# Gutenberg Project

> Books

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id672017144](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id672017144)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id672017144`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** himalaya-soft
- **Category:** Books
- **Rating:** 3.30 / 5 (43 ratings)
- **Version:** 26.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-23
- **First published:** 2013-07-26
- **Size:** 26 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gutenberg-project/id672017144)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.himalaya-soft.com/help/privacy\_policy/Gutenberg.htm](http://www.himalaya-soft.com/help/privacy_policy/Gutenberg.htm)

## Description

【Premier Reader】: This app costs $6, and our users are paying for it each and every day. Why? It is the best Gutenberg Reader: beautiful images, elegant formatting, and graceful page turning. Contents live from Project Gutenberg with last-minute update, more than 60,000 most important books ever published in history. Plus more than 7,000 human-read audio books. 

【Audio books】: There are more than 7,000 human-read audio books, all for the price of a cup of coffee. Alternatively you could pay $3-5 for a single audiobook as some of the "Audio app" would ask you to pay. 

【Book recommendation】: Every app gives you a list of book recommendation, but where did they find the list? dreamed up in 'lala' land? We base our recommendation solidly on big data, tens of millions of pages actually read by our users. Downloading or page flipping has no effect on the ranking of our recommendation list. 

【Number of Books】: No other apps have more Gutenberg books, and many competitors are missing some classic Gutenberg books, and many competitors use outdated data from Gutenberg.

【Reading】: Texts and images are presented by a sophisticated book reader: beautiful presentation, graceful page turning, and the most intelligent Table of Contents (better than any other book reader for the same book). 

【Read-along】: Audio and Text are synchronized when possible. You can read, listen, or read-Along, and switch between them at will.

【Export】: Export a book together with bookmarks and the notes you inserted into the book to anyone and any device, or save it i the cloud (google drive, one drive, or iCloud).

* The PAID version "Gutenberg Books" allows unlimited reading and listening.

## Rankings

- #210,074 — Overall

## Review summary

Overall, users praise Gutenberg Project for a large free catalog, readable text, audio options, and useful recommendations. However, recurring issues derail the experience: persistent ads (even with paid versions); unreliable search/downloads (404/504 errors); clunky navigation and page-turn animations that reset progress; limited theming/accessibility (no black-on-white or dark mode); and pricing concerns about subscriptions and transfers. Some users also report crashes or the app failing to load catalogs.

### Pros

- Large catalog of free/public-domain books
- Readable text options (font size and page color) and a downloadable library
- Audio features and read-along with highlighting
- Helpful book recommendations and concise introductions
- Pleasant page-turning visuals

### Cons

- Intrusive ads and no ad-free option even when paying
- Unreliable search and download functions (404/504 errors)
- Clunky navigation and page-turn UX that can reset progress
- Limited theming and accessibility (hard to read color schemes; no black-on-white or dark mode)
- Pricing concerns and subscription model (transfers, price increases)

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