What's new

Name: Lexory
Author: Anatoliy Vyzhletsov

Every update, in one place. The same notes are on the App Store page.

1.2 — November 23, 2026

The biggest Lexory update yet.

Library now brings books and audiobooks together: filter by All, Books or Audiobooks, with shared search, sorting, authors and grid.
Audiobooks in collections, Favorites and shelves — and you can mark them as listened.
One touch-and-hold menu for books and audiobooks: read or listen, details, favorite, finished. Swipe left to delete.
Add audiobooks right from the + button in Library.
Recently Added on Home now opens the book’s details.
The Back button shows where it takes you.
More ▸ About Lexory: app version, Write to the Developer and Rate in App Store.

Double-tap a word for a quick translation: a card at the bottom of the page, with Add to Dictionary one tap away.
On-device neural voices for all 8 languages: download once in Speech, then they work offline; the voice follows the book’s language.
Microsoft Edge is no longer offered for read aloud: the service closed access. On-device voices take its place.

OPDS catalogs: find and download books from online libraries and from your own computer — Library ▸ + ▸ Catalogs…, or More ▸ OPDS Catalogs.
Project Gutenberg is already there: tens of thousands of free public-domain books.
Add your own catalog — Calibre, Calibre-Web, Kavita, Komga and others, on the web or at home on your local network. The website address is enough: Lexory finds the catalog.
Sections, catalog search, covers and book descriptions.
EPUB, FB2, PDF and TXT in one tap — the book appears in Library right away.
Sign in with a user name and password for private catalogs; the password is stored only on this device.

Daily goal: set how many minutes to read and listen each day — a ring and your streak on Home and in Statistics.
Widgets: Continue Reading, Daily Goal, and Now Listening with a play button — on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen.
Siri and Shortcuts: Continue Reading, Continue Listening, and Reading Today.
Audiobooks from OPDS catalogs: MP3, M4B, and M4A download straight to Audio.
Lexory now speaks Italian — 8 languages in all.

Kindle books: DRM-free MOBI, PRC, AZW, and AZW3 are added like any other book — with contents, cover, highlights, search, and sync.
More faithful publisher styling: indents, chapter openings, headings, and separators look the way the book intends.
iPad and Mac: keyboard, trackpad, and mouse in the reader — arrow keys, Space, and scrolling turn pages, ⌘F searches, ⌘W closes the book; the commands are in the Book menu.
iPad and Mac: drag books, audio, and folders from Files or Finder straight into Lexory.
iPad and Mac: open a book or the Dictionary in a new window to read and check your words side by side.
The table of contents shows the page number next to each chapter.
A support code in More ▸ Lexory Pro helps us sort out purchase questions faster.

Lexory in the Share menu of other apps: send books, audiobooks, folders and links straight to your library.
Your own audiobook cover — from Photos or a file, plus title and author (Edit on the audiobook card).
Audio in AirPods now resumes after a phone call.
Lexory opens faster after reinstalling: your purchase is recognized right away.
Restore Purchases is more reliable, including on iPad for a purchase made on iPhone.
On iPad, Buy Lifetime now always opens the purchase window.
The interface is now in 7 languages: English, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil) and Dutch.

First release of Lexory.