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Best Children's Book Apps for iPhone (2026)

16 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Epic - Kids' Books & Reading is the top-ranked of 16 children's book apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 519,241 ratings.

  1. 1
    Epic - Kids' Books & ReadingS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 519,241 ratings · score 98
  2. 2
    Little Stories: Bedtime BooksS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 46,465 ratings · score 95
  3. 3
    Dr. Seuss Treasury Kids BooksS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 16,478 ratings · score 93
  4. 4
    Vooks: Read-Aloud Kids' BooksS
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 9,822 ratings · score 91
  5. 5
    Bedtime Stories: Learn To ReadA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 16,894 ratings · score 91

What belongs in this list

Find books and stories for children to read or have read to them.

Not here: a toddler game alone; a coloring book maker alone; a general book store alone; a reading skills drill app alone; a template or wallpaper pack alone

More lists: Best Bedtime Story Apps

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
EpicLittle StoriesDr. SeussVooks
A
BedtimeSkybraryFairy TalesNovel EffectReadingIQZoog
B
Kids A-Z
C
Dr. Seuss'sTeach Monster
D
UnuhiMy Little Town
F
Caribu

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Epic - Kids' Books & ReadingS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 519,241 ratings · score 98 · best in class
  2. 2
    Little Stories: Bedtime BooksS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 46,465 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  3. 3
    Dr. Seuss Treasury Kids BooksS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 16,478 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  4. 4
    Vooks: Read-Aloud Kids' BooksS
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 9,822 ratings · score 91 · best in class
  5. 5
    Bedtime Stories: Learn To ReadA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 16,894 ratings · score 91 · excellent
  6. 6
    Skybrary - Kids Books & VideosA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 3,302 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  7. 7
    Fairy Tales ~ Bedtime StoriesA
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 9,317 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  8. 8
    Novel Effect: Read Aloud BooksA
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 9,833 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  9. 9
    ReadingIQA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 21,491 ratings · score 81 · excellent
  10. 10
    Zoog: Magical StorytimeA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 20,425 ratings · score 81 · excellent
  11. 11
    Kids A-ZB
    Free download · ★ 3.6 · 6,645 ratings · score 74 · good
  12. 12
    Dr. Seuss's ABC - Read & LearnC
    $3.99 · ★ 4.5 · 11,217 ratings · score 68 · situational
  13. 13
    Teach Monster: Reading for FunC
    $7.99 · ★ 4.5 · 13,696 ratings · score 66 · situational
  14. 14
    Unuhi: Bilingual BooksD
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,748 ratings · score 53 · weak
  15. 15
    My Little Town: Toddler's Seek & FindD
    $3.99 · ★ 4.4 · 2,965 ratings · score 51 · weak
  16. 16
    Caribu by MattelF
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 8,829 ratings · score 48 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best children's book app for iPhone?
Epic - Kids' Books & Reading, S tier, ranked #1 of 16, rated 4.7 by 519,241 people.
Which children's book apps are free?
13 of 16 are free to download: Epic - Kids' Books & Reading (S), Little Stories: Bedtime Books (S), Dr. Seuss Treasury Kids Books (S), Vooks: Read-Aloud Kids' Books (S) and more. 5 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which children's book app has the best App Store rating?
Zoog: Magical Storytime at 4.9 from 20,425 ratings.
How many children's book apps reach S or A tier?
10 of 16. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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