# Peony: EPUB and PDF Reader — Read aloud, highlights, notes

> Read aloud, highlights, notes (iPhone/iPad app by Eladio Caritos.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/peony-epub-and-pdf-reader/id6829247099 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Eladio Caritos](https://appshunter.io/developer/1829836455)
- Category: Books
- Price: $4.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 12 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-11-09
- Data updated: 2026-11-11

## What is Peony?

Peony is a calm, fast reader for the books you already own. Open EPUB and PDF files, pick up where you left off, and read the way you like.

PDFS CLEANED UP FOR YOUR PHONE
Most PDFs are made for paper, so on a phone the text is tiny and you pinch and pan all day. Peony cleans them up. It turns a PDF into a real EPUB: running headers, footers and page numbers are removed, headings, footnotes and code listings are kept, and the text reflows to your screen at any size. Or keep the original pages with the margins trimmed so the text is bigger, and dark pages at night.

READ ALOUD
Tap the speaker and Peony reads your EPUB to you with the voices built into your iPhone. The sentence being read is underlined and the page turns by itself. It keeps going with the screen locked, and you can pause from the lock screen. Four speeds, from Slow to Faster. Everything happens on your device.

MADE FOR READING
- Highlights, notes and bookmarks in EPUBs, saved on your device
- Copy a highlight with its source, ready for your notes app
- Contents list to jump between chapters
- Light, Dark, Sepia and System themes
- Font size, alignment and hyphenation, pages or scroll
- Your place is remembered in every book
- A clean library of covers

PRIVATE BY DEFAULT
No account, no ads, no tracking. Your books and notes stay on your device. The only time anything leaves it is when you choose to convert a PDF: that file is sent to our server, converted, and deleted. You can turn conversion off in Settings.

Peony does not open books protected by DRM.

Questions or ideas? eladio@caritos.com

## Is Peony safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Peony.

## Is Peony legit?

Peony: EPUB and PDF Reader appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Peony is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-11-09

No release notes.

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