Roadmap
What I'm working on, what comes next, and what I've parked and why. Plans change, so there are no dates.
Updated 29 September 2026
Now
What I'm building.
App Store
Apogee 1.0 on the App Store
Build 373 is the 1.0 candidate. I'm getting the listing, this website and the last TestFlight fixes ready for App Store review.
Library
Covers for books without art, and a short setup
The next TestFlight build draws a cover for any book that doesn't have one, and adds a short setup after you sign in. You can skip it.
Next
What I'll start after that.
Reading
Book Guide
A guide to who's who and what just happened in the book you're reading. It only uses the pages you've read, so it won't give away what happens next. It runs on your device.
iPad
iPad: the last pieces
I still want notes with Apple Pencil, a two-pane Notes screen, and a Settings layout for the big screen.
Parked
Ideas on hold, and why.
Comics
Comic guided view
Reading a comic panel by panel.
Why it's parked I tested the panel finder on real comics, and it gets too many pages wrong to ship.
Library
Edit permissions for each library
Only offer Edit Metadata where your account can edit.
Why it's parked BookOrbit doesn't tell apps your access for each library yet.
Browse
Book counts on smart scopes
A book count on each smart scope in Browse.
Why it's parked BookOrbit doesn't send the count yet.
Shipped
Newest first.
This website
The guides, support page and privacy policy moved here from GitHub.
Read & Listen on streamed audiobooks
Read & Listen works without downloading the audiobook first. Read Aloud highlights each word, and the app now comes in your phone's language.
A new iPad layout, and 1.0 is free
Home opens on your latest book, and a book's page floats over your shelves. Apogee 1.0 is free.
Earlier
- Build 337
Profiles
Profiles and a new Reading Stats
Add another BookOrbit user and switch between them from Home. Reading Stats has a new design, and sign-in errors say what went wrong.
- Build 323
Read & Listen
Prepare Read & Listen, and book requests
Apogee can prepare books for Read & Listen ahead of time, even overnight while your phone charges. You can also ask your server for a book from inside the app.
- Build 319
Sign-in
BookOrbit 2.9 support
Apogee works with BookOrbit 2.9, including servers that only allow SSO sign-in.
- Build 310
Audiobooks
The words, as they're narrated
The player shows the line being read, and book pages show community ratings.
- Build 302
- Build 279
- Build 278
Library
Custom metadata
Fields you define on your server show on the book page, and you can edit them.
- Build 275
Reading
Read Aloud on the Lock Screen
Read Aloud keeps going when you lock the screen, and the Lock Screen shows the book and a play button.
- Build 271
Read & Listen
Read & Listen
Play the audiobook and the ebook follows along. Finishing a book brings up an end-of-book sheet.
- Build 265
Reading
Reader themes
You can choose the reader's colours, and servers that use passkeys got a way to sign in.
- Build 253
- Build 251
Every build's notes are in Announcements.