“Great Selection — Would give this app 5 stars if it was easier to accumulate points so you did not have to pay to read. Great selection of books.”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 1,841 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
4.6 ★296,410 ratings
—Downloads
17+Age rating
147 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Experience pure joy on the Galatea App! - Unlimited access to thousands of delicious romance stories and audiobooks - Join a community of 15 million women who read and listen on the Galatea App for a joyful recharge - Absorb yourself with the hot romance stories–available whenever, wherever you like - Your me-time just got a major upgrade with bestsellers added every week - The deepest collection of trending romance genres and tropes
Read Bestselling Romance Stories and More: - Lose yourself in stories that span multiple seasons ultimate me-time - Discover exclusive Galatea stories from best-selling authors - Thousands of ebooks at your fingertips - New books and stories added weekly - Your Favorite Genres: Mafia Romance, Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction, Werewolf Stories, and much more
Multi-Genre Immersive Reading: - You can add music & sound effects.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 23.1.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 23.1.0, updated 2026-09-24.
What we measured
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Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Says how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
2 themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 2
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 12 distinct reviewers (0.7% of 1841 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Price keeps rising
The price of the paid tier has been raised on existing users.
What we saw: Price keeps rising: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (0.3% of 1841 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Love the app — I like the wide selection of books. I just wish there was a better way to get access to more chapters at once. I hate having to wait hours to be able to read another chapter. I just want to read the whole book already. I…”
“Scam — It is deplorable that you would promise that reading the book was free and then charge exorbitant amounts to finish reading it. The payments amount to triple what a novel would cost. Shameful pandering!”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 23.1.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown9
Lowest$3.99
Highest$69.99
Galatea Yearly$69.99
Galatea Yearly Unlimited$69.99
Medium Package$7.99
Small Package$3.99
Big Package$13.99
Show 4 more purchases
Bigger Package$24.99
Points Package Double Offer$13.99
Points Package$7.99
Galatea Unlimited$69.99