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Talewright, Classic books, real page turns

Pages that turn like paper.

Talewright is a book reader for iPhone, iPhone Duo and iPad. Read tens of thousands of free classics or your own EPUBs and PDFs, and hold a corner to feel the page curl.

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  • Free, In-App Purchases
  • Books
  • iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad
  • EN, ES
  • Age 18+

iPhone, iPhone Duo and iPad

Every screen

Hold an iPhone upright for one page. Turn an iPad sideways or open an iPhone Duo and you get a full two-page spread, with the spine in the middle where the fold is.

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A real page under your finger

Pages that curl

Hold a corner and the page curls, just like paper, on every screen. Prefer something simpler? Switch to a slide in the reading settings.

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Made for iPhone Duo

Open your Duo, open a book

Unfold your iPhone Duo and Talewright lays the book open across both halves, with the spine on the fold. Covers sit centred like a real book, and the page curls across the crease.

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Tens of thousands of free classics

Discover

Browse public domain classics by topic and language, with fast search, plus carefully typeset new releases from Standard Ebooks. Or bring your own EPUB and PDF files from Files, Mail or Safari.

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Never lose the thread

Reading companion

Story so far writes a spoiler-free recap of any book, on your device, from the pages you've already read and nothing past them. Ask this book and Who's who come with it in Premium.

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Just you and the page

Built for reading

Five themes, seven fonts and a warm light that takes the blue out of the page at night. Highlight in four colors, add notes and look up any word.

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Start on iPhone, finish on iPad

Your library

Your shelf, your place, highlights and notes follow you through your own iCloud. Open the book on another device and Talewright offers to jump to where you left off.

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Honest by default

No account. No ads. No tracking.

Talewright collects nothing about you. Your books, highlights and notes stay on your device and in your own iCloud, and the reading companion runs on your device.

No accountNothing to sign up for, and no email asked.
No adsNot in the free reader, not anywhere.
No analyticsNo third-party SDKs and nothing sold.
Your iCloudSync goes through your own private iCloud.

The full list

What's inside

Everything Talewright does, in one place.

  • Pages that curl like paper under your finger
  • Two-page spread on iPhone Duo and iPad
  • Layouts for both half-folded iPhone Duo postures
  • Tens of thousands of free public domain classics
  • New releases from Standard Ebooks
  • Your own EPUB and PDF files
  • Highlights in four colors, notes and bookmarks
  • Dictionary and a vocabulary list
  • Search inside the book and time left in the chapter
  • Five themes, seven fonts and a warm light for night
  • Curl or slide page turns
  • Pick up on any device where you left off
  • Premium: Story so far, Ask this book and Who's who, on device
  • Premium: read aloud and note export
  • Syncs through your own iCloud, no account, no ads

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Go further

Never lose the thread with Talewright Premium

Story so farA spoiler-free recap of any book, whenever you come back to it.
Ask this bookQuestions answered from the pages you've read, never the ones ahead.
Who's whoA character guide that grows as you read.
Read aloud and note exportListen to any book, and send every highlight to Notes, Mail or Files.

The reader and every free book are free, with no ads. Premium is $2.99 a month or $19.99 a year with a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan. It works on every book, including your own, and runs on your device.

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No shady stuff

An app you can trust

Talewright is built by one person, not a growth team. No tracking, ever. That goes for all 15 JC Mobile App Studio apps.

Josuam Collazo Designer & Developer of Talewright Learn more about Josuam

Talewright is coming

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Contact

Get in touch.

Beta access, app ideas, bug reports, or partnership questions, the inbox is open. Support in English and Español.