Read more. Learn more. Understand more — keeping your data private.
Garden Reads is built for people who read to grow. A distraction-free reading experience wrapped in a calm garden aesthetic — the perfect environment to get lost in a book and actually understand what you're reading. Ask the AI anything about your book and get instant answers, entirely on your device.
Read Everything, Listen to Anything
Import EPUB, MOBI, PDF, TXT, and M4B files from anywhere on your device. Switch seamlessly between reading and listening with a single tap. Organize your library into custom shelves — by genre, series, language, or whatever makes sense to you.
On-Device AI That Reads With You
Ask questions about what you're reading — characters, themes, plot points, difficult passages — and get answers instantly, completely on your phone. No internet required. No data ever leaves your device. Powered by Google's Gemma 4 running locally via LiteRT, Garden Reads is the only reader with a private AI that actually understands your book.
Turn on Deep Think for richer, more analytical responses when you want to go deeper into what you're reading. Toggle No Spoilers to keep the AI from revealing what happens next — it respects your place in the story. Responses are delivered in the language of your book automatically. The AI is completely optional — Garden Reads works beautifully without it.
Thousands of Free Books & Audiobooks
Browse and download from tens of thousands of classic titles — completely free. Free classics from Project Gutenberg, audiobooks from LibriVox, all inside the app. Pride and Prejudice, Moby Dick, The Republic, Crime and Punishment — start reading or listening in seconds with no account required.
A Reading Experience Unlike Any Other
The Garden Reads interface is unlike anything you've seen in a reading app. The reading view is clean, distraction-free, but with great customization and powerful tools to help you learn — exactly what a great book deserves.
Secure Library
Keep sensitive or private books locked behind biometric authentication. Your secure shelf is hidden until you unlock it.
Available in 11 Languages
Garden Reads speaks your language. The app is fully translated into English, Romanian, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Turkish, Russian, and Polish. The built-in dictionary is language-aware too — tap any word and you'll be taken straight to the right dictionary for the book you're reading, no matter what language it's in.
Sync Across Devices
Back up your library and reading progress to Google Drive. Switch phones without losing your place.
Garden Reads Pro — One-Time Purchase
No subscriptions. Ever. Upgrade once and own it forever: unlock the full AI assistant, remove ads, and get access to all future Pro features. The way software used to work.

More features:
Home screen widget to jump back into your current book
Annotations and highlights with full review screen
Text-to-speech for any ebook
Reading stats: total hours read, books finished, daily streaks
Volume key page-turning support
Custom reading fonts, sizes, and themes
Language-aware dictionary for 11 languages