# PocketBook Reader

> PDF, EPUB, FB2, Audiobooks

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id805488884](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id805488884)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id805488884`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Pocketbook International SA
- **Category:** Books
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (9,942 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.21
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-03
- **First published:** 2014-02-16
- **Size:** 106 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pocketbook-reader/id805488884)
- **Website:** [https://www.youtube.com/user/PocketBookint](https://www.youtube.com/user/PocketBookint)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://pocketbook.ch/en-ch/reader-mobile-privacy-notice](https://pocketbook.ch/en-ch/reader-mobile-privacy-notice)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #18,282 — Overall
- #14 — reader
- #26 — book
- #80 — html

## Review summary

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).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id805488884)