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Best Romance Novel Apps for iPhone (2026)

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

Inkitt Galatea: Audio & eBooks is the top-ranked of 35 romance novel apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.6/5 from 300,419 ratings.

  1. 1
    Inkitt Galatea: Audio & eBooksS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 300,419 ratings · score 97
  2. 2
    GoodNovel - Booktok, StoriesS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 232,502 ratings · score 96
  3. 3
    Dreame - Read Best RomanceS
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 170,484 ratings · score 93
  4. 4
    Magfic-Booktok, Reading BooksS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 16,937 ratings · score 93
  5. 5
    Readict - novels and moreS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 12,053 ratings · score 92

What belongs in this list

Read romance novels and love stories on my phone.

Not here: a general novel reader alone; romance audiobooks alone; a dating app alone; an interactive romance game alone; a romance wallpaper or quote pack 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
Inkitt GalateaGoodNovelDreameMagfic-Bookt…Readict
A
MyPassionAnyStories-T…LovellaReadReelNovelariaYestoryMoboReaderJoyRead-Enjo…AstraNovel
B
Novelmates-B…NovelFlow-Un…TaponAmoraMy FictionFictionMe
C
LunaReadRedChaptersMobooks-Roma…VibeNovelNovelinkJoyLitStorysomeStoryaholicNovelit
D
ReadNowStoryroomNovelShortWebfic-MakeMyNovel-Were…
F
LemonRead-Be…

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Inkitt Galatea: Audio & eBooksS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 300,419 ratings · score 97 · best in class
  2. 2
    GoodNovel - Booktok, StoriesS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 232,502 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  3. 3
    Dreame - Read Best RomanceS
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 170,484 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  4. 4
    Magfic-Booktok, Reading BooksS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 16,937 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  5. 5
    Readict - novels and moreS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 12,053 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  6. 6
    MyPassion: Read Novels & BooksA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 35,866 ratings · score 91 · excellent
  7. 7
    AnyStories-Top Novels & BooksA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 33,051 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  8. 8
    Lovella: Novels & AudiobooksA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 10,820 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  9. 9
    ReadReel: Romance NovelsA
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 4,532 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  10. 10
    Novelaria - Read Book, BooktokA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 9,746 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  11. 11
    Yestory - Read Books & BooktokA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 11,348 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  12. 12
    MoboReader: Top Novels & BooksA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 52,644 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  13. 13
    JoyRead-Enjoy Novels & ShortsA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 23,357 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  14. 14
    AstraNovel - Infinite BooksA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 7,671 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  15. 15
    Novelmates-Best Stories&NovelsB
    Free download · ★ 4.1 · 4,495 ratings · score 83 · good
  16. 16
    NovelFlow-Unlimited BooksB
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 11,646 ratings · score 83 · good
  17. 17
    Tapon - Stories & NovelsB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 16,571 ratings · score 80 · good
  18. 18
    Amora: Novels & AudiobooksB
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 3,714 ratings · score 78 · good
  19. 19
    My Fiction: Stories & NovelsB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 3,867 ratings · score 75 · good
  20. 20
    FictionMe - Stories & NovelsB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 1,298 ratings · score 74 · good
  21. 21
    LunaRead: Romance & FantasyC
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 3,314 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  22. 22
    RedChaptersC
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 4,639 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  23. 23
    Mobooks-Romance,Fantasy,FanficC
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 6,000 ratings · score 66 · situational
  24. 24
    VibeNovelC
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 2,558 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional
  25. 25
    NovelinkC
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 7,029 ratings · score 65 · situational · provisional
  26. 26
    JoyLit: Novels, StoriesC
    Free download · ★ 4.3 · 5,007 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
  27. 27
    Storysome - Completed StoryC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 37,588 ratings · score 63 · situational
  28. 28
    Storyaholic - Short StoryC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 31,209 ratings · score 63 · situational
  29. 29
    Novelit - Novels & StoriesC
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 2,274 ratings · score 63 · situational · provisional
  30. 30
    ReadNow: Novels & StoriesD
    Free download · ★ 4.2 · 2,896 ratings · score 63 · weak · provisional
  31. 31
    Storyroom - Webnovel & StoryD
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 26,826 ratings · score 59 · weak
  32. 32
    NovelShort - Novels & FictionD
    Free download · ★ 3.6 · 2,316 ratings · score 58 · weak · provisional
  33. 33
    Webfic-Make Reading FantasticD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 27,420 ratings · score 57 · weak · provisional
  34. 34
    MyNovel-Werewolf,VampireD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 12,216 ratings · score 57 · weak
  35. 35
    LemonRead-Best Romance,FantasyF
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 2,884 ratings · score 45 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best romance novel app for iPhone?
Inkitt Galatea: Audio & eBooks, S tier, ranked #1 of 35, rated 4.6 by 300,419 people.
Which romance novel apps are free?
35 of 35 are free to download: Inkitt Galatea: Audio & eBooks (S), GoodNovel - Booktok, Stories (S), Dreame - Read Best Romance (S), Magfic-Booktok, Reading Books (S) and more. 17 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which romance novel app has the best App Store rating?
LunaRead: Romance & Fantasy at 4.9 from 3,314 ratings.
How many romance novel apps reach S or A tier?
14 of 35. 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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