Hi everyone!

Andrea Reader is designed for people who own their DRM-free books and want complete freedom to build, organize, and read their personal library on iPhone and iPad.

It can connect directly to a **Calibre library through OPDS**, allowing you to browse your catalog, download books in seconds, and keep them available locally for offline reading. You can also access your files through **WebDAV, SMB, SFTP, and iCloud**.

The idea is not just to show you a basic list of files, but to let you build your library exactly as you want:

* Create and customize your own collections
* Add named sections inside collections
* Drag books into, out of, and between sections
* Reorder books and sections freely
* Build layouts for authors, series, genres, reading lists, or any structure you prefer
* Give every collection its own appearance, filters, sorting, and reading settings
* Read books, comics, manga, PDFs, EPUBs, CBZ, CBR, and many other DRM-free formats
* Customize fonts, margins, spacing, backgrounds, gestures, transitions, and many other reading options

Andrea Reader also keeps **detailed reading statistics locally in the background**, so you can understand your reading habits without tracking anything manually. You can check your progress, reading sessions, total reading time, pages read, estimated remaining time, and statistics for individual books, sections, and entire collections.

Everything is **local-first and private**. Once your files are downloaded, they can be read completely offline. There is no account, no advertising, and no external tracking of what you import, download, or read. Your books, progress, statistics, and activity remain on your device.

The app is free to download, with optional Premium features for deeper customization and more advanced library organization.

I thought it could be especially useful for Calibre users looking for a flexible companion app to access, organize, and read their personal library on an iPhone or iPad. Feedback about the Calibre and OPDS experience would be very welcome, either here or through the Andrea Reader Discord community.

**App Store:**  
[https://apple.co/4vs1CV8]()

**Website:**  
[https://andreareader.com/](https://andreareader.com/)

**Discord:**  
[https://discord.gg/eSSjVeEd](https://discord.gg/eSSjVeEd)

I built an iPhone and iPad reader that connects to Calibre through OPDS