Grim Reader
Maarten de Kreij Utilities iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Grim Reader is a free Utilities app for iPhone and iPad by Maarten de Kreij. Rated 5.0/5 from 4 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated October 17, 2026.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 4 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 17 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 17
- 2026 · v1.5
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About Grim Reader
Your books. Your library. Your way. Privacy By Design. Made in the EU. Grim Reader is a modern reader and library manager for e-books, comics and audiobooks. Keep your collection on your device, connect to your own servers, and turn even a simple collection of files into a rich, beautifully organised library. A library that feels alive Browse your collection by books, authors, series and more. See covers, reading progress and detailed information at a glance, continue where you left off, mark favourites and quickly find what you want to read next. Grim Reader is designed for both iPhone and iPad, with an interface that adapts to the device you are using. Enrich your books Missing a cover, description or other information? Grim Reader can help enrich your library using online book and author sources. Depending on the available information, Grim Reader can help you find and add details such as: • Covers and book descriptions • Authors and author information • Series information • Publisher and publication details • ISBN and other identifiers • Genres, categories and tags • Additional book metadata You remain in control and can review and edit your library information. More than e-books Grim Reader brings different types of reading together in one library: • Read e-books • Browse and read comics • Listen to audiobooks • Keep track of reading progress • Continue reading or listening across your library • Organise books by author and series • Mark books and authors as favourites Your files, your servers You don’t need to hand your library over to a commercial book platform. Grim Reader can work with books stored locally and supports personal libraries through WebDAV and OPDS, as well as the optional Grimmory server. This makes Grim Reader equally useful for a small collection on your iPhone or iPad and for a large self-hosted library. Made for readers Grim Reader focuses on your books rather than a store. There are no books to sell you and no ecosystem you need to buy into. Build the library you want, enrich it, organise it and enjoy reading it. Grim Reader — your library belongs to you.
What’s new
Version 1.5 · Updated October 17, 2026
New - Grim Reader in German. If your iPhone or iPad is set to German, the whole app now speaks German. - CBR comics. Import a CBR, or open one from WebDAV or your own OPDS catalogue. The app converts it once, and from then on it reads like any other comic. - Manga reads right to left. A comic marked as manga turns its pages the right way automatically. You can also choose the reading direction for each book. - Reading stats. Under Settings you can see how much you read and listen: your reading time per day and per month, your most-read authors and formats, and your reading streak. Everything stays on your device. - One calm reading menu in every reader. EPUB, PDF and comics now share the same compact floating bar with bigger buttons. Close panels with the close button or by swiping down. - Choose your read-aloud voice. Pick a voice for each language, or let the app pick the best voice on your device. Play and pause now share one large button. - Footnotes in a popup. Tap a footnote and the note appears over the page, and you keep your place. - Audiobooks from your OPDS catalogue, including books in several parts. If a download is interrupted, it picks up where it stopped. - Sort and filter the way your catalogue offers, such as Newest or Popular. - Sharper comics. Turn on "Sharpen" to make low-resolution scans look crisper. Improved - A new read-aloud voice applies straight away, even if you change it while paused. - Comics that were wrongly reported as "too large" open again. - Books that are only for sale or for loan are no longer offered as downloads. - A downloaded PDF keeps its cover. - Plus many smaller fixes.
App privacy
The developer, Maarten de Kreij, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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