“Too many ads popping up”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 1,768 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
WEBTOON: Manga, Comics, Manhwa
NAVER WEBTOONJoin the largest manga, comics, and manhwa community in the world with millio…
4.6 ★4,610,092 ratings
100M+Downloads
12+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Join the largest manga, comics, and manhwa community in the world with millions of fans and creators on WEBTOON! Why you'll love WEBTOON: - Access millions of episodes for FREE! - Explore the world’s largest selection of webcomics spanning diverse genres like action, romance, thriller and everything in between. - Now you can read or watch fan-favorite stories like never before with Video Episodes - anytime, anywhere, free! - Find your next obsession in the Watch tab, where you can explore series highlights and the latest video episodes. - Enjoy global hits like Lore Olympus, The Mafia Nanny, Omniscient Reader, School Bus Graveyard and The Remarried Empress. - Read familiar favorites and graphic novels like Fullmetal Alchemist, Batman: Wayne Family Adventures, Godzilla, Avatar: The Last Airbender and From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman. - Home to the original webcomics behind t…
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 3.9.13 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 3.9.13, updated 2026-09-23.
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
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
From the package we downloaded and read — version 3.9.13, scanned 2026-10-03.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
3–5 requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
3 or more found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
10 or more found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
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.
The catch list 2
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Multiple ad networks bundled
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
What we saw: Bundles 16 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, BidMachine, Chartboost and 12 more
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: Raised by 62 distinct reviewers — 3.5% of the 1,768 reviews scanned on this store leg (Google Play).
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.
In the app's own text: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Progress itself is for sale: "Buy Coins"
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 10 distinct reviewers (0.6% of 1768 reviews scanned)
In the app's own text: Countdown-timer purchase pressure
The app's own purchase copy attaches a deadline to buying — a countdown, 'offer ends in', 'limited time' — or ships a countdown view on a purchase-screen layout.
What we saw: Deadline pressure in the app's own copy: "Limited Offer: 1 month free on first purchase"
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“I'm tired of seeing constant adds that I can't skip even when I get the app I can't go 5 minutes without the add being webtoon I'm tired of the app leave me alone”
“full of ads and not functioning well at this time”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 3.9.13.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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