# Close Reader: AI Book Reader — Translate words. No spoilers.

> Translate words. No spoilers. (iPhone/iPad app by Ilia Ilinskii.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/close-reader-ai-book-reader/id6817067048 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ilia Ilinskii](https://appshunter.io/developer/1837644458)
- Category: Books, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 61 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean and 10 more
- Released: 2026-10-01
- Data updated: 2026-11-10

## What is Close Reader?

Close Reader is an e-book reader for iPhone and iPad that helps you read any book, in a foreign language or in your own. Press and hold a word for a translation that fits the sentence, and save it to flashcards. Forgot where you left off? Get a recap of what you’ve read so far. Ask the AI who a character is, what a passage means or what lies behind an event, even where the book has no footnote. It knows the book only up to your page, so there are no spoilers.

At a glance
• Your own books: EPUB, FB2, MOBI, AZW3, PDF and TXT (DRM-free), from Files, Mail or a messenger, or from your OPDS library (Calibre, Kavita, Komga). No store, no sign-up.
• Books in any language; translations into more than 40 languages; the app itself speaks 20.
• Free to download and read. AI help is free for your first 7 days (1,500 energy, no account), then runs on a plan or energy you buy; Medium starts with a 7-day free trial.
• iPhone and iPad, in sync if you sign in.
• No ads. Your text isn’t stored or used to train AI models.

Help right where you stumble
• Hold a word: the translation fits this very sentence. Reading in your own language? You get a plain definition.
• Drag the handles to take in a phrase, or translate the whole sentence or paragraph.
• Select a name: “Who’s this?” reminds you who that character or place is, from the pages you’ve read, and where they first appeared.
• “Explain” gives the background of a passage: history, allusions, idioms and old-fashioned phrasing.
• Questions about real history or the author get answers from the web, with sources.

No spoilers
Every answer comes from what you’ve read, up to the last line on your screen. In “No spoilers” mode we don’t even tell the AI which book it is, so it can’t fill in the plot from memory. Rereading? Switch to “Whole book”.

Talk the book over
• Ask for a recap, who’s who, or why a character did what they did. “Detailed answer” goes deeper.
• Ask where something happened: the answer lists the places, and a tap opens the book there.
• Answers link to the passages they rely on. Keep several chats per book; your notes can come along.
• Chapters you’ve read have recaps, and rings in the contents show how much of each you’ve read.

Learn the words you meet
• “Save word” keeps a word with its translation and the sentence where you met it.
• Flashcards adapt to your memory, with a daily reminder. Vocabulary exports to CSV.

Find your way, keep what matters
• The slider is a map of the book: chapters, bookmarks, notes and the time left in the chapter.
• Jump anywhere to look around: your reading place stays put, and one tap takes you back.
• Search the book. Footnotes open over the page, pictures full screen.
• Highlights, notes, quotes shared as pictures, saved AI answers, bookmarks and “I’m here”. Notes export to Markdown.

Easy on the eyes
Four themes, fonts, text size and line spacing; pages or scrolling; portrait or landscape, with a two-page spread on a wide screen.

Energy and plans
AI help runs on energy: translating a word costs 1, and bigger requests show their price first. Reading, notes and flashcards are always free. Every feature is on every plan: Light, Medium and Max give 15,000, 40,000 and 80,000 energy a month, enough for everyday help plus about 25, 70 or 150 detailed answers. Extra energy you buy never expires.

Subscriptions
Light, Medium and Max are auto-renewing subscriptions, billed monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in Settings > your name > Subscriptions.

Terms of Use: https://closereader.app/terms
Privacy Policy: https://closereader.app/privacy

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Light – monthly | $4.99 | per month |
| Light – yearly | $39.99 | per year |
| Medium – monthly | $9.99 | per month |
| Medium – yearly | $79.99 | per year |
| Max – monthly | $19.99 | per month |
| Max – yearly | $149.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10,000 energy | $2.99 | one-time |
| 30,000 energy | $6.99 | one-time |


## Is Close Reader safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Close Reader.

## Is Close Reader legit?

Close Reader: AI Book Reader has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Close Reader is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.2.0 — 2026-11-07

• Notifications, if you allow them: about your account, your purchases or the service.
• “News and offers” come only if you turn them on in Settings → Privacy.
• Small fixes and improvements.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-11-05

• Several chats per book. Ask where something happened, and a tap opens the book there.
• “Who’s this?” shows where a name first appears.
• The contents show what you’ve read, with chapter recaps.
• The slider is a map of the book; a jump keeps your reading place.
• Your own OPDS library (Calibre, Kavita, Komga).
• Questions beyond the book get web answers with sources.
• Search, bookmarks, footnotes and full-screen pictures.

### 1.0 — 2026-10-01

No release notes.

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