Main Features of Booklover

General

  • View contents of DRM-free eBook/comic (CBZ/ZIP, CBR/RAR, PDF)
  • Sync book files automatically among different devices via iCloud Drive
  • Add files via iCloud Drive / iTunes / AirDrop / "Open-in"
  • Download files from cloud storage services (Needs an app provided by the cloud storage service providers)
  • Copy files from an other app via Drag and Drop (Compatible iPad Only)
  • Slide Over / Split View (Compatible iPad Only)
  • Quick Action with 3D Touch
  • Support for JPG, PNG, GIF, HEIC, WEBP, AVIF, JPEG XL (iOS 17+) archived files
  • Hardware keyboard shortcuts (Reading View)
  • User authentication with PIN / Touch ID
  • Exclude/Include book files from the iTunes/iCloud backup target
  • Universal Application (Supports all iPhone/iPad screen sizes)
  • Sound effects ON/OFF
  • "Give My Regards to Black Jack" Vol. 1-13 (ON/OFF with the switch in the Side Menu)

Library

  • Switch between Grid/List Views
  • Side Menu (from the button at the top-left, or by swiping to right)
  • History Lists (Added/Opened books)
  • Longpress-to-show options for a book (Grid View)
  • Swipe-to-show options for a book (List View)
  • Reveal-last-opened-book button
  • Section books by Genre (ON/OFF)
  • HUD overlay (Filename, Title, Author, Publisher, File Size, Format, Number of Pages, File Location)
  • Sort books by different criteria (Author, Publisher, Title, Filename)
  • Library Navigator (ON/OFF)
  • Alphabetical Index Labels (ON/OFF)
  • Filter books from Side Menu (By Reading Status, Genre, Tag)
  • Fast scrolling with custom Scroll Slider
  • Search book by filename and other metadata attributes
  • "Responsive Shadow" / Shadow rendering settings (ON/OFF)
  • Manage data and content file for a book separately (Ghost Books)
  • Scrolling with imageless covers by long-pressing the Scroll Slider

Reader View

  • Text selection, search, and table of contents for PDFs
  • Bookmarks
  • Page transition settings: Axis (Horizontal, Vertical), Style (Scroll, Continuous Scroll, Stack, Crossfade, Zoom fade, Instant)
  • Progress direction setting: Left to Right, Right to Left (for vertical text, manga, Arabic, etc.)
  • Page layout setting: Automatic, Single-Page, Two-Pages (spread)
  • Separate page layout settings for view orientation (Portrait / Landscape)
  • Page trimming (for images only)
  • Page sizing: Show All, Width-Fit, Height-Fit
  • Page thumbnail view (overview, bookmarks)
  • Image filters
  • Adjust page spread position (Insert adjuster page at the beginning of the book body)
  • Text recognition with Live Text (compatible devices)
  • Export (share) currently displayed page
  • Browse related info about the book/author (Google Search/Wikipedia)
  • Change background color
  • Book Settings Menu (ON/OFF)
  • Close book by swiping up the screen
  • Show/Hide the Status Bar during reading
  • Show/Hide the reading progress
  • Navigation buttons to the next/prev book from the last/first page

Book Management

  • Add/Edit metadata to a book (Author, Genre, Title, Publisher, Date Pubished, ISBN, Others)
  • Auto-extract metadata from PDF file (ON/OFF)
  • PAuto-extract metadata from filename / Extraction settings
  • Pre-metadata-extraction string replacement
  • Capitalize title on extraction (ON/OFF)
  • Ignore specified leading articles on sorting (ex. The, A, An)
  • "Sort As" field for book Title/Author/Publisher (ON/OFF, Defaulted to OFF)
  • Book Info View to display/edit book attributes (settings / metadata / tags)
  • Auto/Manual crop book cover
  • Show/Edit Reading status (Unread/Reading/Read)
  • Fav icon
  • Change page progression direction
  • Edit filename
  • Add/Remove/Edit Tags to a book / Filter books by Tag
  • Reset book settings and info/metadata
  • Batch edit attribute of multiple books ("Select" - Toolbar)
  • Delete book (file)
  • Transfer book (file) via "Open-in"/AirDrop
  • Manage/Clear cache files
  • Configure default settings for newly added or reset books
  • Relocate files between Local (device) and iCloud Drive