Android

Episteme: PDF & eBook Reader

by Episteme Dev · more by this developer →
Topics PDF

Episteme: PDF & eBook Reader has 15,483 installs (+17.0% in 30 days), rated 4.8 from 598 ratings, #17,236 of 70,869 in Books & Reference.

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Installs
15,483
+536 (+3.8%) a week, measured over 16 days
Rating
4.8
598 ratings
+19 ratings (+3.4%) a week, measured over 16 days
Rank on Android
#400,829
of 2,802,513
down 3,428 since 2026-10-29
Version
1.0.58
Last updated 2026-10-09

Description

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Episteme Reader is an offline-first, privacy-focused document and e-book reader. It supports PDF, EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, FB2, ODT/FODT, DOCX, Comics, Markdown, HTML, and plain text files.

📖 Two Reading Modes
Switch between a paginated view for a traditional book-like experience and continuous vertical scrolling for quick reading. Both modes work across all supported formats.

✏️ PDF Annotations
Draw directly on PDF pages using pen, fountain pen, pencil, highlighter, and eraser tools. Add text boxes anywhere on a page with system or imported fonts. Annotated documents can be exported with full vector fidelity.

🔤 Custom Fonts
Import your own font files (.ttf, .otf) and use them while reading any ebook format. Embedded book fonts and system fonts are also fully supported.

🔍 Text Selection & Search
Select, copy, and search text across all formats. Full-text search with background indexing for large documents. built-in OCR support for scanned or image-based PDFs.

🎧 Text-to-Speech
Listen to any document using your device's TTS engine or use Cloud TTS powered by Gemini for realistic voices.

🧠 Smart Tools (Pro)
Get context-aware dictionary definitions for words and phrases. Generate concise summaries of chapters or pages to quickly understand complex material.

📚 Library & Organization
Manage your collection with custom shelves and collections. Sort by title, author, or reading progress. Jump back into recent books instantly.

📂 Local Folder Sync
Point Episteme at a folder on your device to automatically import and track books.

☁️ Cloud Sync (Pro)
Sign in with Google Drive to sync your library, reading progress, bookmarks, and shelves across multiple devices. Files are stored securely in your private Google Drive app storage.

🔒 Privacy
Episteme is designed to work entirely offline. No account is needed for any core feature. AI-powered\online features process data securely in memory without storing any user content.

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Growth change in installs

Per Growth Growth % Actual change Measured over
day Not enough history yet
week +536 +3.8% +1,257 16.4 days
month +2,242 +17.0% +2,293 30.7 days
year Not enough history yet
How these figures are measured

Change in installs, scaled to each window from the real gap between crawls. A window needs a full period of history before it reports anything.

Installs15,483
2026-09-28 · 13,190 2026-10-28
Ratings598
2026-09-28 · 507 2026-10-28
New ratings per monthno crawl yet this month
Sep 2026 from 2026-09-28: +0 Oct 2026: +91 Nov 2026 so far: no crawl yet
Sep 28 Nov so far
Average rating4.8
2026-09-28 · 4.8 2026-10-28

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