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Yomu EBook Reader 4+
An independent reader
Beat Raess
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Yomu is an independent reader for book lovers. Yomu’s design is carefully crafted for ebooks and offers custom styles for better readability and distraction-free reading.
Designed to let you focus on reading, Yomu has no unnecessary preferences. Just open a book and start reading. Yomu’s fluid layout dynamically adjusts all text properties and margins depending on your preferred styles and device, giving you an optimal reading experience.
FORMATS
Yomu supports standard ebooks without digital rights management.
Supported formats:
- EPub (.epub)
- Mobi (.mobi, .prc)
- Kindle (.azw, .azw3, .kf8)
- Comics (.cbz, .cbr)
- PDF (.pdf)
Choose any of over thousand freely available ebooks from publishers like Feedbooks, Manybooks or Project Gutenberg. Simply drag and drop files to your library or open a document to get started.
READER
The reader's design is carefully crafted for ebooks and offers custom styles for better readability.
Choose your favorite theme, reader mode (day, sepia, night, black), select a preset or custom font size, content layout (page, scroll) and many more options. All settings can be saved as your personal default for each book.
Swipe or tap to go to the next page. You can also use the book's content outline or table of contents to navigate to another chapter.
While reading EPub, Mobi and Kindle books, select text to take notes or highlight favorite sections. Create bookmarks or search inside ebooks to quickly find anything you are looking for.
LIBRARY
Organise your books in an easy to use library.
Manage your library by creating folders or tags to organize your books. Sort your collection either by title, author or drag and drop for a custom order.
You can edit a document's title, author, summary, cover or any other meta data. Save or export your books with all information and annotations in text, markdown or json format.
CLOUD
Yomu's Cloud Library (pro only) stores your books and annotations securely in Apple's iCloud.
Keep all your ebooks safe and at hand on whatever device. Every time you change something on one device, it's synced to all your other devices. Always have the latest version, when you start reading on your iPad and continue on your iPhone on the go.
Please note that you need to be signed in on your device with the same Apple ID on both platforms.
WIDGETS
See your recently read books or highlighted quotes.
Yomu includes widgets to quickly view and open your books and quotes. Add a widget from the gallery and choose a list from the options. Tap on an entry to continue reading where you left off.
YOMU PRO
Yomu is free to use and includes all basic features.
Every ebook format, theme or setting is available and lets you try out the unrestricted reader. However, the free version has some limitations and does not include certain features.
Upgrade to Yomu Pro to get:
- Cloud Library: Store and sync your library with Apple’s iCloud.
- Unlimited Documents: No limit on the number of documents.
- No Advertisement: Free version can display ads.
Yomu is an independent app, your purchase supports the further development.
When you buy an in-app purchase, you are doing so through Apple’s App Store and you are agreeing to their terms and conditions. Payments will be charged to the credit card of your Apple account.
SERVICE
Yomu is available for iPhone, iPad and Mac.
In contrast to other apps, Yomu does not collect or sell any personal information. And it keeps your data private.
Terms of Service:
https://www.yomu-reader.com/terms/
Privacy Policy:
https://www.yomu-reader.com/privacy/
Support:
https://www.yomu-reader.com/support/
What’s New
Version 3.7.0
- Image Preview
New image preview that supports to zoom in and save images.
- Annotation Tabs
Filter book annotations to show either all or only notes, highlights and bookmarks.
- Document Editor
Optimized editor to easier change book metadata with cover picker to select images from Photos or directly from your Mac.
- Modal Controllers
Information, annotation or image screens are now standard modal controllers that can also be dismissed with escape keyboard shortcut.
- iCloud Bugfix
Fixes an issue where iCloud sync might not work anymore on older operating system versions.
- Encoding Issues
Workaround for an issue where certain characters are not displayed correctly for some ebook formats.
Ratings and Reviews
Solid replacement for Marvin
I’ve been a dedicated Marvin user for years, and was shocked and disgruntled when I upgraded my device and realized I could no longer download that reader. Thus began the quest to replace it with something that had similar functionality.
One of the posts I read suggested Yomu, and I tried it alongside a couple of others, finally settling here. The overall interface is simple, without the huge catalog of options Marvin had, but accomplishes the major points flawlessly. Everything syncs across devices perfectly- in fact if you load a book on iPhone it’ll automatically load to iPad as well, and the progress sync is actually easier and more consistent than Marvin was.
All the normal connections to Calibre, Dropbox, etc seem to work well, and it flawlessly changes fonts, shades, and night modes as needed. One very minor improvement would be accessing the table of contents feels a little buried behind multiple clicks, but no biggie.
Overall we have a product here that carries the best of the reader traditions forward- thanks Yomu, I’ll get comfortable and stay awhile!
Good reader with one exception
This was a good reader except every single time I swipe right (to review something on the previous page), it takes me out of the book and back to the library. I then have to search for the book I’m reading in the library and re-open it. Since I go back to previous pages quite frequently, this is pretty frustrating and renders this reader unusable to me. I don’t know if it’s just a glitch on the paid version, I’ve never had an app do this -and I’ve been using ereaders going back all the way to stanza 😀 I’d be happy to go back to it if this issue is addressed.
Response to developers:
Why does the swipe right take back to library? There’s a button at the top that seems to do that - and in all other reading apps, that’s the way to go back to library. Swiping to go back to library seems rather asinine since swiping right is also the way to go back to the previous page.
Considering the large size of phones now, it is rather hard to one-handedly swipe from the middle of the screen since I have smaller hands. I don’t expect to have to use both hands to turn pages on a reading app. If I wanted to do that, I’d just read a hard copy book.
Developer Response ,
You seem to navigate back by swiping from the side of the screen? This is a standard gesture in many apps. Try scrolling from the center or tapping right/left to go to the next/previous page. Refer to the Get Started Guide if you have trouble using the app: https://www.yomu-reader.com/support/guide/get-started/
Not a good replacement for Marvin
So I was really surprised at all the great reviews for this app. I am only going to list the issues: Firstly, loading books is a two step process. With many apps (and this is a boon for someone with a large library) you just drag the files into app files in finder and they auto load. With this one, the next step is you have to click on each one to install. Yes, there is an option to select all but it selects a random 100 of the "all" and imports them. Then since you have no idea which 100, it just keeps doing the same 100 and removes the ones it installed and put's them back. No one wants to add a large library book by book so the import system is horrible. Secondly for sorting. It's really lacking in options. Default sorts by title and you can click to see author. There is no series or manual sort. And lastly (for me, I deleted the app even after paying for it) the reading experience was not great. I set up font, margins & background for my book. Then I exited and looked to see if the setup saved by clicking on another book. IT DOES NOT. You have to repeat this procedure for every book. How this ever got high stars I will never know. Marvin! I miss you
Developer Response ,
Thanks for your feedback. You can sort your library by title, author, recently read or custom order. Preferences like font or margins can be saved as your own default and loaded for any or all books. The app is quite easy to use, but if you are having difficulties or want to learn more about how to import books, I would suggest you read the Get Started Guide or browse the FAQ. Hope this helps: https://www.yomu-reader.com/support/
App Privacy
The developer, Beat Raess, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Beat Raess
- Size
- 26.2 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 10.15 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2024 Beat Raess
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Yomu Pro $5.99
- Yomu Pro (Karma) $9.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.