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Revenue a month, worldwide EST
$2.3M
Likely $801.6K to $6.1M
▲ 16.9% in 11 days
New ratings
+4
in 9 days, 828 in total
Rating
2.8 of 5
277 ratings in this store
Countries it ranks in
36
was 29 on Oct 15, 2026

Revenue

Estimated from the grossing charts of Oct 21, 2026 in the 53 countries we track, and ratings growth on the App Store.

EST. REVENUE / YEAR · WORLDWIDE
$27.1M
App Store $234.5K + Google Play $2M a month
EST. LIFETIME DOWNLOADS
9.7K to 27.7K
Estimated from ratings count
WHERE IT EARNS · EST. / MONTH
  • Indonesia #10 Education (iOS), #32 Books & Reference (Play)$635.2K · 28%
  • United States #58 Books & Reference (Play)$296.8K · 13%
  • UAE #66 Education (iOS), #33 Books & Reference (Play)$172.9K · 8%
  • Brazil #45 Education (iOS), #9 Books & Reference (Play)$113.7K · 5%
  • Turkey #69 Education (iOS), #32 Books & Reference (Play)$107.2K · 5%
  • Thailand #71 Education (iOS), #32 Books & Reference (Play)$95.9K · 4%
  • Mexico #35 Education (iOS), #6 Books & Reference (Play)$83.7K · 4%
  • Poland #69 Education (iOS), #33 Books & Reference (Play)$82.7K · 4%
37 more countries
  • Czechia #73 Education (iOS), #33 Books & Reference (Play)$74.2K · 3%
  • Spain #55 Education (iOS), #17 Books & Reference (Play)$58.4K · 3%
  • Chile #24 Education (iOS), #33 Books & Reference (Play)$49.1K · 2%
  • Romania #10 Education (iOS), #76 apps (Play)$47.6K · 2%
  • Qatar #56 Education (iOS), #33 Books & Reference (Play)$40.9K · 2%
  • Colombia #51 Education (iOS), #32 Books & Reference (Play)$39.2K · 2%
  • Philippines #29 Education (iOS), #33 Books & Reference (Play)$34.6K · 2%
  • France #43 Books & Reference (Play)$32.3K · 1%
  • Australia #99 Education (iOS), #47 Books & Reference (Play)$32.2K · 1%
  • Hong Kong #98 Education (iOS), #31 Books & Reference (Play)$30.6K · 1%
  • United Kingdom #59 Books & Reference (Play)$24.3K · 1%
  • India #17 Education (iOS)$20K · 1%
  • Peru #49 Education (iOS), #33 Books & Reference (Play)$16.2K · 1%
  • Singapore #89 Education (iOS), #32 Books & Reference (Play)$15.1K · 1%
  • Malaysia #16 Education (iOS), #33 Books & Reference (Play)$14.7K · 1%
  • Norway #98 Education (iOS), #33 Books & Reference (Play)$13.9K · 1%
  • Switzerland #32 Books & Reference (Play)$12.1K · 1%
  • Egypt #18 Education (iOS), #32 Books & Reference (Play)$11.9K · 1%
  • Netherlands #33 Books & Reference (Play)$10.8K · 0%
  • New Zealand #84 Education (iOS), #33 Books & Reference (Play)$9.9K · 0%
  • Ukraine #53 Education (iOS), #33 Books & Reference (Play)$9.8K · 0%
  • Austria #33 Books & Reference (Play)$9.2K · 0%
  • Kazakhstan #68 Education (iOS), #32 Books & Reference (Play)$8.3K · 0%
  • South Africa #23 Education (iOS), #33 Books & Reference (Play)$7.6K · 0%
  • Portugal #53 Education (iOS), #33 Books & Reference (Play)$6.8K · 0%
  • Finland #56 Education (iOS), #33 Books & Reference (Play)$6.3K · 0%
  • Ireland #83 Education (iOS), #33 Books & Reference (Play)$4.9K · 0%
  • Belgium #33 Books & Reference (Play)$4.3K · 0%
  • Saudi Arabia #46 Education (iOS)$4.1K · 0%
  • Denmark #33 Books & Reference (Play)$3.8K · 0%
  • Argentina #30 Education (iOS)$3.6K · 0%
  • Greece #51 Education (iOS), #33 Books & Reference (Play)$3.6K · 0%
  • Vietnam #74 Education (iOS)$3K · 0%
  • Kuwait #51 Education (iOS)$3K · 0%
  • Israel #33 Books & Reference (Play)$2.8K · 0%
  • Nigeria #26 Education (iOS), #32 Books & Reference (Play)$2.4K · 0%
  • Pakistan #42 Education (iOS)$1.2K · 0%
HOW SURE ARE WE
Calibrated range: for apps in the top 50, our estimates were within about 30% of published figures for 9 of 12 apps tested. Countries we don't track (and Google Play in China, which doesn't exist) aren't included, and neither are ads or web payments. Gross revenue before store fees.
RATINGS
277
AVG RATING
2.76
PRICE
Free
AGE
3.0y
LAST UPDATE
24d ago
VERSION
16.21
SIZE
156 MB
AGE RATING
17+

Last 29 days

From our daily snapshots of every grossing chart and daily ratings counts.

DAYS IN A GROSSING CHART
29 / 29
COUNTRIES NOW
31 (was 10)
NEW RATINGS, LAST 7 DAYS
+3
EST. REVENUE A MONTH, DAILY · BOTH STORES EST
Show daily values
Sep 24, 2026$1.1M a month
Sep 25, 2026$37.8K a month
Sep 26, 2026$37.7K a month
Sep 27, 2026$37.7K a month
Sep 28, 2026$1.2M a month
Sep 29, 2026$1.3M a month
Sep 30, 2026$1.6M a month
Oct 1, 2026$1.6M a month
Oct 2, 2026$1.8M a month
Oct 3, 2026$1.9M a month
Oct 4, 2026$1.7M a month
Oct 5, 2026$1.6M a month
Oct 6, 2026$40.8K a month
Oct 7, 2026$40.9K a month
Oct 8, 2026$1.2M a month
Oct 9, 2026$1.2M a month
Oct 10, 2026$1.9M a month
Oct 11, 2026$1.7M a month
Oct 12, 2026$1.6M a month
Oct 13, 2026$1.5M a month
Oct 14, 2026$1.4M a month
Oct 15, 2026$12.9K a month
Oct 16, 2026$13.8K a month
Oct 17, 2026$13.8K a month
Oct 18, 2026$14.4K a month
Oct 19, 2026$14.4K a month
Oct 20, 2026$14.4K a month
Oct 21, 2026$2.3M a month
Oct 22, 2026not in a grossing chart
The same estimate as the headline, saved every day. Best rank Sep 24, 2026: #14 Education · ID. Now: #10 Education · RO.
RATINGS IN THE CORE COUNTRIES, DAILY
Show daily values
Oct 13, 2026824 ratings
Oct 14, 2026824 ratings
Oct 15, 2026825 ratings
Oct 16, 2026825 ratings
Oct 17, 2026825 ratings
Oct 18, 2026826 ratings
Oct 19, 2026828 ratings
Oct 20, 2026828 ratings
Oct 21, 2026828 ratings
Oct 22, 2026828 ratings
824 on Oct 13, 2026, 828 on Oct 22, 2026. New ratings track new downloads, even outside the charts.

Money and momentum

Measured from the store, not estimated.

WHAT IT CHARGES
5 purchases listed
  • Scribd Membership$11.99
  • Scribd Membership$6.99
  • Scribd Membership$7.99
  • Scribd Membership$3.99
  • Scribd Membership$9.99
Top in-app purchases as listed on the App Store, in local prices.
REVIEW MOMENTUM
0.7 reviews / week
  • Trendsteady
  • Recent reviews average1.7 stars
  • Recent 1 and 2 star share81%
From the latest 100 written reviews, covering 973 days. The store only returns this many, so this is the most recent slice.
RELEASE CADENCE
5 updates in 90 days
  • Typical gap between releases14 days
From the last 25 versions listed on the App Store.
RATING BREAKDOWN
277 ratings
5★38%
4★3%
3★4%
2★6%
1★48%

What users want

From the latest 100 reviews on the United States App Store, Feb 23, 2024 to Oct 11, 2026: 81% are 1 or 2 stars. Open a theme to read what people wrote.

WHAT THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT · SHARE OF BAD REVIEWS
Price and subscription65%

53 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ Don't know where they are charging me from impossible to cancel
★★★★★ Downloaded this for a free trial to find a book that wasn't on here, immediately canceled it within 10 minutes.
★★★★★ I canceled the subscription and it's still charging my account.
Login and account problems26%

21 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ Even though I'm using the same email account for the app, it doesn't recognize that I'm paying.
★★★★★ The second I initiated the free trial I got a bank notification that $17.11 had been charged to my account.
★★★★★ The app and the web browser will not let you cancel your account.
No customer support12%

10 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ I emailed support because they don't have a phone number (convenient) and they said my account has been cancelled way back in 2024.
★★★★★ Customer support is a joke.
★★★★★ Their customer service is garbage.
Limits, credits, locked features10%

8 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ Now everything is limited or requires some other plan.
★★★★★ Continued to charge my credit card months after cancellation, I came to find out hundreds of customers had filed complaints for same thing, it is completely fraudulent behavior do not give them your credit card…
★★★★★ After I signed up, I realized that most of the books were locked.
Lost data, sync, backup7%

6 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ Deleted the app and canceled subscription and still charges me every week
★★★★★ Overtime, though, the experience has gone steadily downhill as they keep changing the terms and quietly limiting what paying subscriber's can actually access.
★★★★★ I downloaded it one time by mistake and canceled deleted it and it wont stop charging my credit card.
Bugs, things not working5%

4 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ Stopped working since iOS 27 update.
★★★★★ You won't believe just how basic of a thing it actually is they failed so miserably to address (anyone Who would let this get by them?
★★★★★ For whatever reason, and I see this from time to time with app developers that don't ever seem to use their own apps, there are obvious bugs that everyone should catch immediately.
Missing features5%

4 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ There is no way to use the app.
★★★★★ No way to cancel the subscription and still looking for a way to contact them.
★★★★★ So there is no way to actually log into the app, no matter how many times you try.
Wrong or poor results4%

3 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ I downloaded the app to make it easier to download documents. However the app doesn't download PDFs. It downloads a .txt file that is basically nothing.. so in order o to download a proper readable file I have to go to…
★★★★★ What is wrong with this app.
★★★★★ Customer care was useless.
WHAT THEY ASK FOR
  • I just wish it could function properly. 2★, Dec 30, 2025
  • The day I actually get a bionic eye, enabling me to no longer need a screen reader, or these guys finally get it together, catching up to the present and once and for all bringing their apps up to speed? 1★, Mar 12, 2025
  • That means I should have access to it today. 2★, Apr 28, 2024
WORDS THAT KEEP COMING UP IN BAD REVIEWS

Nothing stands out.

WHAT THEY LOVE · SHARE OF GOOD REVIEWS
Easy to use13%

2 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.

★★★★★ Very user friendly by the way.
★★★★★ Cancel or pause the subscription is easy, if you have an iPhone, just go to setting under subscription and click unsubscribe.

Found by matching words and phrases in the reviews, not read by a person. A review can count toward more than one theme.

What users say

Latest reviews, United States App Store.

★★★★★Oct 11, 2026
Porn in app

Porn inside the app, as a sub category! Are you serious??? And child pornography? Shouldn’t the developer be in prison for that?

★★★★★Sep 24, 2026
Years of ratings with the same complaints.

Yikes!

★★★★★Sep 17, 2026
Scammers

Don’t know where they are charging me from impossible to cancel

★★★★★Sep 16, 2026
Mükemmel

Aklınıza gelebilecek her kitabı rahatlıkla okuyabileceğiniz bir uygulama sonuna kadar öneririm ayrıca eğer farklı bir kitapı okuyacağiniz zaman karşınıza bir şey çıkıyorsa uygulamaya giriş yapın silin ve yeniden yükleyin o zaman kaldığınız yerden devam edebiliyorsunuz size iyi okumalar❤️❤️⭐️⭐️👋🏻⭐️⭐️

★★★★★Sep 16, 2026
Not working

Stopped working since iOS 27 update. Please fix

★★★★★Sep 9, 2026
SCAM! REOCCURRING CHARGES YOU DONT PAY FOR

Downloaded this for a free trial to find a book that wasn’t on here, immediately canceled it within 10 minutes. Just found out I have been getting charged $12 for months without even having this downloaded. DO NOT USE THIS APP OR EVEN TRY A FREE TRIAL!

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App Store ads

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Growth research

Where this app is buying and earning its users. Each link opens pre filtered.

Meta Ad Library ↗Active Facebook and Instagram adsTikTok Creative Center ↗Top performing TikTok adsTikTok creators ↗Organic videos mentioning the appInstagram ↗Reels and posts under its hashtagYouTube ↗Reviews, tutorials and ShortsDeveloper site ↗Landing page and pricing

ASO keywords

Most repeated terms in the listing. Highlighted ones also appear in the title.

documents5scribd5found scribd3user3monthly2found2

What's new in 16.21

We've made some exciting updates to enhance your Scribd experience! Enjoy improved document viewing and search capabilities, along with a smoother user interface. We've also fixed some bugs to ensure everything runs seamlessly. Happy reading!

Released Nov 1, 2023. Current version shipped Sep 28, 2026.

Store description

Home to the world’s documents. Specialized knowledge, and answers you won’t find anywhere else. Get to the source with over 200 million documents [and counting] on every topic and niche, including: Official government documents Research papers Academic dissertations Medical reports DIY hobbies User manuals Case studies And more You’ve seen it all, now understand it all. Make sense of anything with information on just about everything, shared by a global community of thinkers. All content on Scribd can be synced across multiple devices. Features for the document reader: Download pdf documents to read offline. Save your documents. Our monthly subscription starts at $11.99 and automatically renews unless the subscription is canceled at least 24 hours prior to the next billing date. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. A Scribd monthly subscription also includes access to Everand (ebooks and audiobooks) and SlideShare (presentations) at no extra cost. Download the free Scribd app and start exploring today! Our privacy policy can be found at https://www.scribd.com/privacy Our terms of use can be found at https://www.scribd.com/terms

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