🇮🇳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	334
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	160
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	139
14	WebNovelCloudary	Android	4.4	137
15	Audible: Audiobooks & PodcastsAudible, Inc.	Android	4.6	136
16	WikipediaWikimedia Foundation	Android	4.4	132
17	Google Play Books & AudiobooksGoogle LLC	Android	4.7	122
18	Goodreads: Book Tracker & MoreGoodreads	iOS	4.7	118
19	Bhagavad Gita For All \| VideoBhagavad Gita For All	Android	4.6	117
20	BookSnap: 15min a bookLeapAhead Books Corp	Android	4.9	113
21	10th, 12th Board Result 2026Mukesh Kaushik	Android	3.0	112
22	Galatea: Books & AudiobooksInkitt Inc	Android	4.5	107
23	Amazon Kindle: Reading AppAMZN Mobile LLC	iOS	4.8	106
24	Daily Bible Devotion & PrayerSalem Media Group	Android	4.6	103
25	Kannada Calendar 2026 - ಪಂಚಾಂಗcalendar panchang & horoscope maker	Android	4.3	97
26	Gujarati Calendar 2026secure statuses	Android	4.6	95
27	WebNovel - Read Novels & MangaCloudary Holdings Limited	iOS	4.3	89
28	Holy Quran - Deeper journeyAvn Global Application	Android	4.4	89
29	పవిత్ర బైబిల్ - Telugu BibleAppshive	Android	4.4	88
30	Full Quran Sharif Offline AppDictionary World11	Android	4.4	87
31	YouVersion Bible App + AudioLife.Church	Android	4.9	86
32	NearBook - Buy/Sell Used BooksNear Book	Android	4.5	86
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	Kohinoor Odia Calendar 2026BhuyanGen	Android	4.2	84
37	Class 9 NCERT BooksSUPERCOP	Android	4.4	83
38	Class 10 Ncert BooksSUPERCOP	Android	4.4	83
39	GoodNovel - Booktok, StoriesSINGAPORE NEW READING TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.	iOS	4.5	80
40	GoodNovel - Booktok, StoriesGoodNovel	Android	4.5	77
41	Class 10 NCERT SolutionsSUPERCOP	Android	4.6	71
42	Hindu Calendar - Drik PanchangAdarsh Apps	iOS	4.8	69
43	Webfic-Make Reading FantasticDIANZHONG TECHNOLOGY SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.	iOS	4.1	63
44	NCERT Hindi Books , SolutionsSUPERCOP	Android	4.3	60
45	Quran Sharif: Al QuranRadiant Islamic Apps	Android	4.6	58
46	Bangla Panjika 2026 -Paji 1433Bangla calendar and panjika	Android	4.4	58
47	HOLY QURAN - القرآن الكريمFanzetech	Android	4.6	56
48	Holy Bible Offline NIV KJV AppLife.Church	Android	4.8	56
49	Telugu Calendar 2026 PanchangVedha Innovations	Android	4.5	56
50	Class 12 previous year papersFastResult	Android	4.2	56

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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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