The story behind justRead
My son and I spent six months building the EPUB reader we always wanted.
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Drop your EPUB files or sync from Calibre via any cloud provider. Your library is ready in seconds.
Customize fonts, colors, spacing, and layout. Create the perfect reading environment for you.
Enjoy distraction-free reading with progress tracking, statistics, and achievements.
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.
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, or series. Browse your covers like a real bookshelf. Manage everything in Calibre on your Mac or PC, sync through the cloud, and read on your iPhone. Your whole library, one tap away.
Discover thousands of free public domain books directly in the app with built-in OPDS catalog support. Browse Project Gutenberg, Standard Ebooks, and more without leaving justRead.
Browse Project Gutenberg, Standard Ebooks, and other OPDS catalogs directly inside the app. Download public domain classics with one tap, no browser needed.
Custom collections, smart tags, and saved filters let you slice your library any way you want. Create shelves by genre, mood, or reading status.
Jump to any letter with the alphabet bar, sort by 10+ criteria, and assign books to collections in bulk. Your library, your system.
The best way to read more is to see how far you've come. JustRead.app gives you a full picture of your reading life, time spent, pages turned, books finished, and reading speed, all tracked automatically.
Check your reading progress, earn badges as you hit milestones, and get insights into the books that kept you up past midnight. Reading goals stop feeling like work when progress is this visible.
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 and bookmark as you go.
justRead.app takes full advantage of your iPad's larger display. Enjoy a two-column reading layout, available in both landscape and portrait orientation, so you can read more naturally, just like a real book.
Browse your library in a spacious two-column view that makes finding your next read effortless. And with richer, more detailed reading statistics, you get a deeper look at your habits and progress than ever before.
Adjust fonts, colors, margins, spacing, and alignment exactly how you prefer. Save different presets for day and night reading. Your perfect format, ready every time you open a book.
Import any font file and start reading with it immediately. Choose from 200+ built-in fonts or add your own, then fine-tune weight, spacing, and ligatures for a look that is uniquely yours.
Read comfortably at night with intelligent image inversion that adapts covers and illustrations. Adjust brightness without leaving your book, and let color automation switch themes by time of day.
Effortlessly manage 5,000+ books without slowdowns. Search by author, series, title, or tags, and sort with 10+ criteria. Sync your entire Calibre library through any cloud provider.
Navigate your book effortlessly with an intuitive reading history browser. Jump to any chapter instantly with the table of contents, bookmark your favorite passages for quick access, and browse your reading progress to find passages you've already read.
Track pages read, time spent, and reading speed with detailed charts and heatmaps. Unlock achievement badges, build streaks, and watch your habits improve over weeks and months.
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.
Vote on upcoming features and suggest new ones directly inside the app. Every update is shaped by real reader feedback, so the app keeps getting better in the ways that matter to you.
See what readers are saying on the App Store
Fantastic eReader
Best app I've found for syncing with Calibre. Customization rivals the great Marvin app, with superior library management.
Great app, responsive dev
The reading experience is already top notch. Really exciting to see where this app develops over time.
Excellent and complete
Beautifully designed and a pleasure to use. The developer had a clear plan from the very first version.
Excellent
Really well designed, and so pleasant to use.
Reading as you want it
A great new iOS epub reader with responsive developers actively adding features. Configure your reading experience just the way you like it.
The best reader on the App Store
Absolute control of customization. Custom font support. The ability to vote on next features and development.
My new mobile happy place
A beautifully made reader app. Love the statistics and how it works with my 5,000+ book library and cloud storage.
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.
Read the full story here →One app, two plans. Every plan includes all features.
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Quick answers to common questions about justRead.app.
justRead.app is optimized for EPUB files. If you have books in other formats, 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 offers dark mode with intelligent image inversion to protect your eyes during night reading. You can adjust brightness without leaving your book.
Yes. All your app settings are saved only on your iPhone. Your privacy is our priority, we don't collect or transmit your personal reading data to external servers.
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.
See what we're building next, vote in-app on features that matter to you.
Tips, updates, and stories about building the best EPUB reader for iOS.
After six months of building, breaking, and rebuilding, we submitted justRead.app to Apple.
Product StoryWhy I built a truly customizable EPUB reader on iOS instead of accepting the usual compromises.
DevelopmentThe 90/90 rule in practice: when you think you're almost done, you've barely started.
TestFlightI shipped my first TestFlight build and it crashed for 50% of my testers. Here's what I learned about confidence, competence, and iOS development.
VotingWhy most apps are built at users instead of for them, and how an in-app roadmap with voting changes everything.
ComparisonA visual comparison of four EPUB readers across the features that matter most to readers.
DesignThe design decisions behind every feature in justRead, told from the reader's perspective.
DevelopmentWhat's missing from reading apps today, and why I decided to build something different.
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