Comparison of Android e-reader software

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See also: EPUB § Software, and Category:EPUB readers

The following tables detail e-book reader software for the Android operating system. Each section corresponds to a major area of functionality in an e-book reader software. The comparisons are based on the latest released version.

Software reading systems[]

Software License Other platforms DRM formats supported
Aldiko Proprietary iOS Adobe DRM
[1] Proprietary None ?
Proprietary iOS Adobe DRM
Cool Reader[2] GPLv2 Android, Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, PocketBook ?
[3] Proprietary iOS, BlackBerry 10+, Kindle Fire (side loaded) Adobe DRM
Proprietary None Adobe DRM
FBReader Proprietary Windows, Linux, PDAs, Mac OS X None
Google Play Books Proprietary Web application, iOS Adobe DRM
Kindle Proprietary Web application, iOS, BlackBerry, Mac OS X, Windows
Kobo Proprietary Windows, Mac OS X, iOS Adobe DRM
KOReader[4] AGPLv3 Android, Kindle eInk, Kindle Fire, , PocketBook, Kobo None
Lektz Proprietary Web application, Mac OS X, iOS, Windows Lektz DRM
[5] GPL None None
Proprietary None None
OverDrive Media Console[6] Proprietary Chromebook, iOS, Mac OS X, Windows Adobe DRM, OverDrive
Snapplify Proprietary Web application, iOS Adobe DRM, Snapplify SnappSafe DRM

File formats supported[]

See Comparison of e-book formats for details on the file formats.

Product Formats total # .cbr .cbz .umd .chm .djvu .epub .fb2 .html .mobi .oeb .rtf .pdf .txt .doc .docx .pdb
Aldiko Book Reader 02+ ? ? ? No No Yes No No No No No Yes No ? ? ?
09+ ? ? ? No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
02+ ? ? ? No No Yes No No No No No Yes No No No No
Cool Reader 07+ ? ? ? Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
05+ ? ? ? No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No ? ? ?
[7] 02+ No No No No No Yes No No No No No Yes No No No No
[8] 09+ ? ? ? No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No ?
04+ ? ? ? No No Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes ? ? ?
FBReader[9] 11+ Yes Yes ? No Plugin[10] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Plugin[11] Yes Yes No Yes
Google Play Books 02+ ? ? ? No No Yes No No No No No Yes No No No No
02+ ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes ? ? ?
Kindle 02+ ? ? ? No No No No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes ? ?
KOReader 13 No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kobo Books 05+ ? ? ? No No Yes No Yes No No Yes No Yes ? ? ?
Lektz eBook Reader 02+ ? ? ? No No Yes No No No No No Yes No ? ? ?
[12] 13 Yes Yes ? No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
14 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
[13] 10+ ? ? ? No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No
07+ ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Snapplify 07+ ? ? ? No No Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes ? ? ?
01+ ? ? ? No No Yes No No No No No No No ? ? ?
Product Formats total # .cbr .cbz .umd .chm .djvu .epub .fb2 .html .mobi .oeb .rtf .pdf .txt .doc .docx .pdb

Navigation features[]

Product Paging touch screen Paging volume key Backward-forward Contents table Bookmarks Resume Go to Search full text Sync to cloud Autoscroll by pixel Autoscroll by line Autoscroll by page Scroll speed control Rolling blind mode Continuous scrolling
Aldiko Book Reader[14] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No No No No No ?
[1] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes
[15] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes
Cool Reader Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
FBReader[16] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[17] No No No No No No
Google Play Books Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? No
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No Yes Yes Yes No ?
Kindle Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? No
Kobo Books Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No No No No No No
KOReader Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes[18] ? ? ? ? ? Yes
Lektz eBook Reader[19] Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No ?
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
[20] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes
Snapplify[21] Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No ?
[22] Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No No No No No ?
Product Paging touch screen Paging volume key Backward-forward Contents table Bookmarks Resume Go to Search full text Sync to cloud Autoscroll by pixel Autoscroll by line Autoscroll by page Scroll speed control Rolling blind mode Continuous scrolling

Display features[]

Product Theme Day-night mode Brightness control Adjust to display size Indent paragraph Trim extra blank spaces Enable-disable CSS Customize text alignment Customize font scale Customize line space Customize color Customize transparent Fading edge Simulate real page flip Image view with zoom/pan
Aldiko Book Reader Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ?
Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ?
Cool Reader ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ?
? Yes ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No Yes No No No Yes (PDF only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
FBReader Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No enable/disable CCS » YES Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Google Play Books ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? ?
Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes No
Kindle ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Kobo Books No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No Yes ?
KOReader No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? ? ? Yes
Lektz eBook Reader Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No No No ?
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
10+ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No
OverDrive Media Console Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? No Yes
? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes
Snapplify ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No No Yes ?
Product Theme Day-night mode Brightness control Adjust to display size Indent paragraph Trim extra blank spaces Enable-disable CSS Customize text alignment Customize font scale Customize line space Customize color Customize transparent Fading edge Simulate real page flip Image view with zoom/pan

Edit-tool features[]

Product Highlight Annotate Metadata edit Dictionary online Dictionary offline Wikipedia lookup Translate Share Gesture command TTS Support (read aloud) Support DRM
Aldiko Book Reader Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cool Reader Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes
Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
FBReader No No Yes No Yes No No Yes No Plugin[23] No
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Kindle Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes
Kobo Books Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? ? ?
KOReader Yes No[24] ? No Yes Yes Yes ? Yes No No
Lektz eBook Reader No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes
Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Yes No No No No No No No No No No
Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Snapplify Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes
Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes No No No
Product Highlight Annotate Metadata edit Dictionary online Dictionary offline Wikipedia lookup Translate Share Gesture command TTS Support (read aloud) Support DRM

Book source management features[]

Product Local books Book file search Epub downloading Browser downloading OPDS catalog Books tag Books sort Books manage metadata
Aldiko Book Reader Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cool Reader Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes ? ? ? Yes ? ? ?
Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
FBReader Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Kindle ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Kobo Books ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
KOReader Yes ? No No Yes ? ? ?
Lektz eBook Reader Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No
Product Local books Book file search Epub downloading Browser downloading OPDS catalog Books tag Books sort Books manage metadata

Other software e-book readers for Android[]

Other e-book readers for Android devices include: BookShout!, Nook e-Reader applications for third party devices and OverDrive Media Console. Additionally, Palmbookreader reads some formats (such as PDB and TXT) on Palm OS and Android devices. The Readmill app, introduced in February 2011, reads numerous formats on Android and iOS devices but shut down July 1, 2014.[25] Another popular app Bluefire Reader was removed from Google Play Store in 2019.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "AlReader". Alan. Retrieved 2015-06-10.
  2. ^ "Cool Reader GL - Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
  3. ^ "Devices with support for Ebook Reader". Ebooks.com Limited. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  4. ^ "KOReader". koreader.rocks. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  5. ^ "Librera Reader: an All-Format eBook Reader for Android". librera.mobi. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
  6. ^ "OverDrive App". OverDrive. OverDrive, Inc. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  7. ^ "Guide to ebook formats". Ebooks.com Limited. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  8. ^ "eReader Prestigio". Prestigio. Archived from the original on 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  9. ^ "FBReader supported and unsupported formats". Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  10. ^ "FBReader DjVu plugin". Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  11. ^ "FBReader PDF plugin". Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  12. ^ Ivanenko, Ivan. "Librera". Lirbi. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  13. ^ "MReader". Orbiteur. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  14. ^ "Aldiko". Aldiko. Archived from the original on 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  15. ^ "Bookari Ebook Reader". Mantano. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  16. ^ "FBReader". FBReader. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  17. ^ "FBReader Book Network FAQ". Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  18. ^ "Progress Sync". Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  19. ^ "Lektz". Lektz. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
  20. ^ "Moon+ reader". Moon+. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  21. ^ "Snapplify, Macmillan launch eReader App for Educational Content". Good eReader. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  22. ^ "Soc.io eReader". Soc.io Mall. Archived from the original on 2012-01-07. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
  23. ^ "FBReader TTS plugin". Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  24. ^ "Features List". Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  25. ^ Bond, John-Michael (June 24, 2014). "Readmill is closing its doors on July 1, 2014". The Unofficial Apple Weblog.

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