Features & Capabilities

Dive into NovelShort, a modern reading and listening app for short fiction. Explore a vast library across popular genres like Mystery, Fantasy, Werewolf, Western, and Mafia, with an immersive audiobook option and daily updates.

Customize your reading with adjustable settings, daily sign-ins for coins, missions, and ad-supported rewards to unlock premium chapters. If you're a writer, publish your work to reach over 1 million readers and earn revenue through shared models. Update to the latest version to begin a brand-new reading journey.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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Developed by:
BLACK GEMSTONE CULTURE MEDIA PTE. LTD.
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/novelshort-novels-fiction/id6502894256
Website:
https://www.blackgemstone.top

User Reviews

User reviews largely condemn the app for high costs and paywalls, frequent overcharges, and unfinished AI-generated stories. While some readers enjoy the short formats and a few engaging entries, most feel the value doesn’t justify the price, marred by billing problems, unfinished plots, and content quality concerns. Reliability issues and weak support further worsen the overall experience.
Pros
  • Short, bite-sized stories/chapters are easy to read and can be addictive.
  • Some stories are engaging or interesting.
  • A few chapters or stories can be accessed for free before paying.
Cons
  • Extremely expensive coin-based model with per-chapter costs; subscription plus coins; value is often seen as not worth the price.
  • AI-generated or low-quality writing, with repetitive plots, changing names, and lack of originality.
  • Stories are often unfinished or cut off at climaxes, forcing additional payments to finish.
  • Payment and billing issues, including overcharges and mismatched charges, with poor customer support.
  • Technical issues and app instability, such as login bugs and inconsistent performance.
Recent reviews
A short story of just 50 tiny chapters costs over $50 American dollars to read even if you are doing all your check ins, etc. can’t even get one free chapter per day. Novels are just ok, with so many of them having similar stories.
by Su*****, 2026-05-23

I don’t write reviews but my day was horrible and now I’m MAD. I was scrolling on tik tok and saw a story that was on this app and being the silly silly idiot I am I downloaded it. Then I found out that I need to pay 200 coins per chapter??? I’m not gonna spend my hard earned money on some bs I can get for free at my local library. These type of apps are sooooo annoying and genuinely ruined my day
by Ac*****, 2026-05-14

U got to pay for the full story
by Id*****, 2026-05-13
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