Tapas Downloads & RevenueTapas – Comics and Novels · App Store & Google Play
Tapas – Comics and Novels gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Tapas – Comics and Novels by Radish Media is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Tapas – Comics and Novels update history & changes
Last change · 29 events since 2 Oct 2012Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 29 events
- 📦Tapas – Comics and Novels: first update in 106 daysiOS
- 📦Tapas – Comics and Novels updated to version 7.13.1iOS- Updated to the new Liquid Glass design
- Minor bug fixes - 📈Tapas – Comics and Novels entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Free · Comics · TH · Top Free · Comics · TR
- 📈Tapas – Comics and Novels charting in a new country in 2 chartsAndroidThailand · Turkey
- 📈Tapas – Comics and Novels entered the top 100 in 4 chartsAndroidTop Free · Comics · ES · Top Free · Comics · MX · Top Free · Comics · NL · Top Free · Comics · VN
- 📈Tapas – Comics and Novels charting in a new country in 4 chartsAndroidSpain · Mexico · Netherlands · Vietnam
- 📈Tapas – Comics and Novels entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Comics · IN
- 📈Tapas – Comics and Novels entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Books · FR
- ✏️Tapas – Comics and Novels added hidden keywords: tapsiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Tapas – Comics and Novels added hidden keywords: manhwaiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Tapas – Comics and Novels charting in a new countryiOSSouth Korea
- 📦Tapas – Comics and Novels updated to version 7.13.1AndroidBug fixes and performance improvements
- ✏️Tapas – Comics and Novels added hidden keywords: completeiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Tapas – Comics and Novels entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Books · US
- 📈Tapas – Comics and Novels entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOSTop Free · Books · AE · Top Grossing · Books · JP
- 📈Tapas – Comics and Novels charting in a new countryiOSJapan
- ✏️Tapas – Comics and Novels added hidden keywords: manhwaiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Tapas – Comics and Novels added hidden keywords: webnovel, session, episodesiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Tapas – Comics and Novels entered the top 10AndroidTop Grossing · Comics · BR
- 📈Tapas – Comics and Novels entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOSTop Free · Books · IT · Top Free · Books · SA
- 📈Tapas – Comics and Novels new best rank in the overall chart: #159AndroidTop Grossing · All Apps · US
- 🆕Tapas – Comics and Novels first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidUnited States
- 🆕Tapas – Comics and Novels first spotted by AppInsideriOS#27 in Top Grossing · Books · United Kingdom
- 📦Tapas – Comics and Novels version 7.13.0AndroidBug fixes and performance improvements
- 📦Tapas – Comics and Novels version 7.13.0iOSNo release notes
- 🆕Tapas – Comics and Novels released on the App StoreiOS
- 🆕Tapas – Comics and Novels released on Google PlayAndroid
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Comics FreeTapas – Comics and Novels at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-09-30. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Tapas is a digital reading platform for comics, novels, and webtoons that targets readers seeking serialized fiction across genres like romance and fantasy, while also serving as a publishing hub for independent creators. The app maintains strong commercial performance by ranking #3 in Comics Grossing charts across major markets including the US, Canada, Germany, and Australia, indicating sustained high revenue despite a moderate user rating of 3.2.
Similar apps: Webtoon, Manga Plus, Radish
App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Tapas – Comics and Novels’s App Store privacy label declares 1 data category used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 6 linked to your identity and 1 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v7.11.2, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Tapas – Comics and Novels downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 500+ | 1M+ |
| Google Play | 1k+ | 10M+ Measured |
| Total | 1k+ Confidence | 10M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Tapas – Comics and Novels's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: Ad-led
How Tapas – Comics and Novels makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Hidden keywords
Tapas – Comics and Novels shows up in App Store search (US) for 4 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #57 Books Free | 8 of 30 countries | #126 | – |
| Google Play | #10 Comics Free | 17 of 23 countries | #23 | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings by country (4)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
 United States | 15 | 75% | ▼ -24% |
 United Kingdom | 1.8 | 9% | – |
 Canada | 1.5 | 8% | – |
 Germany | 1.5 | 8% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.6 ★ | 45k |
| Google Play | 4.1 ★ | 126k 14k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.2 ★ weighted by ratings | 171k |
What users say about Tapas – Comics and Novels
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mostly negative (30% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and working reliably. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and missing features or content.
What people like
- Fun: “SO FUN But some downsides”
- Crashes & bugs: “Lots of stories but Recent bug?”
- Features & content: “I love the variety of stories and adventures”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Continuously scammed out of money”
- Features & content: “Webtoon is cheaper with the same quality of content”
- Ads: “I click to look at the ad”
- Privacy & data: “Continuously scammed out of money”
About Tapas – Comics and Novels
Looking for the perfect way to pass the time? Tapas is your go-to destination for captivating stories. Whether you love romance, action, or BL content, Tapas has something for everyone. Discover new chapters released daily, with free episodes dropping every three hours.
Get hooked on international sensations and famous Tapas Original Series like:
- The Beginning After the End
- Solo Leveling
- Little Rabbit and the Big Bad Leopard
- A Business Proposal
- Heartstopper
- Moving
Thanks to our Wait-Until-Free system, you can enjoy many of these mega-hit stories for free.
Explore an endless library of stories spanning everything from Tapas Originals, K-content, to indie webtoons. With thousands of premium comics and novels, you can indulge in isekai adventures, otome game stories, and breathtaking romantasy!
Download the app and engage with 10 million other readers and creators. Get notified about updates on your favorite series. Plus, you’ll get access to app-exclusive perks like Gift Passes and Fortune Cookies!
Want to write your own epic saga? Tapas is the perfect platform to share your creativity with a supportive global audience. Join over 75,000 talented creators—from established, award-winning authors to aspiring independent artists—and publish your work on Tapas.
Turn your phone time into story time with Tapas—your go-to destination for the stories you crave!
Website: http://www.tapas.io
E-mail: [email protected]
Instagram: http://instagram.com/tapas_app
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tapas_app
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tapas.io
Tapas – Comics and Novels App Store
Tapas – Comics and Novels gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Tapas – Comics and Novels is #126 in Books Free in United States and charting in 8 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026 Books FreeTapas – Comics and Novels on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Tapas – Comics and Novels’s App Store privacy label declares 1 data category used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 6 linked to your identity and 1 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Tapas – Comics and Novels downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Tapas – Comics and Novels's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Tapas – Comics and Novels before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Ad-led
How Tapas – Comics and Novels makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Hidden keywords
Tapas – Comics and Novels shows up in App Store search (US) for 4 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | BooksFree | #126 |
| Germany | BooksFree | #105 |
| Canada | BooksFree | #60 |
| United Kingdom | BooksFree | #148 |
| Indonesia | BooksFree | #57 |
 Brazil | BooksFree | #111 |
 Australia | BooksFree | #155 |
 Italy | BooksFree | #129 |
Apps near Tapas – Comics and Novels on the chart
Books Free, around #126.
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Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings by country (4)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 75% | ▼ -24% |
| United Kingdom | 1.8 | 9% | – |
| Canada | 1.5 | 8% | – |
| Germany | 1.5 | 8% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Tapas – Comics and Novels
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mostly negative (30% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and working reliably. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and missing features or content.
What people like
- Fun: “SO FUN But some downsides”
- Crashes & bugs: “Lots of stories but Recent bug?”
- Features & content: “I love the variety of stories and adventures”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Continuously scammed out of money”
- Features & content: “Webtoon is cheaper with the same quality of content”
- Ads: “I click to look at the ad”
- Privacy & data: “Continuously scammed out of money”
About Tapas – Comics and Novels
Looking for the perfect way to pass the time? Tapas is your go-to destination for captivating stories. Whether you love romance, action, or BL content, Tapas has something for everyone. Discover new chapters released daily, with free episodes dropping every three hours.
Get hooked on international sensations and famous Tapas Original Series like:
- The Beginning After the End
- Solo Leveling
- Little Rabbit and the Big Bad Leopard
- A Business Proposal
- Heartstopper
- Moving
Thanks to our Wait-Until-Free system, you can enjoy many of these mega-hit stories for free.
Explore an endless library of stories spanning everything from Tapas Originals, K-content, to indie webtoons. With thousands of premium comics and novels, you can indulge in isekai adventures, otome game stories, and breathtaking romantasy!
Download the app and engage with 10 million other readers and creators. Get notified about updates on your favorite series. Plus, you’ll get access to app-exclusive perks like Gift Passes and Fortune Cookies!
Want to write your own epic saga? Tapas is the perfect platform to share your creativity with a supportive global audience. Join over 75,000 talented creators—from established, award-winning authors to aspiring independent artists—and publish your work on Tapas.
Turn your phone time into story time with Tapas—your go-to destination for the stories you crave!
Website: http://www.tapas.io
E-mail: [email protected]
Instagram: http://instagram.com/tapas_app
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tapas_app
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tapas.io
Latest updates
Tapas – Comics and Novels Android
Tapas – Comics and Novels gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Tapas – Comics and Novels is #23 in Comics Free on Google Play in United States and charting in 17 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Comics FreeTapas – Comics and Novels at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-09-30. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Tapas is a digital reading platform for comics, novels, and webtoons that targets readers seeking serialized fiction across genres like romance and fantasy, while also serving as a publishing hub for independent creators. The app maintains strong commercial performance by ranking #3 in Comics Grossing charts across major markets including the US, Canada, Germany, and Australia, indicating sustained high revenue despite a moderate user rating of 3.2.
Similar apps: Webtoon, Manga Plus, Radish
Tapas – Comics and Novels on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v7.11.2, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Tapas – Comics and Novels downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Tapas – Comics and Novels's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Tapas – Comics and Novels before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Ad-led
How Tapas – Comics and Novels makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | ComicsFree | #23 |
| India | ComicsFree | #10 |
| Germany | ComicsFree | #18 |
| United Kingdom | ComicsFree | #22 |
 France | ComicsFree | #16 |
| Brazil | ComicsFree | #20 |
| Canada | ComicsFree | #20 |
 Mexico | ComicsFree | #16 |
 Spain | ComicsFree | #17 |
 Saudi Arabia | ComicsFree | #19 |
| Italy | ComicsFree | #29 |
| Indonesia | ComicsFree | #25 |
 United Arab Emirates | ComicsFree | #18 |
 Turkey | ComicsFree | #19 |
 Netherlands | ComicsFree | #19 |
 Thailand | ComicsFree | #19 |
 Vietnam | ComicsFree | #18 |
Apps near Tapas – Comics and Novels on the chart
Comics Free, around #23.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Tapas – Comics and Novels
From the 200 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users express strong frustration and sadness over the app's impending shutdown, citing loss of access to purchased content and inability for new users to sign up. While some long-time fans praise the platform's history and creator diversity, the dominant sentiment is anger at Kakao's handling of refunds, contracts, and service continuity.
Mostly negative (36% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and good value. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and missing features or content. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Fun: “It has lots of fun comics to read”
- Price & subscription: “how dare you stop taking my money”
- Design: “This apps interface is among the best that I've found and the stories are top notch too”
- Ads: “The app itself is a bit slow to load, and the full-screen ad for ink purchase on start-up is quite annoying”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “I spent real money on this”
- Features & content: “Either option would be better!”
- Login & account: “I tried the send password option but it won't work”
- Ads: “Best advertisement for piracy”
About Tapas – Comics and Novels
Love comic books and engaging stories? Looking for the perfect way to pass the time? Tapas is the go-to app for those who crave captivating tales. Whether you love romance, action, fantasy, or BL, Tapas has something for everyone. Discover new chapters released daily, with exclusive free episodes dropping every three hours.
Get hooked on international sensations and trending Tapas Original Series like:
- The Beginning After the End
- Solo Leveling
- Little Rabbit and the Big Bad Leopard
- A Business Proposal
- Heartstopper
- Moving
Only on Tapas, you can enjoy many of these mega-hit series in both webcomic and novel versions. And thanks to the Wait-Until-Free system, you can enjoy them for free! Simply wait for your timer to run out, and you can read the next episode for free. Or, grab multiple episodes in bundles with the best deal to keep the excitement going!
No need to stop at a bookstore or the library to read comic books when you can explore an endless library of stories spanning everything from premium comics/novels, Tapas Originals, K-content, to indie comics, right in the palm of your hand. Indulge in isekai adventures, otome game stories, breathtaking romantasy, and so on!
Download the app and engage with 10 million other readers and creators. Get notified about updates on your favorite series. Plus, you’ll have access to app-exclusive perks like Gift Passes and free Ink. Try your luck on the weekly Fortune Cookies every Monday carrying random amounts of bonus Ink!
Want to write your own epic saga? Tapas is also the perfect platform to share your creativity with a supportive global audience. Join over 75,000 talented creators—from established, award-winning authors to aspiring independent artists—and publish your work on Tapas.
Turn your phone time into story time with Tapas—your go-to destination for the comic books, romance stories, and episodes you crave!
Website: http://www.tapas.io
Email: [email protected]
Instagram: @tapas_app
Twitter: @tapas_app
Facebook: Tapas