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ShortBook is #5 in Books Paid in Russia and charting in 10 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Full timeline · 7 events in the last 12 months
- 📈ShortBook entered the top 100Top Paid · Books · CN
- 📈ShortBook charting in a new countryChina
- 📈ShortBook charting in a new countrySouth Korea
- 📈ShortBook charting in a new country in 3 chartsBrazil · Saudi Arabia · United States
- 🆕ShortBook first spotted by AppInsider#79 in Top Paid · Books · Canada
- 🆕ShortBook released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Books PaidShortBook at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-07. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
ShortBook is a paid e-book reader for iPhone that specializes in FB2 format support, offering features like dictionary integration and night mode for users seeking a dedicated reading experience. The app holds a strong #6 position in the Russian Books Paid chart but ranks significantly lower (e.g., #96 in GB, #113 in CN) across other major markets, indicating niche regional relevance rather than global traction.
Similar apps: FBReader, KyBook, Apple Books
ShortBook on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
ShortBook’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 0 linked to your identity and 0 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
ShortBook 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 ShortBook'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.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | BooksPaid | #5 |
 Germany | BooksPaid | #36 |
 United States | BooksPaid | #150 |
 United Kingdom | BooksPaid | #98 |
 France | BooksPaid | #64 |
 Italy | BooksPaid | #51 |
| Canada | BooksPaid | #87 |
 Brazil | BooksPaid | #147 |
 United Arab Emirates | BooksPaid | #59 |
 Saudi Arabia | BooksPaid | #173 |
Apps near ShortBook on the chart
Books Paid, around #5.
Ratings
App Store, 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 ShortBook
From recent reviews.
About ShortBook
The program supports dictionaries in XDXF format. Detaining a finger on a word and activating the button of searching through dictionaries, you'll virtually in a matter of seconds learn the meaning of the tricky word.
Reading can be quickly restarted after a break with one touch of the screen.
Don’t seek for compromises, use ShortBook. With ShortBook even a big book will become short.
