The Tome iPhone app is on TestFlight

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Tome now has a native iPhone app: it pairs with your own Tome server and gives you the library, the series, your reading stats and a reader on the phone. It is in open beta on TestFlight; a paid App Store release comes later. The beta stays free through the end of 2026.

No server at hand? "Try a sample library" on the first screen pairs with a small library built into the app: fourteen public-domain books from Standard Ebooks with a made-up reading history. Every screen below is that sample library, in the Dark theme on the left and Amber on the right.

Home: the cover fan and Continue reading are there at launch, whole.

Series: each series is a card with the volume you are on in front, the read ones behind it, and how far you are.

Stats: rebuilt and split into four tabs: Overview, Books, Habits and Calendar.

The full tour with all screens is on the blog: https://tome.bndct.sh/blog/ios-app-on-testflight

Also new and improved

• Each screen opens with what it showed last time and updates in place, so what you see first is what stays.
• When the server cannot be reached, screens keep showing what the phone remembers, with a small notice saying so, how old it is, and a retry.
• Caches stay bounded: covers and backgrounds are capped at 200 MB, oldest first.
• Dynamic Type, VoiceOver labels and Reduce Motion are supported across the app.
• Better contrast on accented buttons and coloured cards in all themes.

Known limits

• iPhone only. No iPad layout yet.
• You need your own Tome server. Parts that a server does not support yet (series arcs, some of the newer stats) stay hidden or show a note; keep Tome up to date to get all of it.
• TestFlight builds expire after 90 days. New builds replace them before that.

Feedback

Bugs, ideas and questions go to the Tome Reader (iOS) category here in Discussions; Settings in the app has a link to it. If you would rather not post publicly, mail tome@bndct.dev. Please mention the version and build number from Settings › About.