CHALLENGE
Victober: Read Uncle Silas
Join Victober and finish Uncle Silas by Oct 31. Select any line and AI translates or explains it on the page.
BeyondRead
EPUB & PDF reader with AI
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Listen to nearly 20,000 classics in a lifelike voice, then keep reading from the same sentence. Select any line and AI translates or explains it in context.
BeyondRead is a local-first ebook reader for your own EPUB, PDF and MOBI files, now with a built-in library of nearly 20,000 public-domain classics.
Listen to any book in a lifelike voice, and keep reading from the exact sentence where listening stopped.
Select any sentence and ask AI to explain it, translate it, or keep the conversation going in the context of the book.
AI Digest turns a whole book into an article you can read in a few minutes.
BROWSE (NEW)
• Nearly 20,000 public-domain classics in over 40 languages, free to download and keep
• Shelves of great books, browsing by language and genre, and a "Surprise Me" pick
• Search by title, author or subject, with several words in any order
LISTEN (NEW)
• Tap the headphones: the free System Voice reads any book on your device and highlights the sentence being read
• Premium Voice: a lifelike female or male voice in 10 languages. Try 5 minutes of any book first
• Reading and listening stay in sync: turn pages freely, then jump back to where it is reading or start from the page you are on
• Say "Hey Reader" while listening to stop and ask about the book; the answer is read aloud
• Speed from 0.5x to 2x, sleep timer, lock-screen controls; what you have heard stays on the device for offline listening, and the whole book can be downloaded
• Premium Voice sends the text being read to our narration provider to generate the audio; the text is not stored
READ
• EPUB, PDF and MOBI (MOBI is converted to EPUB on import), on iPhone and iPad
• Full-page bookmarks with notes; every book reopens where you left off
• Quote cards in three styles: save them to Photos or share them
• In-book search, table of contents, adjustable font size and background
• Reading, bookmarks, quotes and search need no account
ASK AI ABOUT ANY SENTENCE
• Translate, Explain and Chat, with as many follow-up questions as you like
• Only the passage you select and about 300 characters around it are sent, never the whole book
• Translation, explanation and chat on the same passage merge into one highlight you can reopen
AI DIGEST
• Built from the title, the author, the real table of contents extracted on your device, and roughly the first 200 characters of each chapter
• The full text is never uploaded; scanned PDFs and DRM-protected books cannot be digested
• You are notified when a digest is ready
PRIVACY
• Books, bookmarks, quotes, reading positions and AI history live only on your device; our server stores no book content
• AI can be switched off entirely, and then nothing leaves the device
PLANS
• Reading is free, and so is the public-domain library
• AI features require signing in (Sign in with Apple)
• AI translation is free and does not use your allowance (a fair-use monthly limit applies)
• Free plan: 30 AI chats and 3 AI Digests every month
• Pro (new): 15 hours of Premium Voice every month for any supported book, with no per-book purchase, plus 300 AI chats and 30 AI Digests a month, 10 times the free plan. Monthly or yearly; the yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. Pro renews automatically, is charged to your Apple ID and can be cancelled at any time in Settings; prices are shown in the app
• Premium Voice can also be bought for a single book in one voice, sized to the book's length (5 to 200 hours). It is a one-time purchase, not a subscription
LANGUAGES
• Interface in English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German and Russian
• The AI reply language can be set separately
Questions or suggestions? Use "Report a Problem" in the app or visit the support page.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
BeyondRead Terms of Use: https://beyondread.app/terms
Privacy Policy: https://beyondread.app/privacy
Events
Ratings & Reviews
Enhancements and bug fixes.
The developer, 章 刘, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- User Content
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- 章 刘
- Size
- 17.6 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 8 more
- English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Pro Yearly $19.99
- Pro Monthly $1.99
- Plus Yearly $34.99
- Premium Voice · 200 hours $109.99
- Premium Voice · 50 hours $27.99
- Premium Voice · 100 hours $54.99
- Premium Voice · 25 hours $13.99
- Premium Voice · 15 hours $6.99
- Premium Voice · 5 hours $2.99
- AI Top-Up · Large $4.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Zhang Liu