Pagira Blog

Guides for reading local websites and PDFs on iPhone and iPad.

November 2, 2026

How to read manga on iPhone and iPad

Files can't open a CBZ, and manga read left to right reads backwards. Here is how to read your manga the right way round on iPad and iPhone, without importing anything.

November 1, 2026

HTML viewer for iPad and iPhone: what to check before you pick one

Search the App Store for an HTML viewer and a dozen apps promise to open your pages. They differ the day you open a real site: a folder, its styles, its scripts, its links. Here is what to check, and what changes between iPad and iPhone.

October 22, 2026

Case study: 200,000 pages of classics in HTML, finally readable on iPad

A German-speaking reader wanted to read his 200,000-page HTML library on iPad, just like on his Mac. Six apps had failed. With Pagira, "everything works wonderfully".

October 22, 2026

Browsing an HTML product catalogue offline on iPad, at the customer's

Manufacturers increasingly publish their catalogue as HTML, with datasheets in PDF. On a sales rep's iPad, it won't open. Here is how to take it anywhere, offline, links and PDFs included.

October 22, 2026

Reading comics on iPhone: the small-screen problem, and panel-by-panel reading

A whole comic page fits on an iPhone screen, but its balloons become unreadable. Why, what other apps offer, and how Pagira's panel-by-panel reading solves it.

October 22, 2026

Reading HTML novels on iPad and iPhone

Project Gutenberg, libraries on USB sticks, fan fiction: lots of books exist as HTML. On iPad and iPhone, neither Files, Safari nor Books can read them. Here is how, without converting anything.