macOS

The full workspace.

The Mac version takes everything the platform offers: a key for anything you do often, panels that dock to any edge, float as windows of their own or pin, the Book Card and the browsers — authors, series, notes, journal, statistics — in windows of their own, drag-and-drop just about everywhere, and an island design borrowed from Apple’s System Settings.

What Mac gets uniquely
  • Table viewSortable columns, a layout remembered per tab, folders among the rows, an action row above the table
  • Up to four columnsA wide window reads like a newspaper: two, three or four columns in Pages mode, the count following the font size
  • Keyboard shortcutsFor everything: ⌘B to bookmark, ⌘F to search, ⌘G for the progress drawer, F2–F4 for panels, Space for quick preview
  • Panels and docksEvery panel docks to any edge, floats or pins; layouts move them all at once; a double Esc opens the panel selector, a double F9 the settings navigator
  • Custom library locationPoint the app at any folder on your Mac or an external drive
  • Portable libraryThe whole library is one self-contained folder — copy it anywhere for a backup, or import a Calibre library as it is
  • Browsers in windowsAuthors, series, notes & highlights, the reading journal and statistics open as library tabs or in windows of their own, beside the book

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

ContinuousReader on the Mac: the Professional reader with the settings panel docked at the right and the chapters dock below the page
Professional reader · UI: English
ContinuousReader on the Mac: the library in table view — folder tree, tab row, the info panel with the selected book
Library · UI: English
iPadOS

The reading surface.

The iPad sits between the Mac and the iPhone, and gets the best of both: with a keyboard attached it is the Mac’s reader — panels, docks, the same keys; put the keyboard away and it reads like the iPhone, full screen with active corners.

What iPad does uniquely well
  • Native swipe actionsOn books, for quick actions — pin, colour, delete
  • Panels that dockBookmarks, chapters, notes, search, translation, pictures — docked to any edge, floating or pinned; the same data as on the Mac
  • Split view readyRead alongside any other iPad app
  • Columns in landscapeTurn the iPad on its side and the page opens as a spread of two or three columns — the wide screen put to work, not a stretched-out phone layout
  • The Mac’s keysWith a keyboard attached, a double Esc, H for Quiet mode, the tab selector and the panel selector work as on the Mac
  • The library’s tabsAuthors, Journal, Statistics and Notes & Highlights on the tab row; OPDS at full page size
  • Full screen when you want itA tap in the centre hides the chrome; the bar with the clock, progress and battery is yours to assemble
ContinuousReader on the iPad: the Professional reader with the chapters panel docked below the page
UI: English

The same design as on the Mac, the same fonts, the same themes: on the iPad this is not a separate edition but the same app on another screen.

iOS

The pocket reader.

The iPhone version is adapted, not stripped. Everything that earns its place on a small screen is here; the table view and the floating panels sit it out, because cramming them in would only make the app worse. In their place: full-screen reading with active corners, tiles instead of panels, native sheets — and the library’s tabs, browsers included, laid out for a phone.

What iPhone does differently
  • One-hand friendlyControls within thumb’s reach. Two page-turn layouts — 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 sheetsFolders, settings, filters, the browsers — sheets of the right height instead of separate windows
  • Always full screenThe page takes the whole screen. Professional has two active corners — settings at the bottom-left, navigation tiles at the bottom-right; Comfort has one corner and one menu
  • A bottom bar you assembleSession time, clock, battery and your position — a reading for every slot, in the style you pick, with a live preview
  • The library on a phoneTabs as a history, the Authors, Journal and Notes browsers re-laid for the screen, rows that tighten as the list grows, cards two to four across
  • Gesture navigationEdge swipes, swipe-to-dismiss sheets. iOS the way iOS should work
  • Sink and CardsThe phone’s page turns — one card the screen wide — beside Slide
ContinuousReader on the iPhone: the Comfort reader, full screen
UI: Русский
Common ground

Same reader, every screen.

Reading engine, position sync, 42 themes, 9 fonts, translation, Read Aloud, the journal and the marks — same code, same behaviour on all three platforms.

  • Two readersComfort and Professional on every device, each with its own settings and a door to the other; Scroll or Pages, with columns where the screen has room.
  • UI that adapts to the screenWider columns where there is room, compact rows where there is not — the same reader, the right amount of it for the device.
  • The same controls, everywhereFonts, size, line height, margins, paragraph spacing, indentation, hyphenation, alignment, images, paper and page turns — every typography and layout control is on the Mac, the iPad and the iPhone.
ContinuousReader on the iPad: the Comfort reader, a two-column spread on sepia paper
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, CardsList, CardsList, Cards
FoldersNested sidebar tree (F4)Nested sidebar treeBottom sheet
Info panelResizable side panelResizable side panelDetail sheet
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
SettingsSix tabs (Reader Appearance) + ⌘,Six tabs (Reader Appearance)Settings sheet
Page modesScroll, Pages — up to 4 columnsScroll, Pages — up to 3 columns in landscapeScroll, Pages
Reading modesComfort, ProfessionalComfort, ProfessionalComfort, Professional
Fullscreen readingNative macOS full screenCentre tapAlways on
Full-screen bar, built slot by slot—✓✓
NavigationKeyboard + trackpadTouch + swipes + keyboardCorners, edge swipes, tap zones
OPDSLibrary tabLibrary tabLibrary tab
FiltersUnified popoverUnified popoverFilter sheet
Library backup (copy the folder)✓——
Custom library location✓——
Drag URL from browser✓✓—
Mass import✓——
Keyboard shortcutsFull setWith a keyboard: the Mac’s—
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.

An isometric reading room: one book open on the desk, a shelf of books on the wall, and a full bookcase A bookFree A shelf$6.99 A library$19.99
A book, a shelf, a library — the three apps side by side.

Start reading.

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