Booklover

A responsive eBook/Manga reader.

For DRM-free eBooks (PDF/ZIP/RAR)

Main Features of Booklover

General

  • View DRM-free eBooks and manga (PDF, ZIP/CBZ, RAR/CBR)
  • Support for JPG, PNG, GIF, HEIC, WEBP, AVIF, JPEG XL (iOS 17+) images in archived files
  • Password-protected PDF files
  • Slide Over / Split View (iPad)
  • Appearance setting: Light / Dark Mode
  • Hardware keyboard support (Library and Reader View)
  • Trackpad gestures
  • iCade-compatible device support
  • Prevent screen dimming when inactive
  • Sound effects (ON/OFF)

Adding Books & Files

  • Various ways to add books: Finder (Mac), iTunes (Windows), AirDrop, the Share menu (multiple files), drag and drop from other apps, "Open in", etc.
  • Import book files from cloud storage services (iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, etc., accessible in the Files app)
  • Automatic sync of book files in iCloud Drive/Booklover, with on-demand caching (download)
  • Access and manage books stored In This App via the Files app (On My iPhone/iPad → Booklover)
  • Include/Exclude book files stored In This App in device backups (ON/OFF)
  • Relocate files between iCloud Drive/Booklover and the device
  • Manage book data and content files separately (Ghost Books)
  • Manage duplicate content files
  • Edit filenames
  • Transfer book files to other apps: "Open in", AirDrop, drag and drop, etc.
  • Delete book files
  • Export the book file list as text
  • Manage/Clear cache files

Library

  • Section books by genre
  • Collapse genres (individually / all)
  • Genre section header size (S / M / L)
  • Switch between Grid/List Views
  • Book cover size in Grid View (S / M / L)
  • Show the sidebar side by side in landscape on iPad (Overlay / Side by Side)
  • Cover accessories: Reading Status, Last Opened, Favorite, Tags, Bookmarks (individually ON/OFF, color / monochrome)
  • Sort books by Author, Publisher, Title, Filename, Date Published, Date Added, Date Modified, or File Size
  • Library Navigator (ON/OFF)
  • Alphabetical index labels (ON/OFF)
  • "Responsive Shadow" (page volume shown as the shading of a book)
  • Shadow rendering (ON/OFF)
  • History lists (Added / Opened books)
  • Reveal the last-read book in the Library (from the menu)
  • Context menu for each book (long-press a book cover)
  • HUD overlay: Filename, Title, Author, Publisher, File Size, Format, Number of Pages, File Location
  • QuickLook preview
  • Fast scrolling with imageless covers (long-press the Scroll Slider)
  • Book selection: select multiple books by sliding a finger, select all books in a genre

Search & Filters

  • Search books by filename and other metadata
  • Exclusion operator (-) in search text
  • Search Options (button on the trailing side of the search field)
  • Filter by Tags (button on the trailing side of the search field)
  • Search history (reorderable)
  • System-standard sidebar
  • Filter books from the sidebar: Reading Status, Favorites, Genre, Tag, Format, File Location, Bookmarks, etc.
  • Collapse/Expand sidebar sections

Reader View: Display

  • Page transition settings: Axis (Horizontal / Vertical), Style (Scroll / Continuous Scroll / Stack / Crossfade / Zoom Fade / Instant)
  • Progress direction: Left to Right / Right to Left (for vertical text, manga, Arabic, etc.). Can be set automatically from PDF attributes
  • Page layout: Automatic / Single Page / Two Pages (spread). Configurable separately for each orientation (Portrait / Landscape)
  • Adjust page spread gap (image pages only)
  • Adjust page spread position (insert an adjuster page at the beginning of the book body)
  • Binding shadow (ON/OFF)
  • Book composition setting: with / without cover section
  • Page sizing: Show All / Height-Fit / Width-Fit
  • Page trimming: trim specified areas from the page edges (per layout, with mirroring)
  • Image correction filters (images only): Contrast Enhancement, Manual Contrast, Grayscale, Color Inversion, Sharpness
  • Background color (including a dynamic background that matches the page)
  • Text recognition with Live Text (compatible devices)
  • Show/Hide the status bar while reading
  • Reading progress bar (ON/OFF)

Reader View: Controls

  • Page thumbnail view (all pages, bookmarks)
  • Configurable tap actions on the side edges of the screen
  • Close a book by swiping up the screen
  • Move to the next/previous book: three-finger swipe, hardware keyboard (⌘ + ← / →), buttons beside the slider, from the first/last page (ON/OFF)
  • Book Settings menu while reading (ON/OFF)
  • Export (share) the current page: Page Image / Source Image

PDF, Bookmarks & Annotations

  • Text selection, search, and table of contents in PDFs (hierarchical image resources for ZIP/RAR)
  • PDF rendering mode: Render as PDF / Render as Image
  • Annotate selected text in PDFs (highlight, underline, strikethrough)
  • Add notes to annotations in PDFs
  • Save annotations to the PDF file
  • Annotation list: filter by type and highlight color
  • Add/Remove bookmarks
  • Add titles and notes to bookmarks
  • Show/Hide bookmarks on pages
  • Content Guides menu with the table of contents, bookmark list, and annotation list

Book Info & Metadata

  • Add/Edit metadata in Book Info: Author, Genre, Title, Date Published, Publisher, ISBN, other metadata
  • Detailed PDF file information (metadata)
  • Extract metadata from PDF properties
  • Auto-extract metadata from filenames, with extraction settings
  • Auto-extract tags from filenames or other metadata, with extraction settings
  • String replacement before metadata extraction
  • Batch search-and-replace of titles, authors, and their sort labels (selected books or the entire library)
  • Capitalize titles on extraction (ON/OFF)
  • "Sort As" field for Title/Author/Publisher
  • Ignore leading articles when sorting (The, A, An, etc.)
  • Reading status: Unread / Reading / Read
  • Favorite mark (heart)
  • Add/Edit genres and tags (alphabetical sorting, type to filter)
  • Cover image editor: auto/manual crop, images from the book, Photos, or Files
  • Default settings for newly added or reset books (can be applied to all books)
  • Batch edit settings, metadata, and tags of multiple books ("Select")
  • Reset books (multiple selection supported)