Bookoscope - OPDS crawler
Public domain ebooks and more
$2.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Bookoscope is a fast, searchable ebook catalog. With Bookoscope, you can browse your own self-hosted ebook library as well as download public domain classics from Project Gutenberg.
FEATURES:
- Fast
- Easy on the eyes
- Includes over 70,000 public domain books from Project Gutenberg
- Uses cached feeds (refresh on demand)
- Searchable by any available metadata
- Quick download and export to the ereader of your choice
COMPATIBLE WITH:
- Calibre-web
- Kavita
- Ubooquity
- Any ebook server with OPDS 1.0 functionality
WHY USE BOOKOSCOPE?
Some ereader apps can connect to OPDS endpoints, but the functionality is tucked away and awkward. There's no way to browse and search all the ebooks you have access to, all at once.
Bookoscope fills that niche. It crawls your OPDS endpoints, finds and caches all the books it can, and lets you easily download any of them to your device. From there, you can export them to your preferred ereader.
BOOKOSCOPE IS NOT:
- An ebook reader, sync client, or annotator, like Apple Books, Google Books, or Kindle.
- A metadata editor or organizer, like Calibre.
- A self-hosted ebook server, like Kavita, Ubooquity, or calibre-web.
Bookoscope may be used with any of the above, but is not affiliated with any other app or tool.
WHAT IS OPDS?
OPDS is the open standard for web endpoints that expose catalogs of ebooks. Many people use home OPDS servers for their personal ebook libraries.
WHAT IF I DON'T HAVE AN OPDS SERVER?
That's okay! You can use Bookoscope to browse and download free, completely legal books in the public domain. Start with classics like:
- Moby Dick
- Frankenstein
- Pride and Prejudice
- The Great Gatsby
- The complete works of William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Frederick Douglass, and more!
Ratings & Reviews
The app now tracks titles it's seen before, in order to prioritize "New" titles when you're not searching
The developer, Isaac Lyman, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Isaac Lyman
- Size
- 36.4 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Realistic Violence
Profanity or Crude Humor
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Horror/Fear Themes
Medical Treatment information
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Sexual Content or Nudity
- Copyright
- © 2024 Isaac Lyman
