Clarify
Difficult books, made clearer as you read
Clarify launched on August 22, 2026 with 3 votes, #2,940 of 23,274 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.
What it does
Clarify is an AI ebook reader for people who want to finish challenging books, not replace them with summaries. Turn on Auto Simplify and clearer wording appears inline, paragraph by paragraph, as you read; tap anytime to compare the original. Select a passage for a contextual explanation, explore guided paths through Stoicism, ethics, and political philosophy, browse 100+ included classics, or import your own EPUB. Free on iPhone and iPad, with no account required.
Clarify makes difficult books easier to understand. Simplify prose as you read, clarify a sentence, or explain a difficult idea without leaving the book.
Turn on Simplify for clearer prose as you read. Or select a sentence to simplify or explain it—without leaving the reader. Set aside a certain number of days when you live with the simplest food and rough clothing, asking yourself: “Is this the condition that I feared?” Simplify on · clearer version When life is calm, practice handling discomfort so you are ready when hard times come. Tap the eye to see Seneca’s original Three kinds of help, each designed to keep you inside the book and moving forward. “It is precisely in times of immunity from care that the soul should toughen itself beforehand for occasions of greater stress, and it is while Fortune is kind that it should fortify itself…from clarifybooks.app
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