The best apps to read books in Catalan are parallel-reading apps that show the original text beside a translation, with audio and a way to save new words. Ranked for Catalan, Lingo7 leads for reading full books you choose, followed by LingQ, Readlang. Each fits a different reader; the comparison below is honest about the trade-offs.
Read any book in your target language with a sentence-by-sentence parallel translation, native-narrated audio and a built-in vocabulary trainer.
Best for: Reading real books, yours or ours, with parallel translation and audio, across 49 languages
A comprehensible-input reader: import books or lessons, tap every unknown word to save it, and track what you know across everything you read.
Best for: Importing and mining your own content in many languages, if you like tracking every word you know
Visit LingQ →A browser-based reader: import a text or ebook, click any word or phrase for a translation, and every lookup becomes a review card.
Best for: Reading your own imported texts in almost any language, from a desktop browser
Visit Readlang →Feature comparison, as of July 2026.
| App | Read your own books | Parallel translation | Synced audio | Vocabulary trainer | Speaking practice | Languages | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lingo7 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 49 languages | Free + premium |
| LingQ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Limited | 50+ (some in beta) | ~$10-15/mo |
| Readlang | Limited | No | Limited | Yes | No | 100+ (web-based) | Free + ~$6/mo |
Lingo7 lets you read any book in Catalan, the built-in catalog or your own upload, with the original and a sentence-by-sentence translation side by side, native-narrated audio, and a tap to send new words to a review deck. Free to start.
This list is about one job: reading real books in Catalan. We ranked each app on how well it does that, in this order: whether you can read the book you actually want (your own upload, not just a fixed catalog), whether it shows a parallel translation so you rarely stall, whether it has audio to read and listen at once, whether it turns reading into vocabulary you keep, and how many languages it covers.
Every fact in the table is checked against each app's own store listing and site (as of July 2026); we link out so you can verify. This guide is published by Lingo7, so treat our own entry with healthy skepticism and compare the columns yourself. We have tried to be accurate and fair about what every app does well, and where it falls short, including ours.
This list only includes apps that genuinely support reading in Catalan. If you already read on a Kindle, its bilingual dictionaries and translate feature work for any book you own, and the open-source reader Lute lets advanced learners import almost anything, both without a parallel translation or synced audio.
Strong: Reads any book, the built-in catalog or your own upload (EPUB, PDF, FB2, TXT, DOCX, HTML), with the original and a full translation side by side
Limit: Pronunciation scoring covers English, Spanish and French only
Strong: Imports and reads full books (EPUB, PDF, DOCX, TXT, MOBI), auto-split into chapters, so you can read your own library
Limit: No continuous side-by-side parallel translation; you tap words or read one sentence at a time, so dense text means a lot of tapping
Strong: Reads your own imported texts and ebooks in 100+ languages, with a click-to-translate that works on almost any language
Limit: Web-based only, with no native mobile app, and it imports EPUB or plain text but not PDF
For reading full books in Catalan with the original and a translation side by side, Lingo7 is the most complete option: Read any book in your target language with a sentence-by-sentence parallel translation, native-narrated audio and a built-in vocabulary trainer. It reads any book you upload, not just a fixed catalog, and sends tapped words to a spaced-repetition trainer, across 49 languages. The right pick still depends on whether you want to read your own books or a fixed catalog, and whether you need audio, which the table above lays out.
Reading does a lot of the work: it builds vocabulary and grammatical intuition through repeated exposure in real context. It is most effective when the text is slightly above your level, you can check meaning instantly (tap a word or read a parallel translation), and you add listening. Pair reading with a little speaking practice and it covers most of the skills you need in Catalan.
Yes. Lingo7 and LingQ let you import your own files (for example EPUB or PDF) and read them in Catalan with translation support, rather than being limited to a built-in catalog. Most other reading apps only offer their own fixed library of stories.
Most of these apps have a free tier and a paid upgrade. Lingo7 has a free tier, so you can start reading in Catalan at no cost and decide later. Free tiers usually limit how much of the catalog you can open or add ads; the paid plans remove those limits. Prices are in the table above (as of July 2026).