Alcove is built Mac-first and iPad alongside. iPhone arrives in Phase 3. Here's exactly what's available where.
Items marked community vote are on the roadmap but their priority is set by votes on the Fider feedback board. High-vote features move up; low-vote features may be deferred or dropped.
| Feature | Mac | iPad | iPhone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Book grid with cover art | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Book list with sortable columns | ✅ | ✅ | — |
| Sidebar: reading status / tags / ratings | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Full-text search | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Series display and browsing | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Multi-select (bulk rate / tag / delete) | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Multiple libraries | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Status bar (sync state · book count · file details) | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Library cleanup | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Feature | Mac | iPad | iPhone |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPUB import (drag & drop / File → Import) | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| PDF import | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| MOBI / AZW3 importNative — no Calibre needed | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Calibre library importDirect metadata.db — Mac only by design | ✅ | — | — |
| Calibre Content Server importPhase 3 · community vote | ⏳ | ⏳ | ⏳ |
| Feature | Mac | iPad | iPhone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edit title, authors, publisher, series, ISBN | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Tags, ratings, reading status | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Fixed-layout EPUB detection / comics auto-tagging | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Metadata lookup wizard (ISBN / title + author search) | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Cover art lookup (Apple Books, Google Books, OpenLibrary) | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Cover art batch wizard (multiple books) | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Manual cover replacement (drag / paste / file) | ✅ | ⏳ | ⏳ |
| Undo / Redo | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Feature | Mac | iPad | iPhone |
|---|---|---|---|
| iCloud sync (metadata + files + covers) | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Per-book on-demand download | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Open in external reader | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Share sheet (AirDrop / Mail / Messages) | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Feature | Mac | iPad | iPhone |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-app EPUB reader | ⏳ | ⏳ | ⏳ |
| Reading position sync | ⏳ | ⏳ | ⏳ |
| Bookmarks, highlights, notes | ⏳ | ⏳ | ⏳ |
| Feature | Mac | iPad | iPhone |
|---|---|---|---|
| AppleScript | ✅ | — | — |
| Spotlight search | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Shortcuts (App Intents)Phase 4 | ⏳ | ⏳ | ⏳ |
| Voice & Visual Intelligence (Siri / camera)community vote | ⏳ | ⏳ | ⏳ |
| Feature | Mac | iPad | iPhone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collections (curated book groups) | ⏳ | ⏳ | ⏳ |
| Smart Collections (saved filters, auto-populating) | ⏳ | ⏳ | ⏳ |
| Genres with hierarchy (Fiction › Fantasy › Epic Fantasy) | ⏳ | ⏳ | ⏳ |
| Reading statistics (sessions, streaks, time per book) | ⏳ | ⏳ | ⏳ |
| OPDS catalog server + clientcommunity vote | ⏳ | ⏳ | ⏳ |
| Feature | Mac | iPad | iPhone |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLM classification — tags, genres, series suggestionsHuman reviews before anything is applied | ⏳ | ⏳ | ⏳ |
| On-device classification via Apple Foundation ModelsFree tier · Apple Intelligence required | ⏳ | ⏳ | ⏳ |
| Frontier model cloud classification (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.)BYOK or managed subscription | ⏳ | ⏳ | ⏳ |