🇬🇧Worst Books Apps in United Kingdom

The most complained-about books apps in United Kingdom 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	Novelmates-Stories&NovelsHK IReader Technology Limited	Android	4.2	425
2	TaponSpoton Limited	Android	4.2	367
3	BestNovelMoboreader Technology USA Co Ltd	Android	3.5	365
4	WaterstonesWaterstones Booksellers Ltd	iOS	4.5	352
5	JoyRead-Enjoy Novels & ShortsJoyRead	Android	4.3	352
6	Wattpad - Read & Write StoriesWattpad.com	Android	3.7	334
7	Ancestry: Family History & DNAAncestry.com	Android	4.6	310
8	Wattpad - Read & Write StoriesWattpad Corp	iOS	4.6	289
9	Dreame - Read Best RomanceSTARY PTE. LTD.	iOS	4.4	284
10	Fable: Books & TVScribd, Inc.	Android	4.3	251
11	TooFar MediaTooFar Media	Android	3.5	233
12	ElevenReader: Read Books AloudEleven Labs Inc	Android	4.1	231
13	Goodreads: Book Tracker & MoreGoodreads	iOS	4.8	225
14	Manga Reader InfinityManga Darya	iOS	4.5	224
15	Janitor AI - Official Appjanitorai	Android	3.5	222
16	Dreame-Read Romance StoriesDreame Media	Android	4.3	216
17	Hallow: Prayer & MeditationHallow, Inc.	Android	4.6	208
18	eBird by Cornell LabCornell Lab of Ornithology	Android	3.9	202
19	TapRead - Read Good StoryZONGHENG CULTURE, INC.	Android	4.2	196
20	AlphaNovel — Books & StoriesBrailion Ventures Limited	Android	4.6	186
21	WebNovel - Read Novels & MangaCloudary Holdings Limited	iOS	4.3	185
22	Audible: Audiobooks & PodcastsAudible, Inc.	iOS	4.8	166
23	Amazon Kindle: Reading AppAMZN Mobile LLC	iOS	4.8	160
24	Goodreads: Book Tracker & MoreGoodreads	Android	4.6	149
25	BitBible ENG -Lockscreen+AlarmBitBible	Android	4.3	149
26	NovelpackHK IReader Technology Limited	Android	4.1	149
27	Freewave: Romance AudiobooksWomanly Corp	Android	4.7	145
28	Readict -One Click Away NovelsVitalTek, Inc.	Android	4.6	143
29	RosiaWORDSFLY LIMITED	Android	4.4	143
30	StoryGraphThe StoryGraph	Android	4.2	143
31	WikipediaWikimedia Foundation	Android	4.1	137
32	Amazon Kindle: Reading AppAmazon Mobile LLC	Android	4.7	136
33	DeepL TranslateDeepL SE	Android	4.6	133
34	Google Play Books & AudiobooksGoogle LLC	Android	4.6	131
35	Audible: Audiobooks & PodcastsAudible, Inc.	Android	4.6	122
36	BorrowBoxBolinda digital	iOS	4.8	109
37	Galatea: Books & AudiobooksInkitt Inc	Android	4.6	107
38	Bible Chat: Holy Bible StudyBookvitals	Android	4.9	100
39	World of BooksWorld of Books	Android	3.8	99
40	Libby, the library appOverDrive, Inc.	iOS	4.7	92
41	GoodNovel - Booktok, StoriesGoodNovel	Android	4.7	90
42	Tarteel: AI Quran MemorizationTarteel Inc.	Android	4.6	88
43	AnyStories-Top Novels & BooksHONG KONG ZHONGHE CO.,LIMITED	Android	4.6	81
44	Sky Tonight - Star Gazer GuideVito Technology	Android	4.7	75
45	LeafNovel - Novels & StoriesDancing Leaf	Android	3.6	70
46	GALATEA: Novels & AudiobooksInkitt	iOS	4.5	69
47	NovelaGo - Read Novels & BooksReadink	Android	4.7	67
48	StoryGraph: Reading TrackerThe StoryGraph	iOS	4.5	65
49	Quran Majeed – القران الكريمPakdata	Android	4.7	64
50	Al QURAN - القرآن الكريم9D Muslim Apps - Quran, Qibla Direction & Prayers	Android	4.7	64

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Why Books Apps Fail in United Kingdom

Books apps that earn the most complaints in United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom.

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

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