What are the best eBook readers on Android?

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Best eBook readers on Android	Price	Last Updated
90 Moon+ Reader	-	Nov 8, 2018
-- Librera Reader	Free	Nov 5, 2018
-- PocketBook - PDF, EPUB reader	-	Jul 4, 2018
-- FBReader	-	Jul 24, 2018
-- Mantano Ebook Reader Premium	-	Jul 20, 2018

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Librera Reader

Top Pro

Has all the functionality one needs - nothing is missing and there's nothing excessive

Best app so far See More

Denis Golinzovsky's Experience

the best of the best See More

IngeniousJavine's Experience

Amazing Reader See More

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PocketBook - PDF, EPUB reader

Top Pro

Beautiful user interface

Pocketbook is a very nicely designed eBook reader for Android that has a simple and intuitive interface. See More

Top Con

Buggy

Pocketbook is still a bit buggy, where it sometimes does not open books or just opens to a blank screen. See More

Denis Golinzovsky's Experience

the best app for reading! See More

Top Pro

Lock screen orientation

The app allows for users to lock the screen orientation of the device in order to prevent the screen from switching while in the middle of reading. This is very helpful for those that read in bed and change positions a lot. See More

Top Pro

Works with Adobe DRM on .epubs and .pdf

PocketBook is compatable with e.pub and .pdf Adobe DRM files. See More

Top Pro

Free

Pocketbook is a completely free eReader with zero in app purchases. See More

Top Pro

Crop page margins for pdf books

PocketBook allows manually or automatically cropping page margins to better fit text on screen. See More

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FBReader

Top Pro

Simple and fast

FBReader, while offering many options is simple in design, with that allowing for fast use. See More

Top Con

UI is bad

User interface is confusing and ugly. See More

ConscientiousElegua's Experience

Has all of the features I want in an ebook reader - sync, text-to-speech, dark-mode switch. The pro version is also a reasonable price, unlike some other readers. However, despite its many improvements, it still comes off looking a bit rough around the edges. See More

Top Pro

Cloud sync

FBReader has built in Google Drive sync for the users files, allowing them to store their eBooks online, not taking up room on their local storage. See More

Top Con

Complex and confusing app settings

Top Pro

Books can be saved to SD card

Top Pro

Cross-platform and open source

FBReader is a completely free cross platform eBook reader that is also open source. See More

Top Pro

Built in eBook store

FBReader features an in built eBook store for users to download eBooks onto their devices through the app. See More

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Aldiko Book Reader Premium

Top Pro

Free advertisement supported version

Aldiko offers a free version of the app that features in app advertisements as well as less features. This allows users to try out the app in order to see how well it runs and if they like it in general. See More

Top Con

Recent versions have substantially more ads

Top Pro

Customizable reading settings

Aldiko supports many different reading options such as text alignment, text size, background color and brightness. See More

Top Con

Recent versions have brittle DRM loading

Adobe ACSM loading used to be rock-solid, but this has become brittle enough to simply not function on at least one device for me as of recent releases. See More

Top Pro

Can be used to read Adobe DRM content

Aldiko Book Reader Premium supports Adobe DRM content that has been purchased from an assortment of eBook retailers that support downloads of Adobe Digital Edition versions of .epubs. See More

Top Con

Page turning is slow

Compared to other popular eBook readers on Android the page turning animation/function is slow. See More

Top Pro

Cloud storage

Aldiko offers users the option to store their eBooks on cloud storage sites such as Dropbox, which is great for users with low storage devices or multiple devices. See More

Top Pro

In app eBookstore

Aldiko provides an online eBookstore within the app making for a pretty convenient experience for those that do not want to sideload and import their eBooks. See More

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Google Play Books

Top Pro

Allows bookmarking pages, highlighting text, and adding notes

Google Play Books offers many options while reading such as bookmarks, highlights and notes. Making for a good app to use for academic .pdfs and .epubs. See More

Top Con

External SD card

Google play books doesn't have the ability to save the downloaded books to an external SD card. See More

Top Pro

Immersive mode

Google Play Books has built in immersive mode when reading. This allows for the navigation and notification bars to be hidden, allowing the full screen to be used for the eBook. See More

Top Con

Lacks library management features

No shelves, categories, or reading lists. See More

Top Pro

Built-in dictionary

Google Play Books has an inbuilt dictionary for users to use to look up unfamiliar words. See More

Top Pro

Supports PDF & EPUB uploads

Users can use the Google Play Books webpage or app to upload their own .epubs or PDFs. See More

Top Pro

Syncs across devices

No matter what device one is using the Google Play Books service on it will sync all eBooks and placement into the cloud. See More

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Has light and dark themes

Google Play Books offers a dark and a light theme to make it easier to read in dark or light rooms. See More

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Font, font-size, layout and theme can be customized

Margins, text size, line spacing and color theme of the page can be changed to the users liking,. See More

Top Pro

Responsive interface

Like the majority of Google's apps, Google Play Books has a slick interface that works quite smoothly. See More

Top Pro

Has text-to-speech support

Text to speech can be used to have an eBook read to the reader aloud. See More

Top Pro

Books can be bought or rented directly from the app

Google Play Books has an in built eBook store within the app, making for a convenient way to purchase titles. See More

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Kobo Books

Top Pro

Wide selection of available apps

For those that have multiple devices Kobo offers a wide selection of apps ranging from mobile to PC, making for an easy way to have ones collection with them no matter if on their phone, tablet or laptop. See More

Top Con

Online store more expensive than others

The prices of eBooks in Kobos app and on their website tend to be above what most other store offer. See More

Top Pro

Global eBook store

The Kobo app for Android has a global eBook store within that carries a wide assortment of eBooks as well as newspapers and magazines. See More

Top Pro

Great UI

The user interface is really easy to navigate and beautiful. See More

Top Pro

Free

It's and amazing and free app See More

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Amazon Kindle

Top Con

Slow and used lots of storage

It's one of the slowest eBook reader. And it used 300MB for app and storage when you just signed-in, when you haven't even download any of your eBook offline. See More

Top Pro

Lock screen orientation

By tapping on the right bottom corner users can lock their screen orientation, allowing for no screen flips no matter how much the device is jostled. See More

Top Con

User interface lacks almost everything except reading

If you click on a footnote, good luck getting back to where you were reading; there is no "back" button. No text-to-speech either. Surprisingly, the app can do both; but both are "features" that have to be enabled by the publisher, and both are only enabled occasionally. See More

Top Pro

Whispersync

The Kindle Android app offers a feature called whyspersync, which is basically a cloud syncing function that saves the users read position and all titles. See More

Top Con

Store browsing is lackluster

Browsing the store on the Kindle Android app leaves a bit to be desired, making discovering new titles a bit of a pain. Though the search functions does work quite well if one knows what they are looking for. See More

Top Pro

Immersive mode

The newest versions of the Kindle Android app feature immersive mode when reading, meaning there is no nav bar nor notification bar on the screen taking up precious reading space. See More

Top Pro

Free

The Amazon Kindle app for Android is completely free to use. See More

Top Pro

Touch screen controls that mimic Kindle device controls

If one owns a Kindle Paperwhite, Touch or Voyage they will be familiar with how the Android app controls. With certain touch zones to turn pages and pull up the menu, operating the application is pretty intuitive and simple. See More

Top Pro

Built in store

The Kindle app for Android features an in built eBook store within the app that sells eBooks, magazines, newspapers, comic books and graphic novels. Amazon also offers one of it not the biggest eBook store available today. See More

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NOOK: Read eBooks & Magazines

Top Pro

Cloud sync

NOOK offers a cloud sync feature that will sync all of the users eBooks, notes, bookmarks as well as read position. This way multiple devices and apps can be used by simply logging into ones own account, to then simply sync everything to enjoy the exact same experience no matter what they are using. See More

Top Con

Does not support audiobooks

Despite the fact that the new 4.0 NOOK app supports video and enhanced eBooks, it still does not support purchasing or playing audiobooks. Though Nook does offer a separate app for those that do want the function. See More

Top Pro

Built in store

A built in store to purchase eBooks, magazines, newspapers, comic books and graphic novels is one of the main functions of the app. Making a convenient all in one solution for ones eBooks needs. See More

Top Pro

Bookmarks

There is a bookmark features that is simply used by tapping in the top right corner in order to dog ear the page. Tapping in the same place again will un-bookmark the page See More

Top Pro

8 adjustable fonts

The Nook app for Android has 8 adjustable fonts, that all have selectable sizes as well. See More

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