Hooked

Name: Hooked
Rating: 4.2 (14426 reviews)
Author: Telepathic, Inc.

By: Telepathic, Inc.

Escape into addictive stories

Features & Capabilities

Hooked is the hottest app for anime stories on your phone—bite-size, tap-through episodes with bold manga-style art, cinematic panels, and nonstop cliffhangers, loved by 100,000,000+ people worldwide. Read, listen, or watch in a mobile-friendly experience with the world's largest selection of webcomics across horror, thriller, sci-fi, romance, fantasy, and more. Personalized picks and trending charts help you discover your next obsession fast.

Hooked Unlimited Subscription offers unlimited access to the full story catalog and premium content. Pricing is shown in the App Store matrix; subscriptions are auto-renewed unless turned off in Settings. Subscriptions may be managed by the user, with renewal handled within 24 hours of the end of the current period. Privacy policy and terms of use are available at hooked.co/privacy and hooked.co/terms.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Entertainment Content Writing

By:

Telepathic, Inc.

Rating:

4.20

(14,426) 2 ratings

Version:

5.0.0 Last updated: 2026-03-10

Version code:

882995337

Creation date:

2015-08-22

Compatible devices:

Size:

11.70MB

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-02

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 15,376 ▲ 16

Other rankings

#17 in Essential Book Apps

Other platforms

Hooked (v4.55.0)

19,456,293 3.49

(485,530)

For Developers

Monetize with App Pass Boost with Extension Booster

Contact the developer

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Developed by:

Telepathic, Inc.

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hooked/id1024818709

User Reviews

Users praise Hooked for engaging stories and strong plots, but criticize a shift to paid access and monetization. Recurrent complaints include subscription costs, reliability issues (crashes, login problems), and a problematic coin/reward system. Overall content quality is high, but monetization and stability are major pain points.

Pros

Engaging, well-written stories with solid plots.
Stories are entertaining and keep you guessing.
Some users value the library for unique or hard-to-find titles.

Cons

Subscription is required to use the app, with high ongoing costs (e.g., weekly $9.99) and diminished free access.
App reliability issues: frequent crashes, not opening, and login problems.
In-app currency and rewards system is confusing, expensive to use, and prone to bugs (coins disappearing, daily rewards issues).
Perceived shift toward monetization and 'greed,' with users feeling the app has moved away from a free/fun experience.

Recent reviews

I remember when this app was completely free to use. I decided to redownload it because I had not used it in a few years and figured why not. After seeing that I had to pay to even get to any stories I deleted the app again. I did go and read some other reviews and am glad I did not opt to pay because I suppose there is a huge increase of AI stories and I do not superhero use of AI. I just wanted my cute free story app back but I guess companies just like being greedy with money than actually keeping their apps the same when all users initially enjoyed them.

by Ba*****, 2026-06-07

I haven’t been able to use the app for a while and after updating, the only option is to sign up for a $9.99 weekly subscription?!! I won’t be re installing this app.

by mm*****, 2026-05-28

Don’t know what AI trash this is, but I miss the old version of this app when it was real stories which now I can’t access and are all gone. 1) the app won’t open on my phone(it stays stuck on the blinking owl eyes), 2) when I try to access on my iPad I can’t create a login. It forces me to use my Apple ID and to only sign up for the $9.99/week subscription, so I can no longer access my already purchased stories. Again, all gone. And no idea if those stories are anywhere else. The worst.