u/AndreaReaderApp

I’ve been thinking about something that I personally miss in most reading apps.

A lot of them are good at opening files, but not always at helping you build a library that actually feels like yours.

For example, imagine being able to create collections for a saga, a reading list, a universe, a manga arc, comics, PDFs, EPUBs, or whatever you read, then organize everything freely with sections inside each collection.

So instead of just having folders or a flat list, each collection could have its own layout:

• books outside sections
• books inside sections
• sections for arcs, volumes, priorities, characters, authors, or reading order
• everything movable and reorderable however you want

Basically, a reading app where you can adapt the library to the way you think about your books, instead of adapting your books to the app.

Would something like that actually be useful to you, especially for big sagas, comics, manga, or messy digital libraries?

Testflight -> https://testflight.apple.com/join/sKW8xFz5

Website -> https://andreareader.com/

I’m currently testing it through TestFlight.

If you read on iPhone or iPad and care about organizing your library, it might be useful to you.

I’ve been thinking about something that I personally miss in most reading apps.

A lot of them are good at opening files, but not always at helping you build a library that actually feels like yours.

For example, imagine being able to create collections for a saga, a reading list, a universe, a manga arc, comics, PDFs, EPUBs, or whatever you read, then organize everything freely with sections inside each collection.

So instead of just having folders or a flat list, each collection could have its own layout:

• books outside sections
• books inside sections
• sections for arcs, volumes, priorities, characters, authors, or reading order
• everything movable and reorderable however you want

Basically, a reading app where you can adapt the library to the way you think about your books, instead of adapting your books to the app.

Would something like that actually be useful to you, especially for big sagas, comics, manga, or messy digital libraries?

I’m currently testing it through TestFlight.

If you read on iPhone or iPad and care about organizing your library, it might be useful to you.

Testflight -> https://testflight.apple.com/join/sKW8xFz5

Website -> https://andreareader.com/

The idea is simple: you just read, and the app quietly tracks everything in the background.

This shows the stats view for a manga volume: progress, reading time, pages read, remaining time, sessions, daily percentage, and recent activity.

Not to turn manga into homework. Just enough data to know where you are, how much you’ve read, and how the volume is moving over time.

Would this be useful for manga readers, or is a simple progress bar enough?

If you read manga digitally on iPad or iPhone, Andrea Reader may be worth trying.

TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/sKW8xFz5
Website: https://andreareader.com

The idea is simple: you just read, and the app quietly tracks everything in the background.

This shows the stats view for a single large comic/book: progress, reading time, pages read, remaining time, sessions, daily percentage, and recent activity.

Would this be useful to you, or is a simple progress bar enough?

If you read comics digitally on your iPad or iPhone, Andrea Reader may be interesting to try.

TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/sKW8xFz5
Website: https://andreareader.com

The idea is simple: you just read, and the app quietly tracks everything in the background.

This shows the stats view for a single large comic/book: progress, reading time, pages read, remaining time, sessions, daily percentage, and recent activity.

Would this be useful to you, or is a simple progress bar enough?

If you read comics digitally on your iPad or iPhone, Andrea Reader may be interesting to try.

TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/sKW8xFz5
Website: https://andreareader.com

Hey everyone 👋

Would you use a reading app for iPad where you can read your own EPUBs, PDFs, comics and manga, and organize them in a way that isn’t just one heroic list of files?

I’m building Andrea Reader around that idea:

you own your books, so you should decide how your library looks, how it is arranged, and how reading feels.

I’d especially love feedback from iPad mini readers: comfort, layout, cover size, speed, controls, anything that feels off.

TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/sKW8xFz5
Website: https://andreareader.com

If your iPad is basically your portable library, this may be dangerously relevant.

Would you use reading stats beyond individual books?

For example: stats for collections, sections, sagas, reading lists, or custom groups inside your library.

Progress, pages read, reading time, estimated time left, section completion, collection progress, that kind of thing.

I’m building this into a reading app and I’m curious if readers actually want that level of detail, or if a simple progress bar is already enough.

I’m working on reading stats inside Andrea Reader.

Not just a single progress bar quietly pretending to be enough, but stats across your whole library: individual books, collections, and even sections inside collections.

The idea is simple: if you organize a saga, a reading list, or a whole digital shelf, the app should help you understand what you’re actually reading, where you are, and how your library is growing.

Still in beta, still being shaped, still accepting suspiciously useful feedback.

TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/sKW8xFz5
Website: https://andreareader.com

Hey everyone 👋

For people who keep their own EPUBs, PDFs, comics and manga, and want something better than “here is a list of files, good luck”.

I’m building Andrea Reader, a local-first reading app for iPhone and iPad.

The app is built around three main ideas:

• a powerful reader for different formats
• a personal library you can organize with collections and sections
• a clean, customizable UI that adapts to how you read

The beta already has around 300 testers, and I’m looking for more feedback from iOS users/devs before pushing it further.

I’d especially appreciate feedback on onboarding, library organization, collection UX, performance, and anything that feels confusing or broken.

Website:
https://andreareader.com

TestFlight:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/sKW8xFz5

The goal is simple: build a reading app where users control the library, not the other way around.

Hey everyone 👋

First of all, thank you to everyone who has already joined the TestFlight. The beta is now around 300 testers, and the feedback has been genuinely useful, occasionally painful, and therefore exactly what a beta is supposed to be.

Over the last updates, I’ve been focusing on polishing the parts that matter most:

• a cleaner and more consistent UI
• better collections and sections behavior
• improved library organization flow
• more polished reading statistics
• smoother overall experience and small fixes everywhere

The app is still in development, but it is already becoming much closer to what I want Andrea Reader to be: a local-first reading app where your own books, comics, manga, PDFs and EPUBs can actually feel like a personal library, not just a pile of files wearing covers.

If you read on iPhone or iPad and want to help test the next stage, I’d love your feedback.

TestFlight is linked above.

Website: https://andreareader.com

Thanks again to everyone testing it. The app is getting better because people are poking it in exactly the right places.

Most reading apps give you a list of books.

Very noble. Very brave. We thank them for their service.

This is built around a different idea: your digital library should be something you can actually shape.

Import your own books, comics, manga, PDFs and EPUB files. Read them in a powerful reader designed for different formats and reading styles, whether you just want to open a book quickly or spend a concerning amount of time adjusting every detail until the page finally behaves.

Because what really matters is not the file format is the story behind it.

But the real focus is the library.

Create collections. Add sections inside them. Move books above, below, into, out of and between those sections. Build layouts for sagas, reading orders, arcs, priorities, wishlists, unfinished chaos, or whatever system your brain has decided is completely normal.

You are not locked into one fixed structure.

You build your own.

The app also starts minimal on purpose: big covers, clean space, very little noise. Then you decide what gets added, hidden, resized, colored or reorganized. Keep it simple. Turn it into a tiny library command center. Both are acceptable life choices.

This subreddit is for beta updates, feedback, bug reports, feature ideas and discussion around digital reading.

The question behind the app is simple:

What would make a reading app feel like the right place for your whole digital library?

more info -> https://andreareader.com

TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/sKW8xFz5

I’m proud to introduce Andrea Reader.

A reading app in development built around simple one idea:

The app should not impose itself on the reader.
It should adapt to the way each person reads.

The goal is to give readers more freedom to organize, customize and read their digital books their own way.

So if there is any feature, layout, tiny detail or completely unreasonable reading-app idea you have always wanted to see, share it here.

It may sound insane. It may also be brilliant.