# Widget Bunko: Aozora Reader — Read Japanese classics daily

> Read Japanese classics daily (iPhone/iPad app by Ryuichi Kayashima.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/widget-bunko-aozora-reader/id6786048384 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ryuichi Kayashima](https://appshunter.io/developer/6779960612)
- Category: Books, Education
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 52 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish and 3 more
- Released: 2026-07-02
- Data updated: 2026-10-03
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/widget-bunko-aozora-reader/id6786048384/reviews.md

## What is Widget Bunko?

There are countless masterpieces you promise yourself you’ll read one day. And yet the app you open is always social media. That isn’t entirely your fault — the classics never came to meet you. Until now: they slide onto your Home Screen, right before you reach for your feed.

■ Read without opening the app
Your widget shows the page you’re on. On the train, in a queue, during a meeting that isn’t your turn — read on in any spare moment. When you near the end, the widget shows the opening of your next recommended book.

■ Made for Japanese learners
• The works are in the original Japanese, set vertically like a real bunko paperback.
• Furigana from the original texts sit beside difficult kanji. (Only where the original text has them — not every kanji.)
• Long-press any word to look it up in the iOS dictionary.
• Menus and settings are in your language.

■ Classics ready on your shelf
夏目漱石『こころ』『吾輩は猫である』『坊っちゃん』, 芥川龍之介『羅生門』『蜘蛛の糸』, 太宰治『走れメロス』『人間失格』, 宮沢賢治『銀河鉄道の夜』 and more. Search over 17,000 Aozora Bunko works, or browse “Random 50” for a chance encounter, like wandering a used bookstore.

■ Pro (one-time purchase)
• Furigana on every page of every work (free version: first 10 pages of each work)
• Choose-a-Book Widget: small, medium and large, each with its own book
• No banner ads
Your background themes, dictionary lookup and the classic widget stay free.

■ Pricing
The app is free. Banner ads appear at the bottom of Home, Bookshelf and Discover; never while you read. No account or sign-in is needed.

With deep gratitude to the Aozora Bunko project. All works are public-domain literature collected under Aozora Bunko’s guidelines, and each ends with its source information.

Support: https://widgetbunko.doublereedlab.com/support
Privacy Policy: https://widgetbunko.doublereedlab.com/privacy


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.4.1 — 2026-09-28

Widgets now show their role in the top-left corner — "Now reading" or "Pinned book" — so you can tell them apart. The top-right corner shows how far you've read (%).

### 1.4 — 2026-09-26

• Furigana: the readings printed in the original Aozora Bunko texts now appear beside difficult kanji (free on the first 10 pages of each work; every page with Pro).
• Choose-a-Book Widget: small, medium and large widgets, each showing a different book (Pro).
• The app now speaks your language: English, Chinese (Simplified/Traditional), Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German and Russian. The books stay in the original Japanese.
• “Remove Ads” is now “Pro”: furigana, more widgets and no ads in one purchase.

### 1.3 — 2026-08-31

いつもウィジェ空文庫をご利用くださりありがとうございます！

- ホームに読了冊数、現在読んでいる本、過去の読書履歴と最終読書日時を表示しました。1日1冊読めば読み切るまでたったの47年です。
- 現在の本を基準に同時代・文学派・師弟・兄弟弟子・家族などの根拠付きおすすめを表示。
- ダウンロード前のおすすめも、その場で本棚へ追加可能に。
- 本棚を長押しで並べ替え。収納時の効果音と触覚フィードバックにも対応。
- 本棚から取り除いた本文・メタデータを削除し、読了数・読書履歴は保持。
- Home・本棚・探すのバナー広告を、買い切りの「広告を消す」で非表示に。
- iPadも縦向きで正式対応。
- アプリアイコンと本棚の木目・陰影を更新。

### 1.2 — 2026-07-11

今回のアップデートでは、ウィジェットと本棚まわりの表示・操作性を中心に改善しました。

・ウィジェットの「前へ」「次へ」の移動精度を改善しました
・ウィジェットで読書中の位置に合わせた本文表示がより自然になりました
・読みかけ・未読の本をウィジェットでおすすめ表示するよう改善しました
・本棚の背表紙表示を調整し、縦書きの記号や長音符が自然に見えるようになりました
・背表紙の文字位置を中央寄せに調整しました
・検索から追加できる本を増やし、本棚への追加動線を改善しました
・アプリ内のUIフォントをヒラギノ明朝に統一し、表示の雰囲気を整えました
・細かな表示崩れと安定性を改善しました

### 1.1 — 2026-07-05

・源氏物語などの複数巻からなる作品に、巻名（帖名）を表示するようにしました。検索結果・本棚・扉で各巻を見分けられます。
・好きなページに栞をはさめる機能を追加しました。栞は何枚でも挟め、一覧からすぐに読み返せます。
・ホーム画面へのウィジェットの置き方を、アプリ内でわかりやすくご案内するようにしました。
・ページめくり（アニメーションオフ時のスワイプ方向）や操作まわりの細かな改善を行いました。

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All apps by Ryuichi Kayashima: https://appshunter.io/developer/6779960612

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