# Gutenberg \| eBook Reader — Library & Librivox Audiobooks

> Public domain e-book and audiobook reader with a large collection. (iPhone/iPad app by Webron Software LTD.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gutenberg-ebook-reader/id1289618861 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Webron Software LTD](https://appshunter.io/developer/1071126548)
- Category: Books, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.50/5 from 713 App Store ratings · 65 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 47 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2017-10-05
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gutenberg-ebook-reader/id1289618861/reviews.md

## What is Gutenberg | eBook Reader?

This app contains the largest public domain e-book and audio book platforms in the world. 

This application brings a large collection of e-books and audio books to your phone and makes more than 50.000 e-books,  10.000 audio books available for you. 

Thousands of books from different categories and languages. 

Languages with more than 50 e-books, 

Chinese,  Danish,  Dutch, English, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog.

Top 50 e-books:

1- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
2- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 
3- The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 
4- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 
5- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 
6- Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 
7 -The Bayeux Tapestry Elucidated by John Collingwood Bruce 
8- Why Men Fight by Bertrand Russell 
9- Dracula by Bram Stoker 
10- The Young Train Dispatcher by Burton Egbert Stevenson 
11- Il Principe. English by Niccolò Machiavelli 
12- Et dukkehjem. English by Henrik Ibsen 
13- Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem 
14- Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 
15- Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary 
16- Rowlandson by Mary White Rowlandson 
17- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 
18- Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm 
19- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 
20- Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes 
21- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American 22- Slave by Frederick Douglass 
23- Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie 
24- Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin 
25- The Iliad by Homer 
26- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare 
27- Red Wagon Stories by Wells Hawks 
28- War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy 
29- The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana by Vatsyayana
30- The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for 
31- Serious People by Oscar Wilde 
32- Common Sense by Thomas Paine 
33- Histories of two hundred and fifty-one divisions of the 
34- German army which participated in the war 
35- The Romance of Lust: A Classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous 
36- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 
37- Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville 
38- The War in the East by Trumbull White
39- Ulysses by James Joyce 
40- Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë 
41- The Key to Theosophy by H. P. Blavatsky 
42- Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse 
43- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 
44- The Philosophy of Fine Art, volume 3 (of 4) by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 
45- The Theory of Environment by Armin Hajman Koller
46- Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
47- The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin 
48- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving 
49- Webster & Tourneur by Cyril Tourneur and John Webster 
50- Prestuplenie i nakazanie. English by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Top Audio Books:

1- Pride and Prejudice
2- Jane Eyre
3- Persuasion
4- Anne of Green Gables
5- Emma
6- Little Women
7- The Count of Monte Cristo
8- Mansfield Park
9- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
10- Wuthering Heights
11- The Woman in White
12- Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
13- A Little Princess
14- Moby-Dick
15- Sense and Sensibility
16- North and South
17- Dracula
18- The Scarlet PimpernelThe Scarlet Pimpernel 
19- The 39 Steps 
20- The Picture of Dorian Gray
21- Tess of the D'Urbervilles
22- David Copperfield
23- My Man Jeeves 
24- The Invisible Man
25- A Christmas Carol
26- The Secret Garden
27- Northanger Abbey
28- Uncle Tom's Cabin
29- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
30- The Return of Sherlock Holmes
31- Middlemarch
32- A Room with a View
33- Agnes Grey
34- Wives and Daughters
35- Around the World in Eighty Days 
36- The Metamorphosis
37- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
38- Don QuixoteDon Quixote
39- The Importance of Being Earnest
40- A Tale of Two Cities

Terms of Use(EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Key features

- Vast public domain e-book library
- Extensive audiobook collection
- Thousands of titles available
- Multiple languages supported
- Categorized book selection
- Top 50 e-books listed

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Weekly Subscription | $4.99 | per 7 days |
| Weekly Subscription | $4.99 | per 7 days |
| Yearly Subscription | $24.99 | per year |
| Monthly Subscription | $1.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium | $39.99 | one-time |
| Lifetime Premium | $39.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Gutenberg | eBook Reader?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 📚 Extensive collection of classic literature
- 💰 Free access to thousands of books
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 📖 Page-turning feature mimics physical books
- 🌙 Night mode for comfortable reading
- 🔍 Generally good search functionality
- ⭐ High-quality ebook and audiobook formats
- 🎁 Valuable educational resource

**Cons**

- 🔍 Search function is unreliable and confusing
- 📱 Poor book organization and browsing
- 💔 Missing many books found on Project Gutenberg website
- 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertisements
- ⚙️ Limited customization options for book format
- 📍 App doesn't save reading progress/bookmarks
- 🚫 No dictionary feature for word definitions
- 💸 Paid features for basic functionality (word definitions, text copying)
- 📄 Dense text formatting without proper spacing
- 🐛 Books won't download or load properly
- 📜 Continuous scroll instead of individual pages
- 🔤 Limited non-fiction and modern book selection

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Search returns no results or irrelevant results
- Books listed on Project Gutenberg not appearing in app
- App fails to download certain books
- Reading progress not saved between sessions
- Continuous scroll instead of page-by-page display
- Search function completely non-functional for some users
- App crashes or becomes unresponsive

**Most requested features**

- Improved search functionality with better filtering
- Better book organization and categorization system
- Dictionary/word definition feature
- Improved paragraph spacing and text formatting
- Page-by-page navigation instead of chapter-based
- Ability to delete books from library
- Bookmark and reading progress saving
- More non-fiction and contemporary book titles
- Author search by first and last name
- Reduced or optional advertisements

## Recent user reviews (10 of 65)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gutenberg-ebook-reader/id1289618861/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Appreciate

*2026-08-11*

I appreciate your reading this book out loud.

### 3/5 — Public domain books and finding them

*2026-06-02*

The library need to be bigger. There are more books that have entered the public domain that should be loaded into here. And the tags need to be more broad. I have a hard time looking for books to look into.

### 1/5 — mid

*2026-05-03, version 2.2.19*

its aight

### 5/5 — Replace Scrolling with Actual Learning

*2026-04-11*

I used this website in college for my English degree and, after earning said degree, promptly forgot about it. I rediscovered it trying to replace the lesser uses of screen time. The ease of this app is great. So glad I can learn anytime I want by popping on here. Thanks.

### 5/5 — Mark twain Huckleberry Finn

*2026-04-05, version 2.2.18*

Love it

### 5/5 — Gem

*2026-03-28, version 2.2.18*

This is an incredible find and a true gem for avid readers.

### 5/5 — BEST. APP. EVER.

*2026-03-26, version 2.2.18*

Public domain books? For free? Yes please!

### 5/5 — Dark mode

*2026-03-26, version 2.2.18*

Can we get dark mode plsss

### 1/5 — Extortion of Guttenberg project

*2026-02-21*

For those who don’t know Guttenberg project is basically just a free service that started a couple tens of years back to give people access to books online for free you can just look it up on your phone and download the file and download it to like Apple books completely free takes like 10 minutes to learn how to use And you actually get access to unlimited books unlike this they’re just extorting Guttenberg project for money and if anything Guttenberg project if you use an actual E reader app like Apple books the one that’s default on your phone it works a lot better than this save your money guys and start reading take care

### 3/5 — eh

*2026-01-21, version 2.2.15*

mediocre app. lots of ads especially considering the content is free. i miss the old much better gutenberg app

## Frequently asked questions about Gutenberg | eBook Reader

### What kind of books can I find on this app?

This app provides access to the largest public domain e-book and audiobook platforms globally. You can find over 50,000 e-books and 10,000 audiobooks across various categories and languages, including many classic and well-known literary works.

### What are the key features of this e-book reader?

The app's primary feature is its extensive collection of public domain e-books and audiobooks. It offers titles in numerous languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, and more. Users can browse thousands of books and listen to audio versions of many classics.

### Is this app free to use?

The app is free to download and use, offering a vast library of public domain content at no cost. However, it does include in-app purchases and advertisements, which are common monetization strategies for apps providing extensive free content.

### What languages are supported by the app?

The app supports a wide range of languages for its e-book collection. These include Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Tagalog, with over 50 e-books available in many of these languages.

### Who is the target audience for this app?

This app is designed for avid readers and audiobook listeners who are interested in exploring classic literature and public domain works. It's ideal for students, researchers, or anyone looking for free access to a vast literary collection across multiple languages.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.2.20 — 2026-06-11

bug fixes and performance improvements

### 2.2.19 — 2026-04-28

bug fixes and performance improvements

### 2.2.18 — 2026-02-11

We’ve made improvements for a better experience and fixed minor bugs.

### 2.2.17 — 2026-02-04

We’ve made improvements for a better experience and fixed minor bugs.

### 2.2.16 — 2026-01-27

We’ve made improvements for a better experience and fixed minor bugs.

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