“constant advertisements, just use the web browsers with a adblocker. they're profiting off free publishers through forced ads, it's absolutely hilarious.”
Public review signal · 400 reviews scanned · scope limited to review patterns.
Royal Road - Read Stories
Not Yet Media Ltd.Royal Road is your main source for Action, Adventure, Fantasy, and Science Fi…
4.8 ★18,718 ratings
100K+Downloads
12+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Royal Road is your main source for Action, Adventure, Fantasy, and Science Fiction. Find many stories within your new favorite genres such as Progression Fantasy, Litrpg, Portal Fantasy and Isekai stories, among many others.
Explore over 50,000 free novels and be the first to discover captivating stories.
Preview
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Independent evidence report
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What we measured
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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
No theme reported
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Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
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In the package we scanned
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Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
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Aggressive ad load8 reviews · user report
Highlighted reviews
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“Received a malicious interstitial ad and when I clicked next chapter. pretended to be an account creation/login page. Avoid until they fix their ads”
“Far more forced ads, including full screen blocking, than the mobile site. do not install this. Just use the website.”
Assessment & version history
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Store listing updated to version 2.53.1172.
What this app sells
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