PocketBook Reader

Name: PocketBook Reader
Rating: 4.5 (9714 reviews)
Author: Pocketbook International SA

By: Pocketbook International SA App

PDF, EPUB, FB2, Audiobooks

Overview

Version:

5.20

Last updated: 2026-02-09

Features & Capabilities

PocketBook Reader is a free app that lets you read virtually any e content (books, magazines, textbooks, comics) and listen to audiobooks. It supports 26 book and audio formats including EPUB, MOBI, PDF, and CBZ/CBR, with a distraction free reading experience.

The app offers cloud sync via PocketBook Cloud, easy connections to Dropbox or Google Books, OPDS catalogs, ISBN scanning, and robust customization options such as font and layout adjustments, color themes, night modes, page turn animation, margins, and powerful notes and bookmarks for organizing your library.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Books Education Content Accessibility

By:

Pocketbook International SA

Rating:

4.50

(9,714) 42 new ratings

Version:

5.20 Last updated: 2026-02-09

Version code:

876042197

Creation date:

2014-02-16

Compatible devices:

Size:

109.72MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-07

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 18,369 ▲ 20

Other rankings

#11 in reader keyword 60 #29 in smartbook keyword 1 ▲ #33 in book keyword 20 ▲ 6#70 in html keyword 34 ▲

Other platforms

PocketBook reader - EPUB, PDF (v5.63.2.36061.release)

10,631,247 4.19

(101,735)

For Developers

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Developed by:

Pocketbook International SA

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pocketbook-reader/id805488884

Website:

https://www.youtube.com/user/PocketBookint

User Reviews

PocketBook Reader is praised for its polished UI and ease of use, plus strong text/audiobook support and deep customization. The main concerns are stability issues (crashes and freezes), rendering glitches in PDFs/EPUBs, and notable feature gaps (stats, translator, simultaneous audiobook/reading). Overall, it is highly regarded but reliability and feature completeness are the recurring pain points.

Pros

Excellent UI/appearance and an easy-to-use interface that many reviewers praise.
Simplicity and reliability, with a clean reading experience.
Supports both text and audiobook formats, giving versatility for different preferences.
Highly customizable reading experience (highlights, colors, notes, and easy EPUB uploading).
Free to use, with strong overall value.

Cons

Crashes and instability (crashes after iOS updates, constant crashes, and freezes when unlocking the iPad).
Rendering/display bugs across PDFs/EPUBs (PDFs sometimes render in black and white; EPUB rendering can cut off lines with the default renderer).
Missing features and tools (notably stats, a translator, and the ability to play audiobook and read the ebook simultaneously).
Background execution and search limitations (app cannot run in the background; some reviewers report poor search).

Recent reviews

I love the auto-scrolling mode!

by wi*****, 2026-07-18

The voices can be a little bit better and it sometimes varies in which voice uses it for certain sentences at random and it struggles with a few words that are not common, but a pretty good