Charles: PDF, Photo, Video

Charles is the universal viewer for your phone: photos, PDFs, videos and audio in one lightweight app, no sign-up needed.

PHOTOS
• Browse folders and albums in grid, list or compact view
• Pinch and double-tap zoom
• Edit: crop, rotate, brightness, contrast, filters and drawing
• Print, share or set as wallpaper

PDF, COMICS, BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS
• Read EPUB books (with chapter navigation and adjustable text size)
• Open Word documents (DOCX) for reading
• Read comics and manga in CBZ, CBR and CB7, with zoom, page swiping and right-to-left reading
• Open PDFs with zoom and swipe between pages
• Search text across all pages
• Share and print

VIDEO
• Player with -10s/+10s skip and 0.5x to 2x speed
• Trim clips from your videos
• Capture a frame (screenshot) at any second

AUDIO
• Player with speed control and 10s skip
• Audio-to-text transcription, done on your phone with no internet needed (Whisper)

TEXT EXTRACTION (OCR)
• Select and copy text from photos and PDFs; the text is highlighted right over the original

PRIVACY
• Your files stay on your device. OCR and transcription run locally.

FREE WITH ADS, PRO WITHOUT ADS
• Use it for free, with ads. Features like OCR and transcription may ask you to watch a short ad.
• With Charles Pro (one-time purchase) you remove ads and unlock OCR and transcription instantly.

Recent changes:
First release of Charles!
• Photos, PDFs, videos and audio in one app
• EPUB, DOCX and comics reader (CBZ/CBR/CB7)
• Copy text from photos and PDFs (OCR)
• On-device audio transcription, no internet needed
• Trim videos and capture frames