Timebound
A calm home for the books you already own.
Timebound is a simple, focused reader for your own EPUBs. Bring in the books you already have, or pick from thousands of free classics built into the app, then just read, swipe-to-turn pages, a warm sepia or quiet dark theme, and type set exactly how you like it.
Your books, your device
Timebound opens the non-DRM EPUBs you already own, bought direct, downloaded from Standard Ebooks, or written yourself. There is nothing to buy, no account to make, and nothing sent to us. Share a book to Timebound from any app, add one from the Files app, or send it over with AirDrop — and it stays on your phone.
Thousands of free classics, built in
Timebound also has a Project Gutenberg catalog built right in. Browse the most downloaded titles, see what is new, or search by title and author, then send a book straight to your shelf without leaving the app. Books are provided free by Project Gutenberg (gutenberg.org), which is not affiliated with Timebound and does not endorse it.
What you get
- Import your own non-DRM EPUBs via Files or AirDrop / "Open in"
- Browse and search thousands of free public domain books from Project Gutenberg
- Swipe-to-turn paged reading, or switch to continuous scroll
- Light, sepia, and dark themes, or match your system automatically
- Type made for reading, adjustable font, size, spacing, and margins
- Beautiful built-in fonts, including the highly legible Atkinson Hyperlegible
- In-screen brightness and a keep-awake toggle for long sessions
- Full-text search within a book, with a tap to jump to any hit
- Table of contents and resume-where-you-left-off
- iCloud sync of your shelf and reading position across your devices
Quiet by design
Timebound is free and ad-supported. Your reading stays private either way: your books live on your device and in your own iCloud, and Timebound doesn't track what or how you read.