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Updated 7 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperCPE Verm. GmbH
CategoryBooks
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.7 (3)
Version1.0.43
Age rating4+
First seen by us
28 Sep 2026
28 Sep 2026Installs (est.)1k+ worldwide
BookShelves eBook Reader update history & changes
Last change · 13 events since 9 Feb 2026Full timeline ↓📦Updated to version 1.0.43📈Dropped out of every chart we track📦Updated to version 1.0.42✏️Description updated📈Entered the top 100🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 13 events
- 📦BookShelves eBook Reader updated to version 1.0.43iPhone Duo -- BookShelves is ready for iPhone Duo. Your library and books look right on both the inner and the outer screen, and two-page spreads meet neatly at the fold. On the inner screen, read your books one page or two at a time.
Two-Page Spreads -- Reading feels more like holding a real book. The new Book Fold setting adds a soft shadow down the middle of books, PDFs and comics, and on iPhone and iPad the book's title sits over one page and the chapter over the other. On iPad in landscape, choose one page or two.
Contents -- Always know where you are. The Contents list shows the page each chapter starts on, and search results, bookmarks and highlights show their page too.
Library -- Titles sort the way you count, so Volume 2 comes before Volume 11. Create a shelf or tag while adding books and they land in it right away, and on iPad a shelf with sub-shelves opens with a single tap.
Import -- Bring in more of your collection. Even books with the same title and author, such as a second edition or separate volumes, now import as books of their own, and zipped FB2 books and Markdown files now import when you choose them, drag them in or, on Mac, import their folder. Chinese text files no longer come in as Korean, and text with accented letters no longer turns into Chinese or Korean characters.
Downloads -- Big books download from OPDS catalogs and Calibre without stopping halfway, even on a slow connection. Catalog pages stay as you left them when you go back, and Select All picks every book on the page.
Comics -- Manga marked for right-to-left reading opens that way, and on iPhone and iPad comics fill the whole screen.
Keyboard -- Turn pages at the press of a key. On iPad, the arrow keys page through books, PDFs and comics in the book's reading direction, and on Mac, Space and Shift-Space page through PDFs and comics.
Mac -- Importing a folder starts by asking which one, and the import window clearly shows which books are already in your library.
Reader -- More room for your book: on iPhone and iPad the status bar hides along with the reader controls, and the close and menu buttons get the new glass look. Footnotes and links take you to the right chapter, highlights that continue onto the next line or paragraph now come back in full, and Japanese and Chinese books keep the page direction you choose.
PDF -- PDFs are more stable, and page turns on iPhone and iPad feel smoother and more reliable.
Fixes -- Fixed a crash when opening a Discover source on iPad and Mac, plus many smaller improvements across the app.… more - 📈BookShelves eBook Reader dropped out of every chart we trackLast seen 30 Oct
- ✏️BookShelves eBook Reader: app got bigger59 MB → 66 MB (+13%)
- 📦BookShelves eBook Reader updated to version 1.0.42Discover -- Explore free books like never before. The new Discover home page brings every catalog together on beautiful shelves, with one search across all of them and the same easy filters you know from your Library.
Highlights -- Highlighting feels effortless. Mark any word or passage, including italic, bold and linked text, and every highlight stays exactly where you made it. Your notes are protected with a quick confirmation before you delete them.
Search -- Find any passage in a flash. Search takes you straight to the right spot, in page and scroll mode alike.
Scroll Mode -- Your place stays put as you adjust text size and fonts, and reaching the last page marks the book Finished.
Sync -- Pick up exactly where you left off: BookShelves keeps your latest reading position in step across iPhone, iPad and Mac.
iPhone & iPad -- Sort your library your way in grid or list view, and enjoy uninterrupted reading with a screen that stays on while you read.
Mac -- New menu bar commands put reading and library tools one click away, and Page Up, Page Down, Home and End glide through PDFs.
Import -- Bring in your whole collection at once: hundreds of books from the Files app in one go, EPUBs up to 2 GB, and older Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean text files with every character in place.
OPDS -- Browse catalogs page after page, with live progress as your books download.
iCloud -- Books in iCloud download and open more reliably, and BookShelves lets you know when iCloud Drive needs to be turned on.
Pro -- Your Pro features stay with you, even when you're offline.
Performance -- Large libraries feel snappier on Mac, plus many refinements throughout the app.… more - ✏️BookShelves eBook Reader: description updated· RU
- 📈BookShelves eBook Reader entered the top 100Top Grossing · Books · IN
- 📈BookShelves eBook Reader charting in a new countryIndia
- 📦BookShelves eBook Reader updated to version 1.0.41This update fixes a crash in the PDF reader on iPhone and iPad.
Shelves -- Your shelves stay just the way you arranged them. Books stay where you put them, and deleting a sub-shelf leaves the rest of your shelves untouched.
Reader -- Pick up right where you left off. Your reading position and bookmarks now open in the right place on iPhone, iPad and Mac, whatever the page layout.
Reader -- Bookmarks you made while scrolling in version 1.0.38 show up on their page again.
Reader -- Your notes are safe on Mac: pressing Esc while writing one no longer closes the panel and loses your text.
Tags -- Duplicate tags now merge cleanly across all your devices, so every book keeps its tags.
Comics -- Fixed comics that could stop turning pages after you switched back to the app or reopened your last book.
PDF -- Fixed a crash when dragging the page slider on iPhone and iPad. Page turns in right-to-left PDFs now slide the right way.
Import -- Smarter duplicate detection: books that only share a title, and other formats of books you already own, now import as expected.
Import -- While iCloud is still downloading your library, import now tells you what it's waiting for instead of leaving you guessing.
Sync -- Large libraries no longer freeze for a few seconds after launch, and the iCloud network banner clears as soon as sync has caught up.
Calibre -- On Mac, books you send to e-readers like KOReader now arrive intact.
Mac -- Importing large folders is now smooth and responsive.
Stability -- Improved performance and reliability throughout the app.… more - 📈BookShelves eBook Reader entered the top 100Top Grossing · Books · RU
- 📈BookShelves eBook Reader charting in a new countryRussia
- 🆕BookShelves eBook Reader first spotted by AppInsider#98 in Top Grossing · Books · Indonesia
- 📦BookShelves eBook Reader version 1.0.39Shelves -- Shelves can now hold other shelves. Collapse a group in the sidebar, drag sub-shelves into the order you like, and the structure syncs to your other devices.
Reader -- Your place in the book is now kept when you change the font, text size, theme or layout, or resize the window.
Reader -- Switches in the appearance panel, such as Justify Text, now stay where you put them.
Reader -- On Mac, Command-Plus and Command-Minus now zoom PDFs, and Command-0 fits the page to the window.
Accessibility -- More of the app's text now follows your preferred text size on iPhone and iPad.
OPDS -- Catalogs that need a login, such as Calibre-Web, no longer report "login required" on the first page you open.
Calibre -- Sending books to a connected e-reader no longer pauses for several minutes after each book.
Sync -- Duplicate books are now merged the same way on all your devices. A banner now tells you when your network is blocking iCloud sync.
Storage -- Moving your library between iCloud Drive and Local Storage is more careful about which copy of a book it keeps.
Discover -- Titles that are unavailable in your region are now sorted to the end.
Stability -- Improved reliability throughout the app, especially with large libraries.… more - 🆕BookShelves eBook Reader released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.7 ★
3 ratings
Measured
BookShelves eBook Reader on the App Store
App details
App ID
6756848973
Publisher
CPE Vermogensverwaltungs GmbH
On the store since
Feb 2026
Under a year
Minimum OS
iOS 17.4+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
33
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Size
67 MB
Also listed in
Books, Reference
BookShelves eBook Reader downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Not charting right now. | ||
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
3 ratings
Measured
Ratings
3
Measured
About BookShelves eBook Reader
BookShelves is an EPUB, PDF, and comic book reader with a built-in catalogue of 1.5 million free books. Discover public domain classics, organise your digital library, and sync seamlessly across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud (Pro).
WHAT READERS SAY
"Phenomenal book reading and management app, 'just works'."
"My everlasting search for the perfect ePub reader might be coming to an end."
"Among the best and actively developed."
DISCOVER 1.5 MILLION+ FREE BOOKS
Browse and download from curated public domain sources:
• 1.5 million+ classic works — Pride and Prejudice, Moby Dick, and thousands more
• 1,100+ premium editions from Standard Ebooks with professional formatting
• Internet Archive — millions of historical texts and rare books
• 1,200+ Spanish classics from the Biblioteca Nacional de España
• 16,000+ Japanese classics from Aozora Bunko
• Browse OPDS catalogues from external libraries and servers
One tap to download. No account required.
POWERFUL READING EXPERIENCE
• Paginated or continuous scroll — read your way
• 10 themes: Light, Dark, Sepia, Quiet, Vintage Paper, Night Sky, Forest, Ocean Mist, Midnight, Dark Academia
• 10 bundled fonts including OpenDyslexic for accessible reading
• Adjustable line spacing, margins, text justification, and font weight
• Highlight in 5 colours and add notes to any passage
• Export highlights to Markdown, JSON, or CSV
• Dictionary look-up with language detection
• Full-text search across chapters
• Nested table of contents navigation
• Bookmarks (iCloud sync with Pro)
• Vertical text (tategaki) for Japanese and CJK books
• Right-to-left reading for Arabic, Hebrew, and CJK texts
• Full keyboard and trackpad support
• Multi-window reading on Mac
COMIC BOOKS AND MANGA
A dedicated comic reader for your collection:
• CBZ, CBR, and CB7 format support
• Two-page spreads for landscape reading
• Right-to-left mode for manga with reversed tap zones and swipes
• Auto-detected from metadata or toggled manually
SEAMLESS ICLOUD SYNC (Pro)
Your entire library syncs automatically across all your devices:
• Books and cover images
• Reading progress and current page
• Shelves, tags, and ratings
• Highlights, notes, and bookmarks
• Reader preferences (font, theme, layout)
SMART LIBRARY MANAGEMENT
• Edit metadata — title, author, publisher, ISBN, and cover image
• Automatic metadata and cover art fetching
• System shelves: All Books, Recently Added, Reading, Finished, Favourites
• Custom shelves for any collection
• Colour-coded tags for categorisation
• Search and filter by title, author, or tag
• Grid and list views
• 5-star ratings
• Drag-and-drop import, Files app sharing, or OPDS catalogues
• EPUB repair — auto-fixes broken navigation and missing metadata
• Import from Calibre libraries with best-format selection
FORMAT SUPPORT
• EPUB — professional rendering with beautiful typography
• PDF — native viewer with smooth scrolling and search
• CBZ / CBR / CB7 — comic book archives
• FB2 — FictionBook 2 form
WHAT READERS SAY
"Phenomenal book reading and management app, 'just works'."
"My everlasting search for the perfect ePub reader might be coming to an end."
"Among the best and actively developed."
DISCOVER 1.5 MILLION+ FREE BOOKS
Browse and download from curated public domain sources:
• 1.5 million+ classic works — Pride and Prejudice, Moby Dick, and thousands more
• 1,100+ premium editions from Standard Ebooks with professional formatting
• Internet Archive — millions of historical texts and rare books
• 1,200+ Spanish classics from the Biblioteca Nacional de España
• 16,000+ Japanese classics from Aozora Bunko
• Browse OPDS catalogues from external libraries and servers
One tap to download. No account required.
POWERFUL READING EXPERIENCE
• Paginated or continuous scroll — read your way
• 10 themes: Light, Dark, Sepia, Quiet, Vintage Paper, Night Sky, Forest, Ocean Mist, Midnight, Dark Academia
• 10 bundled fonts including OpenDyslexic for accessible reading
• Adjustable line spacing, margins, text justification, and font weight
• Highlight in 5 colours and add notes to any passage
• Export highlights to Markdown, JSON, or CSV
• Dictionary look-up with language detection
• Full-text search across chapters
• Nested table of contents navigation
• Bookmarks (iCloud sync with Pro)
• Vertical text (tategaki) for Japanese and CJK books
• Right-to-left reading for Arabic, Hebrew, and CJK texts
• Full keyboard and trackpad support
• Multi-window reading on Mac
COMIC BOOKS AND MANGA
A dedicated comic reader for your collection:
• CBZ, CBR, and CB7 format support
• Two-page spreads for landscape reading
• Right-to-left mode for manga with reversed tap zones and swipes
• Auto-detected from metadata or toggled manually
SEAMLESS ICLOUD SYNC (Pro)
Your entire library syncs automatically across all your devices:
• Books and cover images
• Reading progress and current page
• Shelves, tags, and ratings
• Highlights, notes, and bookmarks
• Reader preferences (font, theme, layout)
SMART LIBRARY MANAGEMENT
• Edit metadata — title, author, publisher, ISBN, and cover image
• Automatic metadata and cover art fetching
• System shelves: All Books, Recently Added, Reading, Finished, Favourites
• Custom shelves for any collection
• Colour-coded tags for categorisation
• Search and filter by title, author, or tag
• Grid and list views
• 5-star ratings
• Drag-and-drop import, Files app sharing, or OPDS catalogues
• EPUB repair — auto-fixes broken navigation and missing metadata
• Import from Calibre libraries with best-format selection
FORMAT SUPPORT
• EPUB — professional rendering with beautiful typography
• PDF — native viewer with smooth scrolling and search
• CBZ / CBR / CB7 — comic book archives
• FB2 — FictionBook 2 form
Latest updates
1.0.43
iPhone Duo -- BookShelves is ready for iPhone Duo. Your library and books look right on both the inner and the outer screen, and two-page spreads meet neatly at the fold. On the inner screen, read your books one page or two at a time.
Two-Page Spreads -- Reading feels more like holding a real book. The new Book Fold setting adds a soft shadow down the middle of books, PDFs and comics, and on iPhone and iPad the book's title sits over one page and the chapter over the other. On iPad in landscape, choose one page or two.
Contents -- Always know where you are. The Contents list shows the page each chapter starts on, and search results, bookmarks and highlights show their page too.
Library -- Titles sort the way you count, so Volume 2 comes before Volume 11. Create a shelf or tag while adding books and they land in it right away, and on iPad a shelf with sub-shelves opens with a single tap.
Import -- Bring in more of your collection. Even books with the same title and author, such as a second edition or separate volumes, now import as books of their own, and zipped FB2 books and Markdown files now import when you choose them, drag them in or, on Mac, import their folder. Chinese text files no longer come in as Korean, and text with accented letters no longer turns into Chinese or Korean characters.
Downloads -- Big books download from OPDS catalogs and Calibre without stopping halfway, even on a slow connection. Catalog pages stay as you left them when you go back, and Select All picks every book on the page.
Comics -- Manga marked for right-to-left reading opens that way, and on iPhone and iPad comics fill the whole screen.
Keyboard -- Turn pages at the press of a key. On iPad, the arrow keys page through books, PDFs and comics in the book's reading direction, and on Mac, Space and Shift-Space page through PDFs and comics.
Mac -- Importing a folder starts by asking which one, and the import window clearly shows which books are already in your library.
Reader -- More room for your book: on iPhone and iPad the status bar hides along with the reader controls, and the close and menu buttons get the new glass look. Footnotes and links take you to the right chapter, highlights that continue onto the next line or paragraph now come back in full, and Japanese and Chinese books keep the page direction you choose.
PDF -- PDFs are more stable, and page turns on iPhone and iPad feel smoother and more reliable.
Fixes -- Fixed a crash when opening a Discover source on iPad and Mac, plus many smaller improvements across the app.
1.0.42
Discover -- Explore free books like never before. The new Discover home page brings every catalog together on beautiful shelves, with one search across all of them and the same easy filters you know from your Library.
Highlights -- Highlighting feels effortless. Mark any word or passage, including italic, bold and linked text, and every highlight stays exactly where you made it. Your notes are protected with a quick confirmation before you delete them.
Search -- Find any passage in a flash. Search takes you straight to the right spot, in page and scroll mode alike.
Scroll Mode -- Your place stays put as you adjust text size and fonts, and reaching the last page marks the book Finished.
Sync -- Pick up exactly where you left off: BookShelves keeps your latest reading position in step across iPhone, iPad and Mac.
iPhone & iPad -- Sort your library your way in grid or list view, and enjoy uninterrupted reading with a screen that stays on while you read.
Mac -- New menu bar commands put reading and library tools one click away, and Page Up, Page Down, Home and End glide through PDFs.
Import -- Bring in your whole collection at once: hundreds of books from the Files app in one go, EPUBs up to 2 GB, and older Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean text files with every character in place.
OPDS -- Browse catalogs page after page, with live progress as your books download.
iCloud -- Books in iCloud download and open more reliably, and BookShelves lets you know when iCloud Drive needs to be turned on.
Pro -- Your Pro features stay with you, even when you're offline.
Performance -- Large libraries feel snappier on Mac, plus many refinements throughout the app.
1.0.41
This update fixes a crash in the PDF reader on iPhone and iPad.
Shelves -- Your shelves stay just the way you arranged them. Books stay where you put them, and deleting a sub-shelf leaves the rest of your shelves untouched.
Reader -- Pick up right where you left off. Your reading position and bookmarks now open in the right place on iPhone, iPad and Mac, whatever the page layout.
Reader -- Bookmarks you made while scrolling in version 1.0.38 show up on their page again.
Reader -- Your notes are safe on Mac: pressing Esc while writing one no longer closes the panel and loses your text.
Tags -- Duplicate tags now merge cleanly across all your devices, so every book keeps its tags.
Comics -- Fixed comics that could stop turning pages after you switched back to the app or reopened your last book.
PDF -- Fixed a crash when dragging the page slider on iPhone and iPad. Page turns in right-to-left PDFs now slide the right way.
Import -- Smarter duplicate detection: books that only share a title, and other formats of books you already own, now import as expected.
Import -- While iCloud is still downloading your library, import now tells you what it's waiting for instead of leaving you guessing.
Sync -- Large libraries no longer freeze for a few seconds after launch, and the iCloud network banner clears as soon as sync has caught up.
Calibre -- On Mac, books you send to e-readers like KOReader now arrive intact.
Mac -- Importing large folders is now smooth and responsive.
Stability -- Improved performance and reliability throughout the app.
Store changes
What BookShelves eBook Reader changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
App got bigger
59 MB → 66 MB (+13%)
Description updated 