Readly Magazines & Newspapers: iPhone vs Android
Readly Magazines & Newspapers gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Readly Magazines & Newspapers by Readly is on both the App Store and Google Play. Here are both versions together: downloads, users, revenue, ratings and chart positions, store by store with totals.
News & Magazines GrossingReadly Magazines & Newspapers at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-25. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A deprecated news and magazine subscription service that directed users to a new app version. Despite being marked as deprecated, it maintains high grossing chart positions in Sweden, Germany, and the UK, indicating significant residual revenue or legacy user retention.
Similar apps: Apple News+, Flipboard, Zinio
App Store
App details
Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v7.4.6, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Readly Magazines & Newspapers downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone | 100+ | – |
| Google Play | 100+ | 1M+ Measured |
| Other Android stores | 50+ | – |
| Total | 500+ Confidence | 1M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Readly Magazines & Newspapers'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
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 Readly Magazines & Newspapers makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.8 ★ | 6 |
| Google Play | 3.7 ★ | 25k 534 written reviews |
| Both stores | 3.7 ★ weighted by ratings | 25k |
What users say about Readly Magazines & Newspapers
From the 104 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users express severe dissatisfaction with the recent app update and ownership transition to Cafeyn, citing broken functionality, slow performance, and lost content. Billing issues are prevalent, with many reporting unauthorized charges after cancellation and poor support responsiveness.
Mostly negative (11% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and recent updates.
What people like
- Fun: “The freedom of trying random mags as well as enjoying the ones I'd otherwise spend hundreds of dollars buying is unsurpassed value”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Clearly trying to money grab”
- Updates: “New updated version is awful”
- Features & content: “Looking at other options sadly”
- Design: “on pc layout is even worse”
About Readly Magazines & Newspapers
It’s like having a newsstand in your pocket!
Winner of “Best Consumer App” – Apps World
Winner of “Newsstand of the Year” – Digital Magazine Awards
“Readly is fantastic value for money” – TechRadar
“This is like Spotify for magazines, and that’s pretty much as brilliant as it sounds” – Stuff
Get unlimited all-you-can-read magazines for a small fixed monthly fee.
Over 8,000 UK & International magazines, including back issues
Share with the family on up to 5 devices – keep the kids happy and safe with our Parental Control feature
No wi-fi? No problem. Just download magazines and read offline anywhere, anytime!
Never miss an issue – we’ll remind you when new issues of your favourite magazines are available
Unique Smart Search – search any keyword or title across all magazines to find you the perfect articles or magazines
Favourite, Bookmark and Share – Favourite and bookmark to save magazines for later or share with your friends!
Crosswords – Brain train with crosswords, puzzles and sudoku without leaving the app!
Optimised for mobile reading – NEW!
5 reasons why we think you’ll love Readly:
1. Readly makes commutes bearable again. Enjoy a good read and keep boredom at bay! Magazines are now mobile friendly and can be downloaded to read when there’s no Wi-Fi.
2. Do more with Readly. Reading magazines has never been more fun! Bookmark and share articles with friends, play crosswords and follow external links all without a paper cut in sight…
3. Take home comforts on holiday. Catch up on the latest gossip magazines over a drink. Don’t worry about lugging hundreds of glossies to the beach, just take your phone or tablet!
4. Best value for money. Get all of your favourites and over 8,000 magazines in one subscription. Did we mention you can share Readly on up to 5 devices AND access all the back issues?
5. Be at the start of the magazine revolution. Excited? You should be!
Don’t take our word for it, download the award-winning Readly app and try it now! What are you waiting for?
A Readly subscription gives you full access to all magazines available in your region. It will automatically renew every month on your iTunes account until you decide to cancel. You can change your subscription at anytime in your Account Settings. Any changes to your subscription need 24 hours to come into effect.
Terms and Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy: https://www.readly.com/legal
Readly Magazines & Newspapers iPhone
Readly Magazines & Newspapers gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Readly Magazines & Newspapers is #15 in Magazines & Newspapers Grossing in Indonesia and charting in 6 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026
Magazines & Newspapers GrossingReadly Magazines & Newspapers on the App Store
App details
Readly Magazines & Newspapers 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 Readly Magazines & Newspapers'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
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Readly Magazines & Newspapers before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Readly Magazines & Newspapers makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #15 |
 India | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #39 |
 Brazil | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #71 |
 South Korea | Magazines & NewspapersFree | #116 |
 United Arab Emirates | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #41 |
 Saudi Arabia | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #71 |
Apps near Readly Magazines & Newspapers on the chart
Magazines & Newspapers Grossing, around #15.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
About Readly Magazines & Newspapers
It’s like having a newsstand in your pocket!
Winner of “Best Consumer App” – Apps World
Winner of “Newsstand of the Year” – Digital Magazine Awards
“Readly is fantastic value for money” – TechRadar
“This is like Spotify for magazines, and that’s pretty much as brilliant as it sounds” – Stuff
Get unlimited all-you-can-read magazines for a small fixed monthly fee.
Over 8,000 UK & International magazines, including back issues
Share with the family on up to 5 devices – keep the kids happy and safe with our Parental Control feature
No wi-fi? No problem. Just download magazines and read offline anywhere, anytime!
Never miss an issue – we’ll remind you when new issues of your favourite magazines are available
Unique Smart Search – search any keyword or title across all magazines to find you the perfect articles or magazines
Favourite, Bookmark and Share – Favourite and bookmark to save magazines for later or share with your friends!
Crosswords – Brain train with crosswords, puzzles and sudoku without leaving the app!
Optimised for mobile reading – NEW!
5 reasons why we think you’ll love Readly:
1. Readly makes commutes bearable again. Enjoy a good read and keep boredom at bay! Magazines are now mobile friendly and can be downloaded to read when there’s no Wi-Fi.
2. Do more with Readly. Reading magazines has never been more fun! Bookmark and share articles with friends, play crosswords and follow external links all without a paper cut in sight…
3. Take home comforts on holiday. Catch up on the latest gossip magazines over a drink. Don’t worry about lugging hundreds of glossies to the beach, just take your phone or tablet!
4. Best value for money. Get all of your favourites and over 8,000 magazines in one subscription. Did we mention you can share Readly on up to 5 devices AND access all the back issues?
5. Be at the start of the magazine revolution. Excited? You should be!
Don’t take our word for it, download the award-winning Readly app and try it now! What are you waiting for?
A Readly subscription gives you full access to all magazines available in your region. It will automatically renew every month on your iTunes account until you decide to cancel. You can change your subscription at anytime in your Account Settings. Any changes to your subscription need 24 hours to come into effect.
Terms and Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy: https://www.readly.com/legal
Latest updates
Readly Magazines & Newspapers Android
Readly Magazines & Newspapers gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Readly Magazines & Newspapers is #5 in News & Magazines Grossing on Google Play in Germany and charting in 13 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
News & Magazines GrossingReadly Magazines & Newspapers at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-25. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A deprecated news and magazine subscription service that directed users to a new app version. Despite being marked as deprecated, it maintains high grossing chart positions in Sweden, Germany, and the UK, indicating significant residual revenue or legacy user retention.
Similar apps: Apple News+, Flipboard, Zinio
Readly Magazines & Newspapers on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v7.4.6, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Readly Magazines & Newspapers 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 Readly Magazines & Newspapers's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
On Android app stores
The same app (com.readly.client) on every Android store we track. Known Android installs: at least 1.8M (Google Play band + AppGallery count).
| Store | Installs | Rating | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Play | 1,000,000+ | ★ 3.7 (25k) | Open ↗ | |
| Huawei AppGallery | 830k | – | 7.7.0 | Open ↗ |
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 Readly Magazines & Newspapers before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Readly Magazines & Newspapers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | News & MagazinesGrossing | #5 |
 United Kingdom | News & MagazinesGrossing | #7 |
| Sweden | News & MagazinesGrossing | #2 |
 United States | News & MagazinesGrossing | #63 |
| India | News & MagazinesGrossing | #14 |
 Mexico | News & MagazinesGrossing | #15 |
| Saudi Arabia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #14 |
| Indonesia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #14 |
| United Kingdom | News & MagazinesFree | #55 |
| Germany | All AppsGrossing | #158 |
| United Arab Emirates | News & MagazinesGrossing | #14 |
 Turkey | News & MagazinesGrossing | #15 |
 Netherlands | News & MagazinesGrossing | #15 |
 Thailand | News & MagazinesGrossing | #14 |
| Sweden | News & MagazinesFree | #14 |
 Vietnam | News & MagazinesGrossing | #14 |
| Sweden | All AppsGrossing | #64 |
Apps near Readly Magazines & Newspapers on the chart
News & Magazines Grossing, around #5.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
What users say about Readly Magazines & Newspapers
From the 104 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users express severe dissatisfaction with the recent app update and ownership transition to Cafeyn, citing broken functionality, slow performance, and lost content. Billing issues are prevalent, with many reporting unauthorized charges after cancellation and poor support responsiveness.
Mostly negative (11% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and recent updates.
What people like
- Fun: “The freedom of trying random mags as well as enjoying the ones I'd otherwise spend hundreds of dollars buying is unsurpassed value”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Clearly trying to money grab”
- Updates: “New updated version is awful”
- Features & content: “Looking at other options sadly”
- Design: “on pc layout is even worse”
About Readly Magazines & Newspapers
What's new
select 'Save article' from the menu in the Article View. Saved
articles will appear in My Library under the new Saved tab
along with your bookmarks.
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