JoyLit: Novels, Stories

• Free to download
• In-app purchases

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

• Free to download
• In-app purchases: $0.49 - $99.99 per item

Last verified 1 Aug 2026

4.3 4863 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5Great books but no money

   I saw an ad for this app on other reading apps and on game apps. The stories that I was given glimpses of in the ads where really good and I would love to have continued to read those books and the MANY other books that are on the app, but I do NOT have the money to buy coins/passes no matter how I save. Since I now have a baby on the way, I definitely can’t afford to spend money on an app no matter how great it seems. I would have loved to have seen a daily rewards check in and/or even an ad watching set up to gain coins/passes to unlock chapters. Unfortunately because I don’t have the money to buy them I have no choice but to delete the app since I won’t be able to finish any of the books here. Very big sad. 5 stars so this review would be seen and because the stories look like great reads!

   BookLover0914 · 31 Jul 2026

2. 1/5Do Not Download

   Look the books are really good or at least the one I’m reading, but the first chapter I had to buy was 97 coins so I did the little tasks and made that, but after there are no more tasks so you’d have to buy coins. It’s an outrageous price for coins because each chapter costs so many. The amount of coins to buy a chapter goes up every-time too. First it was 97 and now it’s 113 for one REALLY SHORT chapter. I’m a fast reader so chapters are usually pretty short, but these chapters are short even for a 7 year old, it takes me only a minute or two max to finish a chapter from there. I would suggest lowering the price of coins for each chapter or coming up with a monthly subscription plan to make it more appealing. If changes aren’t made then I’ll just stick to Wattpad. They have subscriptions and not all of their books are premium. There’s a wide variety of really incredible books on there for free. Plus the whole book is usually the amount of coins that this app wants you to pay for one short chapter. Wattpad also has videos you can watch to make the amount of coins in 30 days to get a book so you don’t have to spend any money out of pocket. I really like the books on JoyLit I just wish it was more affordable because the cost to buy enough coins in order to finish one of their books is the price of well over 4 or 5 books you can buy a paper copy of. It’d cost hundreds of dollars to finish one book, I don’t know about you, but that’s unaffordable to most.

   JS.05. · 31 Jul 2026

3. 1/5Not worth it anymore

   I originally loved this app but the last 2 days I had problems when doing the 24 hour reading challenge I was reading for hours I even bought a pass to ensure I passed the challenge and I got stuck on level 3 no matter what I did and the developers didn’t reach back out to me when I contacted them via email keep in mind this challenge I should have gotten 7000 coins to split among 96 people if they finished as well but we were all stuck on level 3. Then the next day I did the Readict to get 1000 coins and it didn’t work either. For the 24 hour challenge I even bought a pass and it said no where in the rules that it wasn’t allowed in order to complete the challenge they just cheated me out of coins and money! Also don’t buy the pass if you choose to continue use of the app because once the pass runs out of time every chapter you unlocked gets locked all over again and you just got played ! I thought I would continue using the app but I’ve been looking for my story on other platforms with more friendly purchase options and with a more active contact options because the contact us feature doesn’t work on this app at all! You have to use your email to reach out if I could give negative stars I would and I know they won’t respond here they ignore everyone with complaints

   skinniminnie213 · 31 Jul 2026

4. 1/5The Membership is a Scam I’m reporting to Apple Now 1 Week of No Response From Creator

   The stories and writers are cool, my bone to pick is with the creators. I paid for the subscription of 300 coins for daily check in ($10 a month). I’ve only received 10 extra coins a day. I did receive the $900 upfront that was also included in my membership. However as a member I still don’t receive enough coins to unlock even one chapter a day. As a teacher I find it ridiculous that the app doesn’t even try to hide it’s using blurry lines/unclear wording to get money out of people. (Not just a normal amount $50 or more to read a whole book) The 300 daily coins was what it appeared to promise. Regardless of what the actual policy is, if it says 300 daily check in when I purchase I should receive that no if and or butts especially with a no refund policy. It’s screams greedy and slimy. Save yourself, don’t start, don’t download, don’t waste your time. Apps like these are created for people who don’t watch their money or have nothing better to do. Go buy a way more professionally written novel for less than half the price. If you still can’t get over these kinds of apps the one I’ve liked most so far is Alpha Novel!

   Rachel.miller · 31 Jul 2026

5. 1/5They be money hungry

   If you’re interested in spending WAAAAYYYYY too much money on poorly written books, then THIS is the app for you!! (Otherwise, I’d suggest GoodNovel, AlphaNovel, or My Passion. If you need to spend money, Galatea has great books and a flat, yearly fee to get to them.) Otherwise, stay away. They’ll let you very comfortably read a few chapters….then they start having small costs for chapter as you pay per page in a chapter. But then, the free coins they give you are only good for 24hours and soon you’ll never have enough to unlock another chapter as the coins don’t stack day to day. At that point, if you really need to read that story…..you’re gonna have to pay. And not a little, but A LOT! When you’re talking a few bucks to unlock 1 chapter in a book that’s easily over a few hundred chapters long, they will expect you to be grateful for the few few chapters you had at the beginning. And sadly, this latest way for handling coins is just that, new. Before you had a chance to have the gold coins and those stacked and saved and didn’t expire. Now all free coins are the blue kind and they have a shelf life.

   Black.Inque · 31 Jul 2026

3.7 4977 ratings · Google Play

1. 5/5

   Like it so far.

   rebecca Feldkamp · 1 Aug 2026

2. 1/5

   I was able to read 3 chapters of a wonderful intriguing story. that was 4 days ago. I opened another story and it seemed to have good development and plot. I cannot interact with enough content to even make any type of decision.. oh yes I did! I'm deleting this app. I have 3 other apps with good complete stories that I can access. I don't need this type of headache!

   Michele McDonald · 1 Aug 2026

3. 1/5

   A book that I was spending lots of money on turned out to be an actual author! I thought I was supporting an upcoming author, but they were already published! I wonder if the author gets the royals or if it is copyright infringement... anyway, before you pay in, search your book up- getting new chapters isn't cheap!

   Bridget Malley · 1 Aug 2026

4. 2/5

   im giving 2 stars because the books are good but I feel its to much to try to get coins because your getting a small amount of coins but the chapters cost at least 100 something to unlock you barley get to read 1 or 2 chapters a day unless you buy coins and not everyone has extra money to spend on coins there is another book app with just as good books and they do chapters for free just watch an ad to unlock I feel like this is something yall should look into honestly im probley going to delete.

   Nicole · 1 Aug 2026

5. 1/5

   This app advertised "free reading" then 7 chapters into the first book it wants me to pay.

   Matt Majchszak · 1 Aug 2026

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