SnailRead
Read slowly, think deeply
Free · In‑App Purchases
SnailRead is a calm, focused reader for people who want to read slowly and remember more.
Open your PDFs and EPUBs in a clean, distraction-free space designed for deep reading — not endless scrolling. Highlight what matters, add your own notes, and let everything you mark collect in one place you'll actually revisit.
WHY SNAILREAD
• Built for focus. A quiet, beautiful reading surface with themes for day and night, adjustable fonts, spacing, and margins.
• Your own engine. A purpose-built EPUB engine plus rock-solid PDF rendering — your books just work.
• Read slowly, on purpose. Reading goals, daily streaks, and gentle reminders that keep the habit without the pressure.
HIGHLIGHTS, NOTES & QUOTES
• Highlight in color and attach notes as you read.
• Every quote and note gathers on one screen — search, review, and come back to your best ideas.
• Reminders and spaced review bring your highlights back over time, so the ideas you loved actually stick.
AN AI ASSISTANT THAT RESPECTS THE BOOK
• Ask about any passage and get a clear explanation — in your own language.
• Instant dictionary for any word, in context.
• Chapter summaries when you want the gist.
Your books stay yours: excerpts are sent securely only when you ask, and aren't stored after the answer.
SEE YOUR PROGRESS
• Reading time, streaks, most-read books, and your most active day.
• "Books this year" goal and a yearly "Year in Books" recap.
• Home- and Lock-Screen widgets: continue reading, quote of the day, word of the day, streak, and goals.
BRING YOUR LIBRARY
• Import PDF and EPUB from Files, Mail, the web, and more.
• Connect OPDS catalogs to browse and download.
• Convert other formats (like DjVu) to read them too.
• iCloud keeps your highlights, notes, and progress in sync across iPhone and iPad.
READ TOGETHER (OPTIONAL)
• Add friends by code, share what you're reading, and react to each other's quotes — privacy-first, and entirely up to you. Your notes are never shared.
FREE & PLUS
SnailRead is free to read your own books locally. SnailRead Plus unlocks sync, advanced stats, export, and themes. AI plans add the assistant, dictionary, and summaries. Subscriptions auto-renew; manage or cancel anytime in Settings.
Read slowly. Think deeply. Remember more.
Terms: https://snailread.app/terms
Privacy: https://snailread.app/privacy
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• Vocabulary training: review your saved words as flashcards, collect your "Words of the Week", and share them.
• "Story So Far" — a spoiler-safe AI recap of where you left off.
• Reader polish: a font-size step indicator, smarter hyphenation, easier text selection, and quick access to a book's quotes.
• Dozens of stability, privacy, and performance fixes.
The developer, Yevhen Lebediev, 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
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Yevhen Lebediev
- Size
- 24.8 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. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 33 more
- English, Albanian, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maltese, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- SnailRead Plus Lifetime $79.99
- AI Pro $149.99
- AI Pro $19.99
- AI $39.99
- AI $9.99
- Plus $29.99
- Plus $4.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Yevhen Lebediev
