EPUB
Text that fits the screen
Change text appearance, follow chapter links and footnotes, then return to the same reading location.
The public beta is open
Read what
you own.
Open your own comics on iPhone and iPad, from a folder or a Komga, Kavita, or OPDS library. Enlarge small lettering with Bubble Zoom, follow a reading list, or download books for a trip.
Free during TestFlight. Pro included.
iOS or iPadOS 18+. Sample comic included.
On Android? Join the interest list.
Komga · Kavita · OPDS · Local files
01 / Choose how you read
Comics, manga, and books.
Use reflowable text for local EPUBs, right-to-left paging for manga, and continuous vertical scrolling for webtoons.
Right-to-left paging
Set the direction for the series
Set reading direction per series and keep page order, gestures, and progress aligned with the original work.
Webtoon
A continuous vertical canvas
Scroll long pages as a strip, with the same offline access and saved progress as paged books.
Paged and double-page modes are available too, with margin cropping, spread pairing controls, and Pro’s Bubble Zoom.
Explore the reader02 / Your reading life
Start with what you were reading.
Home resumes the current book, lets you arrange shelves, and shows whether offline reading is ready before a trip.
01
Pick up where you left off.
Reading Now keeps your place. Up Next follows your series or reading list. Arrange Home around the shelves you use.
Make Home yours
02
Verify every download before you leave.
Build a Trip Pack for a weekend or a long flight. Glimshelf downloads your selection and verifies every file before you leave.
Prepare for offline reading
03 / Care for your library
Trouble connecting or downloading?
Check why a server won’t connect, find a failed download, or review different saved pages before choosing where to resume.
Connection Doctor
Check the server address, connection, and sign-in details when a library won’t open.
Reading Continuity
When linked editions have different saved pages, review them and choose where to continue.
Library Health
Find downloads and files that need attention, then open the tools to investigate.
04 / App privacy
Your device connects to your sources.
Glimshelf connects directly to your servers, local files, and the optional services you choose. No developer-operated Glimshelf account or library relay.
- Server credentials stay in Apple’s Keychain.
- The Glimshelf app contains no advertising SDK or third-party analytics.
- Diagnostics leave your device only when you share them.
- Portable backup and restore are included in Free.
Apple handles TestFlight feedback and crash reports under its own controls.
Read our privacy policy05 / Free & Pro
Read for free. Add Pro when you need it.
Free includes one server, unlimited local files, every reader mode, and five downloaded server books. Pro adds unlimited servers and downloads, advanced organization, notes, and private iCloud sync. During TestFlight, Pro is included at no cost.
Glimshelf Free
$0
Read online or offline with no time limit.
- One server and unlimited local files
- Every core format and reader mode
- Five downloaded server books at a time, including books in Trip Packs
- Progress sync, library care, backup and restore
Glimshelf Pro
$24.99 once
Lifetime unlock. All future versions included.
- Unlimited servers and downloads
- Reading Orders, Smart Collections and profiles
- Bubble Zoom, notes and tracking services
- Private iCloud sync and advanced statistics
The same Pro features are also planned at $9.99/year for people who prefer a lower up-front price. The lifetime unlock does not require a subscription.
Compare every Free and Pro feature
Free
- One complete server
- Komga, Kavita, or OPDS, with full reading and progress sync
- Unlimited local files
- CBZ, CBR, CB7, PDF, and EPUB with no title cap
- Every reader mode
- Paged, Webtoon, and Double Page, left-to-right or right-to-left
- Connection Doctor
- DNS, Port, TLS, Authentication, and API checks, with the next action when a stage fails
- Personal Home
- Reading Now, Up Next, Continue Reading, and shelves you arrange
- Offline reading
- Up to 5 downloaded server books at once, including books in Trip Packs; local files do not count
- Reading Continuity
- Review possible same-work editions before linking anything across sources
- Library Health and release alerts
- Actionable issues, plus New Release Alerts for the series you watch
- Kavita Want to Read
- Add or remove a series from its toolbar; it stays in step with your Kavita account
- Profile protection
- Face ID, Touch ID, or the device passcode before a profile opens
- Portable backup
- Export everything you authored to one file; import is merge-only
Pro
- Reading Orders and CBL
- Cross-series sequences, community imports, and unmatched-title review
- Unlimited downloads
- Auto-next, keep policies, the storage dashboard, and smart eviction
- Unlimited servers
- One library and one search across every connected source
- Bookmarks and notes
- Private iCloud sync with best-effort Kavita bookmark mirroring
- Server metadata editing
- Permission-aware edits, locks, and poster uploads
- Bubble Zoom
- Step between speech balloons at readable size; Copy and Speak work on the recognized text
- Smart Collections
- Rule-based shelves that update as the library changes
- Tracking and metadata services
- AniList, MyAnimeList, and Metron
- Reader profiles
- Separate progress, bookmarks, and preferences; each profile can use its own server or tracker account
- Private iCloud sync
- Home layout, reader preferences, Smart Collections, Reading Orders, and local-file progress follow you across devices
- Advanced statistics
- Streaks, pages per day, reading time, sessions, pace, most-read series, and a share card
Planned App Store pricing. The lifetime unlock includes future versions. App Store builds will include a 21-day Pro trial; the Free reader remains afterward. TestFlight includes Pro at no cost and does not show purchase controls. Launch pricing may change.
Help shape Glimshelf
Try Glimshelf with the way you already read.
Open the included sample, add your own files, or connect a server. Report a bug, a confusing screen, or a missing convenience.
Bring your own files or connect your server. No commercial content library is included.
The Nimblor community
Help shape your next chapter.
Meet Glimshelf readers and the Nimblor team on Discord. Get help, share ideas, and follow the latest beta updates.
Community channels are public to members. Keep account details, private server addresses, and diagnostic files out of chat.
Prefer private support? Email support@glimshelf.com or send TestFlight feedback.