diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/FoliateViewer.tsx b/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/FoliateViewer.tsx
index ce1688c8..454eebfd 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/FoliateViewer.tsx
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/FoliateViewer.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { BookConfig } from '@/types/book';
 import { FoliateView, wrappedFoliateView } from '@/types/view';
 import { useReaderStore } from '@/store/readerStore';
 import { useParallelViewStore } from '@/store/parallelViewStore';
-import { useClickEvent } from '../hooks/useClickEvent';
+import { useClickEvent, useTouchEvent } from '../hooks/useClickEvent';
 import { useFoliateEvents } from '../hooks/useFoliateEvents';
 import { useProgressSync } from '../hooks/useProgressSync';
 import { useAutoHideScrollbar } from '../hooks/useAutoHideScrollbar';
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ import {
   handleMouseup,
   handleClick,
   handleWheel,
+  handleTouchStart,
+  handleTouchMove,
+  handleTouchEnd,
 } from '../utils/iframeEventHandlers';
 
 const FoliateViewer: React.FC<{
@@ -42,7 +45,6 @@ const FoliateViewer: React.FC<{
 
   const progressRelocateHandler = (event: Event) => {
     const detail = (event as CustomEvent).detail;
-    // console.log('relocate:', detail);
     setProgress(bookKey, detail.cfi, detail.tocItem, detail.section, detail.location, detail.range);
   };
 
@@ -68,6 +70,9 @@ const FoliateViewer: React.FC<{
         detail.doc.addEventListener('mouseup', handleMouseup.bind(null, bookKey));
         detail.doc.addEventListener('click', handleClick.bind(null, bookKey));
         detail.doc.addEventListener('wheel', handleWheel.bind(null, bookKey));
+        detail.doc.addEventListener('touchstart', handleTouchStart.bind(null, bookKey));
+        detail.doc.addEventListener('touchmove', handleTouchMove.bind(null, bookKey));
+        detail.doc.addEventListener('touchend', handleTouchEnd.bind(null, bookKey));
       }
     }
   };
@@ -88,6 +93,7 @@ const FoliateViewer: React.FC<{
     }
   };
 
+  useTouchEvent(bookKey, viewRef);
   const { handleTurnPage } = useClickEvent(bookKey, viewRef, containerRef);
   useFoliateEvents(viewRef.current, {
     onLoad: docLoadHandler,
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/hooks/useClickEvent.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/hooks/useClickEvent.ts
index a1931202..7acd0235 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/hooks/useClickEvent.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/hooks/useClickEvent.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export const useClickEvent = (
               const centerEndX = rect.left + rect.width * 0.625;
               if (screenX >= centerStartX && screenX <= centerEndX) {
                 // toggle visibility of the header bar and the footer bar
-                setHoveredBookKey(hoveredBookKey ? '' : bookKey);
+                setHoveredBookKey(hoveredBookKey ? null : bookKey);
               } else if (screenX >= rect.left + rect.width / 2) {
                 viewRef.current?.goRight();
               } else if (screenX < rect.left + rect.width / 2) {
@@ -73,3 +73,82 @@ export const useClickEvent = (
     handleTurnPage,
   };
 };
+
+interface IframeTouch {
+  clientX: number;
+  clientY: number;
+  screenX: number;
+  screenY: number;
+}
+
+interface IframeTouchEvent {
+  targetTouches: IframeTouch[];
+}
+
+export const useTouchEvent = (
+  bookKey: string,
+  viewRef: React.MutableRefObject<FoliateView | null>,
+) => {
+  const { hoveredBookKey, setHoveredBookKey } = useReaderStore();
+
+  let touchStart: IframeTouch | null = null;
+  let touchEnd: IframeTouch | null = null;
+
+  const onTouchStart = (e: IframeTouchEvent) => {
+    touchEnd = null;
+    const touch = e.targetTouches[0];
+    if (!touch) return;
+    touchStart = touch;
+  };
+
+  const onTouchMove = (e: IframeTouchEvent) => {
+    if (!touchStart) return;
+    const touch = e.targetTouches[0];
+    if (touch) {
+      touchEnd = touch;
+    }
+  };
+
+  const onTouchEnd = (e: IframeTouchEvent) => {
+    if (!touchStart) return;
+
+    const touch = e.targetTouches[0];
+    if (touch) {
+      touchEnd = touch;
+    };
+
+    const windowWidth = window.innerWidth;
+    if (touchEnd) {
+      const deltaY = touchEnd.screenY - touchStart.screenY;
+      const deltaX = touchEnd.screenX - touchStart.screenX;
+      // also check for deltaX to prevent swipe page turn from triggering the toggle
+      if (deltaY < -10 && Math.abs(deltaY) > Math.abs(deltaX) && Math.abs(deltaX) < windowWidth * 0.3) {
+        // swipe up to toggle the header bar and the footer bar
+        setHoveredBookKey(hoveredBookKey ? null : bookKey);
+      }
+    }
+
+    touchStart = null;
+    touchEnd = null;
+  };
+
+  const handleTouch = (msg: MessageEvent) => {
+    if (msg.data && msg.data.bookKey === bookKey) {
+      if (msg.data.type === 'iframe-touchstart') {
+        onTouchStart(msg.data);
+      } else if (msg.data.type === 'iframe-touchmove') {
+        onTouchMove(msg.data);
+      } else if (msg.data.type === 'iframe-touchend') {
+        onTouchEnd(msg.data);
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    window.addEventListener('message', handleTouch);
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener('message', handleTouch);
+    };
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [hoveredBookKey, viewRef]);
+}
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/utils/iframeEventHandlers.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/utils/iframeEventHandlers.ts
index 4bd672bb..b3852144 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/utils/iframeEventHandlers.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/utils/iframeEventHandlers.ts
@@ -130,3 +130,36 @@ export const handleClick = (bookKey: string, event: MouseEvent) => {
     }
   }, doubleClickThreshold);
 };
+
+const handleTouchEv = (bookKey: string, event: TouchEvent, type: string) => {
+  const touch = event.targetTouches[0];
+  const touches = [];
+  if (touch) {
+    touches.push({
+      clientX: touch.clientX,
+      clientY: touch.clientY,
+      screenX: touch.screenX,
+      screenY: touch.screenY,
+    });
+  }
+  window.postMessage(
+    {
+      type: type,
+      bookKey,
+      targetTouches: touches,
+    },
+    '*',
+  );
+}
+
+export const handleTouchStart = (bookKey: string, event: TouchEvent) => {
+  handleTouchEv(bookKey, event, 'iframe-touchstart');
+};
+
+export const handleTouchMove = (bookKey: string, event: TouchEvent) => {
+  handleTouchEv(bookKey, event, 'iframe-touchmove');
+};
+
+export const handleTouchEnd = (bookKey: string, event: TouchEvent) => {
+  handleTouchEv(bookKey, event, 'iframe-touchend');
+};
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/store/readerStore.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/store/readerStore.ts
index b06db3a0..07d00abc 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/store/readerStore.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/store/readerStore.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ interface ReaderStore {
   bookKeys: string[];
   hoveredBookKey: string | null;
   setBookKeys: (keys: string[]) => void;
-  setHoveredBookKey: (key: string) => void;
+  setHoveredBookKey: (key: string | null) => void;
   setBookmarkRibbonVisibility: (key: string, visible: boolean) => void;
 
   setProgress: (
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export const useReaderStore = create<ReaderStore>((set, get) => ({
   bookKeys: [],
   hoveredBookKey: null,
   setBookKeys: (keys: string[]) => set({ bookKeys: keys }),
-  setHoveredBookKey: (key: string) => set({ hoveredBookKey: key }),
+  setHoveredBookKey: (key: string | null) => set({ hoveredBookKey: key }),
 
   getView: (key: string | null) => (key && get().viewStates[key]?.view) || null,
   setView: (key: string, view) =>