Offline: what works and what doesn't

Kevra is built to read without internet. Here's what you can do offline and what waits until you're back.

You don't need internet to read. Kevra keeps everything on your device and sends it to your account when the connection comes back.

How you know you're offline

A strip appears at the top: No connection to Kevra · Keep reading: it uploads when you are back, with a Retry button. It doesn't show inside the reader, because you don't need a connection there.

The strip checks whether Kevra can reach our servers, not just whether you have Wi-Fi. That's why it can appear with full signal (for example, on a network that blocks some websites).

What works offline

Reading the books on your device: EPUBs, PDFs, comics and downloaded audiobooks.
Highlighting, taking notes and adding bookmarks. They upload when you're back.
Your progress: it's saved on every page and sent as soon as there's a connection.
Looking up words with a downloaded dictionary (Settings → Dictionaries).
Read-aloud with your device's voices.
Bringing in books from your phone, including MOBI, AZW3 and CBR, which are converted on the phone itself.
Magazines you kept with Save to read offline.
Home and Library open with whatever was last loaded.

What needs a connection

Opening books from your clouds, servers or Telegram that you haven't downloaded.
Listening to audiobooks from your Audiobookshelf without downloading them.
The high-quality neural voice, except the Spanish voices you've downloaded to your phone (see Read aloud).
Community, Discover, clubs and quizzes.
The reading companion and its recaps.
Recognizing new books (cover, author, series): it happens once you're back online.
Syncing with your other devices.
Signing in on a device for the first time.

Before a trip

Download to your phone the books from your clouds that you want to take.
If you read magazines, use Save to read offline.
Download a dictionary if you tend to look words up.
Open Kevra with a connection before you leave, so it has your latest position from other devices.

Common questions

I'm back online and nothing has uploaded. Tap Retry on the strip, or close and reopen the app. If it's still the same, see my position isn't syncing.

It says "No connection" but I have internet. Your network may be blocking Kevra, or our servers may be briefly down. You can keep reading with no problem.