What is the best ebook reading app for iPhone?

Amazon Kindle: Reading App, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.9 by 5,874,439 people.

Which ebook reading apps are free?

39 of 40 are free to download: Amazon Kindle: Reading App (S), Libby, the library app (S), Wattpad - Read & Write Stories (S), Inkitt Galatea: Audio & eBooks (S) and more. 20 of them sell in-app purchases. 10 report no in-app purchases.

Which ebook reading app has the best App Store rating?

SABA Reader: Books, Audio at 4.9 from 7,428 ratings.

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Best Ebook Reading Apps for iPhone (2026)

40 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Amazon Kindle: Reading App is the top-ranked of 40 ebook reading apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.9/5 from 5,874,439 ratings.

1
Amazon Kindle: Reading AppS
Free · ★ 4.9 · 5,874,439 ratings · score 98
2
Libby, the library appS
Free · ★ 4.9 · 4,569,847 ratings · score 97
3
Wattpad - Read & Write StoriesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 706,084 ratings · score 96
4
Inkitt Galatea: Audio & eBooksS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 300,419 ratings · score 95
5
Epic - Kids' Books & ReadingS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 519,241 ratings · score 94

What belongs in this list

Read digital books on my iPhone from a library of ebooks or my own ebook files.

Not here: a single-genre story app alone; audiobook playback alone; a general file viewer alone; a book store with no reader alone; a book title keyword alone

More lists: Best Manga Reading Apps · Best Novel Reading 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 →

Compare every app

1
Amazon Kindle: Reading AppS
Free · ★ 4.9 · 5,874,439 ratings · score 98 · best in class
2
Libby, the library appS
Free · ★ 4.9 · 4,569,847 ratings · score 97 · best in class
3
Wattpad - Read & Write StoriesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 706,084 ratings · score 96 · best in class
4
Inkitt Galatea: Audio & eBooksS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 300,419 ratings · score 95 · best in class
5
Epic - Kids' Books & ReadingS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 519,241 ratings · score 94 · best in class
6
Epub Reader -read epub,chm,txtS
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 11,344 ratings · score 93 · best in class
7
Apple BooksS
Free · ★ 4.5 · 104,648 ratings · score 93 · best in class
8
Magfic-Booktok, Reading BooksS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 16,937 ratings · score 91 · best in class
9
Kobo Books & AudiobooksS
Free · ★ 4.5 · 27,546 ratings · score 91 · best in class
10
PocketBook ReaderA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 10,115 ratings · score 89 · excellent
11
eBoox - fb2 ePub book readerA
Free · ★ 4.8 · 3,761 ratings · score 89 · excellent
12
Bluefire ReaderA
$4.99 · ★ 4.6 · 4,099 ratings · score 88 · excellent
13
Lovella: Novels & AudiobooksA
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 10,820 ratings · score 88 · excellent
14
Hoopla: Your Library AnywhereA
Free · ★ 4.8 · 1,391,587 ratings · score 88 · excellent
15
MyPassion: Read Novels & BooksA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 35,866 ratings · score 88 · excellent
16
JoyRead-Enjoy Novels & ShortsA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 23,357 ratings · score 88 · excellent
17
Yestory - Read Books & BooktokA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 11,348 ratings · score 87 · excellent
18
Google Play Books & AudiobooksA
Free · ★ 4.4 · 9,641 ratings · score 87 · excellent
19
WebNovel - Read Novels & MangaA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 48,251 ratings · score 86 · excellent
20
Dreame - Read Best RomanceA
Free download · ★ 4.4 · 170,484 ratings · score 85 · excellent
21
MoboReader: Top Novels & BooksA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 52,644 ratings · score 85 · excellent
22
Everand: Audiobooks & EbooksB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 27,468 ratings · score 84 · good
23
Litres: Books and audiobooksB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 8,966 ratings · score 84 · good
24
GoodNovel - Booktok, StoriesB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 232,502 ratings · score 83 · good
25
AlphaNovel - Novels & StoriesB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 85,143 ratings · score 83 · good
26
Novelaria - Read Book, BooktokB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 9,746 ratings · score 82 · good
27
MyBook: books and audiobooksB
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 3,806 ratings · score 81 · good
28
SABA Reader: Books, AudioB
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 7,428 ratings · score 80 · good
29
Yuzu eReaderB
Free · ★ 4.5 · 15,200 ratings · score 79 · good
30
Barnes & Noble NOOKB
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 119,116 ratings · score 78 · good
31
AI Reader: Read Aloud Pdf BookB
Free · ★ 4.7 · 193 ratings · score 77 · good
32
Rah Book ReaderB
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 9,186 ratings · score 76 · good
33
Webfic-Make Reading FantasticC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 27,420 ratings · score 70 · situational
34
BueNovela - leer novela libroC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 23,930 ratings · score 70 · situational · provisional
35
NetFicC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 12,432 ratings · score 70 · situational · provisional
36
BookshelfC
Free · ★ 4.7 · 80,158 ratings · score 70 · situational · provisional
37
Tapon - Stories & NovelsC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 16,571 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
38
AstraNovel - Infinite BooksC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 7,671 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
39
NovelFlow-Unlimited BooksC
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 11,646 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
40
ReadReel: Romance NovelsC
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 4,532 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best ebook reading app for iPhone?: Amazon Kindle: Reading App, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.9 by 5,874,439 people.
Which ebook reading apps are free?: 39 of 40 are free to download: Amazon Kindle: Reading App (S), Libby, the library app (S), Wattpad - Read & Write Stories (S), Inkitt Galatea: Audio & eBooks (S) and more. 20 of them sell in-app purchases. 10 report no in-app purchases.
Which ebook reading app has the best App Store rating?: SABA Reader: Books, Audio at 4.9 from 7,428 ratings.
How many ebook reading apps reach S or A tier?: 21 of 40. 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.