Everything for your next chapter.

Bring your own books

Keep the books you choose together in a personal library.

• Import DRM-free, reflowable EPUB 2 and EPUB 3 books
• Import unencrypted PDF documents
• Browse your library with book covers
• Keep track of your reading progress
• Start with the included book and one free personal import

Read at your own pace

Make room for a comfortable reading experience.

• Read EPUBs in a paginated reader
• Read PDF documents
• Choose your reading font
• Download the optional OpenDyslexic font, designed for readers with dyslexia
• Switch between light mode, dark mode, or your system appearance
• Adjust text size and reading appearance
• Move between chapters with the table of contents
• Save bookmarks and return to a passage

Listen to the next chapter

Turn an EPUB into something you can listen to while you go about your day.

• Listen to narration generated on your device
• Follow along with spoken sentence highlighting
• Pause and resume narration
• Automatically detect the book’s language from its metadata or text
• Let Rise choose a narration voice for the book’s language
• Automatically match the narrator to the tone of English books on supported Apple Intelligence devices
• Choose your preferred voice and language for each book
• Download a narration voice for offline listening
• Choose English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish narration

Narration is available for EPUB text. Download your books and a voice before going offline.

Ask about what you’re reading

Pause for a question, then return to the story.

• Interrupt narration with a spoken question
• Ask about the current passage
• Get a short answer using the current and preceding excerpts
• Process book questions on your device

Book questions require supported Apple Intelligence hardware and downloaded system models. Answers use nearby excerpts, rather than the entire book.

Keep your library close

Pick up your books across the Apple devices you use.

• Read on iPhone, iPad, and Mac
• Sync your books through iCloud
• Keep your reading position together across devices
• Read downloaded books offline
• Use the app interface in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish

iCloud sync and downloads require an internet connection.

Keep the words private

Read, listen, and explore with processing on your own device.

• Read your books without a separate Rise account
• Generate EPUB narration locally
• Process supported book questions locally
• Keep book text and questions out of a Rise content server

iCloud sync uses Apple’s services to keep your library together.

Unlock once

Grow your library with one purchase.

• Try the included book and one personal import for free
• Unlock further EPUB and PDF imports with the Full Library purchase
• Pay $5.99 once, with no recurring subscription
• Use one purchase across iPhone, iPad, and Mac
• Share the Full Library unlock through Apple’s Family Sharing

The App Store displays your regional price. Purchases require an internet connection.