Radish Fiction Reviews

by MartinKM

First of all, the writing is just okay. Grammatical errors, changes in characters names from one chapter to the next. But the stories are still engaging. My problem is...I might spend $10-$15 on one of these books on a discount table at the book store. Yet the only way to stay engaged with the story and read multiple chapters at a time is to spend a minimum of $4 for 27 coins, which will allow me to read nine chapters of the book in one sitting. Otherwise you have to wait an hour between free chapters. I can read one of these chapters in less than 5 minutes and then have to wait 55 more minutes until I get the next chapter for free. There is no other way, that I am aware of, to earn coins. Perhaps you should offer advertisements, making yourself money, while allow the reader to stay engaged with the story. I am reading one story on RadishFiction because I cannot find it anywhere else and then I am finished...I will not be a repeat customer. And I will discourage others from giving RadishFiction a try.

by Aleja_ndra

I am actually HOOKED on the story I am reading from RadishFiction. Unfortunately RadishFiction can not take the place of reading an actual book where you can read for several hours at a time or even before bed. I have literally have spent already $50 in coins trying to read a the first half of a story and I am sorry, but that’s RIDICULOUS!!!! You have the ability to gain 3 free coins every 3 hours, but that will only unlock 1 episode that only takes you 3 minutes to read. The whole stop and go thing kills you!! I literally have to take a break from reading a week at a time in order to gather as many coins as possible so I can actually enjoy what I am reading. BUT WAIT THERE IS MORE I can’t wait to long from reading because the COINS EXPIRE! At this rate I am going to finish the story and delete RadishFiction or I will get sick of this coin BS and forget the story, despite the story being so good. RadishFiction’s payment model is WAY TOO EXPENSIVE. Why pay so much when I could just buy an ebook for $4.99 and enjoy it just the same, without having to wait or pay a exorbitant amount of money.

by Zoarann

I’m an avid reader, I wanted to try RadishFiction even paid 9$ to get the book faster. You have to wait 3 hours every 5 minutes of reading to get one chapter for free. It doesn’t cumulate. If you think that while you sleep you’ll wake up to say 3 chapters if you have a good long night... correct yourself you just get 1 chapter of 5 minutes reading then wait 3 hours again.
I’m sorry for the new authors who thought it was a way to get your book out there, the times when you bought a blockbuster for 60$ is way gone. Yes you can buy coins to get your chapters faster it costs 9$ for 200 chapters one book has more than 450 chapters. So I’m not able to give a positive review to RadishFiction. If and when they get a better way of letting people read I’ll get back and give a good review. The developer needs to read the comments on their app and find a way to give the people what they want 1374 hours to read a book that’s way too much. You have a good product just make it work better.

by Crunut

I really didn’t want to leave a bad review and I have tried resolving the issue with customer service, however we’ve just been going around In circles trying to resolve my issue.

I don’t mind paying for stories and some of the stories are quite good. However, the stories advertise when you read three episodes you will unlock a free episode. These free episodes, are never available. I have been back and forth with customer service (which by the way was very difficult to find a contact for) only to be told I basically don’t understand how free episodes work. I have even sent them screenshots showing how the title page clearly states the free episodes are available but when I tried to access them RadishFiction still asks for payment. The response I got was that I purchased the episode before it was available. How is it before it was available when it states “your free episode is now ready” and has an unlocked lock? Anyway RadishFiction is good even if it is a little expensive to read stories. I was really hoping a free episode every third episode would help to balance out the cost of the stories. So if you don’t mind being told you get an episode for free and then never get it RadishFiction is good and most of the authors are good but if it will frustrate you to not get the discount you are told you’ll get, then stay away. Unfortunately I am invested in four stories, at the moment, but I am not starting any new ones. 😢

by Nichold J

Not user friendly for MILLIONS of people. First & foremost the fact that these developers have not thought nor taken a person being BLIND into account is extremely sad. BLIND people don’t read? That is one of the absolute offensive oversights. RadishFiction has absolutely no option for audio/audiobook for the millions of people out there who have with disabilities. Not only being blind also reading disabilities, i.e. developmental dyslexia, alexia, hyperlexia, word reading accuracy, reading comprehension, reading fluency. As this last one is NOT a handicap, your readers who do not speak ENGLISH do not have any options which is a very reasonable accommodation. RadishFiction is neglecting to speak/read in your customers ‘mother tongues.’ Not handicap friendly software on any way shape or form. All of the above (I'm sure there are many others I may have missed to list) are absolute offensive oversights, & I’m shocked that in the year of 2022 a developer has not taken any of these things into account, very unfortunate and sad.

by Yolanda Dog Trainer

I’m writing this after interacting with the Radish support team. They replied quickly with answers that addressed my concerns but did not positively resolve my issue. You must buy coins to read but RadishFiction is so unclear on how they work that I have wasted several on stories I’ll never read. I had to use trial and error at my own expense to learn RadishFiction will take my coins even if I don’t want to use them. I use these coins sparingly because these stories are exorbitantly expensive if you use coins instead of waiting for the next episode to unlock.I have left many stories unfinished because they weren’t worth the cost to read the ending. Many of these stories read like poorly composed texts with no editing for grammar, spelling, punctuation or syntax. Or even proper use of emojis. But I buy coins so I can finish a story that I’m really into.
RadishFiction is also difficult to navigate especially using its search function. You can’t navigate to titles in the search results without losing the original search. There is no way to just go back to the previous page. I like RadishFiction better than others but I’m just so angry right now.

by Christina Bowman

About a month ago my app automatically updated itself and once it finished RadishFiction was unable to load properly. Therefore I had decided to delete RadishFiction and redowload it and see if that’d fix the issue. Issue was however, I got locked out of my account and then was told my account didn’t exist (looked it up by the only two emails I have) and somehow I accidentally ended up making a whole new account altogether. I’ve spent easily over a hundred or more dollars on RadishFiction the buy coins and unlock chapters of many beloved series only to lose it all!! Despite this, I wasn’t completely discouraged, I had decided to contact support and they never got back to me or addressed my issue like they had claimed they would within one business week.... absolutely fantastic authors and contact but customer service and support/help are unreliable... Use at your own risk and don’t spend money if you don’t want to take the gamble of losing it all for nothing... I still had close to 300 coins that I hadn’t gotten to use yet...

by Bridge With A T

I downloaded this because I have a guilty pleasure of reading some romance novels. However, these are extremely cheesy, not realistic, and aren’t properly edited. I find grammatical errors a lot and while it doesn’t completely take away from the story it does bug me. Another thing I actually hate, like really really hate is the fact that in order to advance to the next chapter you either have to wait until 24 hours or have enough coins. Not a huge deal until I realized that your time doesn’t start ticking until you actually OPEN the chapter (really?!). You have to buy coins. I’m not paying $4 A WEEK so I can get still limited access to stories when I only have to pay $10 a month for access to thousands of high quality ENTIRE books on kindle. I only picked this because at first I liked the idea and thought this would support smaller authors and I don’t get that jive at all. It’s just another way to swindle money out of readers and honestly the content is lame and not diverse at all.

by BirdieH84

I will not be reading any more stories on RadishFiction after I finish the first. The editing is terrible, the writing isn't great, and the wait is killing me. I only have to wait an hour between 5-minute pages because it's my first story ("Torn Between Alphas"), but this entire "book" would've taken me a very short time to read if not dragged out over the course of several days by the cooldown period. New chapters don't automatically unlock if you don't open RadishFiction , so you have to check it often to keep the story going, and there isn't a simple way I've found to mark actual progress while unlocking multiple chapters for later. The price of the coins to read the story at my actual reading pace is ridiculous and would still be ridiculous if it were well-written and edited. I will assume this is the quality of other available stories since it's been so highly advertised in my other apps. In which case, I have no interest in continuing to waste my time.

by 1843743642653

I think that RadishFiction should not charge people such large fees to read books that would cost a fraction of the cost in a real book store. With how short most of the chapters are, it is ridiculous to have to wait 24 hours to have to read another equally short chapter. I enjoy reading these stories but it is starting to get annoying that i can’t simply read the book the entire way through. Personally I have used and still sometimes use a different reading app which I sometimes enjoy more because only a few of the stories cost coins and also the other app gives you the ability to leave comments which I enjoy reading because it allows you to know what other readers think. For example while reading a romance where the main character has two people chasing after them it is interesting seeing who people think is right. Even with the ability to receive 3 free coins each day which is enough to read one short chapter of only one of the books I am reading. That leads me to the fact that 3 is an odd number and i don’t understand why it can’t be 2 coins per chapter especially when the packs you buy are not even multiples of three. It is obvious the owners are more interested in putting extra cash in their pocket then giving the customer the experience the want and deserve. The only reason it isn’t a one star review is because there still seems to be good stories on RadishFiction .

by Nickielynn02

Overall, it’s an interesting format. Some of the stories are excellent. Some are trash, and not in the fun sort of way. I don’t particularly like books that haven’t been completed. Some are so many seasons it’s insane to try and read them.

I think the wait feature is fine BUT waiting an hour+ for a chapter you read in less than a minute is ridiculous. Chapters should have to be a minimum length or wait times should be shortened to 15-20 mins tops. Also I wish it had an Auto Unlock feature if it stays an hour. I don’t always have time to go in and manual unlocked ten stories every hour just so I can have 5 minutes of reading time later.

Editing should be mandatory for stories published. You are charging people, be it time or money, for a product. I don’t expect perfection but when each chapter is riddled with basic grammar and spelling issues, that’s ridiculous.

Lastly, coins should not expire. I should be able to save and use them when I want to on whichever books I want. Sometimes a story will require over 100 coins to unlock. I shouldn’t have to do that incrementally. 3 coins is a lot to unlock one chapter that may or may not only take 1 minute to read. And I have a very short time period to decide how to use them. It’s also very difficult to see which coins are still available and when exactly they expire in your history. I like it when the story will tell me exactly how many coins I need to unlock the remaining chapters.

by Misa Flinty

I love RadishFiction! I read it constantly whenever I can and quarantine has got me bored. But I also feel like there really should be some changes. I feel that if RadishFiction should take out the wait times and coins and let people read for free. I only say this because if this happens more and more people will download RadishFiction. I was hesitant about downloading at first because I knew you had to pay and wait a while for stories and I’m also a big reader so I knew I would get hooked instantly. I just got RadishFiction about last week and the story I’m reading has almost 800 chapters, and the story still isn’t done! Which is incredible but I REALLY want to catch up because I know I’m wayyy behind. If the paying and waiting we’re taken out then you could get much more people downloading. I still love RadishFiction and will continue to read but I really think these things should be lowered at least because with 265 coins which is about 88 chapters, I could easily read that in less than a week considering how short a lot of the chapters are. And I love to binge read!

by Mrs.Worldwide

I have no problem paying for books, but if I pay for something, I don’t want it to expire. Also it’s impossible to change my coin subscription within RadishFiction . I have to go through my apps app and it’s much too complicated. Also the new update makes it so that Radish won’t load? Not sure if this is just a network error, but it’s never happened before today. I’d like to be able to use my coins before they expire please. 🙄
The only reason there’s three stars instead of two is because of the quality of content. Most of the stuff is good, but there’s a few books marked as historical fiction but are heavily inaccurate (as a history nerd I am not willing to sacrifice someone calling a person “dude” in the 1800s or someone claiming to be a suffragette decades before the name was coined just because of the plot). Another thing to add is that the chapters cost 3 coins each, which doesn’t really make any sense? It annoys me, they should make it 2. You have to buy coins in increments that are not multiples of 3? It’s dumb. RadishFiction developers seem to be focusing more on money than providing a good service.

by MommyKyLiera

Most of the storylines I’ve read are great. Some are incredible! Some of the stories are great, but DESPERATELY need to be edited for spelling and grammar. Only a few I’ve read are ridiculously shallow and superfluous. One was particularly tragic; the grammar, spelling, and syntax distracted from an otherwise incredible storyline. My recommendation is to require that each story be edited by an admin (with a decent education, preferably) before it can be posted.

Also, having to stop mid-story because the rest is only available by purchase is extremely annoying, and it has caused me to abandon a story more than once. I get that that’s how you make your money, but maybe have other ways to earn coins. Heck, I’ll watch three 30-second ads for the next chapter any day!

Also, I’ve recently had issues with RadishFiction not allowing me to continue to the chapter, despite having met the waiting requirement. There’s no error message, just simply won’t go the the next page, and if I continue trying, even after a few seconds, it ends up freezing RadishFiction , so that I have to restart it. It’s only on one or two stories, though, and the rest are fine. So bizarre.

by Zipjones2

Hey! First off let me say RadishFiction is great I love the books I’m reading 7 different ones at the same time. What’s not so great about RadishFiction is having to pay for chapters, or having to wait for the next chapter to be released. I’ve spent well over $100 in the last 3 weeks on RadishFiction and not that it isn’t worth it, but I feel like I’m being milked out of my money. No matter how many coins I purchase I’ve only received 6 free coins which was when I first downloaded RadishFiction . If I’m gonna be spending on RadishFiction the least you could do is offer some gifts now and then, ones that aren’t connected to another book! I’m torn about RadishFiction because I’m stuck at so many interesting parts of all the books I’m reading because of either coins or chapters being released once a day😤very frustrating. Please come up with a way to give back to us readers that come to RadishFiction everyday, read books and interact with the live chats!

by Cluck

I love reading and have no issues spending money on a book/series I am really into. RadishFiction is good, the stories I have read so far are good, and the grammatical errors are better then most apps like this that I have tried. The cost though is waaaaayyyy to expensive. I have already spent $50 and I am only on season4 of a 16 season book. This also includes all the time I have waited for my free episodes. It is outrageous. I think they would do better to give people the ability to purchase a coins cheaper even without free episodes. It feels gimmicky. I also don’t like that you can’t just keep reading in large sections with out constantly think about spending 50cents (about) per chapter. Also these chapter seem more equivalent to about 4-6 actually pages in a book. They are so short it is just digging for money. I really do enjoy RadishFiction, but I can not reason spending so much money when there are so many more options out there with just as good if not better quality writing, options, and apps.

by Just Memories

I also think that radish charges way too much to read their books. I started reading the billionaires surrogate and in order to see what the story is about from start I ended up paying almost $100 and I’mJust barely I would say past halfway. I really enjoyed the story and think that it is very well written by Jamie but gosh it’s awfully expensive which I will not be able to afford being on a fixed income so therefore I probably won’t have a choice but to cancel my subscription before the anniversary date at the end of March. Which is really a shame because I do enjoy your stories if there is any way you can just charge a lump sum per book that would probably be a lot better and I think you would have a lot more customers also I subscribed to the 200 coins per month for $9.99But because I was trying to read the book from the beginning I went through the 200 coins pretty fast and I did try to buy another 200 but it will not let me I don’t know why thank you

by Shortlyb

Hello my name is Bridget Escobar let me start off by saying how much I love The billionaires surrogate The title of the book alone drew me in And I fell in love with The book and the storyline right away only after reading a couple pages of the story I absolutely love the book. Unfortunately due to recent technical difficulties unsure if they have to do with my phone or the radish app itself I am no longer able to continue reading the book although my phone does have a feature built into it that allows my phone to read to me recently I have noticed that my speak screen feature will not work properly only with the Radish app. I would appreciate it if the people radish would help me figure out whether this technical issue is due to my phones having technical issues or if it’s a Radish technical issue if no one willing to help me find a solution to my problem then I will have no choice but to cancel my subscription to Radish and delete RadishFiction I don’t want to come to that so I would appreciate it if someone would help me please and thank you.

by Jan In A Can

I have an unhealthy addiction to RadishFiction. I’m like going broke bc I can’t stop reading the stories...the cliffhangers drive me crazy! RN I love Forbidden Vampire and Then Comes Baby. I love that it feels like they last forever! Reminds me of a CW show. Also love that unlike so many apps there’s LGBTQ stories too, and it seems like they’re really making an effort in terms of not just having all white ppl in the story. The RadishOriginals are by far my favorite. It’s also very user friendly, i’m kind of a moron when it comes to technology but it’s super easy to use. It’s basically like Netflix for books lol. I convinced 2 friends and even my friends Mom to download them and we’re thinking about having a quarantine book club for The Alpha’s Boyfriend. Seriously RadishFiction is a godsend Rn during quarantine. Deffff recommend!

by Tany_M

So I just downloaded radish, and I’ve been obsessed all through the week. However it’s quite disappointing when I have to pay 3 coins to read a chapter and the story I’m reading has over 200!! I don’t mind paying for quality stuff which is why I quickly paid for the yearly subscription, but my monthly coin supply only gives me 256 which I already finished in under a week. The chapters are really short and you quickly get through them. There should be an option to purchase a story in it’s entirety or at least parts so I don’t have to wait 3 weeks for my coins to renew or 12 hours for a free episode to read a single chapter which I finish under 5 minutes. There are great authors and great stories I just wish it had a better system so we the readers feel like we are getting value for our money too.

by Maialei

Absolutely disappointed with this company and app. I used to have the monthly subscription for 200 coins for $9.99. They expire if you don’t use them all before the renewal, which they don’t tell you. Frequently I finish the coins anyway and buy additional coins on top of my subscription, but the few times where I didn’t have time to read in a month, I lose out on 100+ coins.

On top of that, I’ve purchased chapters, finished the book, and when I come back a month or so later, they tell me I have to purchase again. Since when is that how books work? I buy a book from B&N, I read it, put it in my library, and when I want to read it again I don’t have to go buy the book again.

I dealt with that because there are plenty of books I can read. But then this last subscription I paid and didn’t receive my coins. At all. I contacted them four separate times because I wanted my coins and to continue my subscription. Not once did they get back to me. I finally had to get a refund through Apple, and cancelled my subscription.

They had a great concept with supporting writers who are unable to get published but they ruined it.

by Shells In The Sand

I used to love RadishFiction, but ever since it updated, it takes 15 minutes to load or crashes. Every time! Not only that, but they started an option to purchase coins at a discount, but disappear if you don’t use them after a period of time.
I have also become frustrated with some of the story’s having incredibly short chapters for the same price as a story with chapters over a 1000 words. Such a rip off!
There is no way to give feed back to the authors about spelling/typos. I try to suppress my corrector tendencies, but it is hard when you have a story riddled with them.
The one thing I will say, is some of the stories I have read have been worth it. But the percentage is low.
So user beware.

by MikaylaSkye_

I don’t know who decided it would be a good idea to ruin a perfectly fine app, but either way I’m not happy. Instead of letting me discover new books that are recent, and completed at that, they only show books from years ago, with a few parts at most, that have not been updated in years. As you can imagine, it’s been a horrible process to find new books to keep me interested in RadishFiction . More than likely, after I’m finished with my current set of books (that I found pre-update), I’m deleting RadishFiction completely. Point being I’m super disappointed, and won’t be a radish user for much longer unless there is a fix coming very quickly.

by Britt9293

I was in the middle of reading a book and when I decided to end for the night I still had access to the book and to previous chapters. Woke up this morning and can’t access the prior chapters and have to rebuy access to them. The book is amazing but if I can’t go back to the prior chapter and have to rebuy the chapter it’s not worth it. Sad because if RadishFiction was better I may have read more but now I don’t think I will. Back to other books and better apps. Maybe they could make it like Dreame’s new update where you can get a few coins for rewards, inviting friends or reading for an amount of time that might be a good draw for those that are just starting out in RadishFiction .

by J N Miller

I bought a whole years worth of radish coins that refill every month. I get 265 coins in the evening of the 16 th of every month. So at the end of the month I’m rationing my coins so I don’t miss my favorite stories that update weekly or sporadically. If I judge it wrong then I lose some coins. Because the monthly number is 265, I always have a coin left over. Since people pay for the coins it would be worth letting last months coins overlap this months coins so I never lose any. Also I’ve read so many stories that are all mixed up. I wish you would set it up so I had folders to move my stories to (like): reading, waiting for updates, completed, started and never want to open again, etc. this would be a 5 star app if it was about content alone. I’m hooked. But I don’t think I’ll renew because of my frustrations.

by Mina✨

I love radish. I love reading. I love writing. I love everything about this. However, I recently got a new phone and wanted to download radish onto it but it just won’t let me log in. I have two accounts so that I have a backup in case my main account acts up or anything of the sort, but neither account are being allowed access into RadishFiction . I’m not sure if this is a problem everyone is experiencing or if it’s just me being locked out for whatever reason, but I just want to be able read and support authors who share their work on this platform. I emailed the Radish team but I haven’t heard anything in return as of yet. This is a five star app in my honest opinion, but until this issue is solved I’m keeping it at a three.

by Rosetaston3

I love radish. I think the stories are great and often worth the price. You get higher quality writing than you might on similar apps, for a fairly small price. My biggest complaint is the lack of a community. Sure, there are the occasional “radish lives” but I really wish there was more of a commenting system. Sometimes the best part about reading a story is getting to see other people’s reactions! And when I’m waiting for the next update, all I really want to do is TALK about it, so it would be great for Radish to create a more accessible form of communication for readers.

by Freedom070907

So I am new to Radish but not to writing sites and apps. The first story I chose has been great! The quality of writing is solid and the plot is gripping! I had an issue where I wasn’t getting a verification email and I didn’t want to lose the progress I’d made so I contacted support. Within a day they’d gotten back to me with a few options to try and the offer to further assist of those didn’t work. Luckily it did!!!! I feel like new apps are hit or mis with their customer service but RadishFiction did not disappoint! I’m verified and continuing to enjoy Radish reading!!!!! If you love to support authors that love to write, this is RadishFiction for you!!

by MagickGem

I have to say... I’m really thrilled with RadishFiction. There are so many interactive story/reading apps out these days... it seems like the new big thing. I have quite a few downloaded on my phone and this is one of the best! The stories I’ve read so far are well written and really interesting. If you don’t have a lot of time to read during the day, this is the perfect app for you. You won’t feel like you’re overwhelmed because the chapters are short and sweet. The stories I’ve recommend reading are Doctors Orders, Club K, and Light My Fire. You won’t be disappointed!

by TrioDaDoll

Hi,
I love Radish it a good way to read books.... but... Why do I need to pay to read books ? It’s too much like if you want people to pay then at least have a daily spin where there could be different amounts of coins you receive. The spin could be every 24hours and a persons coins could add up. For example: IMVU.... the game has a daily spin where you could get 15 coins, 100 coins, 75 coins, & more. I think this will help your app maybe people will download it more if you put my idea into thought!! Because why should you pay $1.00 for 6 coins if that only pays for two chapters and the books chapters are still locked if you need 3 coins for every chapter.. and people don’t want to stop reading a book they think is really good but not having 3 coins could stop them, so having a daily spin could really help.. I’m giving you ⭐️⭐️⭐️’s because the coins system is just over the top but please think on my idea !!!

P.s.
I love the update !!!👍🏽 It was kind of confusing 🤔at first but I got around it..

Thank you for your time I really hope you guys take my idea into consideration 😌, or even read my message.. I’m still thankful
-Traneilthababe 🙃

by Gdenplnty

I would have given 5 stars if RadishFiction was fully functional, meaning that I should be able to enter Radish live at the end of each chapter of a story. I wonder when the developers of RadishFiction finally realizes that it’s not compatible or just doesn’t work and hurry up and fix it because I’m sure I’m not the only one that’s upset about this. Also why is this particular update faulty and why hasn’t it been fixed yet? I updated my app yesterday afternoon and all I’ve been getting along with a lot of otherRadish users is Network error.