App Settings
Mekuru's Settings screen mixes app-wide preferences, reading defaults, OCR controls, downloads, and support links.
Many reader behaviors are split between global defaults here and per-book quick settings inside the reader. See Display Settings.
General
Startup Screen
Choose which screen opens first:
- Library
- Dictionary
- Last Read Book
Appearance
Theme
Choose Light, Dark, or System default for the app theme.
Color Theme
Pick the app's accent color theme. This changes the Material color seed used throughout the app.
Reading Defaults
The Reading Defaults section controls the shared EPUB defaults:
- Font size
- Color mode
- Sepia intensity
- Keep screen on
- Horizontal and vertical margins
- Swipe sensitivity
Per-book reader controls such as Vertical Text, Reading Direction, and Disable Links are changed inside the reader instead of here.
Dictionary
The Dictionary section includes:
- Manage Dictionaries - import, reorder, enable, disable, or delete installed dictionaries
- Lookup Font Size - change the dictionary sheet text size
- Filter Roman Letter Entries - hide entries whose headword uses English letters
- Auto-Focus Search - open the keyboard automatically when the Dictionary tab is selected
AnkiDroid Integration
On Android, AnkiDroid Integration opens the field-mapping setup used for direct card creation. See Exporting to Anki.
Pro
The Pro section handles Mekuru's one-time paid upgrade.
- The app may show Sign In to Restore Pro when the linked account is still anonymous.
- Restoring or buying Pro can require linking a Google account first.
- The Pro screen shows whether Pro is locked or unlocked.
- Pro unlocks Auto-Crop, Book Highlights, and Custom OCR Server.
Manga OCR (Custom OCR Server)
The Custom OCR Server setting controls the remote OCR endpoint used for CBZ manga processing.
- Add your own server URL
- Add the matching shared
AUTH_API_KEY - Mekuru sends the key as a bearer token to your server
See Custom OCR Server for server setup and the API contract.
Downloads
The Downloads screen installs and removes built-in resources:
- JMdict
- JMdict with examples
- KANJIDIC
- KanjiVG
- JPDB frequency data
See Downloads for details.
About & Feedback
Send Feedback
You can send bug reports or feature requests from inside the app.
About Mekuru
The About screen shows the app version, license details, attributions, and links such as the privacy policy.