“The commercial states this is free. They let you a couple of chapters and then they want you to pay for it. it's false advertising if you ask me. I wouldn't have downloaded it if I had to pay for it!”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 454 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
AlphaNovel — Books & Stories
Brailion Ventures LimitedAlphaNovel is the best reading experience for novel lovers!
4.6 ★96,317 ratings
1M+Downloads
17+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
AlphaNovel is the best reading experience for novel lovers! Download AlphaNovel and enter the world with the best romantic books and novels worthy of your attention. Read novels and romance stories online, anytime and anywhere. Daily updates, ongoing books, free first chapters, and the best content for novel fans.
The best reading experience! AlphaNovel creates a world for novel readers where everyone would find a story to their taste. Start reading for free and add your favorite books to the library! Check out the best romance stories and enjoy your experience with AlphaNovel.
- Thousands of books in various genres - Exclusive books and novels from talented authors - Best books recommendations based on your interests - Easy search, Top charts, and highlighted categories - Daily challenges - Free bonuses - Weekly contest - First book chapters for free…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 2.14.3 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2.14.3, updated 2026-09-28.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
2 themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 2
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
Reviewers repeatedly report that the app is not what its advertising showed. We never see the ad creative itself, so nothing we collect can corroborate or refute this — it is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Misleading advertising: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (1.3% of 454 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 7 distinct reviewers (1.5% of 454 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“have to purchase coins to read next chapter. don't mind watching ads but 3 1 min ads for 1 short chapter is too much now not even offering that. story was getting interesting”
“I was enjoying a book till I got to chapter 7 then you have to buy coins to carry on reading.very misleading and false advertising stating free reading I am not buying coins uninstalling”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2.14.3.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.