Android

Google Play Books & Audiobooks

Google Play Books & Audiobooks has 3,856,808,117 installs (+0.2% a month, measured over 52 days), rated 4.7 from 3,266,948 ratings, #1 of 73,281 in Books & Reference.

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Installs
3,856,808,117
+1,518,328 (+0.0%) this week
Rating
4.7
3,266,948 ratings
+5,209 ratings (+0.2%) this week
Rank on Android
#46
of 2,899,859
no change since 2026-11-01
Version
not published
Last updated 2026-10-27

Description

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Dive into a world of stories with Google Play Books! Explore millions of ebooks, audiobooks, comics, and manga — all in one app.

Key Features:

• Your library, anywhere: Enjoy books on your phone, tablet, computer, or even in your car with Android Auto. Plus, you can download books to read offline.

• Earn Google Play Points: Get rewarded with Play Points when you purchase books. Note: Play Points availability, award levels, and multiplier rates differ by country. Play Points isn’t available in all countries.

• Organize with shelves: Personalize your digital library with custom shelves to categorize your books by genre, author, or any theme you’d like.

• Smart notes: Jot down notes that sync with your Google Drive and can be shared for easy collaboration.

• No subscription needed: Buy only the books you want, when you want them.

• Kid–friendly reading tools: Let kids explore word definitions and listen to books aloud. Note: Reading practice tools are available in English only.

• Immersive comics: Experience Bubble Zoom for a specialized comic and manga reading experience.

• Preview before you buy: Check out samples to make sure it’s the perfect book for you.

• Hands–free reading: Control your audiobook with your voice using Google Assistant.

• Read your way: Customize your reading experience by adjusting the font, text size, brightness, and more.

• Book insights: Get more out of your book with recaps and insights – right from your page. Note: Book insights is available in select English language titles.

Millions of stories await on Google Play Books! Download now and start reading.

Is Google Play Books & Audiobooks safe?

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  • Listed on Google Play.
  • Made by Google LLC; developer website listed: play.google.com. Details →
  • On Google Play since 2010-12-06. Last updated 2026-10-27.
  • Rated 4.7 from 3,266,948 ratings. Details →

Reviews The reviews Google Play shows first (its most relevant), from the US store, in any language.

From 3,266,927 ratings · 1★ share 3% (was 3% four weeks ago).

  1. ★☆☆☆☆ Vyacheslav Kantor · 5 Oct 2026 · v2026.2.20.0 (347556)
    should be a scrolling mode for reading, and full screen mode. No integration with readwise.
  2. ★★★★★ Paxton Hildebrandt · 5 Oct 2026 · v2026.9.4.2 (386876)
    I listen to survived books
  3. ★★★★★ Mzwakhe Josiel · 5 Oct 2026 · v2026.9.4.1 (386871)
    very nice and easy to use I give it 5 stars
  4. ★★★★★ Chitta Jena · 5 Oct 2026 · v2026.9.4.1 (386871)
    love it
  5. ★★★★★ logan lym · 5 Oct 2026 · v2026.9.4.1 (386871)
    cool becuse it has a book that is in real life
  6. ★★★★★ SHRAVAN D PORWAL · 5 Oct 2026 · v2026.9.4.1 (386871)
    great 👍
  7. ★★★★☆ Kim Johnson · 5 Oct 2026 · v2026.9.18.0 (389836)
    Great book reading app.
  8. ★★★★☆ KRISHNA RAJWAR · 5 Oct 2026 · v2023.4.17.0.3
    really good 👍🏽👍🏽 l
  9. ★★★★★ Yuyuan Huang · 5 Oct 2026 · v2026.9.18.0 (389836)
    It's useful and interesting
  10. ★★★★★ Ashima Anand · 5 Oct 2026 · v2026.8.21.1 (383791)
    it's very useful for everyone who needs to be unstoppable
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Growth change in installs

Per Growth Growth % Actual change Measured over
day Not enough history yet
week +1,518,328 +0.0% +1,704,822 7.9 days
month +6,171,167 +0.2% +10,755,786 52.3 days
year Not enough history yet
How these figures are measured

Change in installs, scaled to each window from the real gap between crawls. A window needs a full period of history before it reports anything.

Rank among tracked Android listings#46
2026-09-16 · #13 2026-11-10
Best top-chart rank#72
2026-10-05 · #30 2026-11-10
Installs3,856,808,117
2026-09-14 · 3,846,052,331 2026-11-06
Ratings3,266,948
2026-09-14 · 3,223,729 2026-11-06
New ratings per month+5,849 so far
Sep 2026 from 2026-09-14: +15,132 Oct 2026: +22,238 Nov 2026 so far: +5,849
Sep 14 Nov so far
Average rating4.7
2026-09-14 · 4.7 2026-11-06

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