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Areada

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A lightweight offline reader for EPUB, PDF, TXT, and FB2.

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Opens the official F-Droid page

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About Areada

Areada is a minimal offline Android reader focused on lightweight local reading.

It supports EPUB, PDF, TXT, and FB2 files with a clean monochrome interface, local folder access, saved reading progress, bookmarks, search, filters, and basic plain-text notes.

Features:

- EPUB, PDF, TXT, and FB2 support

- FB2 support for .fb2, .fb2.zip, and .fbz files

- Local plain-text notes

- Bookmarks and recent reading

- Saved reading progress

- Search and file-type filters

- Folder-aware filtering

- Reader themes, font options, and font size settings

- EPUB title, ToC, section navigation, and external link handling

- PDF rendering with support for visible annotations/callouts/highlights on supported Android versions

- PDF internal/external link handling with confirmation for external links

- Storage Access Framework folder picker

- Offline-only reading

- No internet permission

- No ads, analytics, tracking, accounts, or cloud sync

- No device-wide automatic scanning

What's new in 1.1.4

- Fixed CN language.

How to install Areada

  1. Tap Download — the app's official page on F-Droid opens.
  2. Install it with the F-Droid app (recommended, for automatic updates), or use the download button on that page.
  3. If Android asks, allow the F-Droid app or your browser to install apps, then tap Install.
  4. Open Areada from your app drawer.

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