Literally the worst possible route they could have gone. I'm fine with paying for content, but paying these prices to RENT chapters is ridiculous. This should have been a subscription service. Since the library has so much in it, a more premium price would have been fine. Point and ticket systems to rent is just a scam. You need to relaunch this. The way chapters are split into multiple transactions is also extra scummy.
Hobb Jenkins
Who came up with this system? People can watch ads for "up to" 50p (more like 5p), but need 69p to read most chapters. Otherwise, they can install other apps, or just pay for points. Not installing other apps. And you want $1 for about every 103p. That's around $67 to read 100 chapters. People can pay $3 and read almost all of Shonen Jumps' catalog. Literally thousands of chapters. I was willing to pay a similar fee, as I've paid Jump for 3 years now. But this pricing system is absurd.
Al
The app begs for quality of life improvements. For new releases, they charge around the same money per-chapter as what it costs to buy a physical volume, while saving the costs for producing and distributing physical books. Chapters are cheap, but it adds up, and with the app you don't get physical copies to own and share, while they earn much, much more money off your reading. Throw us a bone, Kodansha. Charge less money, and add at least basic settings for customizing the UI and reader.
Lee McCoy
Per chapter based model that is ridiculously expensive. Up to $1 or more per chapter on some titles which is just insane. It should be a subscription based model and heck they could even charge $5-$10 a month and I'd say it's worth it with the selection of titles but with the prices now you're better off just buying the physical manga.
Justin Grue
Using this app let me read some of my favorite series. However, once you read the first 5-10 chapters for free, you are then presented with an option to use an "unlock key" to view a single, additional chapter. After that, you are encouraged to buy "points" to unlock more chapters to read. It is at this point where this app appears to be a cash grab. My advice would be to search for a different low cost subscription based app. Wait for this one to improve. If it doesn't, I recommend deleting it.
Tyler Miller
The best thing I can say about the app is reading feels good on it, but other than that, it won't bookmark the page you left off, there's censorship in some of the series and the worst is how monetized it is. It absolutely feels like a cash grab. I wanted it to work, but it seems I will be keeping to other manga apps for now. At least I can say I gave it a fair try.
Tim
The primary issue is the monetization system, it's far too expensive for digital media. With the Viz model it's much more palatable, I would be more inclined to pay for a subscription then this pay as you go coin system, it's like webtoons which is why I stopped reading. The UI and search also needs improvement. You have the key elements there, it wouldn't take much to be able to search by say completed series, frequency of updates, and more. Pinch to zoom also does not function on the pixel6
Austin Wiser
My biggest issue is the black box censorship, they aren't your typical tiny black boxes but boxes that take up the whole page at times. Not only are you missing out on the art it just makes you uninterested, at least it does for me. They should honestly just have some series marked as 18+ or something at this point. Overall the app is fine, has some great stories. Just your typical manga app, maybe a little less good compared to other apps such as manga up, manga+ and viz/shonen Jump.
Donald Autery
I don't like the point system, highly disappointed. I was this app was going to be similar to the shonen jump app, but unfortunately it's not. While they're are free chapters provided, which is great for new readers, but for readers who are caught up on a series, you have to jump through hoops just read the latest chapter. I wish there was a decent subscription option similar to what other legitimate manga apps have.
Kelsey Prater
The UI is good, though somewhat confusing. The point system is awful though, pricing isn't consistent and they lie about titles being completely free (only a free chapters are, then you get three videos to "unlock" chapters and that's it). I don't mind paying a subscription, but I won't do a point buy system. Sucks and makes me sad, I've been waiting a long time to read some favorites.
