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Comparison of Android e-reader software

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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

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Software

! License

! Other platforms

! DRM formats supported

Aldiko{{Proprietary}}iOSAdobe DRM
FBReader{{Proprietary}}Windows, Linux, iOS, Mac OS XReadium LCP
Google Play Books{{Proprietary}}Web application, iOSAdobe DRM
Kindle{{Proprietary}}Web application, iOS, BlackBerry, Mac OS X, WindowsAmazon DRM
Lektz{{Proprietary}}Web application, Mac OS X, iOS, WindowsLektz DRM{{Broken anchor|date=2024-06-28|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Lektz#Lektz DRM|reason= The anchor (Lektz DRM) has been deleted.}}
OverDrive Media Console{{cite web |title=OverDrive App |website=OverDrive |publisher=OverDrive, Inc. |url=http://app.overdrive.com/ |access-date=2017-09-16 }}{{Proprietary}}Chromebook, iOS, Mac OS X, WindowsAdobe DRM, OverDrive
Evie, the eVoice book reader{{Proprietary}}{{n/a|None}}{{n/a|None}}

File formats supported

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

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Product

! Formats total #

!.cbr

!.cbz

! .chm

! .djvu

! .epub

! .fb2

! .html

! .mobi

! .oeb

! .rtf

! .pdf

! .txt

! .doc

! .docx

! .pdb

Aldiko Book Reader

| 02+

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

Cool Reader

| 07+

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

FBReader{{cite web|title=FBReader supported and unsupported formats|url=http://www.fbreader.org/content/book-formats-supported-and-not-supported|access-date=19 January 2014}}

| 11+

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes2|Plugin}}{{cite web|title=FBReader DjVu plugin|url=http://www.fbreader.org/content/fbreader-djvu-plugin|access-date=19 January 2014}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes2|Plugin}}{{cite web|title=FBReader PDF plugin|url=http://www.fbreader.org/content/fbreader-pdf-plugin|access-date=19 January 2014}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

Google Play Books

| 02+

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Kindle

| 02+

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

Lektz eBook Reader

| 02+

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

Evie, the eVoice book reader

| 08+

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Product

! Formats total #

!.cbr

!.cbz

! .chm

! .djvu

! .epub

! .fb2

! .html

! .mobi

! .oeb

! .rtf

! .pdf

! .txt

! .doc

! .docx

! .pdb

Navigation features

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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{{cite web |url=http://www.aldiko.com |title=Aldiko |publisher=Aldiko |access-date=2011-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806050905/http://www.aldiko.com/ |archive-date=2012-08-06 |url-status=dead }}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

Cool Reader

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

FBReader{{cite web |url=http://fbreader.org |title=FBReader |publisher=FBReader |access-date=2011-01-01}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{cite web |url=https://books.fbreader.org/faq.html |title=FBReader Book Network FAQ |access-date=2014-01-19}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Google Play Books

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

Kindle

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

Lektz eBook Reader{{cite web |url=http://www.lektz.com |title=Lektz |publisher=Lektz |access-date=2011-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716020149/http://lektz.com/ |archive-date=2012-07-16 |url-status=dead }}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

Evie, the eVoice book reader

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{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

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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}}

Cool Reader

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

FBReader

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}} enable/disable CCS » YES

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

Google Play Books

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

Kindle

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

Lektz eBook Reader

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

OverDrive Media Console

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

Evie, the eVoice book reader

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{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

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Product

! Highlight

! Annotate

! Metadata edit

! Dictionary online

! Dictionary offline

! Wikipedia lookup

! Translate

! Share

! Gesture command

! Support DRM

Aldiko Book Reader

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

Cool Reader

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

FBReader

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Kindle

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

Lektz eBook Reader

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

Evie, the eVoice book reader

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Product

! Highlight

! Annotate

! Metadata edit

! Dictionary online

! Dictionary offline

! Wikipedia lookup

! Translate

! Share

! Gesture command

! Support DRM

Book source management features

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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}}

Cool Reader

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

FBReader

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

Kindle

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

Lektz eBook Reader

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

Evie, the eVoice book reader

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Product

! Local books

! Book file search

! Epub downloading

! Browser downloading

! OPDS catalog

! Books tag

! Books sort

! Books manage metadata

Text To Speech features

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Product

! TTS Support (read aloud)

! Android TTS engines Support

! Cloud TTS engines Support

! Translate and read translation

! Resume reading

! Jump Ahead / Jump Back

! Jump to any location

! Sleep timer

! Voice effects

! Read with screen off

! Automatic language detection

! Control speech speed

! Adjustable pause after sentence

! Adjustable pause in sentence

! Android Auto integration

Aldiko Book Reader

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

Cool Reader

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

FBReader

| {{yes2|Plugin}}{{cite web|title=FBReader TTS plugin|url=http://www.fbreader.org/content/text-speech-plugin|access-date=11 January 2012}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

Kindle

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

Lektz eBook Reader

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

Evie, the eVoice book reader

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

Product

! TTS Support (read aloud)

! Android TTS engines Support

! Cloud TTS engines Support

! Translate and read translation

! Resume reading

! Jump Ahead / Jump Back

! Jump to any location

! Sleep timer

! Voice effects

! Read with screen off

! Automatic language detection

! Control speech speed

! Adjustable pause after sentence

! Adjustable pause in sentence

! Android Auto integration

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.tuaw.com/2014/06/24/readmill-is-closing-its-doors-on-july-1-2014-needs-picture/?ncid=rss_truncated|date=June 24, 2014| work=The Unofficial Apple Weblog|author= Bond, John-Michael | title=Readmill is closing its doors on July 1, 2014}} Another popular app Bluefire Reader was removed from Google Play Store in 2019.

See also

References

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External links

  • {{cite news|author=Miller, Matthew|date= June 23, 2010 |url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/cell-phones/google-android-showdown-battle-of-the-ereader-apps/4090|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627211700/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/cell-phones/google-android-showdown-battle-of-the-ereader-apps/4090|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 27, 2010|work=ZDNet|title= Google Android showdown: Battle of the eReader Apps }}
  • {{cite news|url=http://lifehacker.com/5875516/the-best-ereader-for-android |work=Lifehacker|title=The Best Ereader for Android|author= Ravenscraft, Eric|date=June 11, 2014}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://grantbarker.com/android-ebook-readers.html|website=GrantBarker.com|title=Android Ebook Readers - up-to-date screenshots|access-date=2012-07-10|archive-date=2012-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730084111/http://grantbarker.com/android-ebook-readers.html|url-status=dead}}

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