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Liberotus 1.0 is Now Available on the App Store

Today, I’m delighted to announce that Liberotus 1.0 is now available on the App Store.

Liberotus is a native iPhone client for Grimmory, the self-hosted ebook library server. It provides a fast, elegant, and privacy-focused way to browse, organise, and read your personal ebook collection wherever you are.

This release represents months of design, development, testing, refinement, and learning. Taking an idea from a blank Xcode project to a product available on the App Store is a journey every independent developer dreams of making, and I’m incredibly excited to finally share Liberotus with the world.

A Better Way to Access Your Library

If you use Grimmory, your library already belongs to you.

Liberotus extends that philosophy to the reading experience itself.

Connect directly to your Grimmory server and access your entire collection through a native iPhone interface designed specifically for readers. Browse by author, series, collections, or categories. Search across large libraries. Download books for offline reading. Continue exactly where you left off.

The goal has always been simple: make accessing your library effortless.

Built Around Readers

Liberotus was designed around reading, not engagement.

Modern apps often compete for attention with endless notifications, dashboards, metrics, and distractions. Reading deserves something different.

Every part of Liberotus has been designed to reduce friction and keep the focus on your books. From library browsing to reading progress synchronisation, the emphasis is on creating a calm, focused experience that feels natural on iPhone.

The best software often disappears into the background, allowing you to concentrate on what you’re actually there to do. That’s the standard Liberotus aims for.

Privacy by Design

Privacy isn’t a feature that was added at the end of development. It is one of the foundations on which Liberotus was built.

The app contains no advertising, no behavioural tracking, and no third-party analytics SDKs. It doesn’t monitor what you read, which books you own, how long you spend reading, or how you organise your library.

Your reading habits are personal.

They should remain that way.

Where diagnostics are required, Liberotus relies primarily on Apple’s native crash reporting systems rather than invasive tracking platforms.

A Native Apple Experience

Liberotus is built specifically for iPhone using modern Apple frameworks and design principles.

Rather than wrapping a web interface inside an app, Liberotus embraces the strengths of iOS. Smooth navigation, responsive performance, thoughtful animations, and platform-native interactions all contribute to an experience that feels at home on Apple devices.

The goal isn’t simply to provide access to your library. It’s to make using your library enjoyable.

This Is Just the Beginning

Although version 1.0 has only just launched, development is already planned well into the future.

There is a roadmap covering at least the next eighteen months, with significant work already underway on future releases. Improvements to the reading experience, deeper platform integration, usability refinements, and support for new Apple technologies are all part of that journey.

At the same time, I want Liberotus to be shaped by the people who use it. Feedback, bug reports, and feature suggestions are always welcome. Some of the best ideas come directly from users.

Not every suggestion will become a feature, but every piece of feedback helps make the app better.

Thank You

I’d like to thank everyone who provided feedback, testing, bug reports, encouragement, and support throughout development.

Building software is rarely a solo effort, and Liberotus is better because of the people who helped shape it along the way.

If you’re a Grimmory user looking for a native, privacy-focused reading experience on iPhone, I hope you’ll give Liberotus a try.

This is only the beginning.

Your library, everywhere.