Manara: Read Better
Explain it. Picture it.
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Ask the book. Define any word in its sentence. Imagine the scene you're in. Translate a page side by side. Keep it all in one notebook for every book.
Go through books as fast as movies.
Manara reads with you. Tap a word you don't know, ask about a line you didn't follow, or have the scene in front of you drawn from the book's own words. It only knows the book up to your page, so nothing ahead is ever spoiled.
SCENES, DRAWN
Every book builds a world: a castle three centuries back, a city on a planet that doesn't exist yet, a kitchen down the street. Pick a passage and Manara draws it: the place, the light, the people in it, from what the book has actually said. Faces stay the same from chapter to chapter, because the app keeps track of the cast as the book describes them. Not how you pictured it? Direct the scene and ask for another take.
IDEAS, EXPLAINED
Ask what a passage is getting at, why a character did that, or who someone is again. The answer comes from the book itself and opens beside the page, with the passage it's about right above it. Select a passage, or nothing at all, and ask. The conversation is still there when you come back.
EVERY WORD, IN ITS SENTENCE
Tap a word or a phrase for what it means right here, in plainer words than the word itself. Not a dictionary's list of senses. The words you look up come back for a short review, spaced out so they stay.
THE STORY SO FAR
Back after a few weeks away? Get what has happened, who matters and what is still open, up to your page and no further.
IN ANY LANGUAGE
Reading in your second language? Translate a passage and read the two side by side, in any of 22 languages.
A NOTEBOOK FOR EVERY BOOK
Highlights, questions, translations, bookmarks and scenes, kept together book by book.
A PROPER READER
Pages that turn like paper, or scroll if you prefer. Your own type, size, spacing and margins, in Paper, Sand, Sepia or a true-black Night. Bring your EPUBs and PDFs, or start with one of 36 classics already on the shelf. The book works offline; the help needs a connection.
READ MORE
A daily goal, a streak, a reminder at the time you pick, and widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Once the hard books open up, you finish more of them. Sign in and your place, highlights and notebook follow you between iPhone and iPad.
Start free: Manara's help covers the first third of every book, and a subscription opens the rest.
Terms of Use: https://readwithmanara.app/terms
Privacy Policy: https://readwithmanara.app/privacy
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Added support for iPhone Duo.
Little fixes along the way.
Happy reading!
The developer, Omar Ayman, 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
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
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Information
- Provider
- Omar Ayman
- Size
- 93.8 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 21 more
- English, Arabic, Bengali, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Manara 30 scenes £5.19
- Manara 10 scenes £2.19
- Manara Weekly £2.49
- Manara Monthly £7.99
- Manara Yearly £63.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Omar Ibrahim