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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

Software License Other platforms DRM formats supported
Aldiko Proprietary iOS 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
Lektz Proprietary Web application, Mac OS X, iOS, Windows Lektz DRM
OverDrive Media Console[1] Proprietary Chromebook, iOS, Mac OS X, Windows Adobe DRM, OverDrive

File formats supported

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

Product Formats total # .cbr .cbz .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 ? ? ?
Cool Reader 07+ ? ? Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
FBReader[2] 11+ Yes Yes No Plugin[3] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Plugin[4] Yes Yes No Yes
Google Play Books 02+ ? ? No No Yes No No No No No Yes No No No No
Kindle 02+ ? ? No No No No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Lektz eBook Reader 02+ ? ? No No Yes No No No No No Yes No ? ? ?
Product Formats total # .cbr .cbz .chm .djvu .epub .fb2 .html .mobi .oeb .rtf .pdf .txt .doc .docx .pdb
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[5] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No No No No No ?
Cool Reader Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes
FBReader[6] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[7] No No No No No No
Google Play Books Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? No
Kindle Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? No
Lektz eBook Reader[8] Yes No Yes 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
Cool Reader ? 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 ? ?
Kindle ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Lektz eBook Reader Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No No No ?
OverDrive Media Console Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? 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
Cool Reader Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No
FBReader No No Yes No Yes No No Yes No Plugin[9] No
Kindle Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes
Lektz eBook Reader No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes
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
Cool Reader Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes
FBReader Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kindle ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Lektz eBook Reader Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ?
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.[10] Another popular app Bluefire Reader was removed from Google Play Store in 2019.

See also

References

  1. ^ "OverDrive App". OverDrive. OverDrive, Inc. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  2. ^ "FBReader supported and unsupported formats". Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  3. ^ "FBReader DjVu plugin". Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  4. ^ "FBReader PDF plugin". Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Aldiko". Aldiko. Archived from the original on 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  6. ^ "FBReader". FBReader. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  7. ^ "FBReader Book Network FAQ". Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  8. ^ "Lektz". Lektz. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
  9. ^ "FBReader TTS plugin". Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  10. ^ Bond, John-Michael (June 24, 2014). "Readmill is closing its doors on July 1, 2014". The Unofficial Apple Weblog.
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