Polyglot Reader

Name: Polyglot Reader
Rating: 4.4 (73 reviews)
Author: Anton Ivanov

Read books, learn languages

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

73 Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Education
Developer

Anton Ivanov
Language

EN
+ 10 More
Size

126
MB

NEW in 5.0: redesigned reader, library and flashcards. Hands-free study mode, system dark theme, tags and difficulty on every book cover. Faster, cleaner, calmer. Read books in any foreign language and turn every unknown word into a flashcard you'll actually remember. Version 5.0 brings a complete redesign — a calmer reader, a smarter library and a new way to study. 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. — 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 classic books in 38+ languages, sorted into sections like Classics, Sherlock Holmes, Shakespeare, Horror & Mystery, Children's Books, 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 to reorganize your 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 tap • 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 • Translate your own phrases and add them 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 default 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 Quijote in Spanish or Dostoevsky in Russian — Polyglot Reader turns reading into vocabulary, one tap at a time. Questions or feedback: support@readandlearnapp.com

Ratings & Reviews

4.4

out of 5

73 Ratings

Pretty Good
01/03/2020

TadashiiUchiha
The app is overall very good, I like how it has many language options, and I like how you can translate the word or phrase. The problem that I have is that certain languages have very little or no books at all. Like Korean for example, I also hate that we have to pay to hear the pronunciation of a word! Also why does it say the “quota is exhausted?” This is very frustrating, I don’t know why I need to pay to learn! If you guys improve these things no doubt it will become popular and people will download and use it more often.
Pretty Good
01/03/2020

TadashiiUchiha

The app is overall very good, I like how it has many language options, and I like how you can translate the word or phrase. The problem that I have is that certain languages have very little or no books at all. Like Korean for example, I also hate that we have to pay to hear the pronunciation of a word! Also why does it say the “quota is exhausted?” This is very frustrating, I don’t know why I need to pay to learn! If you guys improve these things no doubt it will become popular and people will download and use it more often.
Outstanding
05/06/2018

Lewis home dogs
The app that you keep coming back to is the best app to learn from. I had already bought "tons" of apps, but does it all effectively for a basement price. Reading, understanding, listening, then speaking, yields progress. Add words to your vocabulary bank as you read and enjoy the story. It's addictive and it works. 😌
Outstanding
05/06/2018

Lewis home dogs

The app that you keep coming back to is the best app to learn from. I had already bought "tons" of apps, but does it all effectively for a basement price. Reading, understanding, listening, then speaking, yields progress. Add words to your vocabulary bank as you read and enjoy the story. It's addictive and it works. 😌
Now works but still need improvement
12/26/2019

Swan1019
I’ve upgraded to professional to have full functionality. It did not work the first time due to iOS upgrade but the developer recently updated it. You can load the books and launch a passage for translation. Unfortunately you can click only on one word per word which slows the reading down. It would be nice to easily click on sentences or passage because the meaning is clear with the whole sentence.Also, the speech button doesn’t work.

Developer Response
This was bug due to new iOS version. We already fix this error in recent updates.
Now works but still need improvement
12/26/2019

Swan1019

I’ve upgraded to professional to have full functionality. It did not work the first time due to iOS upgrade but the developer recently updated it. You can load the books and launch a passage for translation. Unfortunately you can click only on one word per word which slows the reading down. It would be nice to easily click on sentences or passage because the meaning is clear with the whole sentence.Also, the speech button doesn’t work.
Developer Response 12/25/2019
This was bug due to new iOS version. We already fix this error in recent updates.
could be awesome
11/27/2021

rpietro
this app could be awesome. compared to lingq and readlang, this app allows you to import full pdfs and epub files, images and all. this is amazing, and for that i absolutely love it.but then, you’ve got the bugs. and boy, there are plenty of them. often times the connection to dropbox will stop and won’t return unless you restart the ipad. the only way to get them in with consistency is to export the file from dropbox right into the app — but that took me a lot of time to figure out. at one point i tried to import books through a link and it simply deleted all books i had imported. all of them!! also, it’s impossible to tell which books will import correctly. pdfs with perfect text (not pictures of pages, but real text) won’t work. epub files which should in theory work, lose all of their tables after being imported. so, it’s a gamble, and after you painstakingly test dozens of files, it will delete all of your library.will i stick to it? yes, because i can’t find anything better. but i honestly hate this app for all its potential and really bad, absolutely terrible execution.
could be awesome
11/27/2021

rpietro

this app could be awesome. compared to lingq and readlang, this app allows you to import full pdfs and epub files, images and all. this is amazing, and for that i absolutely love it.but then, you’ve got the bugs. and boy, there are plenty of them. often times the connection to dropbox will stop and won’t return unless you restart the ipad. the only way to get them in with consistency is to export the file from dropbox right into the app — but that took me a lot of time to figure out. at one point i tried to import books through a link and it simply deleted all books i had imported. all of them!! also, it’s impossible to tell which books will import correctly. pdfs with perfect text (not pictures of pages, but real text) won’t work. epub files which should in theory work, lose all of their tables after being imported. so, it’s a gamble, and after you painstakingly test dozens of files, it will delete all of your library.will i stick to it? yes, because i can’t find anything better. but i honestly hate this app for all its potential and really bad, absolutely terrible execution.

Version 5.0 — a complete redesign. — New reading experience — • Redesigned reader, bookmarks, translation popup, Learn mode, tests and settings • Refined dark theme and a new System theme that matches iOS automatically • More polished light theme across every screen — Library, reimagined — • New sections and sorting on your shelves • Search inside any shelf • Recent-books filter • Difficulty level and tags right on the book cover • Better covers and previews • Drag and drop to reorganize books • New "Added manually" section for everything you imported yourself • Major iPad stability and polish: smoother search, scroll and sharing — Words and decks — • New card design and redesigned learning screens • Quick preview and actions inside every deck • Pick a default deck for new words • Hands-free mode — keep learning without touching the screen • Long-press context menu: mark as known / unknown in one tap • Optional shuffled order during study — Reliability — • Fixes for PDF and EPUB rendering • Crash fixes and visual bug fixes across the app Thank you for reading and learning with us. Questions and feedback always welcome at support@readandlearnapp.com

Version 5.0.0 12h ago

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Seller: Anton Ivanov
Size: 126 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.
Languages: English and 10 more

English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish
Age Rating: 4+

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In-App Purchases: Yes

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Full version $49.99

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Annual subscription $14.49

Upgrade from advanced to professional version $3.99

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