macOS

The full workspace.

The Mac version takes everything the platform offers. Keyboard shortcuts for anything you do often, resizable panels, drag-and-drop just about everywhere, Book Card windows that float above the app, and an island design borrowed from Apple’s System Settings — rounded panels on a recessed window background.

What Mac gets uniquely
  • Table viewSortable columns, column customization, two-level hierarchy, full-width actions toolbar above the table
  • Chapter mapA proportional track where taller chapters are literally taller, with a sliding viewport indicator. If you’ve used the minimap in a code editor, you already know the idea — applied to a book instead of a source file.
  • Keyboard shortcutsFor everything: Cmd+B to bookmark, Cmd+F to search, Cmd+G for the progress drawer, F2/F3/F4 for panels, Space for quick preview
  • Resizable info panelThree-island layout that remembers its width between sessions
  • Custom library locationPoint the app at any folder on your Mac or external drive
  • Portable libraryThe whole library is one self-contained folder — copy it anywhere for a backup, or point the app at a custom location
  • Three reading modesScroll, Page, or Two pages — switch from quick settings (F9) mid-book, position is preserved

The version to use when you have a keyboard, a chair, and time.

Mac library in table view — covers, folder tree with custom colors, the selected book highlighted
UI: Українська
iPadOS

The reading surface.

iPad sits between Mac and iPhone — more room than a phone, more touch than a laptop. ContinuousReader takes advantage of both.

What iPad does uniquely well
  • Native swipe actionsOn books for quick actions (pin, color, delete)
  • Panels that dockBookmarks, chapters, notes, search — docked to any edge, floating or pinned; the same data as on the Mac
  • Split view readyRead alongside any other iPad app
  • Two-column reading in landscapeTurn the iPad on its side and the page opens as a two-page spread — the wide screen put to work, not a stretched-out iPhone layout
  • Card view in four sizesIn quick settings — pick Big, Default, Small, or Tiny (2, 3, 4, or 5 columns). The smallest tier drops genre chips and stacks reading-time below the progress bar so the cards stay readable.
  • OPDS at full page sizeThe same catalog browser as Mac and iPhone — search, filters, shortcuts, watchers — given the whole screen instead of a window or a panel
  • Three reading modesScroll, Page, or Two pages (in landscape) — pick the one that fits the orientation
iPad reader with the bookmarks panel docked at the bottom
UI: English

Same island design as Mac, same fonts, same themes. The library looks like it belongs to the same app — because it does.

iOS

The pocket reader.

The iPhone version is streamlined, not stripped. Everything that earns its place on a small screen is here; the things that don’t — the table view, the floating panels, the two-page spread — sit it out, because cramming them in would only make the app worse. In their place: quick settings, tap zones, fullscreen reading, and native sheets.

What iPhone does differently
  • One-hand friendlyControls and swipes within thumb’s reach. Two page-turn modes — top/bottom for one thumb or left/right for two — and a “Show tap zones” overlay that draws them onto the page so you never have to guess.
  • Native sheetsDifferent heights for folders, settings, filters — instead of separate windows.
  • Always full screenThe page takes the whole screen; the bar with the clock, the progress and the battery is a setting. Two active corners: the bottom-left opens settings, the bottom-right navigation as tiles.
  • Clock and progress over the pageA small pill at the bottom of the screen keeps the time and how far you are — for anyone who has ever lost track of both
  • Rows tighten as the list grows, and the card grid runs two to four columns — five on the widest phones.
  • Gesture navigationEdge swipes, swipe-to-dismiss sheets. iOS the way iOS should work.
  • Two reading modesScroll or Page — switch in Settings, position is preserved
iPhone fullscreen reading mode with pixel-art clock
UI: Русский
Common ground

Same reader, every screen.

Reading engine, position sync, 42 themes, 9 fonts, translation, Read Aloud — same code, same behavior on all three platforms.

  • Reading modesContinuous scroll, paged, or two-page spread (Mac and iPad in landscape). Switching preserves your exact position.
  • UI that adapts to the screenWider columns where there’s room, compact rows where there isn’t — same reader, the right amount of it for the device.
  • The same controls, everywhereFonts, size, line height, margins, paragraph spacing, indentation, hyphenation, alignment, image display, and fullscreen — every typography and layout control is on Mac, iPad, and iPhone.
iPad in landscape with the reading settings panel — fonts, size, line height, margins, paragraph spacing, hyphenation, alignment, image display, navigation mode, and fullscreen clock styles
Side by side

Feature availability by platform.

Same reader, three platforms — how each feature is adapted to each.

MaciPadiPhone
Library layoutIsland design, resizable, hover effectsIsland design, swipe actionsCompact list, swipe actions
View modesTable, CardList, CardList, Card
FoldersNested sidebar tree (F4)Nested sidebar treeBottom panel
Info panelResizable side panelResizable side panelPush detail view
Reader side panelDock to any edge, float or pinDock to any edge, float or pinCorner tiles and full-screen sheets
ThemesAll 42All 42All 42
FontsAll 9All 9All 9
Typography controlsFullFullFull
SettingsPopover + Cmd+, dialogPopover, two-columnMulti-level bottom panel
Page modesScroll, Page, Two pagesScroll, Page, Two pages (landscape)Scroll, Page
Chapter map
Fullscreen readingNative macOS fullscreenCenter tapAlways on
Fullscreen clock & progress
NavigationKeyboard + trackpadTouch + swipes + keyboardCorners + edge swipes + tap zones
OPDSLibrary tabLibrary tabSheet
FiltersUnified popoverUnified popoverUnified panel
Library backup (copy the folder)
Custom library location
Drag URL from browser
Mass import
Keyboard shortcutsFull setMostSome
One purchase

Buy once. Use everywhere.

Everything above is included in ContinuousReader for $19.99. Universal Purchase — buy once on any platform, install on all three, sync turned on.

Or start smaller: PlainReader at $6.99 keeps a shelf of books in coloured categories without a library to maintain, and JustReader is free for one book at a time. Same engine, same themes, same translation — all on three platforms.

Start reading.

Three apps. Read a book, fill a shelf, or grow a library.