Casper-v0.1.3
New Features
New Themes:
Stats & Stats-Life Themes
Built for people who want detailed reading data. Stats is a theme that tracks Reading Time, Time Left in Book/Chapter, Progress, Daily Average, Pages per Minute, book start date, and estimated finish date. Stats-Life includes everything and adds Lifetime Device Stats to your Home Screen.
Menu · Library · Settings · Read
(+ long-press Read → quick book menu: mark finished, remove from recents, delete stats/cache, view synopsis, etc.)
Bare Theme
Designed for readers who simply want to feel as if it is them and their book. I have designed a minimal theme loaded with functionality.
Menu · Library · Synopsis · Read
- Long-press Menu → Settings
- Long-press Library → Recents
- Long-press Read → book quick menu
Note: Certain date/time features only work on the X3 (the X4 does not have a real-time clock).
System + Reader Status Bars
Fully customizable status bars with slot-based placement and live previews.
Choose exactly what appears in the top status bar and position items in any of the 6 available slots (Top/Bottom × Left/Middle/Right) independently for the system UI and the reader.
Battery Display Options
Independent control for system and reader:
- Hidden
- Icon only
- Percent only
- Icon + Percent
Manage Fonts
Completely redesigned with tabs, 50/50 live preview, a Download Fonts row, and improved organization.
Default fonts are now Source Serif 4 and Bitter.
This is where you set font, size, layout, and style for how books are displayed, with a clean preview of every change.
Tabbed Navigation + Button Remapping
Fully customizable button remapping.
Front buttons act as a list; side buttons can be set as tabs (or whatever you prefer).
A popular setup is using the side buttons as left/right controls to scroll through horizontal tabs.
System → Stats Folder
New options under Settings → System → Stats:
- Enable / Disable Stat Tracking
- Auto Backup
- Backup Now
You can now turn stats off completely if you prefer a distraction-free reading experience.
Cover Thumbnail Pipeline
Improved cover generation for clearer, higher-quality thumbnails.
UI Polish
Unified design language across the interface:
- Black chips instead of grey highlights
- Better title centering
- Cleaner version string
- Fixed long-press behavior in the Library
Book Synopsis
In the Bare theme, a Synopsis button is available on the home screen (requires synopsis metadata — easy to add with Calibre).
You can also long-press Select/Open on any book in the library to open a quick menu that includes the synopsis. Useful for refreshing your memory or choosing your next book without leaving the device.
Reader Shortcuts
- Long-press Select → Dictionary
- Long-press Select again while in dictionary → Multi-word select mode
- Menu button → Reader options menu
Dictionary
(To Install Dictionaries simply extract the '.dictionaries' folder to the root of your SD Card)