Readibu - Chinese novel reader
Read Chinese web novels
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1.9.0for iPhone, iPod touch
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About Readibu - Chinese novel reader
Discover new stories and worlds in Chinese!
Ready to move beyond flashcards and graded readers? Readibu is your portal to the world of popular Chinese web novels, short stories and children stories enjoyed by native readers. From historical to sci-fi or romance to horror, there's always something good to read.
Readibu is a Chinese web reader where you can:
1. Explore popular web novels, short stories, and children stories from native Chinese sites
2. Tap on characters for definitions
3. Open web pages in a reader for immersive reading
4. Absorb the language while you're immersed in gripping adventures
Supported features:
• Tap for dictionary
• Text-to-speech
• Simplified and traditional conversion
• Pinyin/zhuyin display over words
• Add custom url to display in reader
• Export saved vocabularies
• Auto-detect next chapter
• Auto-save last page you were on
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ENHANCE YOUR READING EXPERIENCE WITH READIBU PREMIUM
• Smart Name Recognition - Detect names of people, orgs and places in content
• Sentence Translation - Unlimited translation by Google Translate
• Image Search - Display image search results for selected text
• Offline Reading - Download pages for reading offline
• Popover Quiz Mode - Quiz your pinyin and definitions of words you looked up before
• Syntax Analysis - Analyze syntax of sentence
Free trials included with all plans!
1-month subscription: $4.99 per month
3-month subscription: $9.99 per month
12-month subscription: $47.99 per year
Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at the end of your free trial period. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period or trial. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your Itunes Account settings.
Privacy Policy: https://www.readibu.com/privacy
Terms & Conditions: https://www.readibu.com/terms
Have questions? Feel free to contact us at support@readibu.com.
Ready to move beyond flashcards and graded readers? Readibu is your portal to the world of popular Chinese web novels, short stories and children stories enjoyed by native readers. From historical to sci-fi or romance to horror, there's always something good to read.
Readibu is a Chinese web reader where you can:
1. Explore popular web novels, short stories, and children stories from native Chinese sites
2. Tap on characters for definitions
3. Open web pages in a reader for immersive reading
4. Absorb the language while you're immersed in gripping adventures
Supported features:
• Tap for dictionary
• Text-to-speech
• Simplified and traditional conversion
• Pinyin/zhuyin display over words
• Add custom url to display in reader
• Export saved vocabularies
• Auto-detect next chapter
• Auto-save last page you were on
================================
ENHANCE YOUR READING EXPERIENCE WITH READIBU PREMIUM
• Smart Name Recognition - Detect names of people, orgs and places in content
• Sentence Translation - Unlimited translation by Google Translate
• Image Search - Display image search results for selected text
• Offline Reading - Download pages for reading offline
• Popover Quiz Mode - Quiz your pinyin and definitions of words you looked up before
• Syntax Analysis - Analyze syntax of sentence
Free trials included with all plans!
1-month subscription: $4.99 per month
3-month subscription: $9.99 per month
12-month subscription: $47.99 per year
Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at the end of your free trial period. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period or trial. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your Itunes Account settings.
Privacy Policy: https://www.readibu.com/privacy
Terms & Conditions: https://www.readibu.com/terms
Have questions? Feel free to contact us at support@readibu.com.
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What's New in the Latest Version 1.9.0
Last updated on Apr 28, 2021
Old Versions
• [Premium] Added Smart Name Recognition to detect names of people, orgs and places in content
• Added Page Stats in reader
• Make bookmark title editable
• Updated webview UI
• Fixed various bugs
• Added Page Stats in reader
• Make bookmark title editable
• Updated webview UI
• Fixed various bugs
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Version History
1.9.0
Apr 28, 2021
• [Premium] Added Smart Name Recognition to detect names of people, orgs and places in content
• Added Page Stats in reader
• Make bookmark title editable
• Updated webview UI
• Fixed various bugs
• Added Page Stats in reader
• Make bookmark title editable
• Updated webview UI
• Fixed various bugs
1.8.0
Nov 2, 2020
• Added text-to-speech option for any selected text
• Added HSK level grading to novels and stories
• Updated image search results to be clickable and open in bigger window
• Fixed zhuyin issue
• Fixed bunch of other issues
• Added HSK level grading to novels and stories
• Updated image search results to be clickable and open in bigger window
• Fixed zhuyin issue
• Fixed bunch of other issues
1.7.0
Aug 16, 2020
• Added short stories and children stories
• Updated UI design
• Fix text selection display
• Fix a bunch of bugs
• Updated UI design
• Fix text selection display
• Fix a bunch of bugs
1.6.0
Apr 13, 2020
What's new:
• Display pinyin/zhuyin over characters
• Detect and underline word phrases
• Updated dictionary with new entries
Improvements & Fixes:
• Improve performance of simplified-traditional Chinese conversion
• Fix line height setting in reader
• Fix rendering display of several rare characters
• Fix bug in phrase selection
• Display pinyin/zhuyin over characters
• Detect and underline word phrases
• Updated dictionary with new entries
Improvements & Fixes:
• Improve performance of simplified-traditional Chinese conversion
• Fix line height setting in reader
• Fix rendering display of several rare characters
• Fix bug in phrase selection
1.5.0
Feb 9, 2020
New:
• Download pages for offline reading (premium)
• Human translated descriptions now available free! (previously a premium feature)
Improvements & Fixes:
• Keep same filters as you browse between genres
• Improve page caching and position tracking
• Cache converted simplified/traditional result instead of starting over
• Show tab labels for more readable navigation
• Minor style tweaks and bug fixes
• Download pages for offline reading (premium)
• Human translated descriptions now available free! (previously a premium feature)
Improvements & Fixes:
• Keep same filters as you browse between genres
• Improve page caching and position tracking
• Cache converted simplified/traditional result instead of starting over
• Show tab labels for more readable navigation
• Minor style tweaks and bug fixes
1.4.0
Jan 7, 2020
Added translated novel descriptions for easier browsing!
• Human translated descriptions, limited but expanding to more novels over time (premium)
• Machine translated descriptions
Fixes & Improvements:
• Fix history incorrect link titles
• Fix dictionary pin issue
• Fix garbled characters issue in reader
• And a bunch minor fixes and enhancements
• Human translated descriptions, limited but expanding to more novels over time (premium)
• Machine translated descriptions
Fixes & Improvements:
• Fix history incorrect link titles
• Fix dictionary pin issue
• Fix garbled characters issue in reader
• And a bunch minor fixes and enhancements
1.3.0
Nov 19, 2019
New features for better study experience!
• Popover Quiz Modes (tones, pinyin, definition) [premium]
• Easy export to email
• Add words to favorites
• Pleco and Hanping added as third-party resources
• Updated dictionary with new and updated entries
• Pin preferred word definition as primary definition
• Popover dictionary internal linking to other word entries
• And a bunch of minor bug squashing and improvements
• Popover Quiz Modes (tones, pinyin, definition) [premium]
• Easy export to email
• Add words to favorites
• Pleco and Hanping added as third-party resources
• Updated dictionary with new and updated entries
• Pin preferred word definition as primary definition
• Popover dictionary internal linking to other word entries
• And a bunch of minor bug squashing and improvements
1.2.1
Oct 2, 2019
Fix subscription status bug
1.2.0
Sep 28, 2019
New features for better reading experience:
• Tap twice to select entire sentence
• Translate sentence with Google Translate (premium)
• Get image results for text (premium)
• Analyze sentence syntax (premium)
• Tabs in popover for easier access to various functionalities
• Special label for custom bookmarks
Fixes & Improvements:
• Fix issue with saving last read/visited page
• Show bookmark prompt for last visited page if not saved to bookmarks yet
• Tap twice to select entire sentence
• Translate sentence with Google Translate (premium)
• Get image results for text (premium)
• Analyze sentence syntax (premium)
• Tabs in popover for easier access to various functionalities
• Special label for custom bookmarks
Fixes & Improvements:
• Fix issue with saving last read/visited page
• Show bookmark prompt for last visited page if not saved to bookmarks yet
1.1.0
Aug 28, 2019
New features for better browsing and discovery!
• Search our novel directory by title/author in Discover's search bar
• See difficulty level for each novel (intermediate, advanced, native)
• Filter novels by difficulty level
• See release notes of changes when you update app
Bug fixes:
• Clear the dictionary popover when you scroll
• No more incomplete tap selection (popover not showing up)
• Fix annoying slight scroll bounce when reading in reader
• And a bunch of other minor fixes
• Search our novel directory by title/author in Discover's search bar
• See difficulty level for each novel (intermediate, advanced, native)
• Filter novels by difficulty level
• See release notes of changes when you update app
Bug fixes:
• Clear the dictionary popover when you scroll
• No more incomplete tap selection (popover not showing up)
• Fix annoying slight scroll bounce when reading in reader
• And a bunch of other minor fixes
1.0.4
Aug 14, 2019
Improvements & Bug Fixes
• Display scrollbar when scrolling in reader
• Renamed "Martial Arts" genre to "Wuxia"
• Fixed certain unresponsive links in webview
• Fixed content fetching for some non-chapter pages
• Fixed text cutoff in reference names
• Display scrollbar when scrolling in reader
• Renamed "Martial Arts" genre to "Wuxia"
• Fixed certain unresponsive links in webview
• Fixed content fetching for some non-chapter pages
• Fixed text cutoff in reference names
1.0.3
Aug 10, 2019
Improvements & Fixes
• Fixed long waiting time when converting simplified content to traditional Chinese
• Fixed dictionary popover not clearing when navigating to next screen
• Fixed long waiting time when converting simplified content to traditional Chinese
• Fixed dictionary popover not clearing when navigating to next screen
1.0
Aug 7, 2019
Readibu - Chinese novel reader FAQ
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Readibu - Chinese novel reader.
iPhone
Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
Readibu - Chinese novel reader supports English
Readibu - Chinese novel reader contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
Readibu Monthly Premium
$4.99
Readibu 3-Month Premium
$9.99
Readibu Yearly Premium
$47.99