Earn free credits
The main ways to get credits without paying: daily check-ins, community activity, your first posts, inviting friends, and achievements.
Payment-related details here are provided for information only.
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Overview
On top of your monthly plan credits, GenToon gives you extra credits for dropping by and being active. Credits you earn this way are added to your Purchased Credits, so they don’t disappear each month. They’re used after your plan credits and any gifted credits run out.
The Free plan also gets 150 credits every month.
All the ways at a glance
| How | Credits | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Daily check-in | 15 a day | Once a day. Every 7 days in a row, you get 50 that day |
| Writing comments | 5 | Up to 3 times a day · once per post · on days you’ve checked in |
| Giving likes | 2 | Up to 3 times a day · on days you’ve checked in |
| Receiving an author’s heart | 5 | When the post’s creator hearts your comment · up to 5 times a day |
| Your first and second posts | 50 · 20 | Only for an account’s first two qualifying posts |
| Inviting friends | You 100 · your friend 100 | Friends new to GenToon · up to 10 friends for you in total |
| Earning achievements | Bronze 20 · Silver 50 · Gold 150 | Depends on the achievement tier |
Daily check-in
Click the Check in button on the left side of the Studio. It only appears if you haven’t checked in yet that day.
The credits are added right away. You can check in once a day, based on Korea time.
If you check in on consecutive days, every 7th day gives you 50 credits instead. Miss a day and your streak starts over.
Community activity
- Comments and likes — on days you’ve checked in, you earn credits for commenting on other people’s posts and for liking other people’s posts or comments, up to a daily limit. The comment reward is given once per post, and on your own posts only when you reply to someone else’s comment.
- The author’s heart — you earn credits when the creator of a post hearts the comment you left on it. This doesn’t depend on checking in. Community basics
- If a like or heart is removed, the credits it earned are taken back. If you delete a comment you wrote, the comment reward you got on that post is taken back too.
Publishing and inviting friends
- Publishing rewards — earned the first two times an account publishes a post that meets the conditions. Posts that don’t meet them don’t count toward the two. For the conditions, see Publish to the community.
- Inviting friends — you and a friend who signs up for the first time with your invite link or code both earn credits. Invite friends and earn rewards
- Achievements — earn credits based on the tier when you unlock achievements on GenToon. Your achievements appear under Achievements on your community profile.
Good to know
FAQ
I wrote a comment but didn’t get credits.
I don’t see the check-in button.
Do reward credits disappear next month?
Do character quests give credits?
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CommunityInvite friends and earn rewardsInvite a friend with your link or code, and you can both get credits.
Export & sharePublish to the communityHow to post a finished comic to the GenToon community: choosing standalone or series, the cover, title and description, featured characters, and publishing rewards.- CommunityCommunity basics — feed, following, likes, and commentsBrowse other creators’ comics, follow the ones you love, and connect through likes and comments.
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