“Good storyline with very poor grammar — It must be a poor translation. Many words are missing or the wrong words are used in in sentences. I feel like I’m proofreading just to get the right gist of what they’re saying. Also 3 long ads to…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 473 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.7 ★83,960 ratings
—Downloads
17+Age rating
102 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
AlphaNovel is the best reading experience for book lovers! Download AlphaNovel and enter the world with the best books worthy of your attention. With AlphaNovel you can read books 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 something to their taste. Start reading for free and add your favorite books to the library! Check out the best books and enjoy your experience with AlphaNovel.
- Thousands of books in various genres - Exclusive books 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
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Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
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 2.39.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2.39.0, updated 2026-09-21.
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 fewer than 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
3 or more 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
80–89% 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.
Context 1
Measured and published because a reader would want to know — deliberately not a charge. The measurement alone does not show a harm.
Cheapest and priciest options are far apart
The disclosed in-app purchases span an unusually wide price range. Published as context: the cheapest and priciest items may be different kinds of product entirely, so the spread alone deducts nothing.
What we saw: In-app purchases run from USD 0.99 to USD 29.99 — a 30x spread across 10 items
One source only — shown, not confirmed 4
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: 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 9 distinct reviewers (1.9% of 473 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Hard to cancel
Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.
What we saw: Hard to cancel: raised by 23 distinct reviewers (4.9% of 473 reviews scanned)
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 11 distinct reviewers (2.3% of 473 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Reports of unexpected charges
A large number of reviewers report being charged when they did not expect it — including being charged after cancelling during a free trial, or when a trial turned into a paid plan without warning. We cannot see anyone's billing, so this is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Surprise charges: raised by 21 distinct reviewers (4.4% of 473 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Ripoff — Literally every chapter you have to pay for… and it all adds up to be more money than it’s worth. PLUS, the chapters do not flow together. It is not a well thought out book you end up buying per chapter… by the time you give up…”
“Are the books worth the hassle? — So far the books I’ve tried have been promising, but I’m not sure if I’ll ever finish any of them. Each book I’ve tried started with several chapters with no strings. Then you get a few more if you are…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2.39.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown10
Lowest$0.99
Highest$29.99
1000 Coins$9.99
100 Coins$0.99
500 Coins$4.99
AlphaNovel Plus + 300 Coins$2.99
AlphaNovel Plus + 1500 Coins$9.99
Show 5 more purchases
3000 Coins$29.99
2000 Coins$19.99
1500 Coins$14.99
AlphaNovel Plus$6.99
AlphaNovel Plus$9.99