They have very good stories to read. However, I would suggest for you to purchase coins or maybe even a subscription, it is very frustrating to keep having to look at ads to get free coins or points to finish reading. When that is no longer an option you have to wait until the next day or pay to read the book. I really wished they offered the books for sell. I don't like to be interrupted.
Reviews for MoboReader
← Back to MoboReaderThe pricing is ridiculous, and the amount of coins needed per chapter is too much. You can unlock chapters with ads but can only do so for like 3 chapters and then it is done, you have to watch 5 ads to begin with to unlock the 1st chapter and then two ads to open the other two chapters and all the ads were long. The rewards page doesn't offer many free coins but points which unless you're reading a story that uses them are worthless if it only takes coins. I just wanted to finish one story.
If I could leave a negative review I would. I have tried multiple times to cancel the subscription. If you try to interact with the Annie they mention, all you get is an out of office reply and no response. Clicking on the link provided at the very bottom of the page in the smallest writing only takes you to an error page that says intended page doesn't exist. This site is fraudulent and a scam.
although it is helpful to have more opportunities to watch ads to progress through chapters more quickly than many apps, the "view articles" option almost never works. I try viewing the article 50 times and it still won't register it. the in-app support "Annie" is not helpful. it's quickly becoming a waste of time and a bit sketchy.
Able to read multiple chapters by watching ads. This is better than many other similar apps. Revising my review to reflect glitches in the ads. I either don't get credit for viewing many ads, or now I just get error messages and can't even see the ads, so no more reading can be done. Not appreciative when the help department said the ads are random. Poor excuse for not being able to view the ads so I can read.
I really like the books, I like the you can watch adds to get through most stuff.. but it's very expensive, hundreds of dollars to finish one or two books if you want to pay to read faster.. the weekly membership doesn't include all you can read. that's going to be what makes me delete the app. I love the stories, but I'm not watching 3 or 4 adds for a 8-10 paragraph chapter.
Would have given no stars if I could. Starts with one or two short ads to unlock chapters. Does not take long before up to four ads, and when you click on them, it is 1 of 2, so you end up watching eight ads. Some of the chapters are so short it was not worth watching the ads. Also, they are not short ads. I did get hooked on the book, but the last twenty chapters, you are forced to pay them because ads are not an option. I will be deleting this app after writing this review. App is a rip-off.
Don't bother with this app! You will only be able to watch ads to unlock chapters up to a certain point. Then, rather than letting you continue to watch like a million ads to unlock the remaining chapters of the book, they try to force you to buy coins. Also, they start deducting coins from your balance while you're trying to earn enough to unlock chapters. And the rewards never seem to convert into coins. There are other apps where you only need to watch ads. Search for and download those!
This is a very expensive app. The books are hundreds of chapters, very repetitive chapters, but it sucked me in...so I guess I'm the real sucker here. I spent over $100 USD and didn't even get to the end of the book (I was at chapter 336 when it wanted more money from me). I could have purchased several hard covers for that amount. I feel absolutely scammed!
A single book will cost over $100 to read if you buy coins. If you watch ads to unlock chapters, you will spend more time watching ads than reading. Two to four ads per chapter. Each ad is 60-90 seconds long. You are limited in the number of chapters per day you can unlock by watching ads. Ridiculously expensive and absolutely not worth it.
I tried the points route and did not receive the correct amount. went with the weekly option and immediately cancelled that same day to prevent reoccurring charges. a week later the amount was deducted again. I've tried reaching out to customer service, but they do not have a phone number, only a chat option. when I use chat, I'm told that "annie" is away from her desk and will contact me later. I have not heard from anyone. this is ridiculous! bank and BBB is my next stops!
The stories are good, but the coins/points are irksome, especially when getting to the last 20 chapters of a really good story. 250+ coins, earned over days/weeks or purchased for a preview of an "unreleased" chapter, where on another app, the chapter is released and all you have to do is review some ads. I'm sure that I'll delete this app once I get to finally complete the story. If the story is 'completed', why can't they just release the last chapters for the standard number of coins.
The app is nice and I love that it gives the option for somewhat free reading, but you need to watch ads. so you're paying in time. You go to watch 1 ad and it's 2 packed into one. so you end up watching 4 instead. Then the articles don't even register, so you end up reading 10 articles for 0 reward which sucks. beyond that I really like the app.
yet another book app that relies so heavily on coins with so few ways to get them, and no way to build them up (they expire) that you can just barely start getting into the story before you can't get any further, unless you're willing to biy them. also, you might unlock the wrong chapter because it's too easy to flip to the next locked chapter with no warning, or way to notice. I will give them credit though, I was able to watch ads to unlock more chapters than expected, not many though.
Overall, it's not bad pricewise. My only complaints are about the article ad rewards and points. Like great I can get point to unlock avatars, but I'd like an option to buy coins/vouchers too. And the article ads never work. It tells me to click two pictures, when there is only one picture and 5 ad banners. I havent gotten that particular option to work yet.
Ads don't always give the coins as advertised by the option, the customer service option was no help. Free coins are little to nothing compared to the cost of reading a single chapter which is only a couple of pages. If you want an app where you pay to read, this is it. But if you want free reading, don't bother. I'm in too deep to stop reading the one book I'm reading but once I'm done I'm uninstalling unless they give out more free coins by then.
I would rate higher if 99% of the ads were not for points and actually gave you coins. I am an avid reader and have spent an embarrassing amount on the current book along with a subscription, yet I STILL am unable to continue the story since I have points but not coins. Why not a yearly subscription and THROUGH Google Play for payment? I am a fast reader, also, so less time will be spent per chapter.
I am so happy to have found an app that lets you watch ads to unlock chapters! it would be 5 stars because of that if it hadn't been for the way they set it up. you watch like 2 15 sec ads at first and then you are watching 4 full minute long ads. like either one long ad or multiple short ones please. i don't see why it should take me like 5 minutes just to get access to one chapter.
So far the books are good. I would give 5 stars if the rewards were better. Instead of giving points to watch all those ads give more free coins. The exchange rate is too high for the amount of free coins you get. Also having to watch 2 more ads at the end of a chapter to continue reading is ridiculous. I will be uninstalling if I can find the book on another app
I really hate these pay to read apps. forcing you to pay I'd rather just buy a book because in the long run it ends up being cheaper. I'm not going to lie it urks me the amount they charge on here. you can watch adds to read SOME free chapters. However, it is an INSANE amount of adds. And the appcrashes every other ad you watch so you have to close it and reboot it. There's a story here I really wanna finish & can't find it anywhere else. So there's that. it is what it is.review= coins to read