DjVuReader
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Read DjVu on iPhone & iPad

A beautiful DjVu reader and viewer: open, search and listen to your scanned books.

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Listen to DjVu books aloud.

Read Aloud follows along word by word, even on scanned pages, and keeps going with the screen locked.

Search results for “White Rabbit” across the book

Search inside scanned DjVu books.

Find any word in the whole book, even on pages that are only images.

A page shown with the Night theme

Night mode for DjVu pages.

Turn yellowed scans clean white, warm sepia or night black.

DjVu on iPad: big pages, big screen.

On iPad, every DjVu page fills the screen, with two-page spreads in landscape.

Alice in Wonderland open in DjVu Reader on iPad

More DjVu Reader features.

Extract text

Copy text from any page, or export the whole book.

Your library

Covers, progress, collections and bookmarks.

Pages or Scroll

Turn pages like a book or scroll like a web page.

Wi‑Fi Transfer

Send books from your computer's browser.

Dark Mode

A dark app and dark pages for night reading.

Private

No account. Your books stay on your device.

What's a DjVu file?

DjVu (say “déjà vu”) is a format for scanned books. Pages keep their full scan quality at a fraction of a PDF scan's size, so digitized libraries, textbooks and archives use it widely. iPhone and iPad can't open it on their own. DjVu Reader can.

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DjVu to JPGSave DjVu pages as picturesConvert DjVu to JPG
DjVu to TXTExtract the text of a DjVu bookConvert DjVu to TXT
DjVu to WordTurn a DjVu book into an editable documentConvert DjVu to Word
DjVu to EPUBRead a DjVu book on any e-readerConvert DjVu to EPUB
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Split DjVuExtract pages or split a DjVu bookSplit a DjVu file
Compress DjVuMake a large DjVu file smallerCompress a DjVu file

DjVu for students, researchers and musicians.

Students, researchers, engineers and musicians: if it was scanned to DjVu, it opens beautifully here.

Students

Old DjVu textbooks, course packs and lecture notes, readable and searchable on your iPhone.

Researchers & archives

Digitized libraries, journals and historical archives, with search inside every scanned page.

Maths & science

Formulas, diagrams and tables stay readable even when you zoom right in.

Musicians

DjVu sheet music and scores, full-screen on iPad, with pages that turn with a tap.

Engineers

Technical manuals, standards and schematics, with text you can copy.

Book lovers

Rare and out-of-print books, with Read Aloud when your eyes need a rest.

DjVu Reader is free to start.

Go Pro when your library grows.

Free

Everything you need to read.

  • Read any DjVu book
  • Pages and Scroll
  • Bookmarks, contents and collections
  • 3 free book uploads

Pro ✦

Weekly, or once for life.

  • Unlimited book uploads
  • Read Aloud with highlighting
  • All page themes
  • Search scanned books
  • Export text files

DjVu Reader questions

Everything you need to know about DjVu Reader.

Tap + in the Library to pick files from the Files app (iCloud Drive, On My iPhone, Dropbox and other providers). You can also open a .djvu file from Mail, Safari or any app with Open in DjVu Reader, or send books from your computer with Wi‑Fi Transfer in Settings. Step by step: how to open DjVu files on iPhone.

Open Settings › Wi‑Fi Transfer on your iPhone or iPad and type the address it shows into a browser on a computer on the same Wi‑Fi network. Drop your DjVu files on the page and they appear in your Library. Files go straight from your computer to your device and never pass through the internet.

Yes. When a page has no text layer, DjVu Reader recognizes the text on your device, so you can search it, copy it, export it or have it read aloud. Nothing is uploaded.

Reading is free, with 3 free book uploads. Pro removes the upload limit and unlocks Read Aloud with highlighting, all page themes, search in scanned books and text export. Pro is available weekly or as a one-time lifetime purchase; prices are shown in the app in your currency.

Sign in with the same Apple ID, then tap Restore Purchase in Settings › About (or on the upgrade screen). Your lifetime purchase or active subscription comes back right away.

Subscriptions are managed by Apple. In the app, go to Settings and tap the Pro card's Manage button, or open your iPhone's Settings › your name › Subscriptions. You can also manage subscriptions on the web. Cancel at least 24 hours before the renewal date to avoid the next charge.

Yes. Your books, reading progress and bookmarks stay on your device. DjVu Reader has no account and doesn't send your files anywhere.

Email support@djvu.app with your device model, iOS version and, if you can, the file that causes the problem. We usually reply within a day or two. If a book won't open, these fixes usually help.

Still have a question?

We usually reply within a day or two.

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Open your DjVu books on iPhone.

Free for iPhone and iPad. Comes with Alice in Wonderland to try.

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