# Bukai: EPUB Reader & Audiobook — AI Read Aloud, Text to Speech

> AI Read Aloud, Text to Speech (iPhone/iPad app by 社桥 郑.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bukai-epub-reader-and-audiobook/id6754677532 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [社桥 郑](https://appshunter.io/developer/1530784065)
- Category: Books, Productivity
- Price: $4.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 27.0 · 19 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), Japanese
- Released: 2025-11-02
- Data updated: 2026-11-06

## What is Bukai?

Your books deserve a beautiful home, and a voice. Bukai is the EPUB reader that makes every page a pleasure to read, then reads it to you in a natural AI voice, generated right on your device.

Read when you want to read. Listen when you can't. Your place is always waiting.

A READER YOU'LL LOVE COMING BACK TO
Bukai gives your books the room they deserve: refined typography, real illustrations and nothing competing for your attention.
• Elegant serif and sans-serif type, or the publisher's own design
• Light, sepia and dark themes that are easy on your eyes, day and night
• Text size, line spacing and margins, exactly as you like them
• Turn pages or scroll, with two-page spreads on iPad and iPhone Duo
• Notes open right where you tap, and illustrations open full screen

EVERY BOOK, NOW AN AUDIOBOOK
Tap Listen and your EPUB comes alive. Bukai reads with natural expression, highlighting each sentence as it goes, so you can follow along or simply close your eyes.
• AI voices in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Russian, matched to each book
• Generated entirely on your iPhone or iPad, and it works offline
• Prepare chapters ahead of time, for instant listening on your commute, your run or your flight
• Keeps reading with the screen locked, with controls on the Lock Screen and on your headphones
• Sleep timer that can stop at the end of the chapter, and speeds up to 2×
• Dozens more languages with the voices already on your device

MADE FOR iPHONE DUO
Open your iPhone and your book opens with it: one page on each side of the fold, just like the real thing. Close it, and your page follows you to the outer display.

YOUR LIBRARY, BEAUTIFULLY SHELVED
• Every book opens exactly where you left off, whether you were reading or listening
• Search any book in an instant, with results grouped by chapter
• Bookmarks, a full table of contents and a progress slider
• Add books from the Files app, AirDrop or any app that shares EPUB files

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account. No ads. No subscription. Your books and your reading stay on your device, and nothing is collected.

MADE FOR EVERY READER
Full VoiceOver support and Dynamic Type, so everyone can enjoy their books their own way.

Open your first book, and hear what it has to say.

## Is Bukai safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Bukai.

## Is Bukai legit?

Bukai: EPUB Reader & Audiobook appears to be a legitimate app. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Bukai is 83 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 6.0 — 2026-11-05

Bukai 6.0 opens a new chapter.

• Made for iPhone Duo: open it and your book opens too, with one page on each side of the fold
• Prepare Audio: turn chapters into audio ahead of time, then listen instantly, wherever you are
• Smoother AI voice that keeps flowing without pauses, and replays instantly
• Skip by paragraph with the buttons on your headphones
• Listening is now fully accessible with VoiceOver
• Bukai now speaks French
• A more elegant library, with every cover perfectly framed

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### 5.0 — 2026-11-02

• A natural AI voice that reads your books aloud, generated entirely on your device
• The spoken sentence is highlighted, and the page follows along
• Search the whole book, add bookmarks, and open notes right where you tap
• New themes and typography, with two-page spreads on iPad
• Full VoiceOver support

### 4.0 — 2025-11-25

* Polished UI for a smoother reading experience.
* Greatly improved EPUB performance across multiple scenarios.
* Enhanced reliability of reading progress.
* Further improved VoiceOver support.

### 3.0 — 2025-11-19

* Initial VoiceOver support for improved accessibility.
* Added options to customize the reading view background color and text color.
* Significantly optimized the underlying layout and rendering engine for smoother performance.
* Refined typography and layout for a more polished reading experience.
* Improved stability in several rare edge cases.

### 2.0 — 2025-11-08

* Full TXT support: on-demand loading, AI read-aloud, and AI summaries.
* 100+ new AI voices: American/British female, Chinese female/male, and more.
* Stability improvements and UI refinements.

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