BILIBILI COMICS - Manga Reader
reviews and complaints

I’ve loved this app, the fact that I could read all the comics I love for free or with a wait timer to access the episodes, but now they’ve added a paywall to almost every comic I read. There’s no point in even reading the new releases because they end up being pay only. This goes against everything and the reason I downloaded this app. Literally ALL of my favorite comics are now pay to read. And while I would love to read them I’m broke and can’t afford to. Before there was already the option to pay AND a wait timer for those who can’t afford it but now it’s just not possible. Definitely not worth getting if you’re broke like me. Bilibili I think this was the worst thing you could’ve done for this all. Goodbye everyone I no longer have this app.

Honestly it really upsets me to not be able to choose to wait for like, 400+ comics because they’re going to become paid after a while. Whats especially annoying is that the amount coins you have to spend on one chapter keeps on fluctuating, and the fact that you can’t exactly earn coins.
I would watch ads, share, and play mini games if I have to, but its just sad that I don’t exactly have that choice any longer. I do understand that its due to copyright regulations and the creators’ / translators’ contracts have requested to be paid more, but I don’t think I’ll be able to pay for all 67 of the comics that are scheduled to be paid on the app.
Sorry, I really did like this app, its so much better than all the others, but not everyone can afford to pay that much for reading comics per week.

I really don’t like the waiting time as I have school and now I can’t read until the next day and then two more days after that! And plus to even skip the amount of time I would have to use money. I feel everyone should read freely instead of having to spend money or tweet or post just to skip the wait and honestly I don’t hate the app it’s great and all I love the novels and such but the waiting is giving me a headache as I only get home at 4pm and have about 3 hours to read and then I have to sleep and the tier thing is just a little absurd with tier one only a minute than when I get to like tier four I have to wait like what SIX HOURS and then I have to wait at most 2 more days until I can read again! Please don’t take this as something like a protest or ugly statement but it’s just my opinion.

Every comic I used to read I now have to pay to read each chapter. Which, okay, the author and translators need to be paid. I understand that. But, the prices per chapter are too high to allow the app users to read all the comics they loved. Buying books from a store would be cheaper, especially when most comics have such short chapters. I used to love this app because it was such a great place to find so many good comics, but now there are so few comics that you don’t have to pay for each chapter. If they really needed that revenue they should’ve added advertisements, which would allow users to still read all of their favorite comics. Additionally, there was already a wait time for each chapter where you could pay to unlock the chapter early, so this new attempt to get more money out of the app users seems ridiculous.

first off, the only complaint i would have about the app is the little selection. don’t get me wrong, there’s lots to choose from, but there’s just not enough genres.
ignoring that, this app is great! i haven’t experienced any ads. you can read manhwas without having to pay for it.
as well as, there’s this cute little avatar feature. every time you finish a chapter, you get to “spin a wheel” and get a random clothing item which you can use to dress up your avatar! sadly, i think the items are temporary. at the bottom of every item, it has an expiration date of 30 days.

another cool thing about the app is that it automatically takes you to the text chapter. more specifically, it’s one long panel with all the chapters attached. so all you have to do is keep scrolling without having to click on an arrow to read the next chapter.

Layout: 4/5
Comics: 3.95/5
Functionality: 3.75/5
Haptics: 3.85/5

Positive outlooks
-reward system- -great quality- -free- -multiple reading and interesting comics-

Possible improvements
-fixing haptics- -new page reward system to be non intrusive or *optional(but as well as it can show what you can win on the bottom right side, if non intrusive*- - end of page reading for final rewards if not touched- -intrusive on non intrusive can be optional.- -page layout doesn’t seem catchy it has multiple options put in first page.- -there is no options to read a specific 1 genre and read just shows all of them.-

Haptics are slow when reading and when rewards open, becomes unresponsive on sliding page to right on rewards as well.

Currently thats all i can think of, over 2-3 hours of using the app but ill keep using it, i honestly see potential in this.

Thanks

I hate the App Store, I’ve been trying to write a review for ages but literally everything goes wrong .
Anygays, this app is so good and by far my favorite comic app. Great set up; pretty and easy to use! Literally the only thing I don’t like about the app is the guy avatar . He’s so awkward and pretty much doesn’t look good in anything. I’m not really a fan of really gendered things (you can’t put “girl” clothes on the guy and vise versa) but I can understand as the builds are so different. I don’t really care as I’m here for the comics, and that’s perfect!
Oh and some of the bl comics have been having uncensored kisses recently! I was so happy! Idk about gl since I haven’t gotten to any kisses in the comics I’m reading yet. But it was such a bummer to see uncensored kisses in straight romances but not in queer romance comics. I know why, but it’s still nice to see uncensored kisses!
I highly recommend!

I really like the idea of the avatar, the clothes corresponding to the comics. However once you select the girl or the guy you cannot switch and there isn’t an option of buying the clothes or at least some way to keep them more than 30 days. I was thinking that since it’s so hard to get rare cards why can’t we keep them. Is it possible to increase the chances of getting a card? Like the cards boxes are mostly empty or spawn c cards or cards that I can’t use for the guy card. I got an A card but it’s for the girl and it’s being wasted if there is only the guy card and no switching from either girl or guy. Also the episodes vary in length so I finish before chest is ready

This app is great. Translation makes sense, a few rare syntax errors. It would help to add explanation for Chinese idioms or terms like an example : “white eyed wolf” in soft rice man one of the latest chapters. Or perhaps there are some puns that could be included from the original.

I initially downloaded Bilibili to read the Heaven Official’s Blessing manhua but but started reading two other comics as well. I was okay with waiting for chapters to unlock so long as I didn’t have to pay for every chapter. Suddenly, at the same time, the two new comics decided to lock behind a paywall. I now have to pay for every single chapter onward, I am no longer being offered wait times. What’s upsetting is that I’m around 40 chapters in to each comic and am invested in these stories. This feels very underhanded, especially since Bilibili claims you can read their comics for free. Again to reiterate, I am no longer being offered wait times for these comics, the only way to progress is to pay money. I’m not sure if this is a bug and there should still be wait times or if this intentional. The comics in question are Demon Apartment which locked completely on Chapter 43 and Paper Airplane which locked on chapter 38. I really like these stories but I do not feel comfortable paying for every single chapter.

I joined this app so I could keep up with the Heavenly Officials Blessing manhua! The art is absolutely stunning, I probably asked my friend a hundred times how on earth the artist is able to keep up with the updates haha
Despite not being an avid comic reader, I can truly appreciate how well put together this app is! I like that you get notifications for new chapters in comics you’re following, since I tend to forget to check for updates after a while. I also like that they have so many customizations in viewing the comics like different qualities and formats (scrolling, flipping, etc). Another detail I love is that you can keep scrolling/flipping pages to automatically start the next chapter instead of having to select the next one.
The app is very neat and simple to use, which I really appreciate since I’m terrible with technology. The mini tutorial at the beginning also helps you get a grasp of the mechanics even faster.
Overall it really is a wonderful app, especially for one thats free! I’d really recommend it! :)

Ok I had the app when everything was either you wait a certain amount of time or you can pay. The times being 1 minute then 6 then one hour then 6 hours and finally 12 hours being the longest countdown. However now the countdown is 1 minute 1 hour 6 hours hours 18 hours and finally 24. Im sorry but the absolute difference in time? And now there are some comics where you HAVE to pay. And it doesn’t even tell you that when you first start reading so you can get totally invested in a comic and suddenly your on chapter 54 and now it’s paid to read. I try my best to read comics on their original websites to support the creator but sometimes I have no choice but to use other websites just because of the pay wall. Also before when you first opened up the chapter the countdown started but now you have to read through the whole chapter just for the countdown to activate. This means even if you read the whole chapter if you didn’t scroll down far enough the countdown wouldn’t have started and you wouldn’t get your free episode. These updates keep making the app worse instead of improving it

I love the mechanics and how simple the app is easy to use. I’ve been coming across a common, reoccurring problem though. I’ve read over maybe 50 comics on this app so far. About 3/4 of these comics that I’ve read, have all had at least 15 misses pages to them for almost every chapter for those comics. Now, I do not know if that is the translators fault who uploads it to the app, or a problem with the app itself. My point being is, I’m truly displeased with this because I’m not getting the whole comic, I’m waiting for or spending coins on to skip the wait timer. I also don’t see the reason in there being a report option for “missing pages,” when they never get fixed. I’ve seen multiple comments, bringing up the missing pages months back before I even came to read it. Only to see that nothing was ever done to fix it. It’s very annoying that I have to go and find another place/site to find those missing pages to get the full experience of the comic that the app should be delivering to us. Please, I hope you take notice of this, and uphold what the app should be bringing to us readers to fix this very big issue.

OKAY SO I just got this app a few days ago and I already LOVE it. I have several other apps and online accounts for other comics and WEBTOONs and web novels and more but this one is so amazing! Usually on other websites or apps they have limited episodes and you have to pay for more or wait to get coins to unlock it or something but this one just lets you read all the episodes that have come out and the story lines aren’t cliche they are very original and some of them have similarities but the story itself is very different but not only that you can earn prizes for reading the whole chapter of a comic and that brings me to the final thing that I really like about this app- it’s the character profile, you have a character in the app and when you earn prizes it’s usually different clothes for the character to wear and you can dress them up and personalize them to your liking. I really like this app and I’m sure there are more features that I have missed that I didn’t see before ,but don’t just take my word for it! get the app and see how great it is!I know you’ll love it as much as I do! So what are you waiting for? go download it!

I found out about this app from hearing that they had licensed Heaven Official’s Blessing and had to check it out. For something that only just launched, it looks really good. The library is small right now, but it’s all free which is great, and a lot of good manhua are on here. The UI is clean, reading is smooth (love how you get sent to the next chapter automatically!), app runs perfectly.

The one thing that the app is really missing right now is a way to see whether the comics you favorited have been updated since you last read them, or any kind of notifications about new chapters. Also, there is no indication on a given series when it might be updated again – it would be good to have regular schedules! That would keep me coming back for more. Right now, it is hard to get excited about trying a new comic when there are only a few episodes available and no way to know if/when more will be coming.

Still, huge thanks to Bilibili for working on bringing their comics to an English audience too (and I really appreciate them reaching out to existing fans to hire them for translation). If they can continue to expand their library, and establish update schedules, this could become a top comics app for me in the future.

so i really do like the platform layout, it’s pretty easy to find things and understand how everything works. having to wait up to 24 hours to read a chapter is also kinda annoying but it’s fine since most apps are like that these days. i think my biggest complaint is the fact the avatar cards expire after 30 days. it would be nice if you actually got to keep and collect them, or maybe even make them more ‘limited addition’ and having people be able to add eachother and trade cards. i like that you get a sort of reward after each chapter honestly it’s really fun, but when i realize you only have them for limited time it kinda made me not wanna use the app all together. i hope they make it so you can actually keep them permanently. :(also it would be nice if you can save different outfits. you can only piece together one outfit at a time, i think there should be a feature where you can save multiples. otherwise you just have to re-apply all the items over and over again. i hope someone takes my thoughts into consideration! lots of people on reddit complain about this so i’m just spreading the word and also agreeing entirely that some changes with the avatar stuff need to happen! also making the shoes separately too. that bugs me a little bit

I was recommended BiliBili comics by a good friend of mine since he knew I love reading manga,manhwa, and manhua. It has been a few days since I downloaded it and overall, it is a great app. The selection of comics are enjoyable and translations don’t make my brain cry out in pain. The character customization, which was the main attraction to me, could use a few changes like a decrease in chances of a duplicate accessory but it’s still fine.

My main problem with Bilibili Comics is the wait timer. I have no problem supporting the creators’ works, but I do not want to wait an entire day just to read a chapter only to then read 4 chapters before I have to wait another day. I feel like the payment model doesn’t benefit anyone greatly. Now, I’m no businessman and there might be certain details that need to be worked out, but why not replace the wait timer with advertisements? Ads could be spread out every 3 chapters or so throughout the entire comic instead of near the current updates. There could also be a subscription service that lets you block ads as an alternative revenue method. And if it’s still not enough, you could even add a shop for limited edition character customizations where you pay in coins.

Before I end this review off, there is another method I would suggest which is the ability to get coins without spending money such as a chance to get some after reading for a certain amount of time or having a daily login that will give you a random number of coins depending on how lucky you are. Another way is to have a low chance of getting coins for dismantling let’s say A and S tier character accessories.

I really hope that this app continues to grow and prosper and I know that it will be in the daily lives of many, but I also believe that the wait timer system is an inefficient way of producing income while maintaining reader satisfaction.

I shouldn’t have to repay for access to earlier episodes that I have already paid for if I want to reread a comic. I’ve spent too much money on this crappy app to be repaying for stuff I have already paid to unlock when I want to reread comics. Stop being greedy. This is why the app quality has gone down in the last few months. People will eventually catch on that half the comics no longer receive updates and some comics go months in between without updates despite all of the money some of us pay to read them.

This was good at first but now it just deleted all my saved books it restarted me and it’s not letting me get my saved books back and before you had to wait a couple of hours for a new chapter but now it says the you have to pay and that’s okay I can just delete the app and find a new app to read the stories but it sends me random notifications that I can read the next chapter and it’s really Annoying. This app is trash I know no one cares it like if you don’t like it delete it but I just needed to tell someone

At first it was great; interesting comics and it free comic as long as you waited but as time when on the comics that you could wait for we’re now costing coins. I mean I wouldn’t have been mad about it If they had just told me that at a center point it would cost coins but no they let you get into it then start charging you. ALSO idk if it was just my phone but the picture would come out blurry or the word were either too zoom in or zoom out making it difficult to read/see what’s going on. So overall I give it a 0️⃣ not a 1 a 0️⃣

so i haven’t been on in a few days because i’ve been busy. i was looking forward to beinge reading my comics when i saw a new update was needed. i was fine with it until i couldn’t really read anything without having to wait for certain comics. i now have to wait an hour just to read something that came out two days ago just because i read something before it.
please just look into that? the reason i love this app so much is the fact that i don’t have to suffer with paying to read or anything like that. i fear that will be whats next

I really love this app, truly. However, the app has been making a majority of their “free comics” locked behind a paywall. I really didn’t mind having to wait for hours to read an already-released chapter of a series, but a mandatory payment in unacceptable. A lot of people are unable to enjoy comics now since they have to pay but are unable to do so. This goes against what this app promises: having free comics to read. I’ve had this app for awhile, as they’ve adjusted waiting times and gotten rid of other comics, but this is the last straw. Please, don’t support purchasing episodes.

I’ve been using the app for a while and I’ve noticed that almost ALL of the stories are one genre; romance. I don’t have a problem with romance comics but when the only thing on the app is romance it’s a bit frustrating. I hate that I have to wait so long just to read another chapter. A whole day?! WHAT!?! Most of the stories here are bland and you have to look very hard to find a good comic! Half of the time the biggest thing about the anime is just that they have hot girls. That’s literally it. I have only been able to find 6 comics that I like. Out of all those comics you have 6. Disappointing!

Used to not be paywalled and you just had to wait a set amount of time for the next episode to unlock. Which you could pay to skip the wait.
But now they’ve started paywalling a majority of the comics. There’s no way to filter which ones are and aren’t paywalled. So you could be reading one and start with timers and then just get cut off.
No way to earn coins through watching ads or anything either.
Paying for access for episodes for like a couple of titles may be economically feasible, but it adds up quickly. Especially when the episodes are generally pretty short and may update more than once a week.

I love this app! I love the exclusive comics, I love reading Heaven Official’s Blessing, I love the variety of genres. But, I started to become a little confused when wait times were added. They weren’t horrible, but just annoying. And now, I can’t even read some of my favorite comics due to the new purchasing system. I’m not finically well off so I can’t buy coins to continue reading some comics, which can be annoying when I’m 48 episodes into a comic and can’t continue reading. I love the stories and the wait times were alright, but this new pay to read system infuriates me and make me feel like I’m poor.

When I first got this app I was so happy I didn’t need to pay money to read, there wasn’t any blocked chapters, just had to wait a certain amount of time until I could read the next chapter. And now suddenly almost all the comics I had been reading, I can’t read anymore because in order to read the next one I need to buy with the apps coins. The problem is you don’t earn the coins through reading or prize boxes you have to buy them with actual money first and I can’t afford to buy thousands of coins just so I can read. If this can’t get fixed back to just the timer than sadly I’m going to have to delete this app. :(

I’ve had this app for give or take a full year. At first it was great, good stories for free and a lot to read then They implemented the timer. The timer would only allow you to read a chapter before having to wait to read the next chapter unless you wanted to pay, then they changed it to the timer only started when the new chapter came out (if you are all caught up)which was fine. Then they started charging to read chapters of certain comics which at this point I was 200+ chapters into, if the timer was still implemented on these chapters I wouldn’t have a problem but they have completely gotten rid of it and a forcing pay

I’ve used Webtoon long before I found this app and I’ve used this app before the whole update and honestly I got this app because it didn’t have paywall blocks on the chapters then suddenly you decide to add that as an update? You guys are disgusting, I thought WEBTOON was annoying about it but you guys are just following a $$ trail and it’s sad, these are good comics and it’s a shame you decided to fall in line like the rest of the sheep. Could’ve been a better WEBTOON but you just fell off like a sad joke. Deleted and not using again because of that, can’t even enjoy a simple comic without having to pay to skip. Absolutely pathetic.

Okay I got this app and I’ll admit I loved it. The fact that it’s free and there wait times for chapters is a neat idea that makes it fair to the creators. However when I decided to look up old comics for a good reread, I found that it was taken from other groups.

But hey lots of people do that, not enough for a 1 star right? Eventually trusting the app I decided to invest $, just a little. Little did I know it would increase the wait time that I originally had. T5 is still a day, but T2-T4 has completely changed and I do not see it as a coincidence.

All my faith in this app is gone, and I can’t trust them if they even give paid credit to the creator.
Sadness

Why the wait, it’s mad annoying

Genre blocking does not work, it keeps showing you and suggesting what it claims to let you block.

The stories are not loading yet you’re telling me to read longer to unlock whatever!
I have read an empty eight episodes story !

Be it on my data or WiFi it would take about 30 seconds to load a single page randomly in some part of each chapter and their would be multiple pages not loading at all and it did it now matter if it was raw, hd or sd

I love this app and I love reading the stories on it. I have bought 100 coins SEVEN TIMES and yet I keep getting charged. I have been charged for over the amount that I should’ve as I keep getting random charges for various amounts at random times. I’d like to be refunded.