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A responsive ebook reader app for iOS (PDF, CBZ/ZIP, CBR/RAR)

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 archived files (AVIF needs iOS 16 above)
  • 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

Reading View

  • Page transition styles: No Animation, Scroll (iOS 10+) / Stack, Crossfade, Zoomfade (iOS 11+)
  • Book Settings Menu (ON/OFF)
  • Double page spread display in landscape orientation (Configurable)
  • Split wide page content in portrait orientation (Configurable)
  • Change page content sizing (Show All/Width-Fit/Height-Fit)
  • Trim page margins
  • Change background color
  • Browse related info about the book/author (Google Search/Wikipedia)
  • Book skimming with large page snapshots
  • "Back Dot" on Page Slider
  • Brightness Slider with Night Mode
  • Auto-correct page neighboring of double-page spread (Configurable)
  • Page-Shift Button to manually correct page neighboring
  • Navigation buttons to the next/prev book from the last/first page
  • Close book by swiping up the screen
  • Show/Hide the Status Bar during reading
  • Show/Hide the reading progress
  • Automatically adjust Page Content Sizing Mode to Width-Fit in iPhone landscape orientation (ON/OFF)
  • "Cover Art Preview" (Show cover art of the book at the beginning of the book. ON/OFF)
  • "Tilt Flip" - Double tap and hold then tilt the device to navigate to the next/prev page
  • Image Correction Filters (Enhance Contrast, Manual Contrast Adjustment, Greyscale, Invert Colors)
  • Supports iCade-compatible game controllers (Reading Settings > External Input Device)

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
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DRM-free eBook Reader

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※ Universal application (Compatible with both iPhone and iPad devices)