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Best Magazine Reading Apps for iPhone (2026)

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

PressReader: News & Magazines is the top-ranked of 18 magazine reading apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 18,998 ratings.

  1. 1
    PressReader: News & MagazinesS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 18,998 ratings · score 94
  2. 2
    ZINIO - Magazine NewsstandS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 15,722 ratings · score 94
  3. 3
    The Atlantic MagazineS
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 140,082 ratings · score 93
  4. 4
    FT Digital EditionS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 2,954 ratings · score 93
  5. 5
    Magzter: Magazines, NewspapersS
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 5,690 ratings · score 92

What belongs in this list

Read digital editions of magazines on my phone.

Not here: news reader alone; manga reader alone; novel or book reader alone; a PDF viewer alone; a blog or article feed 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
PressReaderZINIOThe AtlanticFT DigitalMagzter
A
Foreign
B
ForbesThe Week US
C
HarvardNationalThe New YorkOprah DailyFood Network
D
Men’s HealthThe NationLondonTIME Magazine
F
HGTV Magazin…

Compare every app

  1. 1
    PressReader: News & MagazinesS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 18,998 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  2. 2
    ZINIO - Magazine NewsstandS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 15,722 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  3. 3
    The Atlantic MagazineS
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 140,082 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  4. 4
    FT Digital EditionS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 2,954 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  5. 5
    Magzter: Magazines, NewspapersS
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 5,690 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  6. 6
    Foreign Affairs MagazineA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 14,443 ratings · score 84 · excellent
  7. 7
    Forbes MagazineB
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 9,171 ratings · score 79 · good
  8. 8
    The Week US: Daily AnalysisB
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 6,660 ratings · score 77 · good
  9. 9
    Harvard Business ReviewC
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 14,269 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
  10. 10
    National ReviewC
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 10,439 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
  11. 11
    The New York Review of BooksC
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 4,455 ratings · score 69 · situational
  12. 12
    Oprah DailyC
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 4,780 ratings · score 65 · situational · provisional
  13. 13
    Food Network Magazine USC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 3,393 ratings · score 61 · situational
  14. 14
    Men’s Health MagazineD
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 5,999 ratings · score 59 · weak
  15. 15
    The Nation MagazineD
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,686 ratings · score 58 · weak
  16. 16
    London Review of BooksD
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 3,264 ratings · score 57 · weak · provisional
  17. 17
    TIME MagazineD
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 2,581 ratings · score 54 · weak · provisional
  18. 18
    HGTV Magazine USF
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,506 ratings · score 49 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best magazine reading app for iPhone?
PressReader: News & Magazines, S tier, ranked #1 of 18, rated 4.7 by 18,998 people.
Which magazine reading apps are free?
18 of 18 are free to download: PressReader: News & Magazines (S), ZINIO - Magazine Newsstand (S), The Atlantic Magazine (S), FT Digital Edition (S) and more. 4 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which magazine reading app has the best App Store rating?
The Atlantic Magazine at 4.9 from 140,082 ratings.
How many magazine reading apps reach S or A tier?
6 of 18. 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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