A calm home for everything you read.

BookFrix is a personal library and reader for EPUB & PDF. Pages turn with a real 3D curl, two sit side by side when there’s room, and your books, highlights and place in every one follow you from device to device — online or off.

Reads offline Syncs back online Installs like an app
The BookFrix reader with two facing pages of a book, the right-hand page caught mid-turn in a 3D curl
The BookFrix library on a phone

Try it here

Grab a corner. Turn the page.

This isn’t a video. It’s the same WebGL page-curl engine that turns every PDF in BookFrix, running right here in your browser — the light, the shadow and a fold that follows your hand.

Opening the book…
Page 1of 12
Jump to
Drag from the edge and let go early: the page falls back. Pull past a third and it turns.
Jump to a chapter and several leaves flip at once, the way a bookmark jump does in the app.
Narrow your window and the book drops to one page — the reader decides the same way.

What’s inside

Everything a reader needs — nothing it doesn’t

Every screenshot below is the real app, captured from BookFrix as it runs today.

Facing pagesNEW

Two pages when there’s room, turned by hand

Open a PDF on a desktop, a tablet held sideways or an unfolded foldable and BookFrix lays it out as a spread, cover on its own like a real book. On a phone it goes back to one page — no setting to hunt for.

  • A 3D page curl that follows your finger, with light, shadow and a fold
  • A soft, synthesized paper sound on each turn — or silence, if you prefer
  • Left-to-right or right-to-left, for manga and RTL scripts
  • On a spread the bookmark asks which page you mean; jumping back flips through the pages between
The BookFrix PDF reader showing two facing pages, with the bookmark picker asking which page to bookmark
The same book on a phone, one page at a time, in the sepia theme

Reading statisticsNEW

See how you actually read

A Statistics page built on real reading sessions: only the time you spend with a book open and in front of you counts, so a tab left open overnight doesn’t pad your numbers.

  • Reading time by day, week or month, and pages turned
  • A daily goal you pick, and a streak that keeps count
  • Time per book, your best day and the hour you usually read
  • Recorded on your devices and synced to your account — never public
The BookFrix Statistics page: reading time, pages turned, day streak, a bar chart by day, a daily goal ring and time by book
Reading statistics on a phone in the night theme

Reader settingsNEW

Tune the page and watch it change

A live preview sits at the top of the reader settings and redraws as you go, captioning what you just changed. Pick a theme, the page turn, facing pages, focus sounds and more without leaving your place.

  • Five themes: Day, Sepia, Night, Twilight and a green-on-black Console
  • Theme colours applied to scanned pages and images too, if you like
  • Curl or fade, one page or two, and auto-cropped white margins
  • Changes apply the moment you make them
The reader settings panel with the live preview at the top and the five theme buttons

Annotations

Mark it up like paper

Highlight a line, underline with a pen, pencil or fountain pen, drop a text note in the margin and erase what you don’t need. Undo is one tap away.

  • Highlighter in six colours, with a straight-line mode
  • Pen, pencil and fountain pen, in several sizes
  • Highlights, notes and bookmarks sync to every device
A sentence highlighted in yellow on a PDF page, with the annotation toolbar open above it

Your library

A shelf that works offline

Upload EPUBs and PDFs up to 200 MB. Every book you open is kept on your device, so it opens instantly next time and still opens on a plane.

  • Download any book ahead of time for offline reading
  • Progress, highlights and bookmarks sync the moment you’re back online
  • Categories, favourites, search, filters, and multi-volume works grouped behind one cover
The BookFrix library: book covers in a grid with format badges, reading progress bars and categories
The library on a phone

Reading paths

Follow a path through the books

Curated journeys — an ordered set of books, each with a note on why it’s worth your time. Tick them off as you go and pick up where you left off.

  • Explore paths by subject and difficulty
  • Track what’s in progress and what’s done
The Reading Paths page with path cards for philosophy, science fiction, economics and classics

Five themes

Day, sepia, night — and two more

The same spread in each reader theme. Themes recolour the PDF page itself, not just the frame around it.

The BookFrix reader in the Sepia theme, showing two facing pages

And more

The small things that make it yours

Focus sounds

Lo-fi, café, library, nature, white, brown and grey noise, and binaural tones — endless ambience that plays under your book.

Motion cues

Reading in a car or on a bus? Faint dots drift with the vehicle’s motion, giving your eyes the cue your inner ear expects — so reading makes you less queasy.

Share a book

Send a link and the other person adds the book to their own library — with your highlights and notes, if you choose. Revoke it any time.

A guide to start

New accounts open with the BookFrix user guide on the shelf and a short tour, so there’s something real to read on day one.

No password

Sign in with Google or Telegram. Your account is created the first time you do.

Installs like an app

Get the Android app on Google Play, or add the web app to your home screen or desktop. It opens full screen and keeps working without a connection.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Is BookFrix free?

Yes. There is no subscription, no ads and nothing to unlock. Create an account and start reading.

Which formats can I read?

EPUB and PDF, up to 200 MB per file. Large PDFs open quickly because only the pages you are looking at are downloaded at first.

Does it work offline?

Yes. Every book you open is saved on your device, and you can download any book ahead of time. Reading, highlights and bookmarks work without a connection and sync when you’re back online.

Will my place follow me to my other devices?

Yes. Your reading position, highlights, notes, bookmarks and reading statistics sync to your account and appear on every device you sign in on.

Do I need to install anything?

No. BookFrix runs in any modern browser. If you want it one tap away, get the Android app on Google Play, or on iPhone, iPad and computers add the web app to your home screen or desktop. It opens like an app, full screen and offline. See how.

When do I get the page curl and two facing pages?

When reading a PDF with pages turning sideways. Two pages appear whenever they fit at full size — on desktops, tablets held sideways and unfolded foldables — and you can choose one or two pages yourself in settings. The curl needs WebGL 2, which almost every current browser has; otherwise pages fade. EPUB books use a simpler transition. You can try the curl right on this page.

What do the reading statistics track?

Only the time you actively spend reading in BookFrix and the pages you turn. They’re private to your account: no leaderboards, no social feed, and no advertising or analytics trackers.

How do I sign in?

With your Google account or with Telegram. There’s no password to create, and your account is set up the first time you sign in.

Can I share a book with someone?

Yes. Create a share link from a book’s menu and whoever opens it can add the book to their own library, optionally with your highlights and notes. You can revoke the link at any time. Only share books you have the right to share.

How do I delete my account?

From the account menu inside the app. Your account, library and reading data are removed — this page explains exactly what happens. For anything else about your data, see the privacy notice.

Something else? or write to info@frix.me.

Start your shelf today

Upload a book, pick a theme, and turn the first page — on every device you own.

Create your library