The story behind justRead
My son and I spent six months building the EPUB reader we always wanted.
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Novels, work PDFs, comics and audiobooks usually mean four apps, four libraries, and four places your progress goes to die. Here they share a library, a search box, and one streak for all of it.
EPUB and PDF keep your typography and your place. Comics get a panel of their own, with double-tap zoom and thumbnails. Audiobooks play from one m4b, mp3 or flac, or from a folder of chapters stitched into a single book, cover and chapter list included. Once your library mixes formats, a badge on each cover tells them apart.
Tired of one-size-fits-all ebook readers? JustRead.app puts complete control in your hands. Customize everything - from typography and colors to spacing and layout, and much more - to create the perfect reading environment tailored to your preferences.
Whether you prefer larger fonts and wider spacing, night mode with specific color schemes, or custom fonts that inspire you, JustRead.app adapts to match your unique reading style. No compromises. No limitations.
Most apps sell you the audiobook a second time, in a second app. Here any EPUB or PDF you own reads itself to you, from the line where your eyes stopped. Words light up as they're spoken and the pages turn themselves.
Use an Apple voice, or a natural one that runs on the phone itself. No account, no server, no signal. Set the speed and the sleep timer, lock the screen, and it keeps going. Own the audiobook as well? Listen & Read links it to the EPUB, so the page follows the narrator and each sentence is shaded as it's spoken.
Reading trackers make you do the tracking: finish a chapter, open another app, guess at the pages. justRead.app is the reader, so there's nothing to log. Open a book and the clock starts; close it and the session is saved.
A streak off real days, a heatmap of the year, your pace per book, and an honest answer to how long the one on your nightstand will take. Work PDFs count, comics count, so does the audiobook you had on during a walk, and it all comes back as a Recap every week, month and year.
A library worth reading deserves a reader worth using. JustRead.app keeps thousands of books organized and instantly accessible. No lag, no clutter, no endless scrolling to find what you want.
Search by title, author, series or tag. Browse your covers like a real bookshelf. Keep your library in Calibre, Calibre-Web, Grimmory, BookOrbit, Audiobookshelf or any cloud folder, and read on your iPhone. Your whole library, one tap away.
Discover thousands of free public domain books directly in the app. Project Gutenberg is built in, and you can add Standard Ebooks or any other OPDS catalog without leaving justRead.
Browse Gutenberg by category, sort it, and pick the language you read in. Download public domain classics with one tap, no browser needed.
Custom collections, tags, and saved filters let you slice your library any way you want. Create shelves by genre, mood, or reading status, or turn your folders into collections that fill themselves.
Jump to any letter with the alphabet bar, sort by 10+ criteria, browse your library's own folders, and file books into a collection or a numbered series in bulk. Your library, your system.
Built for iOS from the ground up. Every interaction feels instant. Every animation is smooth. Every detail follows the design standards you're used to from the best apps on your device.
Quick actions, natural gestures, and thoughtful navigation make reading sessions feel effortless. Not because we cut corners, but because we didn't.
Switch fonts and adjust your layout without leaving the page. Jump between chapters with a full table of contents.
Search for any word or passage across the entire book in seconds. Highlight freely, bookmark as you go, and pin a map or a passage to look at it without losing your place.
justRead.app takes full advantage of your iPad's larger display. Read in one column or two, set separately for portrait and landscape, so a page reads naturally, just like a real book. Open an iPhone Duo and you get two pages side by side too.
Your library gets a sidebar with your collections and tags, Apple Pencil selects and highlights text, and a keyboard turns the pages. Statistics spread out into a wide grid of cards, so your habits and progress are all in view.
Import any font file and start reading with it immediately. Choose from every font on your device, OpenDyslexic and AccessibleDfA included, or add your own. Pick a font for serif, sans serif and monospace text, and give headings their own size and weight.
Read comfortably at night with dark themes that can invert a book's illustrations too. Adjust brightness from the side of the page without leaving your book, and let your themes switch by time of day or at sunset.
Slide along the Go to Page ruler, marked with your bookmarks and highlights, and watch the pages turn with Live Preview. After any jump, Back to Page takes you straight back to where you were.
Maximize your screen with true edge-to-edge reading that removes all distractions. Keep your screen awake and lock rotation so your reading angle stays exactly where you set it.
Protect your eyes with built-in 20-20-20 reminders that gently prompt you to look away every 20 minutes. Read for hours without strain, knowing your reading app is looking out for you.
Own the EPUB and the audiobook? Link them and the page follows the narrator, shading each sentence as it's spoken. It's prepared on your device, and both copies share one place.
Pin a map, a family tree or a passage, then look at it with one tap without losing your place. Touch and hold an image, or select text and tap Pin, in any EPUB.
On an iPhone or iPad with Apple Intelligence, explain a word or passage, ask who a character is, or catch up on the story so far. Everything stays on your device.
Connect your Audiobookshelf server and download audiobooks and ebooks into your library. Your place and finished books sync both ways, with single sign-on if your server uses it.
See what readers are saying on the App Store
★ 4.6 / 5 · 115 App Store ratings
Fantastic eReader
Best app I've found for syncing with Calibre. Customization rivals the great Marvin app, with superior library management.
Best book app
One of the best apps for books. My EPUBs, PDFs and even my audiobooks all live here, with yearly goals and monthly wraps.
Finally a worthy successor to Marvin
Two-way sync with Calibre, a big tick on library metadata, and fast, helpful support. Forget the other e-reader apps, this is the one to go for.
Great native reader
The first app that really nails library management. It syncs metadata over iCloud, and it is the only one that gets series right.
Amazing app, unparalleled support
I tried Kindle, Apple Books and Book Fusion, and each lacked something. This has it all, and the developer ships what we ask for.
Your books, your way
Ridiculously customizable, works great with my Calibre library and OPDS, and syncs across devices. The developer has been amazingly responsive.
Exceptional app
A clean, uncluttered, modern interface, Calibre integration and excellent text-to-speech. Extra points for no telemetry or analytics.
Comprehensive epub reader for iOS
Finally an app that manages a book collection and acts as a fully functional reader. Streams from Dropbox without using phone storage.
Free readers exist. You've tried them. Here's what you've been missing.
With Kindle and Apple Books, your library lives on their servers, under their rules. Delete the app, lose everything.
JustRead reads your EPUBs and PDFs directly. Your files, your cloud, your control. No DRM walls. No ecosystem traps. Switch apps or devices whenever you want, your books stay yours.
Most reading apps give you two fonts and a dark mode toggle. Your reading experience shouldn't feel like everyone else's.
Custom fonts, precise typography controls, your color schemes, your layout. Built natively for iOS, every swipe, every animation, every detail crafted to feel exactly right on your iPhone.
You finish a book and... nothing. No record of when you read, how long it took, or how your habits are growing.
Track your reading streaks, pace, and progress. See your reading calendar, earn achievements, and watch your habits transform over time. Reading becomes not just a hobby, but a practice you can see improving.
My son and I spent six months building the EPUB reader we always wanted.
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Quick answers to common questions about justRead.app.
justRead.app reads EPUB and PDF, CBZ and CBR comics, and audiobooks in m4b, mp3, m4a, aac and flac, plus .audiobook and .zab packages. They all share one library. If you have books in other formats like MOBI or AZW3, you can use Calibre on Mac or PC to convert them to EPUB before importing.
Yes. You can use any cloud provider: iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, or others, as long as you have access to that cloud folder from your iPhone. Simply point justRead.app to your cloud folder and all your books will sync automatically.
Yes. justRead.app has dark themes that can also invert a book's illustrations, and your themes can switch by time of day or at sunset. You can adjust brightness from the side of the page without leaving your book.
Yes. There is no account, no analytics and no tracking. Your books and reading data stay on your devices and in your own iCloud, which keeps your iPhone and iPad in sync. Data goes only to services you choose to connect, such as Calibre, Readwise, KOReader or Hardcover.
Absolutely. justRead.app gives you complete control over typography, colors, layout, and display settings. Adjust fonts, spacing, margins, dark mode, brightness, and much more to create the perfect reading environment.
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Tips, updates, and stories about building the best EPUB reader for iOS.
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