Simple Lore reads EPUB, PDF and CBZ comics, and plays M4B and MP3 audiobooks, on iPhone and iPad.
It works completely offline and needs no account. If you run your own library server, it can
connect to that too.
Features
- Pages that turn like paper, following your finger.
- Two facing pages on iPad and on foldable iPhones, centered on the fold. Close a foldable iPhone and your book's cover fills the outside screen; open it and you're on the same page.
- Typefaces, sizes, spacing, margins and themes, with per-book settings.
- Bookmarks, highlights, notes, search, table of contents and footnotes.
- One title for every version of a book: an EPUB, a PDF and an audiobook of the same work appear together.
- Collections, series, favorites, reading status and filters.
- Optional servers: Audiobookshelf, or any OPDS catalog (many library tools, such as BookLore, BookOrbit or Calibre, can provide one). Downloads continue in the background and resume if interrupted.
- Audiobooks with chapters, speed, sleep timer and lock-screen controls.
- Four ways to enjoy a book: Read, Listen, Read & Listen, and Follow Along, which highlights the text as it's narrated (iOS 26 or later on compatible devices).
- Optional iCloud sync of your place, highlights, notes, collections and server connections. Book files stay on your devices.
What it does not do
No account. No ads. No subscription. No analytics. No tracking. Simple Lore is free, with
optional tips that unlock nothing. It reads DRM-free books and does not sell books or remove copy protection.