🇮🇳Worst Books Apps in India

The most complained-about books apps in India on App Store and Google Play, ranked by total negative reviews (1-2 stars) from real users. Updated weekly.

#	App	Platform	Rating	Negative Reviews
1	Castle HDCastle HD LLC	Android	3.4	350
2	Wattpad - Read & Write StoriesWattpad Corp	iOS	4.5	318
3	Storytel: Audiobooks & EbooksStorytel Sweden AB	Android	4.4	285
4	TooFar MediaTooFar Media	Android	3.7	233
5	Pratilipi - Books and StoriesPratilipi	iOS	4.8	211
6	Audible: Audiobooks & PodcastsAudible, Inc.	iOS	4.8	209
7	Hindu Calendar - PanchangSudhirbhai Ubhada	iOS	4.1	207
8	Amazon Kindle - eBooks & moreAmazon Mobile LLC	Android	4.8	192
9	Sky MapSky Map Devs	Android	4.1	159
10	Google Play Books & AudiobooksGoogle	iOS	4.3	147
11	Marathi Books and SahityaAshlesha Apps India	Android	3.9	146
12	BookChor - Online BookstoreBookChor	Android	3.6	143
13	Hindu CalendarAlok Mandavgane	Android	4.2	138
14	WebNovelCloudary	Android	4.4	137
15	WikipediaWikimedia Foundation	Android	4.4	132
16	Audible: Audiobooks & PodcastsAudible, Inc.	Android	4.6	130
17	Bhagavad Gita For All \| VideoBhagavad Gita For All	Android	4.6	120
18	Goodreads: Book Tracker & MoreGoodreads	iOS	4.7	118
19	BookSnap: 15min a bookLeapAhead Books Corp	Android	4.9	113
20	10th, 12th Board Result 2026Mukesh Kaushik	Android	3.0	112
21	Galatea: Books & AudiobooksInkitt Inc	Android	4.5	107
22	Google Play Books & AudiobooksGoogle LLC	Android	4.7	107
23	Amazon Kindle: Reading AppAMZN Mobile LLC	iOS	4.8	106
24	Daily Bible Devotion & PrayerSalem Media Group	Android	4.6	103
25	Gujarati Calendar 2026secure statuses	Android	4.6	99
26	Kannada Calendar 2026 - ಪಂಚಾಂಗcalendar panchang & horoscope maker	Android	4.3	97
27	NearBook - Buy/Sell Used BooksNear Book	Android	4.4	96
28	Holy Quran - Deeper journeyAvn Global Application	Android	4.4	89
29	Kohinoor Odia Calendar 2026BhuyanGen	Android	4.2	89
30	WebNovel - Read Novels & MangaCloudary Holdings Limited	iOS	4.3	89
31	పవిత్ర బైబిల్ - Telugu BibleAppshive	Android	4.4	88
32	Full Quran Sharif Offline AppDictionary World11	Android	4.4	87
33	Odia Calendar 2026 - ଓଡ଼ିଆSankat Mochan Apps	Android	3.8	86
34	Dreame - Read Best RomanceSTARY PTE. LTD.	iOS	4.3	85
35	Class 12 NCERT BooksSUPERCOP	Android	4.5	84
36	Class 9 NCERT BooksSUPERCOP	Android	4.4	83
37	Class 10 Ncert BooksSUPERCOP	Android	4.4	83
38	GoodNovel - Booktok, StoriesSINGAPORE NEW READING TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.	iOS	4.5	80
39	GoodNovel - Booktok, StoriesGoodNovel	Android	4.5	77
40	Class 10 NCERT SolutionsSUPERCOP	Android	4.6	71
41	Hindu Calendar - Drik PanchangAdarsh Apps	iOS	4.8	69
42	YouVersion Bible App + AudioLife.Church	Android	4.9	69
43	Webfic-Make Reading FantasticDIANZHONG TECHNOLOGY SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.	iOS	4.1	63
44	NCERT Hindi Books , SolutionsSUPERCOP	Android	4.3	62
45	Bangla Panjika 2026 -Paji 1433Bangla calendar and panjika	Android	4.4	58
46	Quran Sharif: Al QuranRadiant Islamic Apps	Android	4.6	58
47	HOLY QURAN - القرآن الكريمFanzetech	Android	4.6	56
48	Telugu Calendar 2026 PanchangVedha Innovations	Android	4.5	56
49	Class 12 previous year papersFastResult	Android	4.2	56
50	GALATEA: Novels & AudiobooksInkitt	iOS	4.5	54

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Why Books Apps Fail in India

Books apps that earn the most complaints in India usually share the same failure patterns: missing local payment methods, broken integrations with country-specific services, slow servers, missing language support, or feature parity gaps with the global version. Reviews concentrate around the moment a books feature works in the US or UK but breaks in India.

This page ranks books apps in India by total number of negative reviews (1-2 stars). Whether you are researching competitors before launching a books app in India, benchmarking your own app against local pain points, or just curious which books apps users in India complain about most: this data shows you what is actually happening on the ground, not what marketing pages claim.

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