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What changed · US
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New in this update: • Browse and download curated public-domain books directly in CHMate, with real covers and visible download progress • Books appear immediately on your shelf while downloading; pause, resume, retry, or remove them at any time • Improved Chinese and Japanese typography, including vertical layout, ruby spacing, and progress-preserving layout switches • Reworked Find in Page so matches stay visible, result counts remain clear, and the keyboard gets out of the way • A clearer Add Book menu, Recent sorting by default, and many reading and stability fixes
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Most e-readers are bloated with monthly subscription traps, intrusive ads, and clumsy formatting. CHMate brings the quiet focus and tactile elegance of a real book back to your screen. Native EPUB and CHM reader with rich typography customization, instant search, and paper themes. Trusted by readers for over a decade, now rebuilt natively for modern iOS. Download free. Unlock unlimited bookshelf with a one-time purchase. CHMate is a local EPUB and CHM reader for iPhone and iPad. Import the books and documents you already own, arrange them into a library you enjoy, and read each one in the way that suits it best. CRAFTED FOR FOCUSED READING • Paper Texture & Themes: Curated paper backgrounds, customizable fonts, line spacing, margins, and dark mode • Distraction-Free: Clean interface designed to put nothing between you and the text • Tactile Gestures: Smooth chapter transitions and fluid page-turning that respect your reading rhythm DUAL FORMAT POWER: EPUB & CHM • EPUB: Perfect for literature, novels, and reflowable publications • CHM & MHT: Read technical documentation, programming references, and compiled help manuals with structured tables of contents POWERFUL, PRIVATE UTILITIES • Instant Search: Lightning-fast full-text search across chapters • Highlights & Notes: Capture the quotes that move you and review annotations easily • iCloud Theme Sync: Seamlessly sync your typography themes across your devices via CloudKit • Local Wi-Fi Transfer: Drop books directly from your computer browser to your device over Wi-Fi without cables HONEST PRICING • Free to download and read • Pay once to unlock the unlimited bookshelf forever • No subscriptions. No ads. No tracking.
What's new · 260821.0
New in this update: • Browse and download curated public-domain books directly in CHMate, with real covers and visible download progress • Books appear immediately on your shelf while downloading; pause, resume, retry, or remove them at any time • Improved Chinese and Japanese typography, including vertical layout, ruby spacing, and progress-preserving layout switches • Reworked Find in Page so matches stay visible, result counts remain clear, and the keyboard gets out of the way • A clearer Add Book menu, Recent sorting by default, and many reading and stability fixes
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