Polyglot Reader
Read books, learn languages
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad
NEW in 5.1: cloud sync! Sign in and your books and flashcards follow you to every device. Also: redesigned reader and library, hands-free mode, dark theme.
Read books in any foreign language and turn every unknown word into a flashcard you'll actually remember. Now with an account and cloud sync: your books and flashcards go with you to every device.
Polyglot Reader is your pocket library, dictionary and flashcard trainer in one app. Tap any word or phrase in a book, get an instant translation with transcription, hear the pronunciation, and save it to a deck to review later. Built for iPhone, iPad and Mac, with a refined dark theme.
— ACCOUNT & SYNC —
• Sign in with Apple, Google or email
• Books, card sets, flashcards and language pairs stay in sync across all your devices
• Your own books are uploaded to the cloud together with their covers
• New device? Sign in and your library and flashcards come right back
— READ —
• Completely redesigned reader, bookmarks, translation popup and settings
• New System theme that follows iOS automatically, plus refined Light and Dark
• Open books in PDF, EPUB, FB2, RTF and TXT
• Import from Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive or any file app
• Scan a paper page — the app recognizes the text and saves it as a book
• Highlights words you don't know yet, right inside the page
• Vertical scrolling, comfortable type settings, picture zoom
— LIBRARY —
• Thousands of free books in 38+ languages, sorted into sections like Classics, Sherlock Holmes, Shakespeare, Horror & Mystery, Fairy Tales, Philosophy, Adventure
• Adapted A2–B1 readers for German learners, plus original literature in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Latin, Greek and many more
• New sorting, new sections and search inside every shelf
• Filter to show only recent books
• Difficulty level and tags shown right on each cover
• Drag and drop books between shelves
• New "Added manually" section for everything you imported yourself
• Smoother search, scroll and sharing on iPad
— LEARN —
• Redesigned cards and study screens
• Ready-made flashcard sets for English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese and Japanese — verbs, nouns and themed categories
• Smart virtual decks: All cards, Recent, Unknown — see progress at a glance
• Quick preview and actions inside every deck
• Pick a default deck for new words you save while reading
• Per-card knowledge level with a colored progress bar (red → green as you master each word)
• Three study modes: foreign only, foreign + native, native only
• Hands-free mode — keep learning without touching the screen
• Long-press context menu: mark as known or unknown in one gesture
• Optional shuffled order during study
• Filter to show only words you haven't learned yet
• Pronunciation for both the word and its translation
• Knowledge tests for every deck
• Export and import cards in CSV
— TRANSLATE —
• 111 offline dictionaries — no internet, no quota
• On-the-fly transcription for all popular languages
• Speech-to-text: just say the word, get the translation
• Add your own phrases and translations to any deck
• Edit translations when you want a better wording
• 90+ languages supported, including Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese and many more
— AND ALSO —
• System, Light and Dark themes
• Choose Google or Yandex as your online translator
• Compact mode on iPhone, expanded card view on iPad
• Notifications to bring you back to recent cards
Whether you're reading Sherlock Holmes in English, Kafka in German, Don Quixote in Spanish or Dostoevsky in Russian — Polyglot Reader turns reading into vocabulary, one tap at a time.
Questions or feedback: support@readandlearnapp.com
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Version 5.1.1
• Fixed sync issues
The developer, Anton Ivanov, 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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Information
- Provider
- Anton Ivanov
- Size
- 143.4 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 10 more
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Annual subscription $34.99
- Annual subscription $22.99
- Monthly subscription $7.99
- Monthly subscription $3.99
- Annual subscription $59.99
- Monthly subscription $9.99
- Annual subscription $39.99
- Monthly subscription $7.99
- Upgrade from advanced to professional version $3.99
- Full version $99.99
- Copyright
- © Anton Ivanov