Comparison of Android e-reader software
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 |
AlReader[1] | Proprietary | None | ? |
Bookari | Proprietary | iOS | Adobe DRM |
Cool Reader[2] | GPLv2 | Android, Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, PocketBook | ? |
Ebook Reader[3] | Proprietary | iOS, BlackBerry 10+, Kindle Fire (side loaded) | Adobe DRM |
eReader Prestigio | 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 | Amazon DRM |
Kobo | Proprietary | Windows, Mac OS X, iOS | Adobe DRM |
KOReader[4] | AGPLv3 | Android, Kindle eInk, Kindle Fire, BQ Cervantes, PocketBook, Kobo | None |
Lektz | Proprietary | Web application, Mac OS X, iOS, Windows | Lektz DRM |
Librera[5] | GPL | None | None |
MReader | 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 | .txt | .doc | .docx | .pdb | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aldiko Book Reader | 02+ | ? | ? | ? | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
AlReader | 09+ | ? | ? | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bookari | 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 |
EBookDroid | 05+ | ? | ? | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
Ebook Reader[7] | 02+ | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
eReader Prestigio[8] | 09+ | ? | ? | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
ezPDF Reader | 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 |
iReader | 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 | ? | ? | ? |
Librera[12] | 13 | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Moon+ reader Pro | 14 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
MReader[13] | 10+ | ? | ? | ? | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
PocketBook | 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 | ? | ? | ? |
Socio eReader | 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 | .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 | ? |
AlReader[1] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes |
Bookari[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 |
EBookDroid | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
Ebook Reader | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
eReader Prestigio | 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 |
iReader | 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 | ? |
Librera | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Moon+ reader[20] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
MReader | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
PocketBook | 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 | ? |
Socio eReader[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 |
AlReader | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
Bookari | 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 | ? |
EBookDroid | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Ebook Reader | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes (PDF only) |
eReader Prestigio | 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 | ? | ? |
iReader | 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 | ? |
Librera | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Moon+ reader | 10+ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
MReader | 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 |
PocketBook | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | Yes |
Snapplify | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Socio eReader | 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 |
AlReader | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Bookari | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Cool Reader | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
EBookDroid | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Ebook Reader | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
eReader Prestigio | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
FBReader | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Plugin[23] | No |
iReader | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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 |
Librera | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Moon+ reader | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
MReader | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
PocketBook | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Snapplify | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Socio eReader | 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 |
AlReader | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bookari | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Cool Reader | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
EBookDroid | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Ebook Reader | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
eReader Prestigio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
FBReader | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
iReader | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Kindle | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Kobo Books | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
KOReader | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Lektz eBook Reader | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Librera | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Moon+ reader | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
MReader | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
PocketBook | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Socio eReader | 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.
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See also
- Comparison of e-book formats - includes both device and software formats
- Comparison of e-book readers - includes hardware e-book readers
- Comparison of iOS e-book reader software
References
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- "Cool Reader GL - Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
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- "KOReader". koreader.rocks. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
- "Librera Reader: an All-Format eBook Reader for Android". librera.mobi. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
- "OverDrive App". OverDrive. OverDrive, Inc. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
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- "FBReader supported and unsupported formats". Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- "FBReader DjVu plugin". Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- "FBReader PDF plugin". Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- Ivanenko, Ivan. "Librera". Lirbi. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- "MReader". Orbiteur. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
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- "Bookari Ebook Reader". Mantano. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
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- "Progress Sync". Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- "Lektz". Lektz. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
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- "FBReader TTS plugin". Retrieved 11 January 2012.
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External links
- Miller, Matthew (June 23, 2010). "Google Android showdown: Battle of the eReader Apps". ZDNet.
- Ravenscraft, Eric (June 11, 2014). "The Best Ereader for Android". Lifehacker.
- "Android Ebook Readers - up-to-date screenshots". GrantBarker.com.
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