can organize your books in any way, but, when you read a book it appears at the top of your library as your recently read. You can also make reading lists on your profile for others to enjoy. If a book isn’t finished writing, the notifications for when the author updated the book, are straight forward, they tell you when they updated and what chapter they updated, so you don’t have to look or reread to make sure your not reading the same chapter twice. I love this app, and I hope if you haven’t tried it, you should!!!more
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Oct 19, 2020 The app was pretty good, although a few things have been bothering me. One, everytime I open up the app, I get a screen that tells me to verify my email address. No matter how many times I do, it still pops up. I understand it's for security, but it's just so annoying. Over and over again. Another thing is that now I can't highlight a particular part of a paragraph to comment on like I used to. I, as a writer, rely on that to get critiques and be alerted to any typos I could have in my story.more -
One teensy problem.
Nov 25, 2019 Off the bat, the app is amazing. I’ve had it for three years. Over the years, I’ve read amazing books and some that weren’t so amazing. I met some amazing authors and a few friends I didn’t know I would meet. It was an online library and hang out that I never knew I actually needed. My friends and I have all collaborated on stories or written each other nice messages on our message board. We all got to answer and write them, except me. I since then deleted the app and haven’t re-downloaded it until a few months back to see if I would get the email to verify my account and allow me to post messages or reply to messages on my board. Nothing. I tried changing my email to see if it was wrong or going to the help page the creators so kindly offered. I checked everything, did everything the help said. Still nothing. This has been going on for two months. TWO MONTHS and still nothing. I don’t understand if it’s just me or if others have experienced this. It’s getting very annoying to the point where I might cry of frustration because of how infuriating this gets. I am sick and tired of waiting and trying and repeating a whole cycle I shouldn’t have to repeat if it was that simple to fix a posible bug. Again, I don’t know if others experienced this or if it’s just me but I’m exhausted from waiting around almost an hour to see if the email got sent or not. Please fix this or at least read this review and say something to make me feel better.more -
Oct 18, 2020 Hey, I use this app for almost 4 years. Last hour, I formatted my phone. So, I need to install and log in wattpad again. But there, even I out the real password, it says I need to reset it. Dem! I lost my email for that account long time ago. What happen actually? How do I can to retrieve the acc? Its my first one, and I love it. Too much happiness and painful with it. Please, help me.more -
Oct 20, 2020 It has been going on great but since a few days it isn't letting me comment on a particular line or a paragraph. If the paragraph already has a few comments it would just allow me to select the *message* icon to comment but if there r not comments on a paragraph, it wont allow u to make comments on it anymore. If this is because of the new update, I'm sorry but I don't want it anymore. That option gave the viewer to express the thoughts and emotions on each and every paragraph but now it gone..more -
Oct 20, 2020 I love this app alot. There has been some problems, but it isn't really of a bother. I thought it would be nice if we were about, when we look up new books to select weather there complete or not and also select when last the books where updated ( if u don't understand when you add more tabs to your book search up top there stands hot and new. I would like them to add these to functions to there)more
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Oct 20, 2020 It has been a great experience. Recent updates managed to annoy me though. There has been a recent update on the library part, in which when you add a book to the library, you have the option to have it offline and online. I am not really complaining on the new feature, but there is a problem about it. WHY IS THERE A LIMIT?! Please, remove the limitations of book we are allowed to have offline.more -
Wattpad: Why Change is Needed
Apr 22, 2019 Wattpad has been on every handheld device I’ve owned since I created an account five years ago. I can honestly say that this app was my favorite app hands down until recently. Yes, I still love and use Wattpad but I don’t spend nearly as much time reading on there as I used to. This is due to the ads and the update with premium accounts. I don’t mind ads at all as that is how apps are kept free but it seems like I get an ad after every single chapter and I’m constantly asked to go premium. With the change of the logo recently as well, I feel Wattpad is in a different place than it was when I joined 5 years ago but not in a good way. We need to move forward but not so much so that it becomes an entirely different thing. There have always been ads and I don’t expect ads to be wiped out completely but it is ridiculous how often they pop up, I also find it quite obnoxious that I am asked to go premium every single time I open the app. It is safe to say that Wattpad has become more of a money making operation than one that values its writers and readers. I don’t think it is much to ask to reduce the amount of ads a little bit and try to make the app about the people using it again. I’m still going to use this app but I have resorted to other FanFiction websites and apps as it is not nearly as enjoyable as it used to be. I do hope you can take both our opinions into consideration more directly. Thank you.more -
No more offline readings, why?!?!?!?
Sep 25, 2019 I have been reading in and fan of Wattpad for 4-5 years now and I have seen them go through major changes, some changes are fine with me but the current change is just upsetting. The moment I woke up in the morning and I went to check on Wattpad for updates in my library, but only to see that now we all have to pay to read offline which was shocking and terrifying to me. I feel like I won’t be able to be able to read anymore interesting stories written or shared by others for the sake of their passion or entertainment (especially while I am going to school using underground transportation). I feel like not being able to read some of our books offline is just a nightmare!!! I understand why Wattpad did the coin system and the ads, but getting rid of the offline reading is just a nightmare! Although, I also read when I have Wi-Fi at home and school and there would be ads which I don’t mind, but now when I am offline I won’t be able to access to my favorites while traveling underground (literally no service) then what? Maybe I should quit Wattpad for a long while and just focus on school which is getting more harder and stressful. Mind you, Wattpad is my source of stress reliever and happy times (plus it was my favorite reading app out of all the others I have experienced with), but now I will just steer clear from Wattpad. Who knows? I might just be back soon or later?more -
great, except...
Oct 13, 2018 I always look forward to going to wattpad every day to read and write. I currently have a book published and another one in the works. This app is great, except for one thing. I don’t know if it is a glitch or if it is supposed to happen, but everyone’s message board posts blow up my notifications. At first I didn’t mind it, thinking it was just a glitch and in the next few days it would be fixed and everything would go back to normal. But now, I think it’s been doing this for maybe a month (I actually don’t really know). All the message board notifications have been preventing me from seeing comments and votes on my actual story and updates from my favorite stories. This really bothers me. I put a new story out about three weeks ago, and it has a very low number of votes and comments compared to my other story. I honestly don’t know if it is all the message board notifications or if everybody is less active because school has started again. Even I have ignored all of my notifications some days because I didn’t want to go through the thousands of notifications just from people posting on their own message boards. So I’m wondering if other people are doing the same as me and ignoring it overall, leading them to not reading and commenting as they used to... I’m definitely not saying I’m thirsty for votes, but this even prevents me from reading. Thank you for reading, I hope it made sense...!more -
Oct 20, 2020 The app with most glitches ever! I love this app but glitches are soon going to make me leave this app. FIX IT ASAP!!! Earlier, the screen used to go black and white everytime I open it. That was somehow fine, if I reinstall it, it's okay for some days. But still a big problem. Not only this, there are no new notifications still it shows like there are. Man, whenever there are new notifications, I used to be so excited thinking it's a chapter update but now--lmao!more
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Oct 20, 2020 I want the old version of wattpad before you make the new version which is today that I can't read my other books that I like because you need an internet connection when you want to read it offline. Think about those other people that doesn't have an internet connection. They couldn't not read those other books that are not part of the other offline books. I'm so sorry to say this but please reconsider changing it back. Please consider it. Other people don't have internet/ money to pay premium.more -
Too Many Ads
Jul 19, 2018 Okay, don’t get me wrong, I understand that to keep Wattpad free for the people who don’t have the money to become a premium member there’s gonna be ads, but the ads that pop up in the middle of every other chapter is VERY annoying. I have been using Wattpad for about 6 years now, it’s by far one of my favorite apps (well it used to be but i’ll get to that in a second): it’s a platform that allows me and others to express our creativity and love for writing and holds some pretty interesting reads that sometimes seem like I should be paying for them... Though at this point, I guess I am with all these ads they throw in my face any chance they get. I was surprised – to say the least – when I opened the app after an update awhile back and seen an ad on the homepage. I was fine with it, of course, because it’s not like it hindered my reading experience, but now the ads have hindered my reading experience. I literally can’t go two chapters without a freaking ad popping up and making me wait 5 seconds until I can move on to the next chapter. It’s ridiculous. Wattpad has obviously fell into the same cycle as every other app that started off ad free. Now they overdo them because all they care about is the money. I still enjoy the app, I just wish they would do something about the ads in the middle of every other chapter, at least make them few and far between. Otherwise, it’s an extremely good app that i’ve enjoyed for many years.more -
Lots of improvement needed
Mar 27, 2020 There are many things I love about this app, but I feel like there are so many things that could and should be better. For instance, the search filters. On websites like A03, you can search for particular genres, word counts, characters, and many more. The search filters feel incomplete. All wattpad has is the amount of chapters (which can be misleading because many people write short stories with many chapters but not a lot of words), when it was updated, and if it’s complete or not. It’s hard to find a particular type of story if you can’t search for things like word count. Another thing is the constant requests to buy premium. I had wattpad before they turned into a greedy money-making company, and it was so much better than the current version. There used to not be constant pop-ups to spend a ridiculous amount of money to go ad free and read a few paid stories. On top of that, they reduced the amount of stories you can read offline. If you had a book loaded previously, you could read it offline and you could do this for many books. Then they reduced that amount to three, then to two. I just wish they didn’t shove the premium ads in your face so much. The search feature is what really needs improvement, though. I want to be able to find stories of a particular type and cannot do that at the moment because of the insufficient searching filters.more -
The update
Feb 6, 2019 Hello I understand that people writing books are getting them published through your company and it’s important to keep funds coming in, but what about the people (like me) who have been reading on watt pad for years now? We have to pay to buy coins now to read stories that used to be free? I thought that the point of it being free is us reading it, loving it, and sharing for other people to discover it? I thought that was the point of this app, when we rate the stories they put into a list of top 50 or so and the best ones can be discovered online by publishers. I’ve been using this app since I was twelve, I am now 18 years old and I’ve been searching for another app to read stories like this but I can’t find any. I believe you’re losing more customers by making the free subscribers pay for reading, it shouldn’t be a thing for free or premium subscribers to pay to read. These aren’t stories made by well known authors these are stories of aspiring authors who need an audience to love their books, review them, and get them out there to the world. I have decided to move on from Wattpad because I can’t afford to pay for it, your customers are more than likely mostly children and young adults who wouldn’t even think about paying to read books when there are other apps that are less desirable but FREE to read and review. I love Wattpad and I hate that this has happened and that’s why I gave a low rating.more -
Wattpad is Just Getting Worse and Worse
May 9, 2019 When I first joined Wattpad about 3 to 4 years ago, it was an interesting community to say the least. A small portion of the books that have been written were extraordinary, while most others have been... somewhat questionable. Even with the rather odd books in the mix, the community itself and the app was overall an enjoyable place to be sometimes. All the bonds and friendships that have been forged on Wattpad are ones I cannot forget, nor would I have had the opportunity to gain such friends without Wattpad. However, as time has past, Wattpad has become worse as a whole. It’s like as if the Wattpad community of the past was a book, and the future of Wattpad was a small flame, engulfing it entirely. The books aren’t the issue for me, as I do find it laughable and sometimes enjoyable to see what people could manage to come up with. The real issue for me, is the administration. One by one, I have seen one too many accounts fall and terminated with to unclear reasoning and unjustified manners. One too many times have I seen accounts that had years worth of work put into it vanish in an instant, only for them to make a new account explaining that Wattpad had terminated their account with false pretenses, not explaining the reasoning for their doing. It’s just isn’t right, deleting all these accounts, some of which had books that the authors clearly put their time, heart, and soul into.more
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Oct 20, 2020 For me, this platform is still one of the best writing platforms out there. This app was very useful not only for author's but also for readers that don't have access to the online version on the internet. But this recent update just ruined what wattpad is. Reducing the available offline books to read really annoys not only me, but a lot of people too. I've always loved that you can offline read stories because I read up to 10 different stories everyday. This update really sucks.more -
Oct 20, 2020 I've had wattpad for a long time now and when I first got it I've had such a blast reading on it. No ads what so ever. But in the latest updates the only thing that I really like was the dark mode update. Now I understand why put premium but after that there's ads everywhere and you can't get a break. Now with putting a limit on the offline books we can read is too much I have alot of books in my library. You can't expect me to choose a limited amount of them. Please bring the old version back..more -
Oct 19, 2020 When i logged out of wattpad, I wanted to login again but when I entered my password, it said, "Sorry, the password is incorrect. We can help you reset your password." I already tried changing my password a dozen of times but it would always say the same error with the password, again and again. I was supposed to rate it to 4 or maybe 5 stars but because of this annoying error, 1 is enough. I also installed the app two times, restarted my phone, turned off the wifi, and the same error appeared.more -
Oct 20, 2020 Honestly I really loved Wattpad. It was an app that let others read for free and enjoy the stories that other people write. But then they started to put ads. Fine, it's annoying that the flow of reading is disrupted for like 8-10 seconds by watching ads but Wattpad has got to make money in some way. Then more premium stuff was added that puts limitations on its readers. For me, the limited number of books that you can read offline is where I cut the line. You are now a sad state to see.more -
Oct 20, 2020 i don't like its new update, i cant read my other saved stories it has limited offline stories that can be read. can't you just bring back the old version we don't have enough data to read it online and we don't have enough money to buy books. Just bring it back to the old version of wattpad we wanna read a lot of story not a limited one. we can't enjoy it because of that.more
What’s Groovy
I’ve had this app for over two years now, and I haven’t thought to write a review until now. It has so many amazing books, some have been published as actual books, some just written for fun. You can completely enjoy it with some short adds or you can pay for premium and get no adds and a few different features. I’ve had it for so long, and sadly can’t do premium, even though it is pretty inexpensive; but it’s still an amazing experience. There are also some stories that you have to use coins for, and you can buy coins or get three a day by watching videos, and each chapter is three coins. There are so many more books that are completely free though, so paying isn’t required at all. I also love having the comments on each paragraph of the story and being able to share my thoughts and read others opinions on the books. The one and only complaint that I have is that there isn’t a feature to like a comment on a book. I’ve seen a few people who have the same problem, we don’t want to comment on something, we just want to let them know that their comment made us laugh. It’s a very small complaint though, and it doesn’t affect the experience on Wattpad. All in all, this app is great for exploring books, and writing as well. It’s very easy write and publish chapters and books on the app. It’s perfect for writers who just want to have some fun or who want to explore an interest in writing. Would 100% recommend this to all book lovers and writers.
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What’s Subpar
Okay, since the latest update, there was a lot of changes for the bad. At first, I was able to get through the ads and though that it's okay, but now when the ads play and I tried to remove the ad, it will return to the home page. Then my library won't load. Please do fix the problem. And ever since the wattpad primiun kinda upgraded, the offline stories were limited. I've been using wattpad for 6 years and I was really happy with it, and I hope we can read and write freely again.
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It has been a great experience. Recent updates managed to annoy me though. There has been a recent update on the library part, in which when you add a book to the library, you have the option to have it offline and online. I am not really complaining on the new feature, but there is a problem about it. WHY IS THERE A LIMIT?! Please, remove the limitations of book we are allowed to have offline.
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Love this app, but...
This is an awesome app to read stories and fanfics, but the one thing at the moment that I don’t like is the new limit to read offline without premium. I liked how before you could read any story offline, but you couldn’t update the new chapter, but it’s better then having a limite on stories to read and sometimes get to read the story if they did update a new chapter without internet. I would like it if wattpad were to take away the limitation on offline stories, for its better that way and I can read more when I’m on a business trip or on an airplane I can read lots of stories without limitations. I have had this app for maybe 2 years and I never had a complaint, but with the limited offline stories it had caused me some troubles, also once I was in a business trip and I went to read and there was no internet connection or anything. But I had my offline books and one of them updated, though the thing was I couldn’t read it and it told me I have to have an internet connection to upload the new chapter, which irritated me cause this was supposed to be an offline story that I can read without anything and after that I couldn’t read until 2 hours later once I got internet. In a couple of day I will be traveling and some parts of the place that I’m going does not have internet connection, but I want to still be able to read, but I can’t afford premium so I’m just asking please get rid of the limited offline books they’re troublesome. -
Ok this app is the BEST!! My writing has increased, and gotten better by 85%! I think this really helps people who love writing express, for me it's a fun Hobby, but I think that it could be more. Just publishing a book, and reading your own book feels great!! You can even read books others write! I love Fanfics, and I write them, and read them. In my opinion the best writing and reading app I've came upon of. Total recommend it to writers out there! It's like a community.
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curious? read this
alright, i’ve had this app since 2013 and let me start this review by saying it’s definitely not the same as the old version. the changes aren’t too bad, once you get used to the adds that pop up every so often when you’re reading a story. they can get annoying and more consistent the longer you read, but again, you get used to them after a while. if not, just pay for premium (i actually wouldn’t recommend getting premium unless you’re REALLY bothered by the adds). overall this app is great. if you want to write a story, it’s not hard trying to figure out what specific buttons you’ve got to press in order to pick your story’s cover, select tags, add a new chapter and so on. i do have to warn you though, the app is known to crash when you’re in the middle of writing a chapter and deleting all of that progress you made, so be careful with that. getting your story views isn’t that difficult either, unless you’re a new author but even then your story will eventually get viewers. wattpad’s also a great app to make friends and find mutuals too. over the years i’ve met a lot of nice people, and gotten myself more than a lot of followers. you don’t need followers though, you can simply use wattpad to read, find friends, or do your own thing. it doesn’t matter if you’re trying to find a story of a specific fandom/an original story, wattpad’s perfect to pass time. so yes, i recommend it, regardless of the few problems it has occasionally. -
I’m in love with Wattpad but there is a problem...
I love Wattpad so, so, so much and am even an author of a couple of books. I’ve been on this app for like four years now and it has made my life so much better and enjoyable. I love how in the library you can have as much books as you want and being able to comment on stories and to message authors and all the other stuff. Each update of Wattpad was better than be next. I love the most recent update because it makes everything look so organized but.... I have a concern. You see, before this update, I was able to access any book easily offline as long as it was in my library. But now, the new update only allows to have two books offline and it seems sort of unfair to me. I can still read but I don’t feel that much joy as I used to feel. To have more offline books, you have to have the premium plan and sadly, I cannot afford that as I already have to much things to take care up. With this review, I plead that you try to fix Wattpad as to get rid of only having two boos offline without premium to change so that Wattpad users are able to read any book on their library offline and to be able to see their updates. This is the concern I have to address. I hope someone sees this and is able to take my concern into consideration and fix Wattpad. For feedback from others, this pretty much is similar to what most of the Wattpad users that I know said when I asked them. -
Amazing app!!!
This app has everything for a reader or writers needs!! You can write all your stories, with as many chapters as you want!! You can also create your own cover for your book as well. The writing portion of the app is very simple to use. With the ability to add videos or pictures at the top of each chapter, you can give the readers a better picture of your story, and they have the tools you see on any writing software. From which side you want to write on, to italics, bold, or underlined. For the readers, there are many genres to choose from!! Fantasy, Fanfiction, etc. it your choice. you can also change the font style, color of the page and, size of the font for you various needs. You also have a personal library that no one can see except you! So you can organize your books in any way, but, when you read a book it appears at the top of your library as your recently read. You can also make reading lists on your profile for others to enjoy. If a book isn’t finished writing, the notifications for when the author updated the book, are straight forward, they tell you when they updated and what chapter they updated, so you don’t have to look or reread to make sure your not reading the same chapter twice. I love this app, and I hope if you haven’t tried it, you should!!! -
The app was pretty good, although a few things have been bothering me. One, everytime I open up the app, I get a screen that tells me to verify my email address. No matter how many times I do, it still pops up. I understand it's for security, but it's just so annoying. Over and over again. Another thing is that now I can't highlight a particular part of a paragraph to comment on like I used to. I, as a writer, rely on that to get critiques and be alerted to any typos I could have in my story.
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One teensy problem.
Off the bat, the app is amazing. I’ve had it for three years. Over the years, I’ve read amazing books and some that weren’t so amazing. I met some amazing authors and a few friends I didn’t know I would meet. It was an online library and hang out that I never knew I actually needed. My friends and I have all collaborated on stories or written each other nice messages on our message board. We all got to answer and write them, except me. I since then deleted the app and haven’t re-downloaded it until a few months back to see if I would get the email to verify my account and allow me to post messages or reply to messages on my board. Nothing. I tried changing my email to see if it was wrong or going to the help page the creators so kindly offered. I checked everything, did everything the help said. Still nothing. This has been going on for two months. TWO MONTHS and still nothing. I don’t understand if it’s just me or if others have experienced this. It’s getting very annoying to the point where I might cry of frustration because of how infuriating this gets. I am sick and tired of waiting and trying and repeating a whole cycle I shouldn’t have to repeat if it was that simple to fix a posible bug. Again, I don’t know if others experienced this or if it’s just me but I’m exhausted from waiting around almost an hour to see if the email got sent or not. Please fix this or at least read this review and say something to make me feel better. -
Hey, I use this app for almost 4 years. Last hour, I formatted my phone. So, I need to install and log in wattpad again. But there, even I out the real password, it says I need to reset it. Dem! I lost my email for that account long time ago. What happen actually? How do I can to retrieve the acc? Its my first one, and I love it. Too much happiness and painful with it. Please, help me.
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Love Wattpad but I’m disappointed
I love this app and I have been on Wattpad for many years and the fact that it was a free reading app was what attracted me but now after years I’ve been on this app and then like I go to read the story that I love then I realize that the chapters are unavailable because I have to pay for them now because apparently they have paid stories. You know that wasn’t like too much of a big deal for me but if I have been reading this book since the author came out with it and now I’m almost done with the book but then I realize that I have to pay for it, I have a problem with that but the thing that really makes me mad what happened was when Wattpad started having premium so now I have to pay to remove ads that I didn’t even have before and now I have a limit to how many books I can read offline when I used to be able to use read off-line books without having to pay for it to download it you know not everybody can afford to have Wattpad premium like who wants to pay for premium on app that was initially supposed to be 100% free in the first place. Wattpad used to be free honey I’m not going to buy a Wattpad premium account I don’t have enough money for that, the main reason I started a Wattpad account years ago was so I could read and create for free😑👎🏾
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Best app ever....I've had Wattpad for 3years now and I'll never get rid of it
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Best app on the app store 😁😁😁
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I loved wattpad the most when it was free. Now I can't read paid books. Not everyone has money like that but it's still the best book app ever
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I give three star because the update now is getting worst just like now I can't read my other likes story because of update and 2 offline stories are available only but in my friends they got 25 available offline stories while me and the others readers they got 2 offline stories available.
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Awesome app!!!!!!
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The recent update really annoy me. I mean, we are okay with the offline library from the previous versions. Its the check marks that really annoy me the most.
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Ever since the new update it'd been glitchy. I'll be looking through one of my reading lists and it stops. Or I am writing and it'll erase all of it besides the last word.
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I hate the change to the library
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I used to love this app. I have been using it for 4 yrs .But now there is limit to offline library which is kind of getting on my nerves.
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Great app but one thing.
I absolutely love this app. Everything about it is absolutely magnificent, except the new update it really bothers me. The plus signs beside each paragraph is really annoying I hope you guys can rethink about this whole thing about it. When I try to read those plus signs annoy me so much, so I hope you think about removing them. Thank you!
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Love this app, but...
This is an awesome app to read stories and fanfics, but the one thing at the moment that I don’t like is the new limit to read offline without premium. I liked how before you could read any story offline, but you couldn’t update the new chapter, but it’s better then having a limite on stories to read and sometimes get to read the story if they did update a new chapter without internet. I would like it if wattpad were to take away the limitation on offline stories, for its better that way and I can read more when I’m on a business trip or on an airplane I can read lots of stories without limitations. I have had this app for maybe 2 years and I never had a complaint, but with the limited offline stories it had caused me some troubles, also once I was in a business trip and I went to read and there was no internet connection or anything. But I had my offline books and one of them updated, though the thing was I couldn’t read it and it told me I have to have an internet connection to upload the new chapter, which irritated me cause this was supposed to be an offline story that I can read without anything and after that I couldn’t read until 2 hours later once I got internet. In a couple of day I will be traveling and some parts of the place that I’m going does not have internet connection, but I want to still be able to read, but I can’t afford premium so I’m just asking please get rid of the limited offline books they’re troublesome. -
Ok this app is the BEST!! My writing has increased, and gotten better by 85%! I think this really helps people who love writing express, for me it's a fun Hobby, but I think that it could be more. Just publishing a book, and reading your own book feels great!! You can even read books others write! I love Fanfics, and I write them, and read them. In my opinion the best writing and reading app I've came upon of. Total recommend it to writers out there! It's like a community.
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curious? read this
alright, i’ve had this app since 2013 and let me start this review by saying it’s definitely not the same as the old version. the changes aren’t too bad, once you get used to the adds that pop up every so often when you’re reading a story. they can get annoying and more consistent the longer you read, but again, you get used to them after a while. if not, just pay for premium (i actually wouldn’t recommend getting premium unless you’re REALLY bothered by the adds). overall this app is great. if you want to write a story, it’s not hard trying to figure out what specific buttons you’ve got to press in order to pick your story’s cover, select tags, add a new chapter and so on. i do have to warn you though, the app is known to crash when you’re in the middle of writing a chapter and deleting all of that progress you made, so be careful with that. getting your story views isn’t that difficult either, unless you’re a new author but even then your story will eventually get viewers. wattpad’s also a great app to make friends and find mutuals too. over the years i’ve met a lot of nice people, and gotten myself more than a lot of followers. you don’t need followers though, you can simply use wattpad to read, find friends, or do your own thing. it doesn’t matter if you’re trying to find a story of a specific fandom/an original story, wattpad’s perfect to pass time. so yes, i recommend it, regardless of the few problems it has occasionally. -
I’m in love with Wattpad but there is a problem...
I love Wattpad so, so, so much and am even an author of a couple of books. I’ve been on this app for like four years now and it has made my life so much better and enjoyable. I love how in the library you can have as much books as you want and being able to comment on stories and to message authors and all the other stuff. Each update of Wattpad was better than be next. I love the most recent update because it makes everything look so organized but.... I have a concern. You see, before this update, I was able to access any book easily offline as long as it was in my library. But now, the new update only allows to have two books offline and it seems sort of unfair to me. I can still read but I don’t feel that much joy as I used to feel. To have more offline books, you have to have the premium plan and sadly, I cannot afford that as I already have to much things to take care up. With this review, I plead that you try to fix Wattpad as to get rid of only having two boos offline without premium to change so that Wattpad users are able to read any book on their library offline and to be able to see their updates. This is the concern I have to address. I hope someone sees this and is able to take my concern into consideration and fix Wattpad. For feedback from others, this pretty much is similar to what most of the Wattpad users that I know said when I asked them. -
Amazing app!!!
This app has everything for a reader or writers needs!! You can write all your stories, with as many chapters as you want!! You can also create your own cover for your book as well. The writing portion of the app is very simple to use. With the ability to add videos or pictures at the top of each chapter, you can give the readers a better picture of your story, and they have the tools you see on any writing software. From which side you want to write on, to italics, bold, or underlined. For the readers, there are many genres to choose from!! Fantasy, Fanfiction, etc. it your choice. you can also change the font style, color of the page and, size of the font for you various needs. You also have a personal library that no one can see except you! So you can organize your books in any way, but, when you read a book it appears at the top of your library as your recently read. You can also make reading lists on your profile for others to enjoy. If a book isn’t finished writing, the notifications for when the author updated the book, are straight forward, they tell you when they updated and what chapter they updated, so you don’t have to look or reread to make sure your not reading the same chapter twice. I love this app, and I hope if you haven’t tried it, you should!!! -
Love Wattpad but I’m disappointed
I love this app and I have been on Wattpad for many years and the fact that it was a free reading app was what attracted me but now after years I’ve been on this app and then like I go to read the story that I love then I realize that the chapters are unavailable because I have to pay for them now because apparently they have paid stories. You know that wasn’t like too much of a big deal for me but if I have been reading this book since the author came out with it and now I’m almost done with the book but then I realize that I have to pay for it, I have a problem with that but the thing that really makes me mad what happened was when Wattpad started having premium so now I have to pay to remove ads that I didn’t even have before and now I have a limit to how many books I can read offline when I used to be able to use read off-line books without having to pay for it to download it you know not everybody can afford to have Wattpad premium like who wants to pay for premium on app that was initially supposed to be 100% free in the first place. Wattpad used to be free honey I’m not going to buy a Wattpad premium account I don’t have enough money for that, the main reason I started a Wattpad account years ago was so I could read and create for free😑👎🏾 -
Love this app, just a little bug with the new dark mode.
So, I absolutely love this app and how great it is at letting you create your own stories while being free and open to any topic a writer wants to write. You can also read so many stories that people make and it lets people actually pay writers so they can make a living. Plus, you can find almost any genre in this app from horror to fantasy to Non-Fiction! You can also write books that are showed to certain people of different ages and has a Mature rating so little kids don’t accidentally go on inappropriate stuff. It is good for all ages and makes sure there isn’t bad stuff in a book and is overall fun to look through and to connect to people and how they write. It also helps you improve in writing and planning out stories. There’s just one small bug with the dark mode and writing. Sometimes when I write the color of the text goes back to black, and I can’t see it which makes it difficult to keep my writing flow. It of course disappears when I click out and go back in but if you could fix this it would be great! Oh, and another thing, I think it would be really cool if we could share stories and write them with other accounts. It would be easier than a google doc and it would be a lot more fun! -
My honest opinion about wattpad
I love wattpad, I’ve written stories, I’ve read good stories but the thing I can’t stand is wattpad moving things around, I use to be able to be able to just click on one of the bottom thing to either my library or my account but now I got to click a different button to get to my account? Why is wattpad moving things, adding/taking arm way things so often? They moved it with my library is now in the middle of my screen out of the group and it’s throwing my off every single time. Like I’m clicking on them trying to get onto my account and then I’m just like how the flip go I get on my account before I clicked a different button before I finally got on my account. I think this was new since it only appeared like that today so I’m not sure if it’s permanent but please stop doing that to us wattpad users, it annoys me at the least even if the others aren’t bothered a whole lot. I liked it how it use to be not like how it keeps changing every time I take my eyes off it for a second. Don’t get me wrong I still love wattpad, but with the changes it keeps going through annoys me and irritates me. So please stop with moving things around on wattpad, it only makes things harder to find depending on what it is we are looking for, like checking our account or something. -
New “Post It Note” Feature Recommended
Okay so I love Wattpad and I’ve been using this app over 2 years and I think it’s great, honestly one of my complaints that I got that has a real solution is the process of writing a new chapter. It just gives you a blank page with nothing new so I’ve thought about a way to kinda “organize” it. Whenever I’m writing something, I take in mental notes, and those mental notes sometimes go away and I forget it so I have to reread what I’ve written in order to try and remember what I’ve thought about earlier. A way to fix this issue is to add a feature where u can write small post it notes (kinda like the one Apple has as gadgets) and stick it on the page where you’re writing. This could be helpful in MANY ways, such as: remembering what POV you’re writing, reminding you to add important scenes later on, introducing a new character, jotting down ideas and thoughts that come to mind etc. This feature could honestly save many lives (including ur app) and make Wattpad more organized and clean. (Of coarse when u publish that same chapter with the notes, the notes wont be visible to the readers and only will be seen by the author when they are in edit mode) Hope u take my ideas into consideration and hope u read this review with an open mind UwU -
Love it but some ad problems
I’ve been using Wattpad for years now, I love it quite a bit but there is one problem that I’m not sure has been brought up yet. Every once in a while, when trying to skip over chapters using the chapter feature, ads don’t load after several times, when I try to skip over while this is happening the chapters either go back to the one I was at previously or move to the next chapter (usually not the one I wanted to read). It gets even worse as your premium ad won’t ever close unless I close the app, I’ve had it pop up about five times, and every single time I’ve gotten it (usually after another ad that took forever to load) it’s been stuck open, as if the x button at the top doesn’t work even after 30 seconds. I’m not sure if it is a phone problem but I’m using a new phone and still it won’t close, sometimes if ads can’t load, the ad pops up for a second after I skip a chapter manually then the pop up link acts as if I had hit it. I love Wattpad but I’d rather not upgrade to premium just to fix two minor problems that I know can be fixed easily (I hope, I’m no programmer). I hope I’m not the only one facing these problems so that way you can get a better sense of what might be the issue. Thanks for reading!
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The app was pretty good, although a few things have been bothering me. One, everytime I open up the app, I get a screen that tells me to verify my email address. No matter how many times I do, it still pops up. I understand it's for security, but it's just so annoying. Over and over again. Another thing is that now I can't highlight a particular part of a paragraph to comment on like I used to. I, as a writer, rely on that to get critiques and be alerted to any typos I could have in my story.
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One teensy problem.
Off the bat, the app is amazing. I’ve had it for three years. Over the years, I’ve read amazing books and some that weren’t so amazing. I met some amazing authors and a few friends I didn’t know I would meet. It was an online library and hang out that I never knew I actually needed. My friends and I have all collaborated on stories or written each other nice messages on our message board. We all got to answer and write them, except me. I since then deleted the app and haven’t re-downloaded it until a few months back to see if I would get the email to verify my account and allow me to post messages or reply to messages on my board. Nothing. I tried changing my email to see if it was wrong or going to the help page the creators so kindly offered. I checked everything, did everything the help said. Still nothing. This has been going on for two months. TWO MONTHS and still nothing. I don’t understand if it’s just me or if others have experienced this. It’s getting very annoying to the point where I might cry of frustration because of how infuriating this gets. I am sick and tired of waiting and trying and repeating a whole cycle I shouldn’t have to repeat if it was that simple to fix a posible bug. Again, I don’t know if others experienced this or if it’s just me but I’m exhausted from waiting around almost an hour to see if the email got sent or not. Please fix this or at least read this review and say something to make me feel better. -
Hey, I use this app for almost 4 years. Last hour, I formatted my phone. So, I need to install and log in wattpad again. But there, even I out the real password, it says I need to reset it. Dem! I lost my email for that account long time ago. What happen actually? How do I can to retrieve the acc? Its my first one, and I love it. Too much happiness and painful with it. Please, help me.
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It has been going on great but since a few days it isn't letting me comment on a particular line or a paragraph. If the paragraph already has a few comments it would just allow me to select the *message* icon to comment but if there r not comments on a paragraph, it wont allow u to make comments on it anymore. If this is because of the new update, I'm sorry but I don't want it anymore. That option gave the viewer to express the thoughts and emotions on each and every paragraph but now it gone..
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I love this app alot. There has been some problems, but it isn't really of a bother. I thought it would be nice if we were about, when we look up new books to select weather there complete or not and also select when last the books where updated ( if u don't understand when you add more tabs to your book search up top there stands hot and new. I would like them to add these to functions to there)
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What happened
I have been on this app for 4 years this has been my favorite app to read books. I read all different type of books on here and I love them all. But this app has become something that is a money hungry. It now gives you only 2 offline reading books and to have unlimited you have to pay for it, and I don’t appreciate that. This app use to be free period, I don’t care that you there are books on here that cost, because they are good books and deserve the recognition but if your gonna have me pay to have an unlimited supply of unlimited offline books that is insane. I want an unlimited number of books offline because o can’t always be online, and have multiple books to choose from while I’m off is so convenient for me. Now I can’t have that and if I can’t have that I won’t be even able to use the app as much. I don’t have the money to pay for all of that, even if it’s not that much so you need to fix this or don’t. But just know that I can’t use this app that often if I can only have 2 books to read offline. And there is not just me so if people stop using this app as often because of this then this app won’t be as popular. And please don’t get me wrong I love this app there such a variety of people making a different variety of books, it’s great. But you get my point. -
I really love this app, I write my own stories and have read more fanfictions than I can't count however, there are some slightly annoying things to the app like premium, ads and the limit of 2 offline books for non premiums but the things that's been annoying me most lately is that, since the recent update, whenever I go on it asked my check if my email is the correct or if I need to change it and no matter how many times I click that it is my current email, it won't stop coming up.
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Amazing but one thing...
The people who already have this app might know my struggles. If there was a way for the books that are 'complete' to have a mark or something, so we readers know that we won't be waiting for updates when we read it. It gets very annoying, very fast when I have to check every book INDIVIDUALLY, in my library if they are complete or not. I understand that there is a filter in the search engine that allows you to see only 'complete' books, but it is (to me) useless. Especially, when you already have the books. Plus if someone, is finished with the book but don't know how to mark it as a 'completed' book, that gets REALLY annoying. Then all of the books in anyone's library start to stack up because of those main reasons. For example... I have +250 books at the moment. Not always a fun thing. So maybe writers could get notifications if they haven't updated a book in a while, asking if they are finished with the book and would like for it to be 'completed'. Of course, the user gets to decide how frequently that happens. To every week they don't update, to maybe even every year. Please hear me out Wattpad, because I know that if there any users like me out there. They would be as thankful as I would be if you helped these problems. Please. -
Changed My Life... However...
Wattpad is honestly one of my favorite (if not my #1 favorite) apps out there. I write and read nearly everyday and it has honestly changed my life. However... I've noticed in the past month a glitch. A couple of my stories have this glitch where when I press "preview" it says "this page got lost in a good story and never came back". The first time it bothered me and then I updated Wattpad and the problem was fixed. But then today I noticed that it happened again to now two of my stories. I can't get rid of it which disrupts me from reading my drafts in order to catch any mistakes I made etc. I'm not sure what's going on but I hope it can be fixed in the next update. Other than that Wattpad is absolutely amazing. While the whole paying for some stories kinda bugged me I do understand that there are writers who would like to pursue their dreams and get paid. Though, another issue that kinda bugs me is the whole offline reading thing and how you have to have premium to read more than two stories offline. I honestly think two stories is a little unfair but that's only my opinion. Okay, that's all. I just hoped this bug can be addressed. Again, Wattpad is honestly amazing in so many ways and I hope it continues to get better. -
Love it, but a few suggestions!
Personally, this app is an amazing outlet into my fandoms and it’s absolutely incredible how many stories that I can find. But I would suggest that you try to promote stories that aren’t as popular as well. I’ve read a ton of stories that weren’t nearly as popular as they should be. Also you should add a like button for the comment section. Being in multiple fandoms, it’s gets annoying when there’s a reference and every single person comments it. Or if someone comments something I agree with I would have to respond to give them the “credit” (for lack of better word and I think you get what I mean) for their thoughts. If the comment had a like button, I wouldn’t have to respond. It would be much easier to show appreciation to the commenters who are very funny and come up with good suggestions. And I believe it would be easier for the author not to have to sort through the many, many comments that are the same thing every time, just to find constructive criticism. The first person could comment something, and everyone else could just like it to show appreciation instead of hiding more important comments. Overall this app is amazing and I suggest it to anyone that’s in any fandom or just loves to read in general.
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It has been a great experience. Recent updates managed to annoy me though. There has been a recent update on the library part, in which when you add a book to the library, you have the option to have it offline and online. I am not really complaining on the new feature, but there is a problem about it. WHY IS THERE A LIMIT?! Please, remove the limitations of book we are allowed to have offline.
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Wattpad: Why Change is Needed
Wattpad has been on every handheld device I’ve owned since I created an account five years ago. I can honestly say that this app was my favorite app hands down until recently. Yes, I still love and use Wattpad but I don’t spend nearly as much time reading on there as I used to. This is due to the ads and the update with premium accounts. I don’t mind ads at all as that is how apps are kept free but it seems like I get an ad after every single chapter and I’m constantly asked to go premium. With the change of the logo recently as well, I feel Wattpad is in a different place than it was when I joined 5 years ago but not in a good way. We need to move forward but not so much so that it becomes an entirely different thing. There have always been ads and I don’t expect ads to be wiped out completely but it is ridiculous how often they pop up, I also find it quite obnoxious that I am asked to go premium every single time I open the app. It is safe to say that Wattpad has become more of a money making operation than one that values its writers and readers. I don’t think it is much to ask to reduce the amount of ads a little bit and try to make the app about the people using it again. I’m still going to use this app but I have resorted to other FanFiction websites and apps as it is not nearly as enjoyable as it used to be. I do hope you can take both our opinions into consideration more directly. Thank you. -
No more offline readings, why?!?!?!?
I have been reading in and fan of Wattpad for 4-5 years now and I have seen them go through major changes, some changes are fine with me but the current change is just upsetting. The moment I woke up in the morning and I went to check on Wattpad for updates in my library, but only to see that now we all have to pay to read offline which was shocking and terrifying to me. I feel like I won’t be able to be able to read anymore interesting stories written or shared by others for the sake of their passion or entertainment (especially while I am going to school using underground transportation). I feel like not being able to read some of our books offline is just a nightmare!!! I understand why Wattpad did the coin system and the ads, but getting rid of the offline reading is just a nightmare! Although, I also read when I have Wi-Fi at home and school and there would be ads which I don’t mind, but now when I am offline I won’t be able to access to my favorites while traveling underground (literally no service) then what? Maybe I should quit Wattpad for a long while and just focus on school which is getting more harder and stressful. Mind you, Wattpad is my source of stress reliever and happy times (plus it was my favorite reading app out of all the others I have experienced with), but now I will just steer clear from Wattpad. Who knows? I might just be back soon or later? -
great, except...
I always look forward to going to wattpad every day to read and write. I currently have a book published and another one in the works. This app is great, except for one thing. I don’t know if it is a glitch or if it is supposed to happen, but everyone’s message board posts blow up my notifications. At first I didn’t mind it, thinking it was just a glitch and in the next few days it would be fixed and everything would go back to normal. But now, I think it’s been doing this for maybe a month (I actually don’t really know). All the message board notifications have been preventing me from seeing comments and votes on my actual story and updates from my favorite stories. This really bothers me. I put a new story out about three weeks ago, and it has a very low number of votes and comments compared to my other story. I honestly don’t know if it is all the message board notifications or if everybody is less active because school has started again. Even I have ignored all of my notifications some days because I didn’t want to go through the thousands of notifications just from people posting on their own message boards. So I’m wondering if other people are doing the same as me and ignoring it overall, leading them to not reading and commenting as they used to... I’m definitely not saying I’m thirsty for votes, but this even prevents me from reading. Thank you for reading, I hope it made sense...! -
The app with most glitches ever! I love this app but glitches are soon going to make me leave this app. FIX IT ASAP!!! Earlier, the screen used to go black and white everytime I open it. That was somehow fine, if I reinstall it, it's okay for some days. But still a big problem. Not only this, there are no new notifications still it shows like there are. Man, whenever there are new notifications, I used to be so excited thinking it's a chapter update but now--lmao!
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Offline and ads is a pain
I will forever love this app because this is what got me to fall in love with reading books but I can’t help but to hate the new updates. The whole offline thing was (not trying to be mean) stupid to do. The fact that I’m limited to two books for the offline mode when i have no internet is crazy. I loved when we can still read all the books we had in our library without internet. I really wish y’all can get rid of it because that’s very annoying. The ads are way too long. Some ads are 5 seconds before you can skip but most ads are like almost 2MINS LONG!!! And sometimes I feel that the ads are now popping up after every other chapter. I don’t mind ads but it’s too much after awhile especially when I’m really getting into a book. I understand you guys made a premium thing for people to get rid of the ads and have more offline books but it’s not worth the $5.99 when you can just go back to the original way y’all had it. I feel like every update y’all make is getting worst and I feel bad for saying this but I’m actually not reading off of here as much which kills me cause I really do love this app. But, if y’all keep making this an ad competition and keep the whole offline thing you might lose a reader off of this app. Hopefully y’all will read our complaints and keep it under consideration -
Update the update
IF WATTPAD IS NOT CURRENTLY ON VERSION 6.83.0 DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME READING THIS Also sorry for any typos, I have a lot to say. I would’ve given the app 5 stars. Perfect app... that is, until the update came along. Using this app was so fun. It never had any crashes or glitches. Once I got the most recent update, everything is glitchy. I can’t look at the comment conversations from my notifications without every other story not loading. Heck, even MY OWN story doesn’t load unless I actually look it up instead of going to from my profile. Also, between chapters are ALWAYS video adds. Before, every three to four chapters had one. Now it’s EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. I would not normally be TOO bothered by that, but these adds don’t even load. I have to wait forever for it to load so I can finally go to the next chapter. I also have to restart the app every 10ish minutes to stop the glitching. The stories I’m reading lose their place and I have to find where is was again. What I mean by that is that it’s like reading a book and at least once a day the book mark just randomly falls out and you have to search the book for your place. Keep in mind, the chapters took forever to load, so the time I took finding my place is equal to reading one to two decent sized chapters. Believe it or not, there’s more. If you read this far, congrats. 😂 -
I am very lost
This app keeps getting worse and worse I miss the old Wattpad, why does it keep getting harder to find books? Why do we have to pay? Although I agree that authors should get money for there great writing,all I can find are books that I have to pay for.... I still LOVE this app, but I really miss the old Wattpad. Also I really really do not like the newest update, I am very lost and it is hard to get around the app. I have used this app for about 3 ish years and I remember when I first got it I thought it was very easy to get around, but now if I where to recommend this to a friend they would have to ask me LOTS of questions on how to find a book that they like. I AM NOT SAYING THAT THE BOOKS ARE BAD, it is just hard to find books from authors that don’t have hundreds of followers, and reads. I feel like this app just wants money now, there are way to many adds, almost every chapter has a add, it makes me not want to read. PLEASE MAKE CHANGES. Try to think about what READERS AND WRITERS WANT, not one or the other, stop WORRYING ABOUT MONEY. You should try to make a book and take recommendations, so that way you can find a way to fix the app a way EVERYONE WANTS, from OLD AND NEW and writers, I want this to be a app where everyone can feel free and not have any confusion. This is just my opinion btw, take it or don’t take it, but this is how I feel. -
Good but needs improve
While the app itself is really good. It’s a place where people share their ideas and get dead back from others. Some books are fantastic, and others make you “what dudo I just read”. And I love that about it. But what ruins this experience is little problems. For example if you accidentally tap at the top of the screen where the bar is it can take you back to the beginning of the book. Now this would be okay if they had a icon you could press for this feature, but they don’t. Another example is the new feature they added where you have to have a vip pass to have more than 2 books you can read offline. Before this was added as long as you loaded the chapter before hand you could read them offline. Lastly I’ve had a problem where some of the books in my library would randomly start over at the beginning which is a problem because I don’t know what chapter I read last. These small little problems have been causing me big headaches. If these little things could be fixed or tweaked more people would want to use the app. As I’ve said before add a icon to go to the start of the book, allow us to have more than 2 book to read offline, and fixed the bug where it randomly starts you at the beginning. And it wouldn’t hurt to cut back on the adds. -
Good but subscription ad badgering...
Honestly I love this app/site. I’ve been reading on wattpad even before it had a app. The introduction of the app was amazing, and I loved the idea behind a convenient way to read stories orginal/FanFiction you name it for free. I understood the need for ads to help maintain for servers etc, and even eventually so that the writters could make something of their free content, because the site was always advertised as a free web based place for stories... I’ve run the gambit with the bugs and freezing and issues with ads up through now.... (including annoying battery drain constantly since the appearance of them) and sure they are annoying, but stuff was free. Now not only do we need to pay to read certain content... we are harassed every single chapter tailing a ad for us to subscribe, with a pic that has a unclickable (X)which has varying time periods to close said subscription ad. (I know I’ve timed it..) Atleast with the sponsored ads they don’t show the X till it can be closed. Or perhaps place your solicitation every other chapter in place of a ad. Not everyone has the money for these things and it’s seems very badgering on your part to keep imposing it every second you can. I’d rate more stars even just to have less of the ads for your subscription pleas inflicted upon me/us.
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For me, this platform is still one of the best writing platforms out there. This app was very useful not only for author's but also for readers that don't have access to the online version on the internet. But this recent update just ruined what wattpad is. Reducing the available offline books to read really annoys not only me, but a lot of people too. I've always loved that you can offline read stories because I read up to 10 different stories everyday. This update really sucks.
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I've had wattpad for a long time now and when I first got it I've had such a blast reading on it. No ads what so ever. But in the latest updates the only thing that I really like was the dark mode update. Now I understand why put premium but after that there's ads everywhere and you can't get a break. Now with putting a limit on the offline books we can read is too much I have alot of books in my library. You can't expect me to choose a limited amount of them. Please bring the old version back..
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When i logged out of wattpad, I wanted to login again but when I entered my password, it said, "Sorry, the password is incorrect. We can help you reset your password." I already tried changing my password a dozen of times but it would always say the same error with the password, again and again. I was supposed to rate it to 4 or maybe 5 stars but because of this annoying error, 1 is enough. I also installed the app two times, restarted my phone, turned off the wifi, and the same error appeared.
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Honestly I really loved Wattpad. It was an app that let others read for free and enjoy the stories that other people write. But then they started to put ads. Fine, it's annoying that the flow of reading is disrupted for like 8-10 seconds by watching ads but Wattpad has got to make money in some way. Then more premium stuff was added that puts limitations on its readers. For me, the limited number of books that you can read offline is where I cut the line. You are now a sad state to see.
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I want the old version of wattpad before you make the new version which is today that I can't read my other books that I like because you need an internet connection when you want to read it offline. Think about those other people that doesn't have an internet connection. They couldn't not read those other books that are not part of the other offline books. I'm so sorry to say this but please reconsider changing it back. Please consider it. Other people don't have internet/ money to pay premium.
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i don't like its new update, i cant read my other saved stories it has limited offline stories that can be read. can't you just bring back the old version we don't have enough data to read it online and we don't have enough money to buy books. Just bring it back to the old version of wattpad we wanna read a lot of story not a limited one. we can't enjoy it because of that.
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I hate the new update. I've been a reader of wattoad since 2012 because of how accessible and liberating this is. I can see now that through the years, a normal reading app became a cold hard capitalist. I hate that I have to pay not only for the good stories but also for unlimited offline library. This is foolish. 25 offline stories only? And ads showing per chapter of a book? Disappointed with this app. I would uninstall if only the authors I like did not use this platform. Reflect on this.
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Too Many Ads
Okay, don’t get me wrong, I understand that to keep Wattpad free for the people who don’t have the money to become a premium member there’s gonna be ads, but the ads that pop up in the middle of every other chapter is VERY annoying. I have been using Wattpad for about 6 years now, it’s by far one of my favorite apps (well it used to be but i’ll get to that in a second): it’s a platform that allows me and others to express our creativity and love for writing and holds some pretty interesting reads that sometimes seem like I should be paying for them... Though at this point, I guess I am with all these ads they throw in my face any chance they get. I was surprised – to say the least – when I opened the app after an update awhile back and seen an ad on the homepage. I was fine with it, of course, because it’s not like it hindered my reading experience, but now the ads have hindered my reading experience. I literally can’t go two chapters without a freaking ad popping up and making me wait 5 seconds until I can move on to the next chapter. It’s ridiculous. Wattpad has obviously fell into the same cycle as every other app that started off ad free. Now they overdo them because all they care about is the money. I still enjoy the app, I just wish they would do something about the ads in the middle of every other chapter, at least make them few and far between. Otherwise, it’s an extremely good app that i’ve enjoyed for many years. -
It is kind of not allowing the user to read many books. And also the app keeps on glitching. They did a new update which tells us that how much we completed a book. It is a problem it's not even allowing me to read stories peacefully. Moreover it is showing that your offline limit is completed. I liked the old version of their Library more. I hope the wattpad app's team will see into this matter and make it in the old way which was before this library update.
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I've been a loyal Wattpad reader for the last, almost, 7 years now. I've always loved it. But the new ads system is just too much! I've started hating and avoiding Wattpad because do the stupid ads. I am just so upset and displeased. It hurts me that my favourite platform to express my creativity has become so commercial and greedy for money. These ads are really rigged. When I press the cancel/exit button, the as always takes me to play store. EVERYTIME! I'd definitely not recommend to anyone
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Yeah it has a new fearure in update but...i can read some stories offline...and there are limited stories and parts that can you only read....
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The new updtate of wattpad make me sad. Why the readers/ the user just might read 25 story with offline from the libraries?? How if the story is still on-going?
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Why did they put a new libraby
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Update mulu bikin pusing ajee 😑
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The update is really bad. I used to have more than 100+ stories in my library even though sometimes i need data or wifi to redownload them, but they are in my library. But now there is a limit i lost all of them and cant have access to it anymore. Like seriously? I dont even remember half of the stories names to download them later. What am l gonna do? Fix this pleaseeeee.
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I want you to go back the older wattpad version because we can't read what we want because its just limited so please fix it.
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Its so gkitchy and it dont even work and load so. I usee to love this cant say i feel the same way Pls fix it :)
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i really like wattpad but just WHY. WHY only two stories? yesterday, i updated my wattpad and it has a 25 book limit. that was okay. today, i updated it again and there was only two stories available for offline. the heck?
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I give it just one star cause I have a big problem I CAN'T LOG IN my Wattpad account i tryed everything and it doesn't work I am so sad I want it 😢💔
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You no longer feeds the creative. Just ads and ads and ads
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I want the old version of wattpad before you make the new version which is today that I can't read my other books that I like because you need an internet connection when you want to read it offline. Think about those other people that doesn't have an internet connection. They couldn't not read those other books that are not part of the other offline books. I'm so sorry to say this but please reconsider changing it back. Please consider it. Other people don't have internet/ money to pay premium.
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Too Many Ads
Okay, don’t get me wrong, I understand that to keep Wattpad free for the people who don’t have the money to become a premium member there’s gonna be ads, but the ads that pop up in the middle of every other chapter is VERY annoying. I have been using Wattpad for about 6 years now, it’s by far one of my favorite apps (well it used to be but i’ll get to that in a second): it’s a platform that allows me and others to express our creativity and love for writing and holds some pretty interesting reads that sometimes seem like I should be paying for them... Though at this point, I guess I am with all these ads they throw in my face any chance they get. I was surprised – to say the least – when I opened the app after an update awhile back and seen an ad on the homepage. I was fine with it, of course, because it’s not like it hindered my reading experience, but now the ads have hindered my reading experience. I literally can’t go two chapters without a freaking ad popping up and making me wait 5 seconds until I can move on to the next chapter. It’s ridiculous. Wattpad has obviously fell into the same cycle as every other app that started off ad free. Now they overdo them because all they care about is the money. I still enjoy the app, I just wish they would do something about the ads in the middle of every other chapter, at least make them few and far between. Otherwise, it’s an extremely good app that i’ve enjoyed for many years. -
Lots of improvement needed
There are many things I love about this app, but I feel like there are so many things that could and should be better. For instance, the search filters. On websites like A03, you can search for particular genres, word counts, characters, and many more. The search filters feel incomplete. All wattpad has is the amount of chapters (which can be misleading because many people write short stories with many chapters but not a lot of words), when it was updated, and if it’s complete or not. It’s hard to find a particular type of story if you can’t search for things like word count. Another thing is the constant requests to buy premium. I had wattpad before they turned into a greedy money-making company, and it was so much better than the current version. There used to not be constant pop-ups to spend a ridiculous amount of money to go ad free and read a few paid stories. On top of that, they reduced the amount of stories you can read offline. If you had a book loaded previously, you could read it offline and you could do this for many books. Then they reduced that amount to three, then to two. I just wish they didn’t shove the premium ads in your face so much. The search feature is what really needs improvement, though. I want to be able to find stories of a particular type and cannot do that at the moment because of the insufficient searching filters. -
The update
Hello I understand that people writing books are getting them published through your company and it’s important to keep funds coming in, but what about the people (like me) who have been reading on watt pad for years now? We have to pay to buy coins now to read stories that used to be free? I thought that the point of it being free is us reading it, loving it, and sharing for other people to discover it? I thought that was the point of this app, when we rate the stories they put into a list of top 50 or so and the best ones can be discovered online by publishers. I’ve been using this app since I was twelve, I am now 18 years old and I’ve been searching for another app to read stories like this but I can’t find any. I believe you’re losing more customers by making the free subscribers pay for reading, it shouldn’t be a thing for free or premium subscribers to pay to read. These aren’t stories made by well known authors these are stories of aspiring authors who need an audience to love their books, review them, and get them out there to the world. I have decided to move on from Wattpad because I can’t afford to pay for it, your customers are more than likely mostly children and young adults who wouldn’t even think about paying to read books when there are other apps that are less desirable but FREE to read and review. I love Wattpad and I hate that this has happened and that’s why I gave a low rating. -
Wattpad is Just Getting Worse and Worse
When I first joined Wattpad about 3 to 4 years ago, it was an interesting community to say the least. A small portion of the books that have been written were extraordinary, while most others have been... somewhat questionable. Even with the rather odd books in the mix, the community itself and the app was overall an enjoyable place to be sometimes. All the bonds and friendships that have been forged on Wattpad are ones I cannot forget, nor would I have had the opportunity to gain such friends without Wattpad. However, as time has past, Wattpad has become worse as a whole. It’s like as if the Wattpad community of the past was a book, and the future of Wattpad was a small flame, engulfing it entirely. The books aren’t the issue for me, as I do find it laughable and sometimes enjoyable to see what people could manage to come up with. The real issue for me, is the administration. One by one, I have seen one too many accounts fall and terminated with to unclear reasoning and unjustified manners. One too many times have I seen accounts that had years worth of work put into it vanish in an instant, only for them to make a new account explaining that Wattpad had terminated their account with false pretenses, not explaining the reasoning for their doing. It’s just isn’t right, deleting all these accounts, some of which had books that the authors clearly put their time, heart, and soul into. -
CRASHES AND FREEZING
Before a few months ago I was always an avid Wattpad reader, for years. I had very few complaints, I also didn’t even mind the occasional ads that popped up and by showing the occasional video it wasn’t too bothersome. I loved the app and would give it a 5/5 any day. However, I ended up taking took a few months off and it was definitely a disappointment when I came back. Not only was I bombarded with ads the app, both on the iPhone and Mac, freeze within the first couple of minutes of me going into the app. Most of my books don’t load, and when I delete a book it never deletes it just stays there. Im not sure what happened in between the time I took off and now but it’s frustrating. As stated I understand the importance of ads but having them constantly pop up or show up every other click is a major annoyance to the point of me debating on whether I even want to keep the app. Because of the freezing and crashing to me the app is almost useless but I’m still hoping for an update that fixes that. The 70+ books I’ve downloaded also is the thing preventing me from getting rid of it. I really loved the app before all of this. I’ve also heard that you now require internet to read books or archive them? Not too entirely sure as stated I haven’t really been updated on anything because all I see are ads and then the app crashes but I hope this app gets the upgrade it deserves. -
CRASHES
I have been an avid Wattpad user for almost 5 years now and have spent so much time on writing and reading stories and I have had to switch to other platforms recently because every time I open a story I get through about two pages before the whole app freezes and I am forced to restart the app. I also am unable to check my notifications because of this. I have over 1,500 Wattpad notifications now because every time I go to check them the app freezes once I start to scroll and I can’t check anything or respond to comments on my stories because of this. I see a lot of people mentioning the adds in their reviews, but I haven’t seen many but that’s only because of the app freezing and glitching and judging everything everyone has said it’s probably a cause of the overload of adds. When I first got on Wattpad, all the features and tools were located in a sidebar on the top left corner and the setup of the app changed a lot for the better over the years, but these last few updates have made the app very difficult to use and I almost wanted to delete the app, but I love all the friends I have made over it and all the wonderful stories I have read too much to delete the app. I have spent a lot of time building up my account and writing stories and it’s really upsetting that I can’t reply to all the comments people are leaving me, so please fix the app. -
please fix wattpad
this new update is trash. i have A LOT of books in my library that i haven’t gotten to yet, and with this new update, it takes forever to scroll through my library and find new books to read. also, there are so many more ads on this app then there were when i first downloaded it a few years ago. my major concern is the paid books section. the only reason i downloaded wattpad was so that i could read FREE books on the go of ANY genre. now, wattpad makes you buy coins to read the most popular books on the app. to me, it makes no sense whatsoever because all of the popular, classic books are paid and you can’t read them anymore. and i understand that people want to get paid for writing, but there are other apps that pay authors (such as radish, inkitt, dreame, etc.) and even if the authors want to stay on wattpad, readers can’t read their books because not everyone has access to money or a credit card. wattpad should allow readers to customize their own library grid and allow them to watch ads for coins because then more people can have access to books. wattpad used to be my favorite app and now it has gone off rails. i hope they fix these problems. (the only reason this review is getting a two star is because i still enjoy reading some books on the app, even though they have so many ads) -
Saving doesn’t always work
I’ve been using wattpad for several years as my preferred platform to write, organize and edit a lot of my early and final drafts. Recently however I have started to transfer as much as I can to other apps as backups because of a serious issue I have come across on a regular basis. When using multiple different devices, the wattpad program can’t seem to comprehend how to save files. My most recent experience with this was when I was working on crucial editing to a very important scene. I had just laid out the ground work and was now ironing it out and more importantly improvising a lot of dialogue. When I was finished I saved on my laptop and continued on. A few days later I began to work on the following scene on my Ipad(Where I do most of my work). When going back to review my previous adjustments I noticed it was all lost, hours lost over a lack of proper saving, and before I receive any criticisms I made sure to save it multiple times through out. If this were a one time occurrence I wouldn’t be writing this review, but it happens so frequently. It can’t be that difficult to implement a proper cross platform saving application, Google docs having figured that out flawlessly. If this problem is addressed and solved I’ll reevaluate my review, but as of this point I don’t recommend this app if you are writing drafts. -
Money money money
I use to love Wattpad. I got on it everyday to read for the last 5 years. Recently there have been some awful updates that makes the app a headache to deal with. I can handle the adds. I understand that’s how free apps make money. I was upset about the coin thing and having to pay to finish reading some of my favorite stories. Though I do understand why some authors would want to get paid for writing their books, so I looked past it and continued using this app because I loved it so much. But now we have to pay to read offline?! That’s outrageous!! I fear this app is all about making a profit out of everything now! It’s not about the people’s enjoyment anymore. You could get premium and have all of that go away but, you guessed it, it costs money! More and more people are dropping this app because of these awful changes being made. And I’m fed up with opening the app and seeing more things we have to pay for. What’s next? We have to pay to write our own stories? I’m lucky that I have service at my house, but some people aren’t so lucky. I’m sorry to those people, and to those who uses reading as an escape to what they’re going through. I will continue using this app because there still are some good books I would like to read, but I’m not nearly as in love with this app as I was 5 years ago.
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For me, this platform is still one of the best writing platforms out there. This app was very useful not only for author's but also for readers that don't have access to the online version on the internet. But this recent update just ruined what wattpad is. Reducing the available offline books to read really annoys not only me, but a lot of people too. I've always loved that you can offline read stories because I read up to 10 different stories everyday. This update really sucks.
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I've had wattpad for a long time now and when I first got it I've had such a blast reading on it. No ads what so ever. But in the latest updates the only thing that I really like was the dark mode update. Now I understand why put premium but after that there's ads everywhere and you can't get a break. Now with putting a limit on the offline books we can read is too much I have alot of books in my library. You can't expect me to choose a limited amount of them. Please bring the old version back..
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When i logged out of wattpad, I wanted to login again but when I entered my password, it said, "Sorry, the password is incorrect. We can help you reset your password." I already tried changing my password a dozen of times but it would always say the same error with the password, again and again. I was supposed to rate it to 4 or maybe 5 stars but because of this annoying error, 1 is enough. I also installed the app two times, restarted my phone, turned off the wifi, and the same error appeared.
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Honestly I really loved Wattpad. It was an app that let others read for free and enjoy the stories that other people write. But then they started to put ads. Fine, it's annoying that the flow of reading is disrupted for like 8-10 seconds by watching ads but Wattpad has got to make money in some way. Then more premium stuff was added that puts limitations on its readers. For me, the limited number of books that you can read offline is where I cut the line. You are now a sad state to see.
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i don't like its new update, i cant read my other saved stories it has limited offline stories that can be read. can't you just bring back the old version we don't have enough data to read it online and we don't have enough money to buy books. Just bring it back to the old version of wattpad we wanna read a lot of story not a limited one. we can't enjoy it because of that.
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I hate the new update. I've been a reader of wattoad since 2012 because of how accessible and liberating this is. I can see now that through the years, a normal reading app became a cold hard capitalist. I hate that I have to pay not only for the good stories but also for unlimited offline library. This is foolish. 25 offline stories only? And ads showing per chapter of a book? Disappointed with this app. I would uninstall if only the authors I like did not use this platform. Reflect on this.
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It is kind of not allowing the user to read many books. And also the app keeps on glitching. They did a new update which tells us that how much we completed a book. It is a problem it's not even allowing me to read stories peacefully. Moreover it is showing that your offline limit is completed. I liked the old version of their Library more. I hope the wattpad app's team will see into this matter and make it in the old way which was before this library update.
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I've been a loyal Wattpad reader for the last, almost, 7 years now. I've always loved it. But the new ads system is just too much! I've started hating and avoiding Wattpad because do the stupid ads. I am just so upset and displeased. It hurts me that my favourite platform to express my creativity has become so commercial and greedy for money. These ads are really rigged. When I press the cancel/exit button, the as always takes me to play store. EVERYTIME! I'd definitely not recommend to anyone
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Hey watty! I don't really care about the premium thjng anymore. Just make sure your new updates won't give me a hard time editing my drafts. It keeps crashing!!! I was editing for the third time and it will crash all of a sudden and the bad thing was it wouldn't save most of the part I gave all my effort to do so. Like f. Please do something about this. Thanks
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Seriously? MAKE SURE TO READ!!!!
I’ve been using wattpad for a while now. Almost five years and I’ve enjoyed every minute of it. It’s kept me from going to bed when I can’t seem to put down my phone because a book is so good. It’s kept my attention pulled away from schoolwork- which could be a bad thing but also maybe a good thing? Anyways needless to say the reason I’m giving the app such a low rating is because I don’t believe in the app anymore. Sure the app is full of really great authors/ readers who are all there for the same reason. But I feel like you could do so much better elsewhere. Wattpad used to be a FREE community for authors to publish their stories for the readers to devote their time to, whereas now wattpad feels more like an elite community for people who want to pay for their stories. Come on now. You can’t expect half of the world to join wattpad premium or pay for some ridiculous coins to keep reading. I understand paying the hardworking authors on wattpad, however it’s a two way street. You either keep the writers happy and the readers upset or vice versa. I feel as though some more thought should go into these new versions of wattpad instead of keeping just one side of the street happy. Though for now, I’m telling you that it would be a better idea to keep moving. Sorry wattpad but you’ve made a lot of people unhappy with this new system. Until some compromise has been reached I feel like the original wattpad(ers) will loose interest in your app. :(
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Reviewed by Kaylin on July 19, 2018
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