BookPal — social reading app
A published reading app for your own files, with notes, highlights, book lists, reader conversations and optional Apple subscriptions.
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The challenge
Readers want their own files, not just a store catalogue — and they want reading to feel social. That means parsing messy document formats on the phone, a fast reader, and a payments and ads stack that works in mainland China.
What we built
- Native extractor modules for EPUB, PDF, DOCX and TXT, and a reader with bookmarks, notes, highlights and themed paper
- Discover, search, bookshelf and interest-based onboarding
- Follows, direct messages, likes, collections and reporting
- Monthly and annual Apple auto-renewing subscriptions, with restore purchases
- Admin dashboard and moderation tools, on 39 cloud functions
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Results
- Available on the Apple App Store for iPhone and iPad
- Personal reading, notes and public book lists in one app
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