# SABA Reader: Books, Audio

> Read Georgian, Lead Sabculture

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id596814126](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id596814126)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id596814126`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** LeavingStone
- **Category:** Books
- **Rating:** 4.90 / 5 (7,376 ratings)
- **Version:** 9.52.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-01
- **First published:** 2013-02-09
- **Size:** 104 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/saba-reader-books-audio/id596814126)
- **Website:** [https://old.saba.com.ge/about/readers/ios](https://old.saba.com.ge/about/readers/ios)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://old.saba.com.ge/en/privacy](https://old.saba.com.ge/en/privacy)

## Description

SABA Reader delivers a refreshed reading and listening experience for Georgian books. It includes a dedicated audio mode with simple navigation, offline listening, and the ability to download chapters for local playback.

The new reading experience adds five page themes, highlights and notes, adjustable font size and margins, a table of contents, and a view of saved texts. Subscribers can track where they stopped, explore a diverse book collection, and read detailed descriptions.

## Rankings

- #20,496 — Overall
- #33 — book
- #39 — reader
- #46 — kindle
- #75 — lead

## Review summary

Users praise comfort, affordability, broad title availability, offline use, and cross‑platform support, but repeatedly flag major gaps: no English language support, missing notes/glossary/search features, stability bugs and crashes, data loss on payment issues, and catalog gaps like the absence of Kindle editions.

### Pros

- Comfortable, user-friendly, affordable app.
- Wide catalog of books from many publishers.
- Works offline, letting you read/listen without internet.
- Excellent cross-platform experience on iOS and macOS.
- Overall positive and valuable reading experience.

### Cons

- No English language support despite long-standing promises.
- Missing core features: notes/annotations per scene, a comments feature, and glossary/search capability.
- Stability and reliability issues: crashes after updates and other bugs (unopenable app, buggy lists).
- Data loss or sync problems: books and notes disappearing when payment methods change or charging fails.
- Content gaps: no Kindle edition and some publishers/books missing.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id596814126)