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Best Story Reading Apps for iPhone (2026)

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

Wattpad - Read & Write Stories is the top-ranked of 17 story reading apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 706,075 ratings.

  1. 1
    Wattpad - Read & Write StoriesS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 706,075 ratings · score 98
  2. 2
    Fairy Tales ~ Bedtime StoriesA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 9,317 ratings · score 88
  3. 3
    Pratilipi - Books and StoriesA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,959 ratings · score 85
  4. 4
    HookedB
    Free download · ★ 4.2 · 14,431 ratings · score 76
  5. 5
    Text Story - chat stories readB
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 1,948 ratings · score 73

What belongs in this list

Read short stories and tales on my phone.

Not here: a full-length novel reader alone; an interactive story game alone; a story writing tool alone; a reading-skills lesson app alone; a chatbot asked to write stories 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. Read the full method →

S
Wattpad
A
Fairy TalesPratilipi
B
HookedText Story
C
StoryaholicJoyRead-Enjo…LittleText Yoursel…Flashy SocialFanFiction
D
Novel MasterNovelShort
F
YarnCreepypastaPocket FictionFanFiction.Net

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Wattpad - Read & Write StoriesS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 706,075 ratings · score 98 · best in class
  2. 2
    Fairy Tales ~ Bedtime StoriesA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 9,317 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  3. 3
    Pratilipi - Books and StoriesA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,959 ratings · score 85 · excellent
  4. 4
    HookedB
    Free download · ★ 4.2 · 14,431 ratings · score 76 · good
  5. 5
    Text Story - chat stories readB
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 1,948 ratings · score 73 · good
  6. 6
    Storyaholic - Short StoryC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 31,209 ratings · score 69 · situational
  7. 7
    JoyRead-Enjoy Novels & ShortsC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 23,367 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  8. 8
    Little Critter LibraryC
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 1,794 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  9. 9
    Text Yourself-Chat Story MakerC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 14,916 ratings · score 65 · situational · provisional
  10. 10
    Flashy SocialC
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 30,135 ratings · score 62 · situational · provisional
  11. 11
    FanFiction | AO3 unofficialC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 2,622 ratings · score 61 · situational · provisional
  12. 12
    Novel MasterD
    Free + IAP · ★ 3.8 · 2,648 ratings · score 59 · weak · provisional
  13. 13
    NovelShort - Novels & FictionD
    Free download · ★ 3.6 · 2,318 ratings · score 58 · weak · provisional
  14. 14
    Yarn - Chat & Text StoriesF
    Free download · ★ 3.3 · 26,328 ratings · score 47 · avoid
  15. 15
    CreepypastaF
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 10,722 ratings · score 43 · avoid · provisional
  16. 16
    Pocket FictionF
    Free + IAP · ★ 2.9 · 182 ratings · score 24 · avoid · provisional
  17. 17
    FanFiction.NetF
    Free · ★ 2.5 · 952 ratings · score 24 · avoid · provisional

Questions people ask

What is the best story reading app for iPhone?
Wattpad - Read & Write Stories, S tier, ranked #1 of 17, rated 4.7 by 706,075 people.
Which story reading apps are free?
17 of 17 are free to download: Wattpad - Read & Write Stories (S), Fairy Tales ~ Bedtime Stories (A), Pratilipi - Books and Stories (A), Hooked (B) and more. 10 of them sell in-app purchases. 2 report no in-app purchases.
Which story reading app has the best App Store rating?
Pratilipi - Books and Stories at 4.8 from 1,959 ratings.
How many story reading apps reach S or A tier?
3 of 17.

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