
Bunko: Classics with Ruby
Pinyin & furigana for classics
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$0.99
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Read a sentence in Japanese, check the Chinese or English alongside it, and keep going. Bunko brings multilingual books, pinyin and furigana, dictionaries and an offline shelf together in one reader.
Read in your own order
Choose one language or several. Your first selection becomes the main text, with the others underneath in the order you choose. Adjust text and ruby sizes separately, switch between light and dark appearance, and choose aligned sentences or paired paragraphs. Languages and readings vary by edition.
Follow the story
Open the reading companion beside a passage to ask about a character, a place or an event. Explore relationship diagrams, maps and timelines, then follow a reference back to the text. Continue an earlier conversation, return to a saved guide, or ask about the whole book while keeping your reading position. Whole-book answers may reveal later events.
Build a shelf you can take anywhere
Browse public-domain classics and rights-cleared original editions, from literature to physics notes and travel. Technical books retain their figures and equations. Download books and optional English, Chinese and Japanese dictionary packs for offline use. Sort your shelf by recently read, newest added, title or author.
Look closer at a passage
Select a word or phrase to look it up. Open a comment bubble to read or join a public discussion, with optional GitHub sign-in. Request a missing book or translation through a prefilled GitHub issue, or open an available language directly. Reading positions, private notes and unpublished drafts stay on your device.
Bring your own reading
The optional private companion accepts PDF, Word, Markdown, text and TeX files. Ask for an explanation or translation and read converted documents with equations, figures and tables. Files can be up to 20 MB and PDFs up to 30 pages; service allowances apply. Your uploaded documents and conversations are private to your account and can be deleted in Bunko.
Books, dictionaries and offline reading are included with the app purchase. Ordinary reading needs no account or subscription, and there are no advertisements. Online discussions and the companion require a connection.
The companion uses AI. With your consent, questions and relevant passages are sent to the named provider, DeepSeek or OpenAI; PDF conversion uses Mathpix. Answers, diagrams and generated translations can contain errors. Check the source passages and background-knowledge labels when accuracy matters.
On Apple Watch
Send the current passage from your paired iPhone. Keep the latest three excerpts offline, with sentence alignment, pinyin and furigana where available. Adjust text and ruby sizes separately; figures and equations remain in the full reader.
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What's New in Bunko
1.0.14
October 24, 2026
Continue a reading conversation across Ask, People, Places and Timeline. Reopen nearby saved results, continue from an earlier answer, or explore the whole book without losing your place. Follow-up questions can extend one diagram while keeping the others. Clearer focused graphs, stable character colors and expandable timelines remember your view.
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