justRead – Native iOS EPUB Reader (Built for Power Readers)

[petrjahoda]

Hi and thank you for the support. in justread you just select the directory, where books are and that's all of it. If something changes in that directory (let's say you update metadata, add book, etc.) you just refresh the app (standard swipe down) and that's it.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by petrjahoda

Hi and thank you for the support. in justread you just select the directory, where books are and that's all of it. If something changes in that directory (let's say you update metadata, add book, etc.) you just refresh the app (standard swipe down) and that's it.

I hadn't looked into file storage on my iphone before, but downloading the Files utility from Apple, I see that there's a "CalibreSyncICloudContainer" folder that contains all the downloaded ePubs.

I'll be interested to try out justRead when available. (Is the lower case 'j' a tip of the hat to calibre?)

[JSWolf]

Does justRead work with the iPad? If so, I may sign up.

[petrjahoda]

Hi, sorry for the delay, I was confused, where is my response and today I found that there is second page to my post :-).

Answer to pdurrant, the directory selection is simple (I hope), it works like this
1. You have got books saved (in my case) in icloud folder called Books
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2. When you open the app, you see there are no books yet and you have to select the folder, where books are
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3. So you select that folder in the justRead app
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4. It processed the files and you have the books in the app
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5. If you change something in that folder (for example change cover using calibre), you just refresh the library by standard: pull down

My goal here was: at the first start of the app point to the directory with books and refresh when you want to.
I managed to make it more performant than before, so 5000 books are analyze in about 15 seconds.

[petrjahoda]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Does justRead work with the iPad? If so, I may sign up.

Hi, as I stopped the Android development, my colleague went right for ipad. Ipad version was originally planned to Q1 2026 (and to have a margin it still is), but with android development stopped, my guess is Q2-Q3 this year.
We still want to wait for the response from users and as there will be in-app feature voting, we would like to release PROPER ipad version with as little changes as possible.

I am writing proper, because this version for iphones will work on ipad too, but won't be "UI optimized" for ipads.

[petrjahoda]

Also I forgot to mention I made a comparison between justRead, Apple Books, Kindle a Book Fusion: https://medium.com/itnext/justread-v...n-00e93199eb95