“this is actually one of the few "free" reading apps I've downloaded. most be like "all chapters free" give you maybe 6 ch. then make you buy some type of subscription or coins.. or only allow a certain amount of chs. through ads. but only…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 467 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.9 ★165,151 ratings
1M+Downloads
17+Age rating
140 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Dive Into a World of Endless Stories
Join a community of book lovers and explore AstraNovel, your ultimate portable library. Whether you love heart-fluttering werewolf tales or captivating billionaire dramas, we have over 500,000 web novels waiting for you.
Why Readers Love AstraNovel: - Massive Library: Access a huge collection of free novels, heartwarming romances, and fantasy epics. - Read Offline: One tap downloads your favorite chapters. Enjoy your stories anywhere — no Wi-Fi or data needed. - Daily Updates: Never run out of content. New chapters and exclusive stories are added every single day. - Smart Sync: Your reading progress is saved automatically across all your devices.…
Preview
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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 1.7.8 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.7.8, updated 2026-09-17.
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
1 theme 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.
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 1
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 27 distinct reviewers (5.8% of 467 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Like the sort but can't stand the ads. If your not willing to pay 6 dollars a week to read you get ads every few pages. At first its okay. its an ad you can swipe through. Then it becomes ones that try to make you read articles and take…”
“story line is great, keeps me wanting to read. the ads and needing coins every other chapter is a let down. if I wasn't so invested into the story I would stop reading.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.4.9.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown8
Lowest$1.59
Highest$19.99
Weekly$9.99
Weekly$4.99
Weekly$1.59
Weekly$6.99
Weekly$2.09
Show 3 more purchases
Weekly$19.99
Weekly$3.99
Monthly$19.99
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.