PDFreflow – two-column PDFs reflowed into one column on Android & iOS (TestFlight)

[eggnstone]

Hi all,



I'm the developer of PDFreflow, a reader app for PDFs that were never made for a phone: research papers, textbooks, manuals.

It reflows the whole PDF into one column that fits the screen:

• two-column layouts come out in reading order
• running heads, footers and page numbers are removed
• formulas, tables and figures stay in the flow as images, where they sit in the text
• dark mode recolours only the text and the background, so photos keep their colours

It works on the text itself rather than on page images, so font, size and colours are yours to change. It also reads EPUB, TXT and single-file HTML. Your files stay on your device: no account, no cloud, no ads.

Limits, so you know before you try: it needs a text-based PDF, scanned books aren't supported. It's an Android app, so it may run on an Android e-ink reader such as a Boox, but I haven't tested it on e-ink. If you try it on one, I'd like to hear how it goes.

The first 30 pages of every document are free. Unlocking every page is a one-time Early Bird purchase of EUR 9.99, no subscription.

Website, with screenshots: https://www.pdfreflow.com/
For Android: on Google Play
For iPhone and iPad: through Apple's TestFlight for now, https://testflight.apple.com/join/GB8mjuKX

Questions and bug reports are welcome here. In the app, the Feedback button can upload the document that went wrong, which helps me most.

A short explainer video: