Where to Read Manhwa on WEBTOON: What's Actually Free and What Costs Coins
Quick Answer
Most of WEBTOON is genuinely free: you can read completed series end to end at no cost, and ongoing series free up to roughly the last ten episodes, which sit behind Fast Pass and cost Coins or an ad.
You opened a series on WEBTOON, read twenty episodes without paying anything, and then hit a padlock. So which is it — is WEBTOON free or not?
Both, and the line between them is more predictable than it looks. Completed series are almost always free from first episode to last. Ongoing series are free up to a point near the front of the queue, and the most recent episodes are held back. What you're deciding is not whether to pay to read a series, but whether to pay to read it early.
This guide covers what that costs, what changed in 2025 when WEBTOON retired Daily Pass, and the 284 titles we've checked on the platform — 184 of them free outright.
Availability checked 19 September 2026. Platforms change catalogues, and access varies by country, device and subscription — always confirm on the official page before you commit to a series.
What you can read, and where
| Title | Platform | Free or paid | Format | Next Panel review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +99 Reinforced Wooden Stick | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| 66,666 Years: Advent of the Dark Mage | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| A Flame Reborn | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| A Good Day to Be a Dog | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| A Hero Who Knows His Stuff | WEBTOON | free | Free webtoon episodes | Read the review |
| A Man's Man | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| A Mark Against Thee | WEBTOON | free | Digital webtoon chapters | Read the review |
| A Regressor's Tale of Cultivation | WEBTOON | free | Digital webtoon chapters | Read the review |
| A Wimp's Tower Strategy Guide | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| About Death | WEBTOON | free | Digital webtoon chapters | Read the review |
| Absolute Regression | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Absolute Reign | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| Act Like You Love Me! | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| After School Lessons for Unripe Apples | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Age Matters | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| All of Us Are Dead | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| Ancient Animal Tales | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Annarasumanara | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Artifact-Devouring Player | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| ASURA | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Bad Born Blood | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Bastard | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Becoming the Monarch | WEBTOON | free | Digital episodes (vertical scroll) | — |
| Becoming the Swordmaster-Rank Young Lord of the Sichuan Tang Family | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Behind Her Highness's Smile | WEBTOON | free | Free webtoon episodes | Read the review |
| Best Teacher Baek | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| Born to Be the Grand Duchess | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters (WEBTOON) | Read the review |
| Boyfriend of the Dead | WEBTOON | free | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Bully in Charge | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Castle | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Cheese in the Trap | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Chronicles of a Doomed Prodigy | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Chronicles of the Demon Faction | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| Cleric of Decay | WEBTOON | free | Digital episodes (vertical scroll) | — |
| Cosmic Heavenly Demon | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Cursed Princess Club | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Dark Mortal | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Daytime Star | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Dead Mansion | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Death's Game | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| Defense Breaker | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Delusion | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Designated Bully | WEBTOON | free | Free chapters (WEBTOON) | Read the review |
| DICE: The Cube that Changes Everything | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Distant Sky | WEBTOON | free | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Doom Breaker | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| Dr. Frost | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Duchess in Ruins | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Webtoon (free + paid unlocks) | Read the review |
| Eleceed | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Vertical-scroll episodes (free + Fast Pass) | Read the review |
| Enrolling in the Transcendent Academy | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Escape Room | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Fog Land | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Footsteps in the Snow | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Genius Grandson of the Loan Shark King | WEBTOON | free | Free webtoon episodes | Read the review |
| Ghost Teller | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Girls of the Wild's | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| God's Gambit | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Gosu | WEBTOON | free | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Hand Jumper | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Hanlim Gym | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Hardcore Leveling Warrior | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Hellbound | WEBTOON | free | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Hellper | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Hero Killer | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| Hero of All Trades | WEBTOON | free | Digital webtoon chapters | Read the review |
| Hiding a Warehouse in the Apocalypse | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Hive | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| I Don't Want This Kind of Hero | WEBTOON | free | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| I Get Stronger the More I Eat | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| I Killed the Main Player | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| I Was the Final Boss | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| I Will Become the Villain's Poison Taster | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Print & digital volumes |
| I'm Not a Soccer Genius! | WEBTOON | free | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| I'm the Max-Level Newbie | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Vertical-scroll webtoon | Read the review |
| I'm the Queen in This Life | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| If AI Ruled the World | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Illusion Hunter from Another World | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Infinite Leveling: Murim | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters (vertical-scroll webtoon) | Read the review |
| Insector | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Introverted Us | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters (vertical-scroll webtoon) | Read the review |
| Jungle Juice | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| Just a Cat | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Just Read Me Already! | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters (WEBTOON, free) | Read the review |
| Juvenile Offender | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Kariel the Warrior | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Kill the Dragon | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Killer Peter | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| King of the Octagon | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Kubera | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters (free, with paid early access) on WEBTOON | Read the review |
| Lessa | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Level 999 Goblin | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Leviathan | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| Life of a Demon Hunter | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Life of a Quack Healer | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Like Wind on a Dry Branch | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| Log Into The Future | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Lookism | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Vertical-scroll episodes (free + Fast Pass) | Read the review |
| Lord of the Fists | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Lore Olympus | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Love Advice from the Great Duke of Hell | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Love by Mistake | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital webtoon chapters | Read the review |
| Mage Again | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| Marriage of Convenience | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Marry My Husband | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters on WEBTOON (free, with some via paid pass) | Read the review |
| Maybe Meant to Be | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Mercenary Enrollment | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Vertical-scroll episodes (free + Fast Pass) | Read the review |
| Miss Pendleton | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| Moon You | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Murim RPG Simulation | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| My Avatars' Path to Greatness | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| My Bias Gets on the Last Train | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| My Daughter is a Zombie | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| My Dear Cold-Blooded King | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| My ID is Gangnam Beauty! | WEBTOON | free | Digital webtoon episodes | Read the review |
| My In-Laws are Obsessed with Me | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters (WEBTOON, free, weekly) | Read the review |
| My Life as a Loser | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| My Meddler in Love | WEBTOON | free | Free chapters (WEBTOON) | Read the review |
| My Roommate Is a Gumiho | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| My S-Class Hunters | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| My Villainous Family Won't Let Me Be | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters (WEBTOON) | Read the review |
| Myst, Might, Mayhem | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| Mythic Item Obtained | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Nano Machine | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| Nebula's Civilization | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Necromancer, the Ultimate Scourge! | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Noblesse | WEBTOON | free | Free webtoon episodes | Read the review |
| Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Vertical-scroll episodes (free + Fast Pass) | Read the review |
| On the Way to Meet Mom | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| One Step Closer to the Demon King | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Operation: True Love | WEBTOON | free | Free webtoon episodes | Read the review |
| Orange Marmalade | WEBTOON | free | Free webtoon episodes | Read the review |
| Our Guild's Idol | WEBTOON | free | Digital webtoon episodes | Read the review |
| Paranoid Mage | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Peaceful Camping Life in Another World | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Perfect Marriage Revenge | WEBTOON | free | Free webtoon episodes | Read the review |
| Phantom Whispers | WEBTOON | free | Digital webtoon (free, ad-supported) | Read the review |
| PIGPEN | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes (Daily Pass) | Read the review |
| Powerless | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Promise of an Orchid | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | — |
| Raising the Second Male Lead's Son | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters (WEBTOON) | Read the review |
| Reality Quest | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Reborn Rich | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Reformation of the Deadbeat Noble | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Reincarnated as an Unruly Heir | WEBTOON | free | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Reincarnated as the Grand Duke's Third Son | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| Reincarnated into a Cursed Game | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes (app/web) | Read the review |
| Reincarnated Murim Lord | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Reincarnation of the Fist King | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| Reincarnator | WEBTOON | free | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Resurrection Boy | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes (app/web) | Read the review |
| Return of the Blossoming Blade | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Return of the Demonic Instructor | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Return of the Mad Demon | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Return of the Mount Hua Sect | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Return to Player | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters (free, with paid early access) on WEBTOON | Read the review |
| Returned by the King | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Romance 101 | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Seasons of Blossom | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Secretary's Escape | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Secretly More Powerful than the Hero | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| See You in My 19th Life | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters on WEBTOON (free, with some via paid pass); print volumes via Ize Press | Read the review |
| Shotgun Boy | WEBTOON | free | Digital webtoon chapters | Read the review |
| Single Dad in Another World | WEBTOON | free | Digital webtoon episodes | Read the review |
| Sir Preston's Secret Governess | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Siren's Lament | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Sixth Sense Kiss | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Space Heavenly Demon 3077 | WEBTOON | free | Digital webtoon episodes | Read the review |
| Spirit Fingers | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Study Group | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Suitor Armor | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Surviving the Apocalypse | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters (vertical-scroll webtoon) | Read the review |
| Surviving the Game as a Barbarian | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Sweet Home | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Teenage Mercenary | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| The Academy's Genius Swordsman | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| The Academy's Sashimi Sword Master | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The Academy's Undercover Professor | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| The Advanced Player of the Tutorial Tower | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The Apothecary Prince | WEBTOON | free | Free webtoon episodes | Read the review |
| The Archmage Becomes the Swordmaster's Youngest Daughter | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters (WEBTOON) | Read the review |
| The Archmage's Restaurant | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The Aura of a Genius Actor | WEBTOON | free | Free chapters (WEBTOON) | Read the review |
| The Black Alley Mage Returns | WEBTOON | free | Digital webtoon episodes | Read the review |
| The Boxer | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Vertical-scroll episodes (free + Fast Pass) | Read the review |
| The Build Up | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The Classmate | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The Cleaner | WEBTOON | free | Digital webtoon episodes | Read the review |
| The Constellations Are My Disciples | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The Count's Secret Maid | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The Crown Princess Scandal | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters (webtoon) | Read the review |
| The Dawn to Come | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The Divine Ring Descends: The Strongest Otherworld | WEBTOON | free | Digital webtoon episodes | Read the review |
| The Ember Knight | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| The Executioner | WEBTOON | free | Digital webtoon episodes | Read the review |
| The Extra's Academy Survival Guide | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The Frostbound Warrior | WEBTOON | free | Digital webtoon episodes | Read the review |
| The Gamer | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| The Genius Swordsman of Mount Hua | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The Genius Wants an Ordinary Life | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters (vertical-scroll webtoon) | Read the review |
| The Ghost Duchess | WEBTOON | free | Digital webtoon episodes | Read the review |
| The Girl Downstairs | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| The Girl Who Sees Smells | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The Glutton: Devourer of Kings | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Webtoon (free weekly episodes, fast-pass early access) | Read the review |
| The God of High School | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| The God of Improv | WEBTOON | free | Free chapters (WEBTOON) | Read the review |
| The Goddess of Abundance and Her Troublemaker Apostle | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters (WEBTOON, free) | Read the review |
| The Graymark | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The Greatest Estate Developer | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| The Guy Upstairs | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The Heavenly Demon Wants a Quiet Life | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Webtoon (free + paid unlocks) | Read the review |
| The Heir | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The Hero Has Returned | WEBTOON | free | Digital webtoon episodes | Read the review |
| The Horizon | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Free on WEBTOON; print volumes from Ize Press | Read the review |
| The Knight Only Lives Today | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| The Knight Only Lives Today (Eternally Regressing Knight) | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | — |
| The Last Passage | WEBTOON | free | Digital webtoon episodes | Read the review |
| The Lazy Lord Masters the Sword | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Vertical-scroll webtoon | Read the review |
| The Lone Necromancer | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The Makeup Remover | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| The Margrave's 10th-Class Outcast | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters (WEBTOON, free) | Read the review |
| The Martial Genius Who Remembers Everything | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The Masters Have Subscribed | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| The Nine Cloud Dream: Zero | WEBTOON | free | Digital episodes (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| The Nuna at Our Office | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| The Otherworldly Family Man | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters (WEBTOON) | Read the review |
| The Otherworldly Genius Method Actor | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Webtoon (free weekly episodes, fast-pass early access) | Read the review |
| The Patron of Villains | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| The Player Hides His Past | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The Reborn Prodigy of the Ducal Family | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The Reborn Young Lord is an Assassin | WEBTOON | free | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| The Regressed Mercenary Has a Plan | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The Remarried Empress | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Vertical-scroll episodes (free + Fast Pass) | Read the review |
| The Return of the Disaster-Class Hero | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| The Roguish Guard in a Medieval Fantasy | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters (WEBTOON, free) | Read the review |
| The Runway | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| The Shepherd Wizard | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The Sichuan Tang Clan's Entomologist | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| The Spark in Your Eyes | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters (free) | Read the review |
| The Stellar Swordmaster | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The Superhuman Era | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| The Sword-Eating Swordmaster | WEBTOON | free | Digital webtoon episodes, weekly | Read the review |
| The Top Dungeon Farmer | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| The Villainess Just Wants to Live in Peace! | WEBTOON | free | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| The Warrior Returns | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The White Tower's Rogue Mage | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The World After the Fall | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters (free with paid early access); print volumes via Yen Press | Read the review |
| The World is Money and Power | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| The Zenith | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| There Are No Bad Warriors in This World | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| There's No Such Thing as a Bad Lady | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| This Wasn't in My Adoption Plan! | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| This Wasn't My Plan | WEBTOON | free | Free chapters (WEBTOON) | Read the review |
| Time-Limited Genius Dark Knight | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| To the Stars I Love | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Too Many Heroes for the Demon Lord | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| Tower of God | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Vertical-scroll episodes (free + Fast Pass) | Read the review |
| Trapped | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| Trauma Center: Golden Hour | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters (vertical-scroll webtoon) | Read the review |
| True Beauty | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Vertical-scroll episodes (free + Fast Pass) | Read the review |
| Ultimate Shut-in | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| Ultimate Tutorial Warrior | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes (vertical scroll) | — |
| Unholy Blood | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| unOrdinary | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Uriah | WEBTOON | free | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Villain to Kill | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes (webtoon) | Read the review |
| Viral Hit | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Wail of a Dragon's Rage | WEBTOON | free | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| War of Corpses | WEBTOON | free | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Weak Hero | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Whale Star: The Gyeongseong Mermaid | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| What a Bountiful Harvest, Demon Lord! | WEBTOON | free | Webtoon (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| Who's That Girl? | WEBTOON | free | Free chapters (WEBTOON) | Read the review |
| Wild Ranker | WEBTOON | free | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Winter Woods | WEBTOON | free | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| World's Strongest Troll | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters | Read the review |
| Your Letter | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Your Throne | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital chapters (vertical scroll) | Read the review |
| Yumi's Cells | WEBTOON | free_and_paid | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| ZOMBIE PAPA | WEBTOON | free | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Zombie Revelation: 82-08 | WEBTOON | free | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| Zombie X Slasher | WEBTOON | free | Digital episodes | Read the review |
| ZOMGAN | WEBTOON | free | Digital episodes | Read the review |
What free actually means here
WEBTOON's free tier is real, not a trial. You don't need an account to read, there's no subscription, and the ad load while reading is light compared to most free comic apps.
Of the 284 WEBTOON titles we've checked, 184 are free with nothing gated at all. Those are mostly completed series, and for those the honest answer is that WEBTOON costs nothing — you can read the whole thing.
The other 101 are free and paid. That combination trips people up, so it's worth being precise about what it means: the back catalogue is free, and a rolling window of the newest episodes is locked. On a long-running series that window is a rounding error against hundreds of free episodes. On a series thirty episodes old, it's a third of the story.
Fast Pass, Ad Pass, Coins — and the one that no longer exists
There are three ways past a padlock, and a fourth that guides still tell you about even though it's gone.
Fast Pass is early access. Episodes marked with the icon unlock with Coins, and the point is impatience rather than access — WEBTOON's own support docs are clear that Fast Pass episodes become free after a set period. If you wait, you pay nothing.
Ad Pass trades a short advert for an episode instead of Coins. The catch is that it's a rental: an episode opened this way stays available for three days, not forever.
Coins are the paid route, bought in bundles. An episode unlocked with Coins stays yours for as long as the series is on WEBTOON — which is a real caveat, not boilerplate. You're buying access, not a copy.
Daily Pass is gone. WEBTOON retired it in 2025. It let you unlock one episode of an older completed series per day for free, and a lot of advice written before then still describes it as the way to read completed series without paying. If a guide tells you to collect a Daily Pass, that guide hasn't been updated in over a year.
Originals and Canvas are not the same library
Search on WEBTOON returns two very different things side by side.
Originals are commissioned and edited: a fixed weekly slot, professional art, an editor, and a reasonable expectation that the series will be finished rather than abandoned. Almost everything in the table below is an Original.
Canvas is open self-publishing. Anyone can post. Some of it is excellent and a few Canvas series have been promoted to Originals — but nothing is vetted, update schedules are whatever the creator manages, and abandonment is common. It isn't labelled loudly in search results, so if you're wondering why quality swings so hard between two things you found the same way, that's why.
Neither is better in the abstract. But if you're new here and want a reliable first experience, start in Originals.
Where WEBTOON is weak
Three things worth knowing before you settle in.
You don't own anything. There are no volumes to buy and no files to keep. If a series is pulled — licensing lapses, a creator dispute, a regional rights change — the episodes you unlocked with Coins go with it. For most readers that's an acceptable trade. If you want a permanent copy, you want a storefront, not WEBTOON.
Availability is regional. WEBTOON is global, but individual titles are not. A series that's free in one country can be missing in another, and the app doesn't explain why. The table below reflects the English catalogue.
It's a vertical-scroll platform, not a manga library. If you came looking for Japanese manga you'll mostly be disappointed — the catalogue is overwhelmingly Korean webtoons and original English work. That's a genuine strength if that's what you want and a dead end if it isn't.
Is it worth paying for?
Our honest read: not usually, and that's a compliment to the platform rather than a criticism.
If you read completed series, you will never hit a paywall worth caring about. If you're following an ongoing series and the wait genuinely bothers you, Coins are cheap per episode and the money reaches the creator. What we'd avoid is buying Coins to binge a series you haven't started — the free back catalogue is deep enough to find out whether you like it first, and on a long-runner that's a hundred-plus episodes of evidence before you spend anything.
Worth starting with
- Tower of God — The flagship long-runner and the clearest case for WEBTOON's free tier — hundreds of free episodes before you reach anything gated.
- All of Us Are Dead — Completed and free end to end. Read it before the Netflix version if you want the version with teeth.
- Cheese in the Trap — A completed campus drama that's aged better than most of what followed it, and the reason a lot of readers came to the platform at all.
- Yumi's Cells — Completed, distinctive, and the rare webtoon with a structural gimmick that carries the whole run instead of wearing out.
- Annarasumanara — Short enough to finish in a sitting and the best argument that vertical scroll can do something print can't.
- Winter Woods — Fully free with nothing gated, and quieter than the platform's front page would suggest it has room for.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is WEBTOON free?
Mostly yes. Completed series are generally free from beginning to end, and ongoing series are free except for roughly the most recent episodes, which sit behind Fast Pass. Of the 284 titles we've checked, 184 have nothing gated at all.
What happened to Daily Pass?
WEBTOON retired it in 2025. It used to let you unlock one episode a day of certain completed series for free. Guides that still recommend it are out of date — the current options are Fast Pass, Ad Pass and Coins.
What's the difference between Fast Pass and Ad Pass?
Fast Pass unlocks an episode permanently using Coins. Ad Pass unlocks it by watching a short advert, but only for three days — it's a rental rather than a purchase.
Do I keep episodes I buy with Coins?
For as long as the series stays on WEBTOON. You're buying access rather than a file, so if a title is removed from the platform your unlocked episodes go with it.
Is Canvas worth reading?
Sometimes, but it's unvetted self-publishing rather than commissioned work, so quality and update schedules vary enormously. If you're new to the platform, start with Originals.
