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Best Novel Reading Apps for iPhone (2026)

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

Part of Ebook Reading.

Wattpad - Read & Write Stories is the top-ranked of 40 novel reading apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 706,084 ratings.

  1. 1
    Wattpad - Read & Write StoriesS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 706,084 ratings · score 98
  2. 2
    GoodNovel - Booktok, StoriesS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 232,502 ratings · score 96
  3. 3
    Inkitt Galatea: Audio & eBooksS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 300,419 ratings · score 96
  4. 4
    Tapas - Comics and NovelsS
    Free · ★ 4.6 · 45,272 ratings · score 93
  5. 5
    MegaNovel - fiction & webtoonS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 12,186 ratings · score 93

What belongs in this list

Read novels and long fiction in a phone app, including serialized web novels.

Not here: a general ebook reader with no novels alone; short stories alone; a novel writing tool alone; a chatbot asked to write fiction alone; an interactive story game 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
WattpadGoodNovelInkitt GalateaTapasMegaNovelAlphaNovelNovelFlow-Un…NovelReaderInkittJoyRead-Enjo…DreameMagfic-Bookt…
A
TaponWebNovelMyPassionMoboReaderReadictAstraNovelBueNovelaRoyal RoadPoFicNovelMist
B
YestoryNovelariaFictionMeJoyLitEverandLovellaReadNowReadReelKobo BooksMy FictionNovelmates-B…SnackFic
C
Webfic-MakeFicTopia-Unl…Google PlayNovelShortFanFictionNovelpack
D
None at D yet
F
None at F yet

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Wattpad - Read & Write StoriesS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 706,084 ratings · score 98 · best in class
  2. 2
    GoodNovel - Booktok, StoriesS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 232,502 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  3. 3
    Inkitt Galatea: Audio & eBooksS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 300,419 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  4. 4
    Tapas - Comics and NovelsS
    Free · ★ 4.6 · 45,272 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  5. 5
    MegaNovel - fiction & webtoonS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 12,186 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  6. 6
    AlphaNovel - Novels & StoriesS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 85,143 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  7. 7
    NovelFlow-Unlimited BooksS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 11,646 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  8. 8
    NovelReader - World of NovelsS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 4,181 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  9. 9
    Inkitt: Books, Novels, StoriesS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 9,947 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  10. 10
    JoyRead-Enjoy Novels & ShortsS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 23,357 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  11. 11
    Dreame - Read Best RomanceS
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 170,484 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  12. 12
    Magfic-Booktok, Reading BooksS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 16,937 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  13. 13
    Tapon - Stories & NovelsA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 16,571 ratings · score 92 · excellent
  14. 14
    WebNovel - Read Novels & MangaA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 48,251 ratings · score 91 · excellent
  15. 15
    MyPassion: Read Novels & BooksA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 35,866 ratings · score 91 · excellent
  16. 16
    MoboReader: Top Novels & BooksA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 52,644 ratings · score 91 · excellent
  17. 17
    Readict - novels and moreA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 12,053 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  18. 18
    AstraNovel - Infinite BooksA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 7,671 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  19. 19
    BueNovela - leer novela libroA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 23,930 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  20. 20
    Royal Road - Read StoriesA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 5,349 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  21. 21
    PoFic: Read Novels & StoriesA
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,348 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  22. 22
    NovelMist - Novels & StoriesA
    Free download · ★ 4.2 · 5,943 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  23. 23
    Yestory - Read Books & BooktokB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 11,348 ratings · score 86 · good
  24. 24
    Novelaria - Read Book, BooktokB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 9,746 ratings · score 86 · good
  25. 25
    FictionMe - Stories & NovelsB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 1,298 ratings · score 86 · good
  26. 26
    JoyLit: Novels, StoriesB
    Free download · ★ 4.3 · 5,007 ratings · score 85 · good
  27. 27
    Everand: Audiobooks & EbooksB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 27,468 ratings · score 85 · good
  28. 28
    Lovella: Novels & AudiobooksB
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 10,820 ratings · score 85 · good
  29. 29
    ReadNow: Novels & StoriesB
    Free download · ★ 4.2 · 2,896 ratings · score 84 · good
  30. 30
    ReadReel: Romance NovelsB
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 4,532 ratings · score 84 · good
  31. 31
    Kobo Books & AudiobooksB
    Free · ★ 4.5 · 27,546 ratings · score 83 · good
  32. 32
    My Fiction: Stories & NovelsB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 3,867 ratings · score 83 · good
  33. 33
    Novelmates-Best Stories&NovelsB
    Free download · ★ 4.1 · 4,495 ratings · score 83 · good
  34. 34
    SnackFic - Stories & NovelsB
    Free download · ★ 4.2 · 4,733 ratings · score 81 · good
  35. 35
    Webfic-Make Reading FantasticC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 27,420 ratings · score 80 · situational
  36. 36
    FicTopia-Unlimited NovelsC
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 3,186 ratings · score 80 · situational
  37. 37
    Google Play Books & AudiobooksC
    Free · ★ 4.4 · 9,641 ratings · score 78 · situational
  38. 38
    NovelShort - Novels & FictionC
    Free download · ★ 3.6 · 2,316 ratings · score 78 · situational
  39. 39
    FanFiction | AO3 unofficialC
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,614 ratings · score 76 · situational
  40. 40
    NovelpackC
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 3,505 ratings · score 75 · situational

Beyond the top 40

20 more, not ranked yet

  1. Novelit - Novels & Stories
  2. NetFic
  3. Storysome - Completed Story
  4. iReader-Story, Novel & E-book
  5. LunaRead: Romance & Fantasy
  6. Storyroom - Webnovel & Story
  7. FreeBooks: 76,000 Top Reads
  8. Storyaholic - Short Story
  9. VibeNovel
  10. pixiv
  11. Novelink
  12. Novellair
  13. Literie
  14. Serial Reader: Daily Book Bits
  15. MetroNovel - Let Stories Shine
  16. FunStory-Best Webnovel eReader
  17. MyNovel-Werewolf,Vampire
  18. LemonRead-Best Romance,Fantasy
  19. Mobooks-Romance,Fantasy,Fanfic
  20. FanFiction.Net

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Questions people ask

What is the best novel reading app for iPhone?
Wattpad - Read & Write Stories, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.7 by 706,084 people.
Which novel reading apps are free?
40 of 40 are free to download: Wattpad - Read & Write Stories (S), GoodNovel - Booktok, Stories (S), Inkitt Galatea: Audio & eBooks (S), Tapas - Comics and Novels (S) and more. 19 of them sell in-app purchases. 3 report no in-app purchases.
Which novel reading app has the best App Store rating?
ReadReel: Romance Novels at 4.9 from 4,532 ratings.
How many novel reading apps reach S or A tier?
22 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.

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