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Webtoon pricing
Webtoon publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 1 September 2026, Webtoon pricing is free across 2 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Free to read on a delay; Webtoon Coins purchased to unlock early chapter access
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
Webtoon plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free reading | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
| Webtoon Coins | $1.99/per pack | 3 | +$1.99/per pack, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free reading
FreeThe entry tier. It covers full access to released chapters once their free delay period passes, no subscription required, ads shown in some free chapter views.
Webtoon Coins
$1.99/per packOver Free reading, this tier adds:
- Coin packs purchased in varying sizes to unlock Fast Pass early chapters
- Coins spent per chapter unlocked, not a flat subscription
- Prices scale with pack size, typically from a few dollars upward
Where Webtoon stops being free
Free reading, Free
- Full access to released chapters once their free delay period passes
- No subscription required
- Ads shown in some free chapter views
Webtoon Coins, $1.99/per pack
The first thing you pay for:
- Coin packs purchased in varying sizes to unlock Fast Pass early chapters
- Coins spent per chapter unlocked, not a flat subscription
- Prices scale with pack size, typically from a few dollars upward
What the product covers
The full Webtoon feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Vertical-scroll format
- Fast Pass early access
- Originals programme
- Canvas open publishing
- Webtoon Coins
- Creator dashboard and analytics
People bring Webtoon in for a comics reader happy to wait for chapters to become free rather than pay to read ahead, a fan of a specific ongoing series wanting to pay for early access to the next few chapters through fast pass, an aspiring comics creator weighing whether to submit to the paid, editorially supported originals programme or self-publish on the open canvas tier, a reader browsing genre categories such as romance, action or fantasy across a large catalogue of vertical-format series. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Webtoon are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Publishing
Too few publishing tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Webtoon (this page) | Free | Free to read on a delay; Webtoon Coins purchased to unlock early chapter access | - | |
| Everand | $11.99/month | Per user per month, unlimited | - | vs Webtoon |
| Kobo | Free | Free store and app; hardware sold separately; optional subscription | - | vs Webtoon |
| Scrivener | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs Webtoon |
| PublishDrive | Free | Flat-fee subscription, no commission on paid plans | - | vs Webtoon |
| BookBaby | On request | One-time purchase per project | - | vs Webtoon |
| Kindle | Free | Free app, revenue from book purchases and optional subscription | - | vs Webtoon |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Webtoon badges page.
Before you pay for Webtoon
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between Free and $1.99/per pack, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Webtoon runs on ios, android, web, and is published by Webtoon Entertainment (a Naver company) of Los Angeles, California, United States. The full record is on the Webtoon review, and the rest of the category is under best publishing tools.
Webtoon pricing questions
- How much does Webtoon cost?
- Webtoon publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Free reading up to $1.99/per pack for Webtoon Coins. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Webtoon have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free reading tier costs nothing and covers full access to released chapters once their free delay period passes, no subscription required, ads shown in some free chapter views. Paying starts at $1.99/per pack for Webtoon Coins.
- What is the difference between Free reading and Webtoon Coins on Webtoon?
- Webtoon Coins costs $1.99/per pack against Free, and adds coin packs purchased in varying sizes to unlock fast pass early chapters, coins spent per chapter unlocked, not a flat subscription, prices scale with pack size, typically from a few dollars upward.
- Which publishing tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 publishing tools listed alongside Webtoon have a free tier: Kobo, PublishDrive, Kindle, Wattpad, Goodreads.
- What am I actually paying for with Webtoon?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a comics reader happy to wait for chapters to become free rather than pay to read ahead, a fan of a specific ongoing series wanting to pay for early access to the next few chapters through fast pass, an aspiring comics creator weighing whether to submit to the paid, editorially supported originals programme or self-publish on the open canvas tier.
- Does Webtoon charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Webtoon prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Webtoon against before paying?
- The closest publishing tools in this directory are Everand, Kobo, Scrivener, PublishDrive. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Webtoon covering price, platforms and features.