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- What it is
- Store information collected; independent summary not yet available.
- At a glance
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- Free to download
Categories and search queries
Official categories
- Books
- Music
AppCorpus categories
Key functions
| Function | Availability | Access | Scope | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free app | Yes | Free | — | Store published |
Screens
App Store
9 store screenshots
Pricing & paywalls
App Store
Shown for US
- Free
Ratings & reviews
App Store
Shown for US
No store reviews collected for App Store · GB
Privacy & accessibility
App Store
Privacy
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Contact Info — Email Address Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Diagnostics — Crash Data Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Diagnostics — Other Diagnostic Data Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Usage Data — Product Interaction Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — User Content — Other User Content Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — Contact Info Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — Diagnostics Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — Usage Data Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — User Content Developer declared
Accessibility
No accessibility labels collected yet.
Versions
App Store
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2.10.0
Version 2.10.0 Changes in interface/internal operation - Fixed an issue where the confirmation screen would not appear when trying to delete a novel on the bookshelf screen even if "Confirm when deleting a novel" was turned on in the "Settings tab" - Added an ON/OFF setting for "Prevent novels from being deleted by swiping or clicking "Edit" on the bookshelf screen\" when "Confirm when deleting a novel" is turned on in the "Settings tab". Fixing the problem - Fixes an issue where the app would crash if you tried to read the next page or a sentence ahead from the lock screen during playback. - Fixed a problem where the order of folders would be messed up when adding novels to a folder using the multiple selection function on the bookshelf screen.
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2.10.1
Version 2.10.1 - Changed the way the scroll position is calculated during reading. - Addressed an issue where scrolling did not work properly when opening a page with a large number of characters. - Changed the URL for obtaining SiteInfo for KotoSekai to a Google Spreadsheet TSV.
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2.10.2
Version 2.10.2 Changes in interface/internal operation - When making an inquiry from within the app, a warning will be displayed if the latest version is not working. - Changed the behavior when retrieving SiteInfo. - A floating window will be displayed when entering "multiple selection mode" on the "bookshelf screen." Fixing the problem - Fixed an issue where eloquence voices could not be selected in the expected language. - Fixed an issue where a gap was created at the bottom of the novel text screen due to the tab bar being moved to the top of the screen in iPad OS 18. - Fixed an issue where the vertical width of the "◀ (back to previous page button)" at the bottom of the novel text screen was incorrect, causing a small portion of the bottom left of the novel text to be missing.
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2.10.3
Version 2.10.3 Fixing the problem - Fixed an issue where calling NovelSpeaker from the share function on Safari etc. did not work properly.
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2.10.4
Version 2.10.4 Changes in interface/internal operation - Added "Show tabs at the bottom of the screen" option to the "Settings Tab" - Added "This Chapter Title" to the "Edit Novel" screen, allowing you to change the displayed chapter title. - Added a "Trash Can Emoji" to the bookmarks displayed on the home page of the "Web Import" tab, allowing you to delete the bookmark by clicking it. - When checking for updates to novels registered in your bookshelf, if there are missing chapters (pages), an attempt will be made to re-fetch those chapters (pages). - Added an ON/OFF setting to the "Change audio mode when connected to CarPlay" to the Settings tab. Fixing the problem - Disabled the use of AutoPagerize's SiteInfo on wedata.
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2.10.5
Version 2.10.5 Changes in interface/internal operation - Added "Start/Stop Speech" to "Settings for the buttons displayed in the upper right corner of the novel text screen" in the "Settings Tab." - Assigned icons to buttons in the top right of the novel main screen that previously contained text. - Narrowed the width of the buttons in the top right of the bookshelf screen and converted them to icons (the edit button was not iconized). - You can now change the gap between the novel text screen and the buttons on the top right of the bookshelf screen in the settings. - Changed the color picker used for "Specify Text Color Directly" and "Specify Background Color Directly" in "Settings Tab" → "Novel Main Screen Settings" → "Color Settings" to the Apple standard color picker. Fixing the problem - Fixed an issue where the background color specified in "Color Settings" in "Settings Tab" → "Novel Main Screen Settings" was not working properly. - Fixed an issue where swiping left and right on the novel main screen would not transition to the previous or next page even when "Enable page turning by swiping left and right on the novel main screen" was enabled in the "Settings Tab."
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2.10.6
Version 2.10.6 Fixing the problem - Fixed an issue where some sliders would become inoperable when the text displayed using Dynamic Type or other features was enlarged. - Fixed an issue where some icons would appear in unexpected positions when changing the layout during speech or multiple selection. - Fixed an issue where, in Dark Mode, the time and battery level indicators at the top of the screen would become invisible (drawn black on black) when the "Settings" tab → "Novel Text Display Settings" → "Color Settings" was set to "Fixed Black on White" or vice versa. - Fixed an issue where the buttons in the upper right corner of the screen would malfunction and consume excessive CPU power when detecting layout changes and rearranging them.
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2.10.7
Version 2.10.7 Fixing the problem - Fixed an issue where the "Web Import" tab might crash if there was a problem verifying the SSL certificate.
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2.11.0
Version 2.11.0 Changes in interface/internal operation - Added an ON/OFF setting (default is ON) for "Reduce the number of parallel downloads when the device is hot" to the "Settings tab," and a setting for "Maximum number of simultaneous downloads (limited per site, default value is 5)" when this is ON. - The waiting time before loading the next page during downloads will now vary depending on the device's temperature and battery level. - Partially changed the behavior when checking for updates. - Block access to PrivacyTracking-related domains from WKWebView. - Reduced the size of the dialog box when composing an email from "Settings tab" → "Contact Developer" on iPad. Fixing the problem - Fixed an issue where the application might crash when importing novels. - Fixed an issue where the application might crash when the "Bookshelf screen" was set to an order where folders could be opened and closed. - Fixed an issue where some buttons could not be selected in a dialog box that expanded beyond the screen width on Mac Catalyst. - Fixed an issue where line breaks were not displayed in complaint reports and other emails on Mac Catalyst.
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2.11.1
Version 2.11.1 (2.11.1) Changes in interface/internal operation - Added "Page Number Sort" to the sorting options (upward and downward arrow icons) in the upper right corner of the bookshelf screen. Fixing the problem - Fixed an issue where importing failed when you couldn't proceed to the next page without pressing a button.
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2.11.2
Version 2.11.2 Changes in interface/internal operation - Fixed an issue where HTML tags other than rb, rp, and rt were not recognized as ruby text when importing novel text. Fixing the problem - Fixed an issue that unnecessarily increased CPU load when checking for novel updates.
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2.12.0
Version 2.12.0 Changes in interface/internal operation - Added "Specify the portion of each website to be included." (a function that allows you to select the portion to be considered as the main text during import) to the "Settings tab". - Slightly modified the mechanism of "Notification of in-app error" in the "Settings tab". - Added "Edit / add priority SiteInfo" to the "Settings tab". - Partially changed the behavior when retrieving the main text of novels. Fixing the problem - Fixed an issue where some novels could not be searched using the "Search" button in the upper left corner of the "Bookshelf screen". - Fixed an issue where the app could stop reading aloud until it was restarted, which could occur when the playback position was changed repeatedly (for example, from Control Center) during playback. - Fixed an issue where importing from some websites took a long time and sometimes failed.
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2.12.1
· 5 Jul 2026
Version 2.12.1 Fixing the problem - Fixed an issue where chapters already stored locally were being unnecessarily re-downloaded when checking for updates or filling in missing parts of a novel. - Implemented various fixes for an issue where speech playback would fail to start until the app was restarted. - Fixed an issue where the behavior did not match the intended design when the "Change the audio mode when connected to CarPlay" setting (under the Settings tab) was enabled.
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2.7.0
Interface change, function addition, etc. - Avoid problems caused by differences in speaker identity strings between different OSes and OS versions by using a table that absorbs the differences. - Added "Long press menu items left behind" displayed when "Settings tab" -> "Long press only pops: corrections for pronounciation" is ON - "Settings tab" -> Changed the notation of "Long press only pops: corrections for pronounciation" to "Reduce long-press menu items in the text" - Expanded various definitions around searching for each website used in the "Web Search" tab Fix the problem - Fixed an issue that may have caused download failures on websites that use cookies, such as websites that require login Note From Version 2.7.0, iCloud synchronization cannot be performed because the schema of the internal database has changed from Version 2.6.* and earlier.
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2.7.1
Fix the problem - Fixed the problem that some operations became impossible after the announcement "Now that the reading has reached the end ~" after finishing reading one novel.
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2.7.2
Behavior change - When downloading in the background, set the degree of parallelism to 1 (do not download in parallel) - Introduced a small trick to monitor the amount of memory used and stop speaking when it is confirmed that it is being used over a certain amount, in response to the problem that it will be forcibly terminated when it is spoken on iOS 16.3. Fix the problem - Fixed the problem that ALPHA was [a-z] and [A-Z] was ignored for regular expressions judged as URI in "Settings tab" -> "Ignore URI".
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2.7.3
- If too much memory is allocated when speaking, try to free the memory, and resume speaking if it seems to be freed.
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2.7.4
Version 2.7.4 - If you move to a tab other than the "bookshelf tab" while speaking, or if you display the "bookshelf tab" again after turning the app to the background, the reading position display will move to a place that is ahead of the reading position. Fixed an issue where - Temporarily dealt with the problem that it was difficult to match around ruby tags.
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2.8.0
Behavior changes - Added "Bookshelf registration order" to "order" of "bookshelf screen" - Added "Settings tab" -> "Behavior when pressing the favorite button on the bookshelf" - Added keyboard shortcuts to the novel text screen - Update standard dictionary Fix the problem - Eliminate NUL characters (0x00 characters) when saving novel text - Fixed a problem that an empty string could not be set once some characters were entered in "Standard replacement settings" in "Setting tab" -> "Setting URL for internal data reference"
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2.8.1
Fix the problem - Fixed the part where the dialog message when applying the backup file was strange - Fixed the problem that it took a long time to start and was forced to quit from the system side. - Fixed a slow processing problem in "Sort" of "Bookshelf Screen" in "Original folder order".
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2.8.2
Version 2.8.2 Changes in interface/internal operation - Added scrollTo concept to SiteInfo - Added "Preferred SiteInfo" to "Settings tab" -> "Internal data reference URL settings" - Added ON/OFF setting for ``Attach the text of the novel where the problem occurs'' to the ``Settings tab'' -> ``Contact developer'' screen. Fixing the problem - Corresponds to problems when internal data cannot be read and malfunctions occur.
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2.9.1
Version 2.9.1 Changes in interface/internal operation - Changed the format of the output backup file - Added a "Open existed novel" button to the dialog when trying to import a novel using the "Web import" function and the same novel is registered on the bookshelf and fails. Fixing the problem - Reduces the possibility of transitioning to the next page while reading aloud even if you are in the middle of the page - Reduces the possibility that the message "Go to the updated XX chapter on the other device" will be displayed even if iCloud sync is turned off.
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2.9.2
Version 2.9.2 Changes in interface/internal operation - When applying a backup file of version 2.0.0 or later, delete all utterance change settings before applying it. - Add isNeedWhitespaceSplitForTag to SiteInfo - We will change the behavior when saving novels to the internal database when downloading them. - Set the page load timeout to 5 minutes when loading in the built-in browser - Added a button to change the folder name on the "Settings tab" → "Edit self-created folder" screen Fixing the problem - Fixed an issue where newly downloaded novel chapters (pages) were missing when applying a backup file created with Version 2.* or later. - Fixed an issue where when multiple SiteInfos were set, only the one with the highest priority was selected.
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2.9.3
Version 2.9.3 Fixing the problem - Fixed an issue where a-f in hexadecimal notation matched only lowercase letters when identifying URIs. - Fixed an issue where the scroll bar was not displayed on the bookshelf screen
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2.9.4
Version 2.9.4 - You can now search by folder name or novel name in the "Settings tab" -> "Edit folder" - Added a button to change the folder name to the "Settings tab" -> "Edit folder" - Renovated bookshelf screen - Added "Multiple Selection" to the button displayed in the upper right corner of the bookshelf screen - When the bookshelf screen is in folder division mode, the number of novels stored in the folder is displayed - When there are many novels to check for updates at once, the time it took to register the update check has been slightly sped up (it took about 10 seconds in some cases).
Alternatives
- 携帯小説⑩ - 最強の電子書籍リーダー — Same category + similar ratings
Availability by market
- US
Data quality & evidence
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- Live store listing
- Last verified
- 7 Aug 2026
- Sources
- App Store
- Independent summary has not been published yet.