PaperVN

Track & Discover Visual Novel

Free · In‑App Purchases

Discover stories. PaperVN is a native VNDB client for iPhone, designed to help you discover visual novels, explore titles and characters in depth, and keep track of every journey.Browse, explore, and search VNDB’s public data without signing in. Connect your own VNDB token when you want to read or edit your library. Key features: • Search visual novels and characters with filters for language, platform, length, rating, and development status • Build compound searches using include, exclude, match any, and match all conditions • View synopses, tags, screenshots, releases, producers, staff, related titles, and external links • Explore character traits, voice actors, and appearances in one place • Browse by tags, traits, releases, staff, producers, and other categories • Get personalized discovery based on your VNDB library, calculated locally on your device • Update your play status, played release, rating, and start or finish dates • Use the app in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, or Korean, with your preferred title language • Translate synopses on device and browse multilingual support for more than 6,000 tags and character traits • Preview, zoom, share, and save screenshots to Photos PaperVN retrieves visual-novel data and images through the VNDB Kana API. This data is subject to the VNDB Data License and API terms of use. PaperVN is an unofficial third-party app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by VNDB. LICENSED APPLICATION END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT：https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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1. Fixed an issue where the search category picker on the Search page was too small and the glass containers did not merge together (iOS); 2. Fixed an issue where text colors on the Today page did not adapt to Light and Dark Mode when the Liquid Glass appearance was set to Tinted (iOS and iPadOS); 3. Fixed an issue where titles of works related to Simplified Chinese had an excessively light font weight on recommendation cards on the Today page (iOS and iPadOS); 4. Fixed an issue where the heading of the Characters section overlapped screenshots on the visual novel details page on iPhones with larger screens (iOS and iPadOS); 5. Fixed lag when typing in the search field (iOS and iPadOS); 6. Fixed insufficient spacing between adjacent pieces of information in all visual novel lists (iOS and iPadOS); 7. Fixed an issue where the Library could display no more than 50 visual novels (iOS and iPadOS); 8. Reduced the use of Liquid Glass on certain pages (iOS and iPadOS); 9. Optimized PaperVN Connect (iOS and iPadOS); 10. Added the ability to pull down on visual novel and character details pages to reveal the full poster or image (iOS and iPadOS); 11. Added the ability to tap a Today card to open the visual novel details page when the card has no description (iOS and iPadOS); 12. Added the ability to tap a recommended visual novel card on the Today page to open its details page when no description is available (iOS and iPadOS); 13. Added support for searching releases, staff, developers, and publishers (iOS and iPadOS); 14. Added PaperVN Events (iOS and iPadOS); 15. Added URL Scheme support (iOS and iPadOS); 16. Added the ability to pull down on a visual novel or character details page to reveal the full cover or image (iOS and iPadOS); 17. Added the ability to sign in with a Bangumi account (iOS and iPadOS); 18. Added the ability to sync the Library with Bangumi (iOS and iPadOS); 19. Added comments (iOS and iPadOS); 20. Added the ability to select the data source for ratings and comments (iOS and iPadOS); 21. Added Cache Policy settings (iOS and iPadOS); 22. Added a Preferred Region setting for events (iOS and iPadOS).

Version 1.6.260825

The developer, 训杰 潘, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

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    • Supported Features

      • VoiceOver

      • Larger Text

      • Dark Interface

      • Differentiate Without Color Alone

      • Sufficient Contrast

      • Reduced Motion

    Information

    Seller
    • 训杰 潘
    Size
    • 41.3 MB
    Category
    • Entertainment
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later.
    Languages
    English and 4 more
    • English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
    Age Rating
    16+
    • 16+
    • This app is rated 16+ with content restrictions.

      Some content may be rated higher, and may therefore be restricted and managed by the developer through in-app controls.
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    • In-App Controls
      Parental Controls

      Infrequent
      Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
      Profanity or Crude Humor
      Mature or Suggestive Themes
      Horror/Fear Themes
      Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
      Sexual Content or Nudity
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    • © Paper 2026
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