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Review by eFreeware

RIDI is a reading app from RIDI Corporation that gathers comics, webtoons, web novels and e-books into a single Korean-language catalog. It has been on Google Play since September 2010 and has passed five million installs, with a 4.2 average across roughly 39,500 ratings. The download is free, there are no ads, and in-app purchases are part of how the service works.

The reason to consider it is the breadth of formats in one place. Rather than keeping a webtoon app, a novel app and a book reader side by side, you get all four reading categories in one place. The genres run from fantasy and martial arts to romance, romance fantasy and thriller, so the catalog is built for readers who move between serialized comics and full-length prose.

What I find most interesting is that RIDI is not only a storefront. The developer has layered reading tools, a merchandise shop and community events on top of the catalog, which suggests the app is meant to be a home for a reading habit rather than a place you visit only to buy the next volume. Whether that depth is useful depends on how much time you spend inside one platform.

Four formats under one library

The core of the app is the combined catalog. Comics, webtoons, web novels and e-books sit side by side, which means you can follow a serialized comic and a prose novel without switching apps. The genre spread is wide, covering fantasy, martial arts, romance, romance fantasy and thriller among others.

RIDI also runs what it calls Ridi First, a set of works available only through this platform. For readers who follow specific authors or series, that exclusivity is often the deciding factor, because it determines whether the app is a convenience or a necessity. The catalog is the product here, and the reading tools exist to support it.

Discovering something new is handled through recommendations that match works to your taste. I would treat that as a starting point rather than a replacement for browsing, since recommendation systems tend to reflect what you have already read. Still, on a catalog this large, having a guided entry point is useful.

Reading tools that go past page turning

The viewing experience gets more attention than I expected. Original Quality is meant to show comics exactly as the author drew them, which matters for artwork where compression and scaling can flatten line work and color. Auto-Scroll keeps a comic moving so you can follow the panels without tapping, and text-to-speech reads text aloud for hands-free listening.

The TTS feature has a detail I appreciate: it can resume automatically after a phone call ends, according to the developer. That is a small thing, but it is the kind of interruption that otherwise forces you to find your place again. The developer notes that optional permissions can be declined while the service still works.

Highlights, memos and bookmarks all live in one reading notebook. This is the feature that turns a reader into something closer to a study tool, useful for anyone reading dense prose or keeping track of passages across a long series. The recent update mentions improved EPUB highlighter rendering, so that side of the app is still being refined.

Sharing, merchandise and the yearly awards

RIDI extends beyond reading in a few directions. You can turn memorable sentences into images and share them, which is a familiar habit among readers who like to post lines from what they are reading. There is also a Ridi Shop with merchandise tied to favorite works, aimed at readers who want something physical from a series they follow.

The app hosts an annual Ridi Awards where users vote for their favorite works. Voting events like this give the catalog a communal layer, and they are a reason some readers check in regularly rather than only when a new volume appears. The developer also lists recurring events and benefits, including Ridi Markda, Deep Blue Day, Fifteen Nights and Ridamu.

New users are offered a Welcome Coupon Pack, described as a way to start without pressure. I would read that as an onboarding incentive rather than a permanent discount. Between the shop, the awards and the events, RIDI is clearly built to keep readers engaged between purchases.

Free to install, with purchases inside

The app itself costs nothing and carries no ads, but it does offer in-app purchases. That combination is common for reading platforms: the download is open, and the content is where money changes hands. Anyone considering RIDI should look into how the catalog is priced.

Storage is used to save book files and reading history, files and media access supports adding user fonts, e-book files and image sharing, and notifications cover events, benefits and completed downloads. Optional permissions can be refused and the service still works.

Some permissions apply only to older Android versions, including device status and ID for versions below 6.0 and address book access for versions below 3.0. On Android 6.0 and lower, the operating system does not support granting permissions individually. If you are on a current version of Android, most of that is behind you.

A Korean-language catalog for committed readers

The catalog, the events, the awards and the shop all point in one direction: RIDI is built for readers of Korean comics, webtoons and novels who want a single place to follow many series. The genre range is broad enough that taste is not the limiting factor, but language is.

The reading tools reinforce that audience. Auto-Scroll, Original Quality and text-to-speech are features for people who read a lot and want the mechanics to disappear. These are habits of engaged readers rather than casual ones.

If you already follow works published on this platform, the case is straightforward, especially with Ridi First titles that are not available elsewhere. If you read occasionally across several services, the value depends on whether the catalog pulls enough of your reading into one app. That is a personal calculation, but the app is clearly designed for depth of use.

A catalog worth settling into

RIDI makes the most sense for readers who want comics, webtoons, web novels and e-books in one Korean-language app and who will use the reading tools regularly. The combination of Original Quality, Auto-Scroll, text-to-speech and a notebook covers the practical side of long reading sessions, while Ridi First titles and the awards give the platform a character of its own.

The trade-offs are the ones the app states plainly: it is free to install but includes in-app purchases. There are no ads, which keeps the reading experience clean, and the app has been updated recently with fixes to widgets, auto-scroll rotation and EPUB highlighting. For someone who reads Korean and wants one home for serialized and long-form works, this is an easy app to try.

What's new in version 26.9.1

[고객의견 반영] - 읽고 있는 작품 위젯 성능 개선 - 자동 스크롤 중 회전 시 읽던 위치가 유실되는 문제 수정 - EPUB 형광펜 랜더링 성능 개선 - 기타 버그 수정 이야기를 즐기는 나만의 공간 RIDI