Foliomere vs PillowBook Reader

Private reading. Durable Markdown notes. Foliomere is a local-first study reader that helps you finish the documents and ebooks you already have—and turn important ideas into notes you can keep as ordinary Markdown. With Foliomere, you can: - Import EPUB, PDF, TXT, and Markdown files from Files - Save your reading progress and continue where you left off - Adjust text size, line spacing, and reading theme - Add bookmarks and highlights that stay inside each book - Review only the notes you actively wrote in Study and return to the source while the book remains in your library - Save or share all active notes as one Markdown file, or save a single book’s notes Foliomere is free to download. Core reading, bookmarks, highlights, written notes, and Markdown note export remain free. The one-time, non-consumable Foliomere Pro purchase permanently unlocks advanced Markdown editing, Recall and tags, Study Files, and continuous read-aloud. There is no subscription. Readers who originally acquired Foliomere before version 1.1.0 receive Pro automatically. Removing a book deletes its local copy, bookmarks, and highlights. Notes you actively wrote remain in Study with source metadata, but they can no longer open the removed book. The current version has no accounts, ads, behavioral analytics, or third-party tracking. By default, your library stays in the app sandbox. Markdown note copies go only to a location you choose; nothing is uploaded to developer-operated servers.

Read your own books, quietly and comfortably PillowBook is a local-first reader for TXT and EPUB, designed to make long reading sessions feel calm and personal. No account is required, there are no ads, and you don’t need to upload your books to the developer’s servers. Your books, reading position, bookmarks, and reading history are stored on your device by default, so you can keep reading offline. MAKE IT YOUR READING SPACE • Enjoy a clean, comfortable interface that keeps the focus on your books • Choose light, dark, or system appearance, change accent colors, and pick an app icon to match your mood • Select a reading palette, adjust page brightness, or use your own image as the reading background • Fine-tune fonts, text size, character spacing, line spacing, paragraph spacing, and margins READ YOUR WAY • Switch between horizontal and vertical text • Turn pages, scroll continuously, use a lifelike page curl, or let pages advance automatically • Thoughtful multilingual typesetting with support for ruby text, footnotes, and EPUB images • Enjoy two-page reading in landscape on iPad, like an open book LISTEN WHEN YOUR EYES NEED A BREAK • Read aloud with system voices on iPhone and iPad • Voices already downloaded to your device can work offline • Choose a voice, adjust the speed, and set a sleep timer • Listening stays in sync with the text, so you return to the same place KEEP YOUR LIBRARY YOURS • Import TXT and EPUB from Files, the share sheet, or a browser on the same Wi-Fi • Automatically detect common text encodings and chapter structure • Track reading progress and time, add bookmarks, and search entire books • Favorite or archive books; protect the Vault entrance with Face ID or your device passcode • Multilingual interface support PillowBook does not provide or sell ebooks, and it does not support DRM-protected EPUB files. Please import only files you have the right to use. The free version can store up to five books in the library. If you need more, a one-time purchase unlocks Unlimited Library. No subscription.