🇬🇧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	WaterstonesWaterstones Booksellers Ltd	iOS	0.0	352
4	JoyRead-Enjoy Novels & ShortsJoyRead	Android	4.3	352
5	Wattpad - Read & Write StoriesWattpad.com	Android	3.7	316
6	Ancestry: Family History & DNAAncestry.com	Android	4.6	302
7	Wattpad - Read & Write StoriesWattpad Corp	iOS	4.6	293
8	Dreame - Read Best RomanceSTARY PTE. LTD.	iOS	4.4	284
9	Fable: Books & TVScribd, Inc.	Android	4.3	251
10	ElevenReader: Read Books AloudEleven Labs Inc	Android	4.1	246
11	TooFar MediaTooFar Media	Android	3.5	234
12	Manga Reader InfinityManga Darya	iOS	4.5	224
13	Dreame-Read Romance StoriesDreame Media	Android	4.3	216
14	Janitor AI - Official Appjanitorai	Android	3.5	212
15	Hallow: Prayer & MeditationHallow, Inc.	Android	4.6	208
16	eBird by Cornell LabCornell Lab of Ornithology	Android	3.9	205
17	BestNovel - Novel Story ReaderMoboreader Technology USA Co Ltd	Android	3.7	203
18	Goodreads: Book Tracker & MoreGoodreads	iOS	4.8	198
19	TapRead - Read Good StoryZONGHENG CULTURE, INC.	Android	4.2	196
20	WebNovel - Read Novels & MangaCloudary Holdings Limited	iOS	4.3	188
21	AlphaNovel — Books & StoriesBrailion Ventures Limited	Android	4.6	186
22	Audible: Audiobooks & PodcastsAudible, Inc.	iOS	4.8	175
23	Amazon Kindle: Reading AppAmazon Mobile LLC	Android	4.7	172
24	Goodreads: Book Tracker & MoreGoodreads	Android	4.6	159
25	Amazon Kindle: Reading AppAMZN Mobile LLC	iOS	4.8	159
26	Audible: Audiobooks & PodcastsAudible, Inc.	Android	4.6	150
27	NovelpackHK IReader Technology Limited	Android	4.1	149
28	BitBible ENG -Lockscreen+AlarmBitBible	Android	4.3	149
29	WebNovelCloudary	Android	4.1	147
30	Freewave: Romance AudiobooksWomanly Corp	Android	4.7	145
31	Readict -One Click Away NovelsVitalTek, Inc.	Android	4.6	143
32	RosiaWORDSFLY LIMITED	Android	4.4	143
33	StoryGraphThe StoryGraph	Android	4.2	143
34	DeepL TranslateDeepL SE	Android	4.6	133
35	WikipediaWikimedia Foundation	Android	4.1	132
36	Google Play Books & AudiobooksGoogle LLC	Android	4.6	109
37	Inkitt Galatea: Audio & eBooksInkitt Inc	Android	4.5	106
38	World of BooksWorld of Books	Android	3.9	104
39	BorrowBoxBolinda digital	iOS	0.0	102
40	Bible Chat: Holy Bible StudyBookvitals	Android	4.9	100
41	Libby, the library appOverDrive, Inc.	iOS	4.7	96
42	AmoraReads - Books & StoriesIvula-Tech	Android	4.2	94
43	Tarteel: AI Quran MemorizationTarteel Inc.	Android	4.6	88
44	AnyStories-Top Novels & BooksHONG KONG ZHONGHE CO.,LIMITED	Android	4.6	81
45	Libby: Read Library BooksOverDrive, Inc.	Android	4.7	80
46	Sky Tonight - Star Gazer GuideVito Technology	Android	4.6	75
47	GALATEA: Novels & AudiobooksInkitt	iOS	4.5	73
48	LeafNovel - Novels & StoriesDancing Leaf	Android	3.6	70
49	NovelaGo - Read Novels & BooksReadink	Android	4.7	67
50	StoryGraph: Reading TrackerThe StoryGraph	iOS	4.5	65

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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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