Skim or Dive
ANDREW IRELAND Book iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Skim or Dive is a free Book app for iPhone and iPad by ANDREW IRELAND. Requires iOS 15.1. Updated August 6, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 43 MB
- Age 12+
- Updated
- Aug 6
- 2026 · v1.0.8
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About Skim or Dive
Skim or Dive is an ebook reader built around one simple idea: you decide how deep you go — so you finish more of the books you start. Not every book earns 400 pages of your time. When a story drags, or you have less time than it needs, ease the detail down and skim to the end instead of abandoning it. When a story grabs you, dive into every word. Same book, your pacing — and far fewer half-read books on the shelf. A single slider — from skim to dive — reshapes any book in real time. Pull it up to glide across a chapter as a short summary. Push it down to sink into the full, unabridged prose. Every level in between gives you more or less detail, so you can race through a slow stretch and savour the part you love, all without ever leaving the page. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Finish more books — when a book isn't working, bail gracefully to a quick skim instead of adding it to the did-not-finish pile. • Variable detail slider (1–5) — read every section at the depth you want, from a one-line skim to the complete text. • One More Chapter — reached the end and not ready to let go? Generate a brand-new continuation in the tone you choose: exciting, silly, mundane, mind-bending, or a whole new genre. • Ask the book — curious about a character, a plot thread, or what a passage meant? Get instant answers right in the reader, carefully limited to what you've read so far. No spoilers, ever. • Tap to define — long-press any word to see its dictionary definition right in the page, without losing your place. • Bring your own books — import your EPUB and TXT files and read them your way. • A reader that stays out of your way — adjustable font size, light and dark themes, and reading progress that's always saved. • Bookmarks — mark the moments worth coming back to. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR PRIVACY Your books and your account are yours. There are no ads and no trackers. You can delete your account — and the data tied to it — at any time, right from the app. Read our privacy policy at https://skimordive.com/privacy. Whether you're catching the gist on a busy commute or diving deep on a lazy Sunday, Skim or Dive lets you read at your own pace, at your own depth — and actually reach the end.
What’s new
Version 1.0.8 · Updated August 6, 2026
Reading comfort settings — shape the page around how you actually read. • Five reading themes: Light, Sepia, Dim, Dark and High contrast. Choose one for daylight and a separate one for night, and the light/dark switch moves between exactly those two. • Typeface: read in a classic serif or your device's standard sans. • Text size, line spacing, letter spacing and paragraph spacing, each adjustable on its own — open the text up until it sits comfortably. • A live sample paragraph updates as you adjust, so you can see the result before returning to your book. • Reset to defaults whenever you want to start over. Two ways in: tap "Aa" in the reader's top bar, or go to Profile → Reading settings.
App privacy
The developer, ANDREW IRELAND, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Contact Info: Email Address
- User Content: Other User Content
- Identifiers: User ID
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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