Babel Reader
EPUB Reader with Translation
$4.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Read your EPUB library anywhere. Translate any paragraph with a single tap — entirely on your device, no internet required.
Babel Reader is a clean, distraction-free EPUB reader for iPhone and iPad. Import your books, read with beautifully crafted typography, and translate any paragraph with a single tap — all without sending a single byte to any server.
READING EXPERIENCE
• Page-by-page layout with smooth swipe navigation
• Portrait and landscape support (two-column layout in landscape)
• Four reading themes: White, Sepia, Night, and Slate
• Five typefaces: Georgia, Palatino, Baskerville, Iowan Old Style, and System
• Adjustable text size and line spacing
• Each book remembers its own display settings — font, size, line spacing, and theme
• Optional hyphenation and text alignment (flush left, justified, flush right, centred)
• Clock and chapter progress indicator always visible while you read
TRANSLATION
• Tap any paragraph to translate it in place
• Tap again to restore the original
• Translation runs entirely on your device — no text leaves your iPhone or iPad
• Supports 20+ languages including Arabic (with full RTL support), Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese
• Optional Read Aloud & Share: have the original or the translation read aloud, or share either via any app on your device
YOUR LIBRARY
• Import EPUB files from Files, Mail, Safari, and any other app that supports Share Sheet
• Organise your books into Collections
• Grid or list view
• Sort by date added, title, author, language, or most recently read
• Edit book title, author, and language metadata
• iCloud sync: keep your entire library and reading progress in sync across all your Apple devices (optional, uses your private iCloud account)
AVAILABLE IN 6 LANGUAGES
The app interface is fully localised in English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian.
PRIVACY FIRST
Babel Reader collects no personal data. It contains no advertising, no analytics, and no third-party tracking of any kind. On-device translation never sends your text to a server. iCloud sync uses only your own private iCloud account — your data is never accessible to the developer.
EPUB FORMAT
Babel Reader supports EPUB 2 and EPUB 3 files. PDF, MOBI, and AZW3 are not supported in this version.
Ratings & Reviews
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New Features
• Search in Book — tap the magnifying glass to search across all chapters at once. Results show the matching chapter, a context snippet, and match count. Tap a result to jump there.
• Search in Chapter — once in a chapter, use the up and down arrows to move between matches.
Bug fixes
• Fixed garbled quotation marks and apostrophes in some EPUB books (encoding issue).
• Themes and line spacing labels are now correctly translated in all languages.
• Font size, line spacing, and theme are no longer synced across devices — each device keeps its own comfortable reading settings.
The developer, Martin Bocker Dr, 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.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Martin Bocker Dr
- Size
- 2 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.6 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 5 more
- English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Martin Böcker
