Reader Alive
AI Ebook Reader for iPhone and iPad

Reader Alive is an iOS app that lets users read EPUB, PDF, MOBI, and AZW3 ebook files in a single unified library on iPhone and iPad. It offers AI-powered features including passage translation, natural text-to-speech, chapter summaries, and book-aware chat grounded in the text being read. The app supports iCloud sync across Apple devices and is designed for readers who import their own personal ebook files.
Users import their own EPUB, PDF, MOBI, or AZW3 files into the app, which then provides AI features—translation, text-to-speech, chapter summaries, and book-aware Q&A—while keeping the reading context intact.
readers, language learners, researchers, and students who import their own ebook files on iPhone and iPad
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- unknown
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