Ebook Reader vs BeyondRead

Ebook Reader is your personal reading companion — import your own EPUB and PDF books, read beautifully, and build lasting reading habits. POWERFUL READER · Import EPUB and PDF files directly from Files, iCloud Drive, or any share sheet · Smooth paginated reading with 12 typefaces, adjustable font size, line spacing, and margins · 5 reading themes: White, Sepia, Gray, Dark, and Night Blue · System, Light, or Dark appearance — your eyes, your choice · Organize books into custom shelves alongside smart lists (Reading, Completed, Favorites) HIGHLIGHTS & NOTES · Highlight in 4 colors: Yellow, Green, Blue, and Pink · Add personal notes to any highlight · Bookmark any page and jump back instantly · Full-text search within any book · Export all highlights as Markdown, plain text, or a shareable image card READING GOALS & STATS · Set a daily reading goal (minutes per day) · Streak tracking — build your reading habit day by day · Home screen widget shows today's progress and streak at a glance · 90-day activity heatmap and detailed session history AI BOOK ASSISTANT · Ask anything about the book you're reading — in Vietnamese or English · Powered by Claude AI for thoughtful, context-aware answers · Understand difficult passages, explore themes, or quiz yourself DISCOVER FREE CLASSICS · Browse thousands of free public-domain books via Project Gutenberg · Download directly into your library with one tap SYNC & BACKUP · iCloud sync keeps highlights, bookmarks, and reading progress up to date across all your devices · Daily reading reminders — set your preferred time SOCIAL READING · See what your friends are reading · Follow readers with similar tastes · Share your favorite highlights publicly LANGUAGES · Interface available in 10 languages: Vietnamese, English, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese

BeyondRead is a local-first ebook reader for your own EPUB, PDF and MOBI files, now with a built-in library of more than 20,000 public-domain classics. Listen to any book in a lifelike voice, and keep reading from the exact sentence where listening stopped. Select any sentence and ask AI to explain it, translate it, or keep the conversation going in the context of the book. AI Digest turns a whole book into an article you can read in a few minutes. BROWSE (NEW) • More than 20,000 public-domain classics in over 40 languages, free to download and keep • Shelves of great books, browsing by language and genre, and a "Surprise me" pick • Search by title, author or subject, with several words in any order LISTEN (NEW) • Tap the headphones: the free System Voice reads any book on your device and highlights the sentence being read • Premium Voice: a lifelike female or male voice in 10 languages. Try 5 minutes of any book first • Reading and listening stay in sync: turn pages freely, then jump back to where it is reading or start from the page you are on • Say "Hey Reader" while listening to stop and ask about the book; the answer is read aloud • Speed from 0.5x to 2x, sleep timer, lock-screen controls; what you have heard stays on the device for offline listening, and the whole book can be downloaded • Premium Voice sends the text being read to our narration provider to generate the audio; the text is not stored READ • EPUB, PDF and MOBI (MOBI is converted to EPUB on import), on iPhone and iPad • Full-page bookmarks with notes; every book reopens where you left off • Quote cards in three styles: save them to Photos or share them • In-book search, table of contents, adjustable font size and background • Reading, bookmarks, quotes and search need no account ASK AI ABOUT ANY SENTENCE • Translate, Explain and Chat, with as many follow-up questions as you like • Only the passage you select and about 300 characters around it are sent, never the whole book • Translation, explanation and chat on the same passage merge into one highlight you can reopen AI DIGEST • Built from the title, the author, the real table of contents extracted on your device, and roughly the first 200 characters of each chapter • The full text is never uploaded; scanned PDFs and DRM-protected books cannot be digested • You are notified when a digest is ready PRIVACY • Books, bookmarks, quotes, reading positions and AI history live only on your device; our server stores no book content • AI can be switched off entirely, and then nothing leaves the device PLANS • Reading is free, and so is the public-domain library • AI features require signing in (Sign in with Apple) • AI translation is free and does not use your allowance (a fair-use monthly limit applies) • Free plan: 10 AI chats every month, plus 3 AI Digests to keep • Subscriptions raise your monthly chat and digest allowance. They renew automatically, are charged to your Apple ID and can be cancelled at any time in Settings; prices are shown in the app • AI Top-Up packs (new): buy chats and digests without subscribing. Credits never expire and are only used after your monthly allowance runs out • Premium Voice is bought per book and per voice, sized to the book's length (5 to 200 hours). It is a one-time purchase, not a subscription LANGUAGES • Interface in English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German and Russian • The AI reply language can be set separately Questions or suggestions? Use "Report a problem" in the app or visit the support page. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ BeyondRead Terms of Use: https://beyondread.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://beyondread.app/privacy