leaf is a reading app built for your phone.
Read with a natural vertical scroll, or switch to horizontal page turns when you want a more traditional feel. leaf flows through your book the way your thumb already moves.
Browse and download thousands of free ebooks from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks: classic literature, philosophy, fiction, and more. Import your own EPUB and PDF files too.
No reading streaks. No goals. No ads. No noise.
Just you and the book.
READER
- Vertical-first reading with optional horizontal page turns
- Bookmarks, highlights, and notes
- Multi-paragraph highlighting and sharing
- Search within any book
- Font options including Classic, Modern, Lexend, and more
- Adjust font size, spacing, and text density
- Set a reading intention for each book
- An exportable Reading Journal is created automatically when you highlight text or create a note
LIBRARY
- Organise books into shelves
- Filter by shelf, intention, or reading status
- Sort by title, author, last opened, or shelf
- View books as Grid or List
- Search your entire library
- Drop supported book files into the leaf folder and they’ll appear in your library automatically
- Use iCloud to share books between devices
- Continue reading from your current book with the Home Screen widget
CATALOG
- Browse and download from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks
- Over 70,000 free classic and public domain titles
- Import your own EPUB and PDF files
- Supports multiple file and folder import
LEAF PRO
- Sync your library across devices
- Sync reading progress, highlights, notes, bookmarks, shelves, and Reading Journal entries
- Additional reader customisation options including using your own fonts
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So happy to have found this. So much better and cleaner than other readers. Also I’m completely sold on the vertical swipe, can’t ever see myself going back to horizontal. A couple of features I’d love to see:- Progress sync between devices (I often read on my iPhone on the train and on my iPad in bed, for example). I already have my book files in iCloud, it would be great if I could just pick up where I left off on another device. - Some form of [optional] progress indicator at the bottom of the “leaf”. Personally I’d like a percentage, but a “location x/y” à la Kindle would be fine too.
Developer Response
Thanks so much. I’m really glad the vertical swipe clicked for you.Progress sync is now available in the latest version as part of leaf Pro, so you can pick up on another device from where you left off. It also syncs highlights, notes, shelves, and reading journals.The progress indicator is something I've been considering. I’ll think about the cleanest way to add it.
- Book metadata and cover editing from the library detail screen.
- Better journal cleanup: deleting a highlight or note now removes its auto-added journal entry when it has not been edited.
- Multi-segment highlights now behave more like one highlight in the reader.
- Reader and library polish.
Version 1.4.5
The developer, Abraham Jesri, 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.
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Accessibility
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Information
Seller
Abraham Jesri
Size
77.2 MB
Category
Books
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
