🇬🇧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	JoyRead-Enjoy Novels & ShortsJoyRead	Android	4.3	352
5	WaterstonesWaterstones Booksellers Ltd	iOS	0.0	352
6	Wattpad - Read & Write StoriesWattpad.com	Android	3.7	332
7	Ancestry: Family History & DNAAncestry.com	Android	4.6	304
8	Wattpad - Read & Write StoriesWattpad Corp	iOS	0.0	292
9	Dreame - Read Best RomanceSTARY PTE. LTD.	iOS	4.4	284
10	Fable: Books & TVScribd, Inc.	Android	4.3	251
11	ElevenReader: Read Books AloudEleven Labs Inc	Android	4.2	236
12	TooFar MediaTooFar Media	Android	3.5	233
13	Goodreads: Book Tracker & MoreGoodreads	iOS	4.8	227
14	Manga Reader InfinityManga Darya	iOS	4.5	224
15	Dreame-Read Romance StoriesDreame Media	Android	4.3	216
16	Janitor AI - Official Appjanitorai	Android	3.5	212
17	Hallow: Prayer & MeditationHallow, Inc.	Android	4.6	208
18	eBird by Cornell LabCornell Lab of Ornithology	Android	3.9	205
19	TapRead - Read Good StoryZONGHENG CULTURE, INC.	Android	4.2	196
20	Amazon Kindle: Reading AppAmazon Mobile LLC	Android	4.7	192
21	WebNovel - Read Novels & MangaCloudary Holdings Limited	iOS	0.0	186
22	AlphaNovel — Books & StoriesBrailion Ventures Limited	Android	4.6	186
23	Audible: Audiobooks & PodcastsAudible, Inc.	iOS	4.8	179
24	Amazon Kindle: Reading AppAMZN Mobile LLC	iOS	4.8	161
25	Goodreads: Book Tracker & MoreGoodreads	Android	4.6	157
26	NovelpackHK IReader Technology Limited	Android	4.1	149
27	BitBible ENG -Lockscreen+AlarmBitBible	Android	4.3	149
28	Freewave: Romance AudiobooksWomanly Corp	Android	4.7	145
29	RosiaWORDSFLY LIMITED	Android	4.4	143
30	Readict -One Click Away NovelsVitalTek, Inc.	Android	4.6	143
31	StoryGraphThe StoryGraph	Android	4.2	143
32	WebNovelCloudary	Android	4.1	137
33	DeepL TranslateDeepL SE	Android	4.6	133
34	WikipediaWikimedia Foundation	Android	4.1	132
35	Audible: Audiobooks & PodcastsAudible, Inc.	Android	4.6	131
36	Galatea: Books & AudiobooksInkitt Inc	Android	4.5	113
37	BorrowBoxBolinda digital	iOS	0.0	111
38	Google Play Books & AudiobooksGoogle LLC	Android	4.6	107
39	World of BooksWorld of Books	Android	3.8	101
40	Bible Chat: Holy Bible StudyBookvitals	Android	4.9	100
41	Libby, the library appOverDrive, Inc.	iOS	4.7	95
42	Tarteel: AI Quran MemorizationTarteel Inc.	Android	4.6	88
43	Libby: Read Library BooksOverDrive, Inc.	Android	4.7	81
44	AnyStories-Top Novels & BooksHONG KONG ZHONGHE CO.,LIMITED	Android	4.6	81
45	Sky Tonight - Star Gazer GuideVito Technology	Android	4.6	75
46	LeafNovel - Novels & StoriesDancing Leaf	Android	3.6	70
47	GoodNovel - Booktok, StoriesGoodNovel	Android	4.6	69
48	YouVersion Bible App + AudioLife.Church	Android	4.9	69
49	GALATEA: Novels & AudiobooksInkitt	iOS	4.5	68
50	NovelaGo - Read Novels & BooksReadink	Android	4.7	67

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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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