Readest

Readest Books & Reference In-app purchases

Experience the Ultimate Ebook Reader Across All Your Devices for Avid Readers

Rating: 4.3; 1.2K ratings
Downloads: 100K+; on Google Play
Price: Free; In-app purchases
Updated: Sep 7; 2026 · v0.12.8

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About Readest

Discover Readest – the ultimate ebook reader designed for those who read to understand, analyze, and grow. Packed with powerful features like semantic search, in-depth note-taking, advanced bookmarking, and split-screen multitasking, Readest transforms your reading into an insightful journey. Whether you're diving into classics or exploring new ideas, Readest helps you digest every word and uncover deeper meanings.

Embrace a distraction-free, immersive reading experience with tools crafted to match the needs of modern, avid readers. Your library, your insights, your way – start your Readest journey today!

What’s new

Version 0.12.8 · Updated September 7, 2026

• Reading: Customize the information shown in headers and footers, resize text with zoom shortcuts • Sync: You can choose whether to use Readest Cloud before signing in, and recover missing covers during sync • Annotations: You can now import highlights, bookmarks, and reading progress from ReadEra, and sync your notes and highlights to Notion • Audiobooks: You can now stream ebook-only titles from Audiobookshelf • Text-to-Speech: use Apple Enhanced and Premium voices on t...

User reviews

Archisman Panigrahi

This is by far the best cross platform app for reading ebooks. Moreover, it is free and open source.

Qing Ye

it is very good app, very quick to open, keep good work. wish this app can be optimized on eink device like option to disable animation and more contrast of color choice, also adding sync to common cloud service.

A. H

One of the best reading apps I have used. It is clean, minimal, and focused purely on the reading experience. It supports custom fonts, and syncs across devices. Exactly what a serious reader needs. No ads, no distractions, just books. I am looking forward to more features like page curl animation, but even in its e...

App details

Readest is a free Books & Reference app for Android with 100,000+ installs on Google Play and a 4.3/5 average rating from 1,283 ratings. It was released on June 20, 2025 and last updated on September 7, 2026. It's developed by Readest. It requires Android 8.0 or later. The app offers in-app purchases.

Category: Books & Reference
Rating: 4.3 / 5 (1,283)
Installs: 100,000+
In-app purchases: Yes
Ads: No ads
Version: 0.12.8
Requires Android: 8.0
Content rating: Everyone
Released: June 20, 2025
Last updated: September 7, 2026
Developer: Readest

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