Best Granta alternatives: apps like Granta

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Updated November 2026

Granta is great, but it's not the only option. Explore 10+ similar apps for iPhone and iPad, each reviewed and rated by real users. Find free alternatives, premium upgrades, and hidden gems.

Top Alternatives to Granta

Attikos by The University of Chicago

Ancient Greek Reader

Editor's Choice

📚 Books

4.8(54 ratings)

Free

This app offers a vast collection of Ancient Greek texts with integrated morphological data and definitions. It provides quick access to full dictionary entries in a companion app, aiding in comprehension and study. Includes grammar overviews for review.

Poems - Poetry in English by Mohit Agarwal

Work of the best poets ever

Strong Contender

📚 Books

4.7😞(453 ratings)

FreeAdsIn-App Purchases

Explore a vast collection of poems from over 300 renowned poets, featuring more than 37,000 popular works. This app is fully functional offline, offering a fast and responsive interface for poetry lovers to discover, bookmark, and share their favorite pieces.

What We Love

📚 Excellent poem collection
🌟 Great free app
👍 Simple interface
💡 Stimulating start to the day
💯 Lovely app
✨ Great experience
💯 Awesome app
👍 Well-arranged poems
👍 Good English poetry
👍 Nice push notifications
👍 Daily poem feature

Room to Improve

😠 Intrusive ads
💸 No ad-free purchase option
😩 Ads are too frequent
⏳ Ads last too long
🚫 Ads difficult to escape
😵 Poets listed by first name
📉 Some iconic poems missing
🎮 Prompts to purchase game
🗑️ Ads destroy the app
❌ Ads impossible to tolerate
👎 Ads are very intrusive
😤 Too much advertising
😔 Ads are constantly intrusive
💔 Ads ruin enjoyment
⚠️ Ads are highly intrusive
❓ Copyright concerns for newer poets
📜 Poems poorly laid out
❌ Some poems not poems
📉 Daily poem doesn't change
🐛 Glitching where poems vanish
🐌 App stalls a lot
🚫 Refuses to load poems
🗑️ Update wiped favorite poems
🤔 Mismanagement of user expectations

Literal – Discover Books by Literal GmbH

Track, review & share reads

Worth Considering

📚 Books

3.6😞(108 ratings)

Free

Organize your reading with a personal library, track books you've read and want to read. Discover new titles by following trusted sources and share impactful reading moments and highlights.

What We Love

👍 Nice design and layout
👍 Good alternative to Goodreads
👍 Social features are good
👍 Good for tracking books
👍 Interactive nature of the app
👍 Clean and minimalistic approach
👍 Easy to use

Room to Improve

🐛 App is buggy and glitchy
🐛 App is outdated
🐛 Many features not working
🐛 Server connection issues
🐛 Books missing from catalogue
🐛 App not opening
🐛 Lost book tracking data
🐛 Cannot import from Goodreads
🐛 Cannot access account
🐛 No response from support
🐛 Alphabetization of authors incorrect
🐛 Lacks fluidity
🐛 App seems abandoned
🐛 Import/export tools not working
🐛 Cannot search by ISBN
🐛 Syncing issues
🐛 Glitches when editing reviews
🐛 UX is frustrating
🐛 Messy interface
🐛 Missing book covers/synopses
🐛 No book pages for some books
🐛 Review not saving
🐛 iPad version broken (no save button)
🐛 Laggy performance
🐛 Yearly goal list not updating
🐛 Duplicate titles in database
🐛 Inconsistencies with editions/ISBNs
🐛 Useless for non-English natives
🐛 Cannot update progress

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Princeton University Press

by Glassboxx Limited

Free

Access your purchased ebooks and audiobooks from Princeton University Press. Features include bookmarking, customizable reading settings, and offline access. Enjoy a seamless listening experience with playback controls and background play.

Offline access to downloaded contentCustomizable e-reader settingsAudiobook playback with sleep timer

Discover your next favorite book with curated recommendations from across the web. Organize your reading lists and purchase books seamlessly. Enjoy the best bookstore membership for passionate readers.

Book recommendations from social media, podcasts, and webReading list trackingSeamless book purchasing (US only)

Poesie: The Daily Poetry App

A book club for poetry lovers.

Free

Discover and discuss poetry with a global community. Features daily curated selections, interactive poems with comments and recordings, and extensive libraries of classic and contemporary works. Supports contemporary poets through membership fees.

Daily curated poetry selectionsInteractive poems with comments and recordingsLibraries of classic and contemporary poems

This app offers daily prayer and scripture reflections to deepen your connection with God. It provides simplified morning and evening prayers, insightful scriptural insights, and complete Mass texts. Designed for intuitive use, it supports prayerful moments whether you have a few minutes or more.

Simplified morning and evening prayerScripture reflectionsComplete Mass texts

Reading & Book Tracking

Free

This app allows you to buy, read, and track all your books in one place. It automatically logs your reading sessions and provides detailed metrics to help you improve. Share your reading progress with friends in a low-pressure social feed.

Unified book libraryAutomatic reading session loggingDetailed reading metrics

Bookshop.org: Ebook Reader

Buy Ebooks. Support Indies.

Free

Read millions of ebooks and support independent bookstores with every purchase. This app offers a customizable reader, extensive browsing, and tools to organize your reading list and notes.

Customizable ebook readerBrowse millions of titlesOrganize TBR into custom shelves

Serial Reader: Daily Book Bits

Classic lit, one day at a time

Free

Read classic literature in daily, manageable segments. This app breaks down over 900 books into daily issues, each readable in 20 minutes or less, helping you build reading habits and tackle lengthy classics. Customize your reading experience with various themes, fonts, and sync options.

Daily book installmentsOver 900 classic booksSerialize your own EPUBs

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