What are the best eBook readers on Android?

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The Best 1 of 19 OptionsWhy?

Best eBook readers on Android	Price	Platforms	License
91 Librera Reader (PRO)	FREE-$3.99	Android	GPL-3.0-or-later
87 Moon+ Reader (Pro)	FREE-$7.99	Android	-
-- ReadEra	FREE	-	-
-- PocketBook - PDF, EPUB reader	-	-	-
-- FBReader	-	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS	-

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18 Other Options Considered

Moon+ Reader (Pro)

Top Pro

Supports online ebook libraries

They have built in net library to search free eBooks. See More

Top Con

Options are a little bit confusing

The options are split up into pages that have more to do with history than logic. This will matter less after the desired options are set. See More

VivaciousSummanus's Experience

I have used Moon+Reader for more than 6 years, and it does not disappoint me, every day I like it more. Its multiple customization options, the possibilities it offers, are the best. Before using the Moon+Reader I preferred paper books to ebooks, now it's the opposite! See More

Specs

Platforms:Android

Initial Release Date:August 7, 2010

Min. Android Version:4.4 (KitKat)

Top Pro

Easy to add your own Calibre library

Using the personal ebook manager 'Calibre', one can create a local server and make it as public as wanted; MoonReader can then accept it and present it as just another online ebook library, searches and all. See More

Top Con

Settings are all over the place

CredibleHathor's Experience

Very good, powerful and highly customizable (even too much) but it has some very annoying bugs, like justification problems (only when the justify option is turned on). See More

Top Pro

Highlight, annotation, dictionary available in free version

Top Con

Image scaling is not perfect

Some times its really small. See More

PrincipledMacaria's Experience

last 10 years good See More

Top Pro

Themes

There are over 10 themes that users can switch up in the app in order to find a look that best suits their needs. See More

Top Con

Very slow animations

Cristi C's Experience

The best reader i come across so far !!! See More

Top Pro

Full color, background-color and font customization

Full visual customization of the pages. Put yourself inside the book modifying its appearance at your will. See More

Top Con

No possibility to move to SD Card

darlingchaos's Experience

I've used Moon+ Reader Pro since getting my first Android compatible Nook several years ago. I adore this reader. It's reliable, the dev is responsive and updates regularly and it's super easy to use. See More

Top Pro

Premium version available

Moon+ offers a premium version of the app that offers more features such as PDF support for the price of $4.99. See More

Top Con

Free version lacks a lot of features

The Moon+ reader is only really considerable as a good ereader app if one is willing to spend more than $5 for the paid version. See More

PerfectRaediengiedte's Experience

Nice ... They've added E-pub 3 in the new update See More

Top Pro

Lets you specify book storage directory

Top Con

Limited in EPUB 3's features

Doesn't have wide support for EPUB 3, ebook format that cointains audio and video. It seems like there aren't any playback controls. See More

CoolAlala's Experience

I wasn't able to see my whole calibre library (only 2 books out of thousands). See More

Top Con

Pdf unsupported for the free version

Users will need to purchase the full version of Moon+ reader in order to get PDF support. See More

Jess's Experience

USED to be great for "power users", now buggy, freezes, not compatible with Calibre Companion--worst of all, developer not improving or responsive. See More

Top Con

Bug with justified text

When the Justify option is turned on, the text is not properly justified and some words with indices or exponents are cut at wrong positions. See More

Peter J. Mello's Experience

Admittedly not the best UX, but as far as I've found the most atomic configuration options by a country mile. The ability to load font files into storage and use them to render the book text and manage font size to the 1/10th of a point is pure joy. I mean, really, what could be more important than being able to dial in the most optimal experience in terms of font size, line height and typeface? Everything else is just window dressing, we use these apps to read and the focus should rightly be on manipulating the rendered output to suit your eyes and reading style. See More

Top Con

Does not support Adobe DRM

This isn't so much of a con in open source or free readers, but really Moon+ is neither. There are better functionality/tradeoff options. See More

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ReadEra

Top Pro

Supports chapters, bookmarks and page style

Top Con

Not many settings

WiseAlUzza's Experience

the best See More

Top Pro

Completely free, no ads anywhere and anytime

Top Con

Slow animations

MethodicalAmphitrite's Experience

Looks the best, which is a struggle for absolutely every other reader I have tried. They all just look basic and terrible. But ReadEra is a beaut and its easy, works well and I use it daily. See More

Top Pro

Open and read book files in EPUB, PDF, DOC, RTF, TXT, DJVU, FB2, MOBI and CHM formats

Top Con

Image sizing is wrong compaired to other readers

CuriousArtemis's Experience

It's fantastic. See More

Top Pro

Very fast

Top Con

Images aren't has sharp as other readers

Images don't look like they are supposed to unless you full screen the image. See More

Jordan Fischer's Experience

Has the most enjoyable interface, for an android reader. See More

Top Pro

Attractive interface

Looks well made and not just a txt editor or something. See More

Yvonne's Experience

That's the best app for reading that I've tried! I like how the pages look like and how easy to manage this app. I even in love with the first book that I've read on it: O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried". Highly recommend both! The app and the book! See More

Top Pro

Supports TTS

Jess's Experience

Coming from Moon Reader (which is horrible now), glad that it at least WORKS, but missing basics like bookmarking, highlighting, and so forth... there's a paid version but no trial available, just pay $10 something. See More

Top Pro

Kids mode

Makes it easier for kids to use the app. See More

RespectfulCavillace's Experience

VERY GOOD 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

Most recent update removed features

No longer recognizes my TTS no longer has a sleep timer. See More

Denis Golinzovsky's Experience

the best app for reading! 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

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

Top Pro

Free

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

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FBReader

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

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

Specs

Platforms:Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS

Top Pro

Simple and fast

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

Top Con

Complex and confusing app settings

CoolAlala's Experience

easy to connect with calibre; easy to change font size bad: no way to enlarge pictures. See More

Top Pro

Books can be saved to SD card

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

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Cool Reader

Top Pro

Free and open source

Cool Reader is available completely free and is also open source. See More

Top Con

Could have a better UI design

Sparrow's Experience

It is super flexible. You can customize pretty much anything!. This is the only ebook reader app you will ever need. I just love it. See More

Specs

Platforms:Android

License:GPL-2.0-only

Top Pro

Fully customizable

Top Con

Does not support DRM .epubs

.epubs with DRM are not supported by Cool Reader. See More

Top Pro

A wide range of formats supported

Cool Reader supports epub (non-DRM), fb2, doc, txt, rtf, html, chm, tcr, pdb, prc, mobi (non-DRM) and pml formats. See More

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Book Reader

Top Pro

PDF reflow

Specs

Platforms:Android

License:GPL-3.0-only

Aldiko Book Reader Premium

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

Page turning is slow

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

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

Heavy on resources

Noticeably slow on weaker devices compared to other apps on this list. 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

Top Con

Recent versions have substantially more ads

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 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 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

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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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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

Lacks library management features

No shelves, categories, or reading lists. See More

CoolAlala's Experience

Keeps needing to connect to internet, so useless if offline or reading a large (War and Peace size) book. 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 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 Pro

Built-in dictionary

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

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

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

Top Pro

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

Has text-to-speech support

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

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AlReader

Top Pro

Free and without ads

Top Con

Doesn't support PDF

SuaveHedylogos's Experience

Small size basic reader reads most formats See More

Top Pro

Compact

Less than 6MB apk. See More

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EbookDroid

IngeniousBastet's Experience

split, crop, night mode See More

Amazon Kindle

Top Pro

Free

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

PioneeringAngerona's Experience

For recreational reading the kindle offers free books, lower priced books, and the ability to order most everything, even out of print titles. Course you still need a way to search and play most other forms of books and you need Caliber to get the most of it. 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

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

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 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

Not good for students research

The eBooks available from Amazon do not offer normal page numbers, printing or even copy paste, which makes using any of the ebooks for reports or papers pretty much impossible. 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

No support for EPUB files

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

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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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Librera Reader (PRO)

Top Pro

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

Best app so far. See More

Top Con

Free version contains ads

The Pro version has no problem. Alternatively, the fdroid version works as well, though it might be annoying to those who want cloud integration because the fdroid version doesn't have cloud integration. See More

PersistentBanaitja's Experience

I tried several readers, but Librera is THE one, nearly every aspect can be customised ... only drawback so far, when exiting and re-entering the application it sometimes looses the page I was reading See More

Specs

Platforms:Android

License:GPL-3.0-or-later

Top Pro

Ad-free open source version available

"For better security, the F-Droid version, is based on the latest MuPDF and does not require access to the Internet. For the above reason, some Internet-related features of Librera Reader are missing in its F-Droid version: 1) Access to OPDS (Calibre) Catalogs 2) Google Drive Syncing 3) Access to Clouds (Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive) 4) Saving (sharing) pages from web browsers 5) Rendering MathML formulas in EPUB3 books 6) Access to the What's New page." See More

Top Con

Cannot reverse PDF reflow to return to normal view without exiting the PDF and opening again

Very annoying when you want to view graphics and tables etc. See More

Comexs's Experience

I use the F-droid version and it is my favorite reader app on Android but it does have a few problems. See More

Top Pro

Fast animation

Top Con

Some times adds blank pages after an image

Denis Golinzovsky's Experience

the best of the best See More

Top Pro

FOSS

GPL v.3. See More

Top Con

Flips pages by itself, cannot get it to stop

SincereEucleia's Experience

Very good to read PDF in reflow mode See More

Top Pro

Can read aloud texts

Customize the voice with pitch, speed and do whatever you want with it. See More

mackeev's Experience

One reader for all formats. Even allows CSS code customization! See More

Top Pro

UI and reading customization will blow your mind

You can even customize CSS code to fine-tune display of epub books. The best reader to handle online catalogs and TTS reading! See More

IngeniousJavine's Experience

Amazing Reader See More

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The Best 1 of 19 OptionsWhy?

My Recommendation for Librera Reader (PRO)

My Recommendation for Librera Reader (PRO)

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

Free version contains ads

Ad-free open source version available

Cannot reverse PDF reflow to return to normal view without exiting the PDF and opening again

Fast animation

Some times adds blank pages after an image

FOSS

Flips pages by itself, cannot get it to stop

Can read aloud texts

UI and reading customization will blow your mind

18 Other Options Considered

My Recommendation for Moon+ Reader (Pro)

My Recommendation for Moon+ Reader (Pro)

Supports online ebook libraries

Options are a little bit confusing

Easy to add your own Calibre library

Settings are all over the place

Highlight, annotation, dictionary available in free version

Image scaling is not perfect

Themes

Very slow animations

Full color, background-color and font customization

No possibility to move to SD Card

Premium version available

Free version lacks a lot of features

Lets you specify book storage directory

Limited in EPUB 3's features

Pdf unsupported for the free version

Bug with justified text

Does not support Adobe DRM

My Recommendation for ReadEra

My Recommendation for ReadEra

Supports chapters, bookmarks and page style

Not many settings

Completely free, no ads anywhere and anytime

Slow animations

Open and read book files in EPUB, PDF, DOC, RTF, TXT, DJVU, FB2, MOBI and CHM formats

Image sizing is wrong compaired to other readers

Very fast

Images aren't has sharp as other readers

Attractive interface

Supports TTS

Kids mode

My Recommendation for PocketBook - PDF, EPUB reader

My Recommendation for PocketBook - PDF, EPUB reader

Beautiful user interface

Most recent update removed features

Crop page margins for pdf books

Buggy

Free

Lock screen orientation

Works with Adobe DRM on .epubs and .pdf

My Recommendation for FBReader

My Recommendation for FBReader

Built in eBook store

UI is bad

Simple and fast

Complex and confusing app settings

Books can be saved to SD card

Cloud sync

My Recommendation for eReader Prestigio

My Recommendation for eReader Prestigio

Simple user interface

Text in pdf files can not be highlighted

Extremely customizable

The ads in the free version are not annoying

My Recommendation for Mantano Ebook Reader Premium

My Recommendation for Mantano Ebook Reader Premium

Library / Bookshelf

Paid

Great experience for reading

Beautiful

Integrates perfectly with a desktop PC

My Recommendation for Cool Reader

My Recommendation for Cool Reader

Free and open source

Could have a better UI design