MagicReader vs Folune

Read without touching the screen. MagicReader is a hands-free reader for EPUB, PDF and comics: turn your head, wave a hand, wink, or just say "next page" — and the page turns. Or sit back and let a natural voice read to you. Whether your hands are busy, wet, full, or simply resting — or touching the screen is difficult for you — MagicReader keeps the story going. NEW: OPENS LIKE A REAL BOOK • Ready for iPhone Duo — unfold it and your book becomes a two-page spread, with the spine right on the fold • Landscape reading — two pages side by side on iPad and most iPhones, for EPUB, PDF and comics, including vertical Japanese books • Flip page turns — pages turn over like paper and follow your finger • Split View on iPad and iPhone Duo TOUCH-FREE READING • Head control — turn your head left or right to flip pages; look up to open or close a book • Wink control — wink your right eye to go forward, your left to go back (Face ID devices) • Hand control — a cursor follows your hand; close your hand to grab a book, swipe from the screen edge to flip • Voice control — say "next", "back", "open", "read aloud" and more, in English, Japanese, Spanish, French or German • A guided tour teaches every gesture with live practice NATURAL READ-ALOUD • Natural, expressive voices read your EPUB books aloud — in English and Japanese • The sentence being spoken is highlighted, and pages turn in step with the narration • English narration powered by Kokoro; Japanese voices powered by VOICEVOX (VOICEVOX:No.7, VOICEVOX:四国めたん, VOICEVOX:青山龍星, VOICEVOX Nemo) • Books in Spanish, French and German are read by your device's system voice for that language, with nothing to download • Natural voices are downloaded once, then work fully offline — all speech is generated on your device YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY • EPUB and PDF books, plus CBZ/CBR comics and manga • Beautiful animated bookshelf themes — drifting watercolour clouds, a starry cosmos, and story worlds that come alive behind special books • Japanese vertical text (縦書き) done right, with optional automatic furigana (ふりがな) above kanji • Comfortable reading themes, adjustable fonts (including OpenDyslexic for dyslexia-friendly reading), and remembered positions THOUSANDS OF FREE CLASSICS • Browse and download public-domain classics from Project Gutenberg and Aozora Bunko (青空文庫) — from Alice in Wonderland to 銀河鉄道の夜 — right inside the app PRIVATE BY DESIGN • The camera and microphone are used only to recognize your gestures and commands, entirely on your device • Nothing is recorded, nothing is uploaded, and there are no accounts, no ads, and no tracking — ever MagicReader began in 2012 as one of the first face-controlled book readers on the App Store. It has been rebuilt from the ground up for today's devices — same magic, new tricks. Reading is best when nothing comes between you and the story. Not even your hands.

Folune is one quiet home for your books and audiobooks. Open a file, read or listen, and come back later to the exact line or second where you stopped. EVERYTHING IS FREE. REALLY, EVERYTHING. The reader, the player, sync, export and themes, with no ads, no account, no trial and no subscription. You only pay once your library outgrows 5 books and 5 audiobooks at a time. READ • EPUB, PDF, FB2, TXT, RTF, DOC and DOCX, including Cyrillic text in any encoding • Pages, or continuous scroll that flows from chapter to chapter • Paper, sepia and dark themes, or your own background and text colours • Bookmarks, highlights, notes and in-book search • Beautiful quote cards for posts and Stories • Export every highlight to Notes, Obsidian or email LISTEN • M4B, MP3, M4A and whole folders or ZIPs of tracks, as one audiobook • Skip Silence: finish books sooner without a faster voice • Voice Boost: quiet narrators come through clearly in the car or on the street • Chapters, speed from 0.5× to 3×, sleep timer with fade-out • Lock screen and AirPods controls ADD BOOKS YOUR WAY • From Files, or from any app via Share • From your computer over Wi-Fi: send the link with AirDrop or a messenger; audiobook folders arrive whole • A free catalog: Ukrainian classics from Wikisource, Project Gutenberg, and your own OPDS library such as Calibre, Kavita or COPS ALWAYS WITH YOU • Sync your library, progress, bookmarks and notes across iPhone and iPad through your private iCloud • Open the app and you're straight back in the book you were reading or hearing PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your books stay on your device and in your iCloud. FOLUNE PLUS, FOR WHEN THE SHELF FILLS UP One purchase, yours forever, no subscription: • Unlimited library • Your year in reading: hours, books, days read, best streak Family Sharing included. Every purchase supports an independent developer. Folune opens DRM-free files you provide. It does not sell books or remove copy protection.