Bring your own library
Import from Files or connect a supported private FolioSpace Library, Calibre-Web, or Komga library.
Reader for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro
FolioSpace Reader
Build your reading room in space.
打造你在空间里的书房
Read your own EPUB books, PDFs, comics, and webtoons wherever you are. Unlimited local books are free, and FolioSpace Library is an optional self-hosted source when you want the same collection across devices.
The short answer
What is FolioSpace Reader?
FolioSpace Reader is a native iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro app for personal EPUB, PDF, CBZ, ZIP, and webtoon reading. Import files directly, keep them available offline, or optionally connect one FolioSpace Library server without giving up the free core reader.
iPhone and iPad
A practical reader for the screen already with you.
Import books from Files, download titles from your optional private server, and keep reading offline. Books, PDFs, comics, and webtoons open in a focused full-screen reader on iPhone and iPad.
- Unlimited local books: the free edition no longer limits the size of your on-device library.
- Center tap: reveals or hides navigation controls without competing with page-turn edges.
- iPad layouts: portrait favors one readable page; landscape uses a two-page spread when applicable.
- Reading state: bookmarks, notes, progress, typography, and offline downloads stay close at hand.
A study, not a stage set
The page is the center of the room.
FolioSpace Reader does not ask you to arrange a simulated shelf before you can read. Open a book, place the window at a comfortable distance, choose the page scale and sound you want, then let the controls recede.
Set the reading scale
Use a generous page, a two-page spread, Focus Mode, or a smaller physical-scale Mini Book.
Keep your place
Reading progress, bookmarks, reading time, and recent books remain part of the reading surface.
Vision Pro · Pro experiment
Mini Book Mode brings the page back to human scale.
Mini Book Mode presents the book as a smaller, physical-scale reading object instead of filling a large floating window.
It reduces the preferred reading window, keeps the page proportions compact, and adds subtle page-stack and cover-edge details. The goal is not to model a decorative 3D book; it is to make a quiet object that feels natural to hold in your field of view.
- 1Open Reader Settings
Select the gear button while a book is open.
- 2Find Experimental
Mini Book Mode appears for users with FolioSpace Reader Pro.
- 3Turn it on
Use the dedicated exit control when you want the larger reading surface again.
A room can have a sound
Ambient sound, generated locally.
Choose a soundscape and volume inside Reader Settings. FolioSpace Reader generates the audio on the device; it does not need to stream a long audio track.
RainWavesBrown NoisePink Noise
ForestFireplaceCafeZen Temple
You can also jump to Apple Music when you want your own reading playlist.
Assistive page controls
Look, focus, then pinch or dwell.
1Look at a side rail
→
A thin control on the left or right receives focus.
2Pinch or use Dwell Control
→
Activate the focused control to turn one page.
3Continue reading
The control stays secondary to the page.
Important: this is an accessibility-focused control mode, not eye-only page turning.
Reading tools
Keep the text quiet. Let artwork open up.
Focus Mode hides surrounding chrome. Layout presets, text size, line spacing, paragraph spacing, first-line indent, page width, and themes let each book settle into a readable shape. Long-press an illustration to open it in a dedicated viewer.
Your books, your files
What can FolioSpace Reader open?
Reflowable books with chapters, typography controls, footnotes, covers, and inline illustrations.
Documents and illustrated books with single-page, two-page, full-screen, and page-jump controls.
Image-based comics with page-fit choices, two-page spreads, and long-scroll reading.
Import with Files or connect supported FolioSpace Library, Calibre-Web, and Komga sources you control.
Direct answers
FolioSpace Reader Q&A
What is Mini Book Mode?
It is a Pro reading experiment that presents the Vision Pro reading surface as a smaller, physical-scale book-like object. Enable it in Reader Settings under Experimental.
Does it turn pages with eyes alone?
No. Assistive Page Controls use gaze to focus a side control, then require a pinch or visionOS Dwell Control to activate the page turn.
Are the ambient sounds streamed?
No. Rain, waves, brown noise, pink noise, forest, fireplace, cafe, and Zen Temple soundscapes are generated locally on the device.
How do I enter or leave full screen on iPhone or iPad?
The reader opens full screen. Tap the center region of the page to show or hide the controls; the outer page-turn areas remain available for navigation.
Does FolioSpace Reader provide books or comics?
No. FolioSpace Reader is a reading app and self-hosted library client for files and private services that you control. It does not bundle or distribute reading content.
Do I need FolioSpace Library to use the reader?
No. Import supported files directly and read unlimited local books for free. FolioSpace Library is optional when you want a self-hosted NAS or Docker source shared across devices.
What is free, and what does Pro add?
The free edition includes unlimited local books, core reading, bookmarks, notes, progress, offline downloads, and one saved FolioSpace Library server. Pro is a one-time purchase that adds advanced page effects, the full ambient sound collection, multiple libraries, Calibre-Web and Komga connections, Markdown notes export, and Vision Pro features such as Mini Book Mode.
FolioSpace Reader
Make room for the book.
Read unlimited local books for free. Unlock advanced reading and library tools with one optional Pro purchase.
