Tapon Downloads & RevenueTapon - Stories & Novels · App Store & Google Play
Tapon - Stories & Novels gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Tapon - Stories & Novels by SPOTON LIMITED is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Tapon - Stories & Novels update history & changes
Last change · 63 events since 24 Apr 2022Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 63 events
- ✏️Tapon - Stories & Novels added hidden keywords: alpha, libbyiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Books · SA
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · IN
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · SE · Top Free · Books & Reference · TH
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels charting in a new countryAndroidSweden
- 📣Tapon - Stories & Novels started 3 new adsAndroid3
- 📣Tapon - Stories & Novels started a new adAndroid3
- ✏️Tapon - Stories & Novels: new iPad screenshotsiOS· 8 countries
- ✏️Tapon - Stories & Novels: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · 8 countries
- ✏️Tapon - Stories & Novels: new iPad screenshotsiOS· KR
- ✏️Tapon - Stories & Novels: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · KR
- ✏️Tapon - Stories & Novels: new iPad screenshotsiOS· JP
- ✏️Tapon - Stories & Novels: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · JP
- ✏️Tapon - Stories & Novels: new iPad screenshotsiOS· DE
- ✏️Tapon - Stories & Novels: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · DE
- ✏️Tapon - Stories & Novels: new iPad screenshotsiOS· IT
- ✏️Tapon - Stories & Novels: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · IT
- 📦Tapon - Stories & Novels updated to version 2.1.0iOSBugs fixed to serve you better.
- ✏️Tapon - Stories & Novels added hidden keywords: readeriOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Tapon - Stories & Novels updated to version 2.1.0AndroidBugs fixed to serve you better.
- ✏️Tapon - Stories & Novels added hidden keywords: webnoveliOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · US
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Books · ID
- ✏️Tapon - Stories & Novels: app got biggeriOS208 MB → 238 MB (+14%)
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · NL
- ✏️Tapon - Stories & Novels: new iPad screenshotsiOS· CA, AU, AE
- ✏️Tapon - Stories & Novels: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · CA, AU, AE
- ✏️Tapon - Stories & Novels: new iPad screenshotsiOS· 6 countries
- ✏️Tapon - Stories & Novels: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · 6 countries
- ✏️Tapon - Stories & Novels: new iPad screenshotsiOS· DE
- ✏️Tapon - Stories & Novels: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · DE
- 📦Tapon - Stories & Novels updated to version 2.0.0iOSFehler behoben und Produkterlebnis optimiert.
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Books & Reference · TR
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels charting in a new countryAndroidTurkey
- ✏️Tapon - Stories & Novels: new screenshotsAndroid12 screenshots (was 12) · US
- 🎉Tapon - Stories & Novels in-app event: Sweet Tycoon MarriageiOSSPECIAL EVENT · until 17 Nov
- 📦Tapon - Stories & Novels updated to version 2.0.0AndroidBugs fixed to serve you better.
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Books & Reference · CA
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Books · IN
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Grossing · Books & Reference · MX · Top Grossing · Books & Reference · TH
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels charting in a new countryAndroidThailand
- 📣Tapon - Stories & Novels started a new adAndroid3
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels entered the top 100 in 3 chartsAndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · ES · Top Free · Books & Reference · MX · Top Grossing · Books & Reference · NL
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels charting in a new country in 3 chartsAndroidSpain · Mexico · Netherlands
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels new best rank in the overall chart: #157AndroidTop Grossing · All Apps · ID
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · AU
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels new best rank in the overall chart: #159AndroidTop Grossing · All Apps · ID
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · RU
- ✏️Tapon - Stories & Novels added hidden keywords: booktokiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Books · IT
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels new best rank in the overall chart: #161AndroidTop Grossing · All Apps · ID
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels charting in a new countryiOSRussia
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels new best rank in the overall chart: #162AndroidTop Grossing · All Apps · ID
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · GB
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · DE · Top Free · Books & Reference · IT
- 📈Tapon - Stories & Novels charting in a new countryAndroidItaly
- 🆕Tapon - Stories & Novels first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidSouth Korea
- 🆕Tapon - Stories & Novels first spotted by AppInsideriOS#71 in Top Grossing · Books · United Kingdom
- 📦Tapon - Stories & Novels version 1.56.0iOSNo release notes
- 📦Tapon - Stories & Novels updated to version 1.55.0AndroidBugs fixed to serve you better.
- 📦Tapon - Stories & Novels version 1.56.0AndroidBugs fixed to serve you better.
- 🆕Tapon - Stories & Novels released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕Tapon - Stories & Novels released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Books GrossingApp Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Tapon - Stories & Novels’s App Store privacy label declares 1 data category used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 1 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 v1.44.1, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Tapon - Stories & Novels downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 1k+ | 1M+ |
| Google Play | 1k+ | 5M+ Measured |
| Total | 1k+ Confidence | 5M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Tapon - Stories & 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: In-app purchase-led
How Tapon - Stories & Novels makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Buy Coins | |
| 2 | Buy Coins | |
| 3 | Buy Coins | |
| 4 | Buy Coins | |
| 5 | Coin Pack(Monthly) subscription | |
| 6 | VIP Weekly subscription | |
| 7 | Buy Coins | |
| 8 | VIP Weekly subscription | |
| 9 | VIP Weekly subscription | |
| 10 | Buy Coins |
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #8 Books Grossing | 14 of 30 countries | #37 | #44 |
| Google Play | #8 Books & Reference Grossing | 20 of 23 countries | #105 | #39 |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisGrowing fastest in 
Germany ▲ +80%
New ratings by country (7)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
 United States | 14 | 49% | steady |
 South Korea | 3.8 | 13% | ▼ -45% |
| Japan | 3.2 | 11% | ▼ -50% |
| Germany | 3 | 11% | ▲ +80% |
 France | 1.8 | 6% | – |
 United Kingdom | 1.8 | 6% | – |
 Canada | 1 | 4% | – |
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 | 4.7 ★ | 17k |
| Google Play | 3.9 ★ | 250k 1.9k written reviews |
| Both stores | 3.9 ★ weighted by ratings | 266k |
What users say about Tapon - Stories & Novels
From the 61 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly report fraudulent billing practices, specifically noting that subscriptions are impossible to cancel and charges continue even after account deletion. Complaints also highlight deceptive advertising where free stories are not available in the app, alongside excessive costs for individual chapters.
Mostly negative (7% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and privacy and spam. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Can’t cancel subscription”
- Privacy & data: “Regret downloading, AI scam!”
- Customer support: “Impossible to reach customer service”
- Login & account: “The only way to end it is to “delete account””
About Tapon - Stories & Novels
Tapon is your go-to app for addictive online novels. From romance and fantasy to werewolves, billionaires, and vampires — discover stories you’ll love, updated daily.
[Huge Library, Fresh Stories Every Day]
• Thousands of novels across genres: Romance, Action, LGBTQ+, Dark Romance, and more
• Popular tags and classic tropes: contract marriage, revenge, rebirth, she-power, and more
• Smart search and personalized recommendations
[Comfortable & Immersive Reading]
• Adjustable font sizes and styles
• Day Mode & Night Mode
• Multiple reading modes: scroll, flip, or swipe
• A smooth, distraction-free reading experience
[Earn Rewards, Unlock More Stories]
• Daily check-ins and Lucky Draw: earn free coins
• All-Access Reading Pass: unlimited access to all short stories
[Coin Pack Subscriptions]
• Get instant free coins and exclusive discount coupons
• Daily check-ins to earn extra coins
• Monthly, quarterly, and yearly plans available
• Auto-renewable — cancel anytime in your account settings
Download Tapon today and dive into your next favorite story. New releases added daily!
Privacy Policy: https://support.tapon.com/privacy_policy_en_3000.html
Terms of Use: https://support.tapon.com/user_agreement_en_3000.html
Tapon - Stories & Novels App Store
Tapon - Stories & Novels gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Tapon - Stories & Novels is #37 in Books Free in United States and charting in 14 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026 Books FreeTapon - Stories & Novels on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Tapon - Stories & Novels’s App Store privacy label declares 1 data category used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 1 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.
Tapon - Stories & 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 Tapon - Stories & 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 Tapon - Stories & Novels before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Tapon - Stories & Novels makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Buy Coins | |
| 2 | Buy Coins | |
| 3 | Buy Coins | |
| 4 | Buy Coins | |
| 5 | Coin Pack(Monthly) subscription | |
| 6 | VIP Weekly subscription | |
| 7 | Buy Coins | |
| 8 | VIP Weekly subscription | |
| 9 | VIP Weekly subscription | |
| 10 | Buy Coins |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | BooksFree | #37 |
| United States | BooksGrossing | #44 |
| India | BooksGrossing | #8 |
| Germany | BooksGrossing | #22 |
| Japan | BooksGrossing | #46 |
| India | BooksFree | #13 |
| South Korea | BooksGrossing | #24 |
| France | BooksGrossing | #20 |
 Indonesia | BooksGrossing | #10 |
| United Kingdom | BooksGrossing | #39 |
| United Kingdom | BooksFree | #34 |
 Brazil | BooksGrossing | #21 |
| South Korea | BooksFree | #31 |
| Germany | BooksFree | #37 |
 Saudi Arabia | BooksGrossing | #15 |
| Canada | BooksGrossing | #31 |
 Australia | BooksGrossing | #36 |
 Italy | BooksFree | #29 |
| France | BooksFree | #60 |
 United Arab Emirates | BooksGrossing | #21 |
| Japan | BooksFree | #178 |
| Australia | BooksFree | #55 |
| Canada | BooksFree | #61 |
| Italy | BooksGrossing | #56 |
| Indonesia | BooksFree | #47 |
| United Arab Emirates | BooksFree | #34 |
| Saudi Arabia | BooksFree | #88 |
Apps near Tapon - Stories & Novels on the chart
Books Free, around #37.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisGrowing fastest in Germany ▲ +80%
New ratings by country (7)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 49% | steady |
| South Korea | 3.8 | 13% | ▼ -45% |
| Japan | 3.2 | 11% | ▼ -50% |
| Germany | 3 | 11% | ▲ +80% |
| France | 1.8 | 6% | – |
| United Kingdom | 1.8 | 6% | – |
| Canada | 1 | 4% | – |
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 Tapon - Stories & Novels
From the 61 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly report fraudulent billing practices, specifically noting that subscriptions are impossible to cancel and charges continue even after account deletion. Complaints also highlight deceptive advertising where free stories are not available in the app, alongside excessive costs for individual chapters.
Mostly negative (7% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and privacy and spam. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Can’t cancel subscription”
- Privacy & data: “Regret downloading, AI scam!”
- Customer support: “Impossible to reach customer service”
- Login & account: “The only way to end it is to “delete account””
About Tapon - Stories & Novels
Tapon is your go-to app for addictive online novels. From romance and fantasy to werewolves, billionaires, and vampires — discover stories you’ll love, updated daily.
[Huge Library, Fresh Stories Every Day]
• Thousands of novels across genres: Romance, Action, LGBTQ+, Dark Romance, and more
• Popular tags and classic tropes: contract marriage, revenge, rebirth, she-power, and more
• Smart search and personalized recommendations
[Comfortable & Immersive Reading]
• Adjustable font sizes and styles
• Day Mode & Night Mode
• Multiple reading modes: scroll, flip, or swipe
• A smooth, distraction-free reading experience
[Earn Rewards, Unlock More Stories]
• Daily check-ins and Lucky Draw: earn free coins
• All-Access Reading Pass: unlimited access to all short stories
[Coin Pack Subscriptions]
• Get instant free coins and exclusive discount coupons
• Daily check-ins to earn extra coins
• Monthly, quarterly, and yearly plans available
• Auto-renewable — cancel anytime in your account settings
Download Tapon today and dive into your next favorite story. New releases added daily!
Privacy Policy: https://support.tapon.com/privacy_policy_en_3000.html
Terms of Use: https://support.tapon.com/user_agreement_en_3000.html
Latest updates
Store changes
What Tapon - Stories & Novels changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
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Tapon gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Tapon is #8 in Books & Reference Grossing on Google Play in Japan and charting in 20 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Books & Reference GrossingTapon on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v1.44.1, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Tapon 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 Tapon'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 Tapon before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Tapon makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Buy Coins | |
| 2 | Buy Coins | |
| 3 | Buy Coins | |
| 4 | Buy Coins | |
| 5 | Coin Pack(Monthly) subscription | |
| 6 | VIP Weekly subscription | |
| 7 | Buy Coins | |
| 8 | VIP Weekly subscription | |
| 9 | VIP Weekly subscription | |
| 10 | Buy Coins |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
Turkey
Netherlands
Thailand
Spain
Mexico
SwedenApps near Tapon on the chart
Books & Reference Grossing, around #8.
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 Tapon
From the 146 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users strongly criticize the app's deceptive monetization model, where subscriptions do not grant unlimited access and ad-based rewards frequently fail to load or credit properly. While some readers enjoy the story content, the majority report issues with aggressive pricing, inability to cancel subscriptions, and poor customer service.
Mostly negative (32% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and few ads. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and ads.
What people like
- Fun: “The books I've read so far are addicting and pleasurable”
- Ads: “I want the video ads back”
- Price & subscription: “it is also expensive to read if its decently long”
- Features & content: “good storyline, free coin options but still top up required”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “charges for short stories”
- Ads: “Ads after ads, so many ads”
- Login & account: “this app needs to be banned”
- Features & content: “There's better options for your time”
About Tapon
Tapon is your go-to app for addictive online novels. From romance and fantasy to werewolves, billionaires, and vampires — discover stories you’ll love, updated daily.
[Huge Library, Fresh Stories Every Day]
• Thousands of novels across genres: Romance, Action, LGBTQ+, Dark Romance, and more
• Popular tags and classic tropes: contract marriage, revenge, rebirth, she-power, and more
• Smart search and personalized recommendations
[Comfortable & Immersive Reading]
• Adjustable font sizes and styles
• Day Mode & Night Mode
• Multiple reading modes: scroll, flip, or swipe
• A smooth, distraction-free reading experience
[Earn Rewards, Unlock More Stories]
• Daily check-ins and Lucky Draw: earn free coins
• All-Access Reading Pass: unlimited access to all short stories
[Coin Pack Subscriptions]
• Get instant free coins and exclusive discount coupons
• Daily check-ins to earn extra coins
• Monthly, quarterly, and yearly plans available
• Auto-renewable — cancel anytime in your account settings
Download Tapon today and dive into your next favorite story. New releases added daily!
Privacy Policy: https://support.tapon.com/privacy_policy_en_3000.html
Terms of Use: https://support.tapon.com/user_agreement_en_3000.html
What's new in 2.1.0
Store changes
What Tapon changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.