Changelog

New

• library Import several Mokuro volumes from one folder
• reader Fill the screen with cover and illustration pages
• manga Every manga keeps its own reading direction
• manga Show wide and double pages on their own in Spread view
• manga Shift Spread view pairs by one page
• manga Converted EPUBs keep their two-page spreads
• reader Long-press an image to zoom in
• manga Read ComicInfo.xml from comic archives
• manga Add ComicInfo.xml to exported CBZ files

Fixed

• manga Keep chapter folders in order in manga archives
• manga Load mokuro volumes whose pages sit in chapter folders
• manga Pair an archive's mokuro text with the right chapter pages
• manga Mark a book finished when Spread view ends on two pages

New

• library Import CBR, RAR and ZIP manga archives

Fixed

• reader Size chapter names in book search with the results

Fixed

• reader Show book search results at your dictionary text size

Fixed

• reader Fit the reader's top bar on narrow phones

New

• reader Search inside a book

Fixed

• dictionary Wrap long pitch accent diagrams instead of overflowing

Fixed

• settings Show only the credits that apply on iPhone and iPad
• dictionary Keep large lookup text from covering the frequency badge

New

• reader Bigger text, and set the dictionary popup's text size from the reader
• reader Read EPUBs in fonts you add yourself
• backup Full backups keep the fonts you added

Fixed

• reader Keep the page whole after changing the text size or margins

New

• settings Add Low RAM mode for e-ink readers and 4 GB devices
• settings Low RAM mode turns off animations and uses less memory
• settings Let the Low RAM mode suggestion be turned off for good

Faster

• reader Open books faster by keeping their page locations
• dictionary Decode pictures in definitions at the size they are shown
• Use much less memory for word taps and furigana

Fixed

• Tap outside any search bar to close the keyboard
• reader Reopen at your page instead of closing when memory runs low
• reader Reopen your book after the system closes Mekuru in the background
• reader Open the book even when the page misses its ready signal

Fixed

• library Refuse an EPUB with no container or package document
• sync Word a failed server download once, in the app language
• translations Word OCR and server download errors in the app language
• translations Word Pro, OCR server test and download errors in the app language
• dictionary Tap outside the search bar to close the keyboard

New

• OCR Read every imported PDF with the NDL text model

Fixed

• reader Keep furigana out of highlight excerpts
• translations Translate the highlights sheet's title and empty text
• OCR Let the custom OCR server dialog remove a server
• OCR Offer the model download before the Pro screen's speed test
• backup Check iOS free space for the full backup zip
• translations Name the downloaded models the full backup leaves out
• settings Ask before KanjiVG and furigana downloads use mobile data
• free-books Show a failed download in the book's sheet
• sync Translate server URL checks and connection errors
• manga Compute auto-crop bounds for a book opened with it on
• library Let Export as CBZ share on iPad
• library Say why each import failed, in the user's language
• library Show the no-OCR hint only for a CBZ without OCR data
• dictionary Show no frequency badge without frequency data
• vocabulary Show a saved word's whole definition, not "〔"
• vocabulary Confirm the CSV export and report its errors
• anki Say a card was sent to AnkiMobile, not added
• reader Open a library bookmark or highlight at its position
• reader Name a bookmark after the chapter it is in
• reader Stop a book's furigana mode leaking into the next book
• reader Open a lookup only for taps on the text itself

Fixed

• translations Tell iOS users to keep Mekuru open during a full backup

Fixed

• privacy Describe what Mekuru actually sends
• translations Say iOS scans keep going after you leave Mekuru

New

• reader Copy the sentence on the Sentence tab
• reader Give High quality 45 seconds, then use or offer Standard
• reader Say High quality is starting while its model loads
• core Say when a VPN is why Mekuru asks about mobile data
• reader Notify when the High quality download fails
• Drop an unused High quality string
• OCR Scan free books on this device only, with the scanned-book reader

Faster

• reader Skip a High quality translation its caller gave up on
• reader Let a Standard translation's stop signal go when it ends
• about Ship the Apache licence once and load notices uncached

Fixed

• reader Cancel a Standard translation when its models are removed
• reader Never queue the High quality download on mobile data unasked
• OCR Leave a long line blank when NDL reads nothing
• about List the licences of libavif and the translation engine
• reader Start the High quality download without waiting on the notification prompt

New

• reader Warn phones low on memory before sentence translation
• reader Download and drive the Gemma 4 translation model
• android Run Gemma 4 through LiteRT-LM for sentence translation
• settings Remember the sentence translation model
• reader Translate with Gemma when chosen, Standard otherwise
• reader Keep the Gemma download's progress in one place
• reader Let the Gemma download be cancelled
• settings Choose a high-quality translation model on Android
• reader Sentence tab uses the chosen translation model
• settings Download, remove and credit the Gemma translation model
• reader Download the Gemma model as a background job

Fixed

• reader Let High quality replace a Standard fallback once it's ready
• reader Close Gemma after a failed translation so it reloads
• reader Keep the Gemma download state honest under delete, cancel and refresh
• settings Reuse an installed Gemma model and honour Use Standard
• settings Clearer Gemma download row and translation mobile-data copy
• android Fall back to CPU when Gemma's GPU engine can't run
• reader Keep the Gemma model out of Standard's folder
• settings Check space before the Gemma download and let partial files go
• reader Say when High quality couldn't load, and free Standard first
• reader Close Gemma during a first load; locale-aware Standard size
• reader Verify the Gemma download without sending the notifier to an isolate
• settings High quality can be chosen only once its model is downloaded
• settings Clearer Gemma download state in Settings
• reader Never hang a Standard translation when switching to Gemma
• reader Honour an early Gemma cancel and redraw Settings per percent
• core Don't call Android's background network block a lost Wi-Fi
• reader Gemma background download on metered Wi-Fi, re-attach and restarts
• translations Say mobile data or a hotspot, not 'Wi-Fi is not connected'
• reader Keep a bracketed word in the sentence around it
• free-books Give a graded reader its source when it is imported
• reader Open one Anki card while the sentence translation loads
• OCR Join a model download that is already running
• settings Offer High quality translation only where it can run
• reader Take over a Gemma download that finished while Mekuru was closed
• android Leave room for long sentences in High quality replies
• android Decode AVIF images two at a time on Android 7-11
• dictionary Show AVIF glossary pictures on Android 7-11
• OCR Say a model download stopped in the background
• reader Download the Standard models through the shared downloader
• reader Load the translation engine once when sentences overlap

New

• reader Translate the sentence around a looked-up word

Fixed

• reader Keep quotes whole in the sentence around a tapped word

New

• manga Import and read AVIF manga on iOS and Android

Fixed

• OCR Download model files uncompressed

New

• OCR Add the NDL text-line recognizer's pre/post-processing and model download
• android Read long OCR lines with the NDL recognizer when a job asks for it
• iOS Read long OCR lines with the NDL recognizer when a scan asks for it
• OCR Offer the scanned-book reader for free-book PDFs

Fixed

• iOS Keep Vision's text for blocks with lines too long for manga-ocr

New

• Translate the accessibility and volume-button strings

Fixed

• manga Page keys scroll one screen in the scroll view
• manga Count real pages in the scroll view
• manga Reopen the scroll view where you left off
• android Give the app's view input focus so hardware keys reach it
• reader Let next and previous leave an empty chapter in scroll view
• free-books Fill the title page when Aozora puts it outside a metadata div
• iOS Keep OCR word boxes on the right characters in long columns

New

• reader Turn pages with the volume buttons, keyboards and page turners

Fixed

• manga Keep swipes responsive while a page settles
• manga Halve the tap page-turn animation to 150ms
• accessibility Label the 16 icon buttons screen readers read as unlabeled
• accessibility Stop cover tilt and manga page slides under reduce motion
• accessibility Make library book tiles real buttons for screen readers
• accessibility Raise low-contrast text to 4.5:1
• accessibility Name the highlight color buttons and give them 48dp targets
• accessibility Let screen readers show reader controls and turn pages
• accessibility Give book pages a language for screen readers
• accessibility Announce import and OCR results to screen readers

New

• manga Pinch-zoom never turns the page; swipe past a zoomed edge turns it

New

• iOS Liquid Glass bottom tab bar

New

• settings Add a Rate Mekuru tile that opens the store listing

Fixed

• sync Keep the iOS Live Activity through a server book's import

New

• free-books Translate free books, PDF import and the You hub to es, id and zh

Faster

• manga Decode page caches off the UI thread
• manga Merge and decode re-segmented page caches off the UI thread
• free-books Download the covers on screen first
• free-books Fold catalog search keys as fast as before
• library Back up a PDF's text when OCR first runs, off the UI thread

Fixed

• free-books Show download progress in the iOS Live Activity
• manga Import an iOS mokuro folder that is missing a page
• free-books Tell same-title books apart in the library
• free-books Search one field at a time
• free-books List a converted book's title once in its contents
• free-books Decode every Shift_JIS character Windows writes
• free-books Give up on stalled downloads; count TLS errors as network
• free-books Show a free book's whole download in the Live Activity
• free-books Fetch graded-reader covers politely and keep them
• free-books Estimate reading times at a typical learner's pace
• library Keep a PDF's own text when OCR is deleted
• PDF Give each phrase of a graded reader's line its own box
• PDF Decide a PDF is scanned the way the catalog does
• sync Import a finished server download without holding up the rest
• iOS Declare the file timestamp API PDFium uses
• library Keep book titles out of the empty-book error
• core Time a response body out without Stream.timeout
• sync Keep importing finished downloads after one import fails
• sync Give up on a stalled server book download and retry it

New

• stats Reading pace from EPUB sessions
• free-books Aozora Bunko catalog and EPUB converter
• you You hub and Aozora Bunko browser
• library Import PDFs, with words tappable from their text layer
• sync Download PDFs from Komga and Kavita
• free-books Graded readers from NPO Tadoku Supporters

Fixed

• reader Keep ruby brackets out of lookups, let taps through page anchors
• free-books Mention graded readers in the empty-library tip

Fixed

• iOS End the background Live Activity at its final progress

Fixed

• library Read the picked mokuro folder on iOS

New

• reader Pin each word's header in the lookup sheet

New

• dictionary Delete a downloaded dictionary from its tile
• settings Move JMdict English to More Dictionaries
• dictionary Ask before installing Jitendex next to JMdict
• anki Preview what each mapping option fills in
• reader Choose Mincho or Gothic for EPUB text

Faster

• dictionary Convert a dictionary's images side by side again

Fixed

• dictionary Keep image-heavy dictionary imports from filling memory
• dictionary Keep same-named dictionaries apart in results
• dictionary Stop a dictionary download when Wi-Fi drops
• dictionary Keep raw JSON out of plain-text definitions
• dictionary Ask before JMdict, KANJIDIC and word frequency use mobile data
• dictionary Drop each deleted dictionary as soon as its delete ends
• dictionary Count a hand-imported JMdict (Legacy) as JMdict English
• dictionary Save a Jitendex redirect with the definitions it points to
• dictionary Show that a big dictionary import is still finishing
• dictionary Stop storing definitions with every quote escaped
• dictionary Import a Yomitan backup's definitions next to redirects
• dictionary Show JMnedict and JMdict edition sizes in MB

New

• dictionary Keep dictionary versions and images on import
• dictionary Display structured-content definitions
• dictionary Catalog of downloadable dictionaries
• dictionary Friendlier dictionary names
• dictionary Starter pack installs Jitendex
• dictionary Translate the dictionary catalog and import messages to es, id and zh

Faster

• dictionary Build search results as they scroll into view
• dictionary Stop reading every glossary at launch

Fixed

• OCR Ask before the iOS model pack uses mobile data
• OCR Stop the iOS model download when Wi-Fi drops
• dictionary Skip inflection-redirect glossary items on import
• downloads Keep other-language JMdict/KANJIDIC editions apart
• dictionary Parse a queued import only once it holds the database
• dictionary Stop re-reading unreadable glossaries at every launch
• dictionary Translate the dictionary import banner and messages
• dictionary Keep dictionary downloads going on iOS after leaving the app
• dictionary Keep big dictionary imports from running out of memory
• dictionary Show definitions whose attributes have the wrong type
• dictionary Open a section titled in Japanese when its title is tapped
• dictionary Delete dictionary downloads a closed app left behind
• dictionary Keep the full-screen image working when results change

New

• reader Offer dictionaries when a lookup has none to search
• library Point new users to free Japanese EPUBs
• dictionary Ask before the starter pack uses mobile data

Fixed

• vocabulary Let the empty states scroll on small screens

New

• sync Download from self-signed servers in the background on Android
• sync Download server books in the background on Android and iOS
• OCR Keep iOS scans running in the background
• dictionary Install the starter pack in one tap

Fixed

• sync Say "keep Mekuru open" under the self-signed switch only on iOS
• OCR Stop two iOS scans from swapping their manga-ocr text
• sync Resume a server download only while the file is unchanged

New

• OCR Accept a self-signed certificate from a custom OCR server
• sync Accept a self-signed certificate from a Komga or Kavita server

New

• sync Keep server downloads running in the background

Fixed

• manga Refuse a manga import that has no pages

Fixed

• OCR Run on-device scans with WorkManager instead of a foreground service

Fixed

• reader Make word taps and furigana work with UniDic-lite

Fixed

• pro Stop crashing when the Pro screen's opener closed first

Fixed

• dictionary Finish a search quietly when its screen is gone

Fixed

• dictionary Keep an import when its screen closes mid-pick
• library Pick the mokuro folder on iOS without file_picker

Fixed

• reader Show bookmarks saved with generated furigana on their page

Fixed

• stats Count scroll view characters and screens as pages
• reader Keep highlights and bookmarks saved with generated furigana

Fixed

• reader Leave space after a chapter's last line in scroll view
• reader Keep the reading position with generated furigana

Fixed

• reader Taps don't turn the page in scroll view

New

• reader Tap the top or bottom margin to show the controls

Fixed

• reader Let swipe down show the controls on Android
• reader Make epub.js scrolled flow lay out and place text exactly
• reader Steadier scroll view gestures, margins and chapter changes

New

• sync Translate the unlinked-book notice to es, id and zh
• reader Add scroll view for EPUBs
• reader Translate the scroll view setting to es, id and zh

Fixed

• sync Reject server URLs whose host can't be connected to
• sync Stop pushing on every page turn while the server is unreachable
• sync Unlink a book its server no longer has

New

• iOS Pass an explicit App Check provider on Apple platforms
• iOS Keep re-downloadable dictionaries out of iCloud backups
• iOS Copy a folder-imported manga's pages into the app
• iOS Keep the books folder out of iCloud backups
• iOS Buy and restore the Pro unlock through StoreKit
• iOS Send cards to Anki on a computer through AnkiConnect
• iOS Group Apple Vision text lines into manga text blocks
• iOS On-device manga OCR with Apple Vision
• iOS Port manga-ocr's pre- and post-processing to Dart
• iOS Read manga text with manga-ocr on ONNX Runtime
• iOS Offer the manga-ocr model pack on the Downloads screen
• iOS Run every OCR scan inside the app and keep the phone awake for it
• iOS Document-picker bridge for full backup
• iOS A Dart full-backup job for platforms without the native service
• iOS Full backup and restore
• iOS Send cards to AnkiMobile on the device
• iOS Finish a full restore by reloading in place instead of exiting
• iOS Read a double-page spread as two Vision passes

Fixed

• library Re-anchor stored book paths when the app's data root moves
• iOS Keep the EPUB page clear of the Dynamic Island and hide system bars in the readers
• iOS Stop WebKit text autosizing from overriding the reader font size
• reader Stop image-only sections from measuring as two pages
• reader Keep the reading position when a re-layout follows a furigana mode change
• iOS Hide full backup on platforms that cannot run it
• iOS Report App Store and TestFlight installs and warn on low-RAM iPhones
• iOS Stop listing on-device OCR as a Pro feature where it does not exist
• iOS Hide the OCR model download where no model is needed
• iOS Cut Android folder links when a full backup is restored elsewhere
• iOS Pausing an OCR scan no longer throws, and the sheet names the backend
• iOS Keep furigana inside a Vision block's bounds
• manga OCR sheet counts, an honest ETA and scan progress in the iOS reader
• iOS Stop the ruby test eating text, split chained bubbles
• iOS The in-place restore closes the database after the unmount, not before
• iOS No Apple Account prompt after a backup restore, iOS wording for full backups
• iOS Leave the tap handler before the in-place restart mounts its spinner

Fixed

• reader Pick the furigana mode from a list instead of a squished segmented row

Fixed

• manga Show remote OCR progress in the reader and make OCR options discoverable

Fixed

• dictionary Keep partial romaji readings and side glosses out of the top results

Fixed

• dictionary List the preferred dictionary first within each word
• dictionary Start a new search at the top of the results
• dictionary Fold half-width, full-width and combining input before searching
• dictionary Read Hepburn shimbun/matcha and stop guessing romaji for English words
• dictionary Discard search results that land after the field changed
• dictionary Report search failures and keep results when pitch accents fail
• dictionary Unwind stacked conjugations to the dictionary form

Fixed

• OCR Acknowledge a requested stop in the OCR notification
• OCR Show only the last scan in the Recognize text sheet
• OCR Dismiss the OCR summary without waiting for the poll

Fixed

• OCR Keep the time estimate visible on the library badge
• OCR Explain the model download before opening Downloads from the reader

New

• OCR Gate on-device OCR behind Pro and share the start path
• OCR Tap the reader's OCR button to scan the visible page
• OCR Show the time remaining on the library's on-device OCR badge
• OCR Native device speed test on a bundled sample page
• OCR Offer a device speed test on the Pro screen and Downloads tile
• OCR Dedicated message when the speed test is cancelled
• OCR Translate the Pro gate and speed test strings
• pro Name the on-device OCR models on the Pro card and link their repositories
• OCR Translate the on-device OCR strings to es, id and zh

Fixed

• OCR Request the notification permission through the app bridge
• OCR Keep ONNX Runtime and OpenCV classes from R8 in release builds
• OCR Report a cancelled speed test as interrupted
• OCR Let the speed test cancel while the models are still loading
• OCR Drop timing claims from the Pro card and say the downloaded models need Pro to use
• OCR Remove the progress notification when the OCR job finishes

New

• OCR Add the local_manga_ocr Android plugin
• OCR Job lease, cache store and mokuro metadata for local OCR
• OCR On-device OCR in the manga reader and library
• settings On-device OCR download tile and attributions
• OCR Recognize with manga-ocr-base instead of Baberu

Fixed

• wanikani Spell the known-kanji threshold out as a range
• wanikani Terser threshold wording

New

• settings Merge the reader animation toggles into one global switch
• reader Known-kanji furigana predicate and WaniKani mode setting
• reader WaniKani furigana mode in the EPUB bridge
• wanikani API client and storage
• wanikani Account linking, startup refresh and settings screen
• reader WaniKani furigana controls in the reader sheet
• library WaniKani coverage in the furigana EPUB export

Fixed

• translations Translate the EPUB lookup animation toggle

New

• reader Add an EPUB lookup sheet animation toggle

Fixed

• translations Localize the full backup notification strings
• manga Open the lookup sheet without animation when page turn animation is off

New

• backup Stream full-backup zips with a pure-JVM archiver
• backup Add the full-backup service and staged restore core
• backup Expose a document picker and streaming zip on the SAF channel
• backup Relabel reading data backup strings and add full backup copy
• backup Full backup screen, two-step restore confirmation and boot hooks
• backup Run full backup and restore as a resumable native job
• backup Carry linked-manga pages and UniDic-lite in the full backup

Fixed

• backup Return from commitJob only once the service owns the job
• translations Localize the full backup and reading data backup strings

Behind-the-scenes improvements.

Behind-the-scenes improvements.

New

• library Offer configured book servers in the import sheet

Fixed

• database Heal schema 23 databases that missed the server sync DDL
• sync Keep the client provider alive while linking existing books
• sync Reconcile progress by pulling first and share client transport
• translations Localize the Komga/Kavita server screens

New

• sync Add server connections table and book link columns (schema v23)
• manga Embed and import .mokuro OCR data in CBZ archives
• sync Add Komga and Kavita API clients behind a common interface
• sync Server connection management, settings UI, and browse/download flow
• sync Bidirectional progress sync engine with EPUB locator bridge
• sync Bulk book linking and server links in backups
• sync Server sync integration tests and version bump to 1.37.0

Fixed

• library Treat file_picker unknown_activity as a cancelled pick

Fixed

• ankidroid Derive duplicate-check first field from cached Anki field order

New

• ankidroid Detect stale Anki state and surface send failures clearly

Fixed

• manga Guard pro access refresh against disposed ref

Fixed

• library Link mokuro in the convert dialog and translate new strings

Fixed

• library Clarify that manga conversion alone does not enable tap lookup

New

• library Sweep orphaned import directories on startup

Fixed

• ui Harden remaining dialog and sheet callbacks against unmount

Fixed

• ui Stop confirm dialogs touching unmounted widgets' ref and context

Fixed

• manga Tolerate malformed percent-escapes in mokuro image URLs

Fixed

• library Skip malformed EPUB hrefs in furigana export instead of throwing

New

• library Add EPUB-to-manga conversion and CBZ export services
• library Add convert-to-manga and CBZ export to the book menu

Fixed

• Await futures returned inside try blocks so their errors hit the handlers

Fixed

• library Delete the import directory when an import fails

Fixed

• library Make EPUB import memory size-independent and raise cap to 400 MB

Fixed

• billing Harden purchase delivery and cover the flow with regression tests

New

• billing Remove Google sign-in requirement from Pro purchase and restore

Fixed

• database Wait out transient sqlite locks instead of failing the open

Fixed

• manga Release parsed manga pages when the reader closes
• dictionary Stop retaining the whole decompressed dictionary on ZIP import

Fixed

• manga Stream CBZ import from disk instead of inflating the whole archive

Fixed

• reader Stream EPUB from disk to WebView instead of holding bytes resident

Fixed

• reader Transfer EPUB bytes to WebView in bounded base64 chunks

Behind-the-scenes improvements.

Fixed

• library Stop furigana export corrupting container.xml and the OPF

Fixed

• reader Apply the JLPT furigana level to publisher-authored ruby

Fixed

• library Roll back optimistic folder order when the reorder write fails

New

• library Folder faces follow the gyroscopic tilt like covers

Fixed

• translations Translate the folder batch-remove confirmation strings
• library Guard disposed book-tile pointer handlers during reorder drags

New

• library Confirm before removing multiple books from a folder

Faster

• library Stop covered tiles listening to the tilt sensors

Fixed

• library Keep the library painted under the folder route
• library Fly the source cover so folder opens stop flashing
• library Retire optimistic drag order on the stream echo
• library Stop the folder-open cover flash from the grid fade-in

New

• library Collections as iOS-style folder tiles
• library Hero flight from folder tile to folder screen
• library Open folders with a container transform
• library Fly each cover when a folder opens
• library Per-collection book position (schema v22)
• library Position-aware membership writes (diff set, reorder, add, remove)
• library Folder grids and faces follow membership position order
• library Stagger non-hero folder tiles in on the route animation
• library Folder edit mode — tap-select, mass remove, drag-to-reorder
• library Root multi-select with batch add-to-collection sheet
• backup Carry membership positions through backup and restore

Fixed

• reader Sensible JLPT levels for 2010 joyo additions
• backup Include per-book furigana mode in backup and restore
• library IOS-style folder open instead of a shrink-to-appbar hero
• library Keep folder covers visible through the hero flight
• library Stop covers re-decoding every frame of a resize
• library Retire the folder face before the screen fades in
• settings Close the KanjiVG zip handle synchronously

New

• library Add collections tables (schema v21)
• library Collection repository and providers
• library Collection chips, assignment sheet, and management UI
• backup Carry collections through backup and restore
• reader Bundle JLPT kanji-level data with whole-word threshold helper
• reader SkipToken coverage hook on FuriganaGenerator
• reader JLPT-level furigana mode (aboveLevel) with in-reader level picker
• library EPUB furigana export engine (annotate, strip, rebuild zip)
• library Export-as-EPUB action with furigana coverage dialog and SAF save

Behind-the-scenes improvements.

Fixed

• reader Keep EPUB progress across reading-direction changes

New

• reader Live seek bar and dwell-gated reading stats

New

• reader Default horizontal for EPUBs without vertical writing-mode CSS

New

• reader Show book-authored furigana by default via new Book mode

Fixed

• reader Stop caching EPUB furigana from an uninitialized MeCab

Fixed

• settings Stream unidic-lite verification and extraction

Fixed

• backup Upgrade file_picker to 12.0.0-beta.7 to unbreak Android saveFile
• dictionary Fetch Yomitan dictionaries via releases/latest/download
• dictionary Surface the original cause from import parse isolates
• billing Treat billing channel errors as billing-unavailable at startup

Fixed

• manga Normalize e-reader swipe gestures to screen fractions
• reader Count EPUB page characters only on real navigation
• stats Record the reader source on Anki word events
• stats Reset the period and format filters between visits
• backup Merge restored word events past the v19 backfill
• translations Match the restore copy to the word-event merge behavior
• manga Eliminate black flash on instant page turns

Fixed

• translations Document stats restore behavior and fill translation gaps

New

• settings Manga e-reader page-turn toggle, EPUB-only grouping, Reader Settings title
• reader Hide the Android system bars with the EPUB reader controls
• reader Open EPUBs immersive with controls and system bars hidden

Fixed

• reader Defer viewer rebuilds while the settings screen covers the reader
• manga Disable swipe drag entirely in e-reader mode, turning pages instantly
• translations Localize manga reader error and empty states

New

• stats Center the hero figures and chart legend, condense large counts
• reader Persist reader brightness across sessions
• manga Persist view mode, direction, auto-crop and lookup transparency
• reader Regroup the EPUB quick settings into sections
• manga Bring the manga settings sheet to parity with the EPUB reader
• settings Move reading defaults to a dedicated Reading screen

Fixed

• stats Align the You page on one ink line and fit chart gutters to their labels
• android Scope MeCab native-asset bundling to the ABIs being built
• backup Derive backed-up preference keys from the storage classes
• reader Stop global settings changes writing to the last-read book

New

• stats Localize duration formatting through ARB keys
• stats Keep the stats entry visible before any reading
• nav Replace the settings tab with a You tab housing reading stats

Fixed

• stats Never let a stats write failure break the word-save flow
• stats Resolve page ranges against the rendered document for character counts
• stats Drop the coaching clause from the lookup rate subtitle

New

• stats Add ReadingSessions and WordEvents tables at schema v19
• stats Add StatsRepository
• stats Track characters read in ReaderSessionTracker
• stats Persist reading sessions from both readers
• stats Report page character counts from the EPUB bridge
• stats Count manga characters read per displayed page
• stats Record word events for saves and Anki cards
• stats Add pure-Dart stats aggregator
• stats Add stats screen scaffold with hero tiles and filters
• stats Add GitHub-style activity heatmap
• stats Add animated chart cards
• stats Add library stats strip entry point
• stats Include stats tables in backup and restore

Fixed

• stats Exclude furigana ruby text from page character counts
• stats Don't count characters for pages swept past during seek
• stats Keep stats page children alive so entrance animations run once
• stats Border chart tooltips so they read as popovers in dark mode

Fixed

• backup Refresh backup history from the notifier, not the screen

Faster

• manga Encode the manga page cache off the UI isolate

Faster

• manga Run word segmentation in a background isolate

Faster

• manga Segment mokuro lines with one MeCab parse per line

Fixed

• manga Re-segment cached word boxes when the MeCab dictionary changes

Fixed

• manga Stop caching word segmentation from an uninitialized MeCab

Fixed

• dictionary Restore missing FTS sync triggers on open
• manga Highlight the resolved word on the tapped page

Faster

• dictionary Count zip rows without parsing them
• dictionary Bulk-build the glossary FTS index on import

New

• dictionary Boost verb-framed glosses, wapuro-wa greetings, fast single-letter search

Faster

• dictionary Smaller search-text backfill pages to bound search stalls

Fixed

• dictionary Index extracted gloss text so English search surfaces primary words

Fixed

• dictionary Gate trailing-vowel completions and keep them out of prefix scans

New

• dictionary Search all readings of ambiguous romaji input

Fixed

• billing Upgrade to Play Billing Library 8.0.0

Faster

• saf Cache tree resolution and match names across NFC/NFD

New

• saf Report why a storage read failed instead of a bare null

Fixed

• saf Resolve tree paths via child lookup, not ID concatenation

New

• library Report failed book imports to telemetry

Faster

• manga Read CBZ page dimensions from headers during extraction

Fixed

• settings Use canonical Mekuru site links

Fixed

• OCR Stop retrying billing errors and parse structured error details
• OCR Raise request timeout to survive built-in server cold starts

Fixed

• reader Stop justification stretching kana on ruby lines

New

• reader Full-height vertical lines by default, split setting for two blocks

Fixed

• reader Paginate InDesign-style vertical EPUBs correctly
• reader Force horizontal writing mode on descendants when vertical text is off

Behind-the-scenes improvements.

Fixed

• manga Tolerate malformed blocks in mokuro OCR JSON
• ankidroid Run AnkiDroid provider queries off the main thread

New

• dictionary Replace glossary LIKE scan with FTS5 index

New

• dictionary Find katakana loanwords from romaji and kana input

Faster

• dictionary Use indexed range scans for prefix candidate queries

Fixed

• dictionary Relevance-order candidate pools before LIMIT caps

New

• reader Load IPADIC first and upgrade to UniDic-lite in the background

New

• library Add continue-reading card above the book grid
• library Support multi-file EPUB/CBZ import with progress and failure summary
• ankidroid Warn when the note already exists in the selected deck

Fixed

• manga Write OCR pages cache atomically in background worker
• reader Make MeCab dictionary install atomic and self-healing, init re-entrant
• reader Surface EPUB display errors in the reader error UI
• reader Cache failed furigana lookups to stop re-requesting over the bridge
• dictionary Show placeholder instead of raw JSON for unreadable glossaries
• library Make import directory names collision-proof
• library Fall back to EPUB filename instead of "Unknown Title"
• manga Write pages cache atomically at all foreground call sites

Fixed

• android Backfill libc++_shared.so across NDK sysroots for mecab_for_dart hook

New

• library Make book covers follow device tilt continuously (flutter_tilt 4)

Fixed

• android Bundle libc++_shared.so via AGP jniLibs source set (#25)
• reader Add load timeout and reopen regression coverage

Fixed

• dictionary Migrate to onReorderItem to fix CI analyze failure (#24)

New

• reader Load gikun user-dictionary alongside IPADIC
• settings Add enhanced-furigana-dict preference
• settings Add UniDic-lite downloader service
• settings Expose enhanced furigana dictionary download in UI
• reader Pick UniDic-lite at init when downloaded and enabled

New

• reader Add FuriganaMode setting with per-book override
• reader Add MeCab tokenizeForFurigana and FuriganaGenerator service
• reader Wire furigana generation into the EPUB WebView bridge
• reader Expose furigana mode in the reader settings sheet

New

• reader Add brightness notifier and update lifecycle management
• dictionary Show spinner during dictionary deletion
• dictionary Enhance error handling in importer and add tests for robustness

Faster

• dictionary Batch lookup queries when many dicts are enabled

Fixed

• Resolve three production crashes reported in Sentry
• reader Address five critical/high bugs found in code review
• dictionary Auto-save search history on debounce and screen leave

Behind-the-scenes improvements.

Faster

• epub Stream zip parsing to avoid loading full file

New

• lookup Added tiered search with deinflection fallback
• android Added ARM library aliases for mecab
• dictionary Track kanji metadata on entries Added entryKind, kanjiOnyomi, and kanjiKunyomi columns with a schema version bump/migration and regenerated table mapping; introduced the kanji reading parser plus UI blocks and their tests so dictionary entries can surface the new metadata.
• billing Decouple functions and add coverage
• app Smooth startup, reader, and billing flows
• dict Implemented tiered lookup prioritization
• ankidroid Check if word exists before adding to deck
• android Add system ui channel for toggling system bars
• OCR Add pause/delete actions and server health checks

New

• library Report progress during cbz import
• settings Replace inline OCR server prompt with dialog
• cloud-ocr Integrate Firebase OCR backend and CI verification
• cloud-ocr Guard epub imports and capture errors
• manga Gate remote OCR behind Pro access flow
• billing Handle Play RTDN revocations

Fixed

• manga Return linking result from ocr account service
• dictionary Return non-null frequency label
• ui Account for system gesture padding
• manga Fix issues with auto-crop and allow re-running auto-crop
• manga Keep shared margins when cropping spreads
• billing Migrate restored purchases to new user
• manga Compute reader scroll offset from current page

New

• Add support for building and deploying App Bundle to Google Play Console
• Update database schema and add new indexes for dictionary entries
• manga Added manga reader with word lookup
• android Integrated Storage Access Framework
• dictionary Prioritize exact matches and frequency badges Introduce a missing-frequency rank constant so the UI tags and grouping logic treat null ranks as least frequent, add exact-match prioritization helpers used by search/fuzzy queries, and extend the tests to cover the tighter ordering and label behavior.
• manga Add OCR background worker and UI
• manga Allow clearing cached manga OCR data
• manga Integrate Firebase OCR backend Added Firebase config and functions along with new OCR services, purchases UI, settings data providers, and updated google-services credentials to wire up the cloud OCR infrastructure.

Fixed

• library Fixed manga import with directory picker
• Add Android adaptive icon so launcher icon matches Play Store appearance

New

• Implement bookmark and highlight repositories with CRUD operations

Behind-the-scenes improvements.

New

• Implement preloaded app settings for initial theme mode and color theme

New

• dictionary Enhance dictionary import functionality and add collection support
• Add app settings management and UI components
• Replace dictionary tab with fuzzy search, move management to settings
• Implement search history management and kanji stroke order display
• Add KanjiVG stroke order download and attribution
• Add English definition search to dictionary query service
• Use fuzzy_bolt for dictionary fuzzy search ranking
• Add JPDB frequency dictionary with search ranking and pitch accent in search
• Implement Roman letter filter in dictionary search and settings
• Integrate Sentry for error tracking and user feedback
• Update JPDB frequency dictionary management
• Enhance EPUB reader settings and language support
• Enhance book tile interaction with tilt gesture support and improved long-press handling
• Improve fuzzy search results ordering by frequency rank within tiers
• Implement startup screen preference and auto-focus search settings
• Update iOS project configuration and improve gesture handling in EPUB viewer
• Add Yomitan dictionary download service and providers for JMdict and KANJIDIC
• Add color theme selection and persistence to app settings
• Replace IconButton with FloatingActionButton for dictionary and EPUB import actions
• Enhance settings and reader features with new options and UI updates
• Group dictionary entries by (expression, reading) into unified cards
• Add primary writing mode support for vertical text handling
• Enhance release signing configuration and error handling
• Update export functionality to use file picker and change share icon to save icon
• Add message clearing on screen dispose and improve vocabulary export file naming

Fixed

• Update KanjiVG download URL to r20250816 release
• Load KanjiVG stroke order SVGs from downloaded files instead of assets
• Add deinflection to find alternative verb forms when MeCab picks wrong base
• Group dictionary results by (expression, reading) with frequency ordering
• Add deinflection to both reader lookup and dictionary search
• Render furigana only above kanji, not above entire expression
• Add suru verb deinflection to resolve noun-stem dictionary lookups
• Update EDRDG attribution to improve clarity and formatting
• Implement deinflection for compound word resolution and add corresponding tests
• Group dictionary entries by name and number them for clarity

The first release.