Alcove is built Mac-first, with iPad alongside. An iPhone version is planned for 1.0. Here's 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 / series / format | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Sidebar: hide, show and reorder sections | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| 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 (orphaned tags, missing files, author names, corrupted text) | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Find duplicates, and duplicate detection on import | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Library backup archive (.alcovex) and JSON metadata export | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Multiple windows | ✅ | ⏳ | — |
| 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 importFuture · 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) | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Read title and author from a PDF's own pages (text layer or OCR) | ✅ | ✅ | — |
| Series clean-up: strip series from titles, fix series capitalization | ✅ | ✅ | — |
| Cover art lookup (Apple Books, OpenLibrary) | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Cover art batch wizard (multiple books) | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Manual cover replacement (file / paste) | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Undo / Redo | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Feature | Mac | iPad | iPhone |
|---|---|---|---|
| iCloud sync (metadata + files + covers) | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Per-book on-demand download | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Local-only or iCloud libraries, convertible either way | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Open in external reader | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Share sheet (AirDrop / Mail / Messages) | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Feature | Mac | iPad | iPhone |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-app EPUB readerBasic reader in Beta 1 · full reader in 1.0 | ⏳ | ⏳ | ⏳ |
| Reading position sync1.0 | ⏳ | ⏳ | ⏳ |
| Bookmarks, highlights, notes1.0 | ⏳ | ⏳ | ⏳ |
| Feature | Mac | iPad | iPhone |
|---|---|---|---|
| AppleScript | ✅ | — | — |
| Spotlight search | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Open a book from Shortcuts or Spotlight | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Siri: “Open ‹book› in Alcove” | ✅ | ✅ | ⏳ |
| Shortcuts actions (find, rate, tag, set status)Future | ⏳ | ⏳ | ⏳ |
| More Siri commands, Visual Intelligence (camera)Parked · 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 + clientParked · community vote | ⏳ | ⏳ | ⏳ |
| Feature | Mac | iPad | iPhone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merge duplicate tags and author namesFree on-device with Apple Intelligence | ✅ | ✅ | — |
| Tag suggestionsYou review each one before it is applied | ✅ | ✅ | — |
| Free AI through Apple Private Cloud ComputemacOS 27 / iPadOS 27 with Apple Intelligence | ✅ | ✅ | — |
| Use your own AI key (Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Groq, Ollama or any OpenAI-compatible server)Paid unlock | ✅ | ✅ | — |
| AI series and genre suggestionsSeries during Beta · genres Future | ⏳ | ⏳ | ⏳ |
| Managed cloud AI (Alcove Plus subscription)Future | ⏳ | ⏳ | ⏳ |