“DONT DOWNLOAD. DONT RISK IT. Good stories but scamming site. They own another app with the same name. if you have both apps (no idea why I had both), and you subscribe to 1, it will charge you for the other app, too. Eventually, they will…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 463 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
Novelmates-Stories&Novels
HK IReader Technology Limited[Enjoy Novelmates] Novelmates is your gateway to a romantic world of addictiv…
4.4 ★65,819 ratings
1M+Downloads
17+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
[Enjoy Novelmates] Novelmates is your gateway to a romantic world of addictive novels from various genres. Dive into captivating stories, explore new plots on those web novels. With Novelmates, immerse yourself into storytelling anytime, anywhere.
[Features] 1.Extensive Library: Access a diverse library of novels spanning multiple genres, including romance, mystery, fantasy, science fiction, thriller, and more.
2.Personalized Recommendations: Discover new novels tailored to your preferences based on your favorite novels and stories.
3.Bookmarking: Bookmark your favorite novels and never lose your place in a story.
4.Night Mode: Read comfortably in low-light conditions with the night mode feature, reducing eye strain.
5.Seamless Experience: Enjoy a seamless reading experience with smooth page-turning animations and intuitive navigation controls.…
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 12.33.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 12.33.1, updated 2026-09-25.
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.
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 3
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 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 58 distinct reviewers (12.5% of 463 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 5 distinct reviewers (1.1% of 463 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 30 distinct reviewers (6.5% of 463 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“WARNING!!!!!!! PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL THIS APP. This is a FRAUD/SCAM. even if unauthorized charge they will not offer a full refund only 50%. I already have this uninstalled, not using it for like a few months then suddenly I have an…”
“no stars. I paid 99 cents one time. it wasn't made clear that that purchase signed me up for a subscription on automatic payment. I contacted the company and all they did was cancel the subscription I never signed up for. they have stolen…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 12.33.1.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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