realnovel

Name: realnovel
Rating: 1.2 (300 reviews)
Author: sereal

by sereal

iPhone

Active Last checked 5 Aug 2026

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Quick verdict

What it is: Store information collected; independent summary not yet available.
At a glance: From $23.33/mo
Free to download
In-app purchases

Categories and search queries

Official categories

Entertainment

AppCorpus categories

Entertainment

Key functions

Function	Availability	Access	Scope	Evidence
Free app	Yes	Free	—	Store published
In-app purchases	Yes	Limited free	—	Store published

Screens

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3 store screenshots

Pricing & paywalls

App Store

Shown for US

threeMonth — $69.99/quarter
month — $14.99/week
month — $29.99/month
month — $169.99/year ($14.16/mo)
RealNovel_Coins 1500 — $12.99
RealNovel_Coins 2500 — $19.99
RealNovel_Coins 4000 — $29.99
RealNovel_Coins 700 — $6.99

Last verified 5 Aug 2026

Ratings & reviews

App Store

Shown for US

1.2 300 ratings · App Store

1/5Paying for rest of the chapters
I think y’all should remove them when you have to pay three in the first chapter unfortunately I will not pay off for that and I’m gonna delete the app. I’m gonna let people see this review and see how bad this is if y’all want people to reach out and get five stars or four stars you need to let people at least read 10 chapters before they had to start paying and I don’t give them a free trial and then maybe it will be easier and the prices are going down to $11 that’s weekly and for months they’ll be $15 and for annually that will be about $20 and four seasonal that’ll be $18 then maybe you have higher reviews no I pay 100 and some dollars for the annual renew date OK

k bens · 5 Aug 2026
1/5Paid but can’t access stories
I went against my better judgement and paid for a subscription to read the stories. Unfortunately for me, the payment went through but it’s still saying I never paid for it even though it shows up on my Apple account and billing statements. I waited 24 hours thinking maybe it was a glitch but nope, still no access. Please don’t waste your money or time on this because you’ll only be disappointed. Update weeks later: never got a refund and I still can’t access any stories. I’ve canceled the subscription and the app doesn’t work. The stories seem good but this app definitely feels like a scam now :/ it’s a shame because this app has so much potential.

BonitaBoricua19 · 5 Aug 2026
1/5Subscription Plan
I was one of the people to have spent $15 for the week subscription. When the plan was up, I found a few more books I wanted to read and went to sign up for another $15 subscription. It kept glitching when I pressed the $15 plan but when I clicked the other plans, it ironically worked for them. I didn’t use the other plans but I went to my subscriptions in my settings and renewed it there. Only for it to take my money but still not allow me to read books. I just cancelled the subscription again and deleted the app. Ridiculous.

Anonymous__Nick__Name · 5 Aug 2026
1/5Disappointed a 2nd time
I bought the $15 subscription and it did not work at all. The VIP membership would not unlock regardless of what I tried but yet it took my money. I have reached out to their customer service and have not received any response back. I will be filing a formal complaint with the BBB as this is the 2nd time this has happened to me and they seem to not care. (I had forgotten that I had previously paid a membership for this all and it didn’t work so this just pisses me off as I’m pretty sure I’m not the only person who has had an issue with this)

Jackiedogg · 5 Aug 2026
1/5Obviously written by AI
Tbh it’s crazy to me that people would pay upwards of 15 dollars for incomplete stories written by some chat-bot. I was sus when there was no mention of an author, and only started to speculate more when I began to actually read some of the stories. If ya’ll are so down bad for stories like this just go on Wattpad, AO3, etc. or you could have a chat bot write a story like whatever you’re reading and actually complete the story. If you actually want to throw money at something tangible, maybe check out a bookstore romance section. This app is just not worth it.

Peri Louise · 5 Aug 2026

Privacy & accessibility

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Privacy

Data Not Linked to You — Analytics — Financial Info — Payment Info Developer declared
Data Not Linked to You — Analytics — Identifiers — User ID Developer declared
Data Not Linked to You — App Functionality — Identifiers — User ID Developer declared
Data Not Linked to You — Financial Info Developer declared
Data Not Linked to You — Identifiers Developer declared
Data Used to Track You — Identifiers — User ID Developer declared
Data Used to Track You — Identifiers Developer declared

Accessibility

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Versions

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1.0
1.1
Bug Fixed -We fixed some bugs and improved some user experience.
1.2
We have fixed some bugs and improved the user experience.
1.2.1
-Bug fixed- We have fixed some bugs and improved the user experience.
1.2.3
We have fixed some bugs and improve the user experience.
1.2.4
We have fixed some bugs and improve the user experience.
1.2.5 · 17 Apr 2025
We have fixed some bugs and improve the user experience

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Last verified: 5 Aug 2026
Sources: App Store

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