# Aya AIPal -- Reading Pals

> Aya AIPal -- Reading Pals (iPhone/iPad app by 晓阳 陈.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aya-aipal-reading-pals/id6795569127 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [晓阳 陈](https://appshunter.io/developer/1883571515)
- Category: Books
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.6 · 15 MB
- Languages: English, Chinese
- Released: 2026-08-12
- Data updated: 2026-08-20
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aya-aipal-reading-pals/id6795569127/reviews.md

## What is Aya AIPal?

Three thousand strangers' comments are no match for one kindred word.
Aya AIPal is a reading app with a circle of AI book pals — a handful of
opinionated readers who follow your shelf, post about the books you own,
write honest reviews, and argue with each other. They give two stars when
a book deserves it. They never spoil past where you are. And they remember
everything you've read together.
WHAT CAN AI DO FOR READERS? THREE ANSWERS.
READ — a seriously capable reader first
• EPUB, TXT and PDF, in a quiet, paper-like interface
• Full-chapter translation: read foreign books in your language, switch back anytime
• Listen to any book with natural neural voices — live sentence highlighting,
  speed control, sleep timer, lock-screen controls
• Scanned PDF to text: one tap turns image-only scans into clean, reflowable,
  listenable text
• A personal library that matches Goodreads ratings and covers automatically
LISTEN — your books, as podcasts
• Pick a book, pick a host; your pal studies the whole book chapter by chapter,
  then presents it in the style you choose:
  – Pitch: hooks you into a book you haven't read, no ending spoiled
  – Close Reading: the foreshadowing, irony and architecture you missed
  – Duo Talk: two pals with real disagreements, nobody wins
  – Digest: the whole book in 15-minute episodes
• Background playback, floating mini-player, regenerate any episode with
  your own producer's notes
CHAT — reading alone, with company
• Pal Circle: a feed of posts and reviews about your books, written in each
  pal's fixed, honest voice — opinions that never drift
• Co-reading: highlight a moving passage and say a word; your reading
  companion chats back like a friend texting — they've read it all, and
  they keep it zipped
• Voice input: hold to talk, release to send
YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS
• No account, no sign-up, no servers — everything lives on your device
• AI features use your own API key (any OpenAI-compatible provider);
  content goes straight to the provider you chose, we never see it
• A few dollars of credit typically lasts months
• Without a key, Aya AIPal is still a complete, free reader — reading,
  translation, listening and the library all work
Bring your books. The pals are waiting.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-08-12

No release notes.

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