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Best Document Reading Apps for iPhone (2026)

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

Documents - File Manager is the top-ranked of 17 document reading apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 632,171 ratings.

  1. 1
    Documents - File ManagerS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 632,171 ratings · score 98
  2. 2
    WPS Office-AI Doc, PDF, SheetS
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 18,377 ratings · score 92
  3. 3
    GoodReader PDF Editor & ViewerA
    $6.99 + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 13,808 ratings · score 89
  4. 4
    PDF Reader : Document ReaderB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 418 ratings · score 76
  5. 5
    LiquidTextB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 6,381 ratings · score 74

What belongs in this list

Open and read documents of various file types on the phone, with help finding or understanding the content.

Not here: PDF viewing alone; Camera scanning alone; A general chatbot that could be given pasted text alone; Text-to-speech for language lessons alone; Word processing and editing tools alone

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
DocumentsWPS Office-A…
A
GoodReader
B
PDF ReaderLiquidText
C
Polaris OfficeFile Viewer
D
MarginNote 3
F
File Manager 11 LiteFile Manager - Folder PlusDocuments Reader and File Manager ProFile Manager 11File Manager masterFile Manager - Folder Plus LiteFile Manager - File Viewer & MoreFile Manager & File ViewerEO2

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Documents - File ManagerS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 632,171 ratings · score 98 · best in class
  2. 2
    WPS Office-AI Doc, PDF, SheetS
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 18,377 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  3. 3
    GoodReader PDF Editor & ViewerA
    $6.99 + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 13,808 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  4. 4
    PDF Reader : Document ReaderB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 418 ratings · score 76 · good
  5. 5
    LiquidTextB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 6,381 ratings · score 74 · good · provisional
  6. 6
    Polaris Office - PDF & DocsC
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 2,477 ratings · score 63 · situational · provisional
  7. 7
    File ViewerC
    Free · ★ 3.4 · 5 ratings · score 61 · situational · provisional
  8. 8
    MarginNote 3D
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 5,045 ratings · score 57 · weak · provisional
  9. 9
    File Manager 11 LiteF
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 336 ratings · score 37 · avoid · provisional
  10. 10
    File Manager - Folder PlusF
    $4.99 · ★ 4.4 · 243 ratings · score 36 · avoid · provisional
  11. 11
    Documents Reader and File Manager ProF
    Free + IAP · ★ 3.2 · 14 ratings · score 36 · avoid
  12. 12
    File Manager 11F
    $2.99 · ★ 4.5 · 101 ratings · score 35 · avoid · provisional
  13. 13
    File Manager master - BrowserF
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 168 ratings · score 35 · avoid · provisional
  14. 14
    File Manager - Folder Plus LiteF
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.1 · 36 ratings · score 33 · avoid · provisional
  15. 15
    File Manager - File Viewer & MoreF
    Free · ★ 3.0 · 2 ratings · score 24 · avoid · provisional
  16. 16
    File Manager & File ViewerF
    Free + IAP · ★ 3.2 · 9 ratings · score 19 · avoid · provisional
  17. 17
    EO2 - Office & PDF BrowserF
    Free + IAP · ★ n/a · 0 ratings · score 0 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best document reading app for iPhone?
Documents - File Manager, S tier, ranked #1 of 17, rated 4.8 by 632,171 people.
Which document reading apps are free?
14 of 17 are free to download: Documents - File Manager (S), WPS Office-AI Doc, PDF, Sheet (S), PDF Reader : Document Reader (B), LiquidText (B) and more. 9 of them sell in-app purchases. 2 report no in-app purchases.
Which document reading app has the best App Store rating?
Documents - File Manager at 4.8 from 632,171 ratings.
How many document reading apps reach S or A tier?
3 of 17. 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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