Fast, comfortable
PDF reading
Tap an edge and the next page is already there. Vertical text, ruby, scanned books: read on at a size that suits you.
Coming soon to the App StoreFor iPad and iPhone (iPadOS / iOS 18 or later)
Pages without the wait
Pages are prepared ahead of you, so even a book of thousands of pages never keeps you waiting as you turn.
Instant page turns
Tap either edge to turn at once, with no animation in the way. Hold it to flip through at 6 to 60 pages a second.
Home View
Remembers the part of the page you want enlarged, book by book, and moves through it one view at a time. Ideal for scans with wide margins and two-column papers.
Vertical text and spreads
Right-to-left, left-to-right or top-to-bottom. Spreads and a cover on its own are set from the PDF itself.
Listen and speak
Read aloud
The body text without running heads and page numbers, words with readings read as marked. The word being read is highlighted; start from any word.
Turn pages by voice
Say "next", "previous" or "page 12". Speech is recognized on the device and never sent off it.
Siri and Shortcuts
"Continue reading in SMSReader", "Read aloud in SMSReader" and more, by voice or from Shortcuts.
Find, write, translate
Search and select
Search a book or your whole library. Select vertical text and text with readings, a whole paragraph at a time if you like.
Scanned books too
Pages without text are recognized on the device, ready to search, select, translate and read aloud.
Writing and highlights
Write on pages with Apple Pencil or your finger (iPadOS 26 or later). The PDF itself is never changed.
Translation panel
A translation of each paragraph beside the page. Apple Translate works on the device; Claude, DeepL, PLaMo and others with your own API key.
Library and bookmarks
Shelve books by tag, or let them be sorted by content. See the bookmarks and writing of every book in one list.
Lock
Lock the app or any book with a passcode and Face ID.
Made for reading, and nothing else
One purchase gives you every feature. No ads, no account, no analytics.
- Books, bookmarks, writing and settings stay on your device.
- Text is sent to an outside service only when you have set it up, seen where it goes and agreed, and start a translation or summary.
- VoiceOver reads the text paragraph by paragraph, and text follows your size setting.