Inkspread

About

Inkspread is an Android reader that opens the comic files you already have, without unzipping them. Point it at a folder and it goes through your zip, cbz and pdf files and groups them into series and volumes.

It is built above all for black-and-white E Ink readers. Animation is turned off so nothing ghosts on the screen, and elements are told apart by weight and borders so they stay readable without color. The same app switches to a color layout with shadows and smooth scrolling on an ordinary phone.

What it does

• Reads zip, cbz and pdf directly — no unzipping
• Splits two-page spreads (two pages on one image) so you read one page at a time
• Trims the outer margins so the page fills your screen
• Brightens paper that comes out gray or yellowed
• One page or two pages — you choose, it does not switch on you
• Page turning or vertical scrolling, remembered per series
• Right-to-left (Japanese and Korean comics) or left-to-right
• Map the physical page-turn buttons on your E Ink reader to whatever you like
• Picks series and volume numbers out of file names, and lets you fix them when it guesses wrong
• Remembers where you stopped in every volume

Nothing leaves your device

Your comic files, and what you read, never leave your device. There is no feature that uploads or downloads them.

The app sends only anonymous usage statistics and crash reports so we can fix problems — never what you are reading. Details

Files are read through Android's own file picker (SAF), and only from the folder you pick yourself. Your reading position and settings are stored on the device. See the privacy policy for the details.

Languages

English · 한국어 · 日本語 · 简体中文 · Español

On Android 13 and up you can set a different language for this app alone in system settings.

Files it can open

• zip and cbz — archives holding images
• pdf
• folders with the images sitting loose inside

Price

• $2.99 — buy it once, nothing more to pay
• No in-app purchases, no subscription, no ads

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