When comparing Foursquare vs Google Play Books, the Slant community recommends Foursquare for most people. In the question“What are the best Material Design apps?” Foursquare is ranked 31st while Google Play Books is ranked 65th. The most important reason people chose Foursquare is:
Foursquare learns about what you like from the places you go and the searches you make. The app will give you recommendations based on what you like not what other people search for.
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Pros
Pro Custom search results
Foursquare learns about what you like from the places you go and the searches you make. The app will give you recommendations based on what you like not what other people search for.
Pro Connects with Facebook and Twitter
Use Foursquare with Facebook and Twitter to see what restaurants and other places your friends recommend. Also get tips from those you follow about places you might not yet know about.
Pro Follow friends and trusted voices
Foursquare lets you follow your friends and other people that you trust to have great taste in food and places. You can view tips left by the people you follow at the places you go.
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.
Pro Supports PDF & EPUB uploads
Users can use the Google Play Books webpage or app to upload their own .epubs or PDFs.
Pro Built-in dictionary
Google Play Books has an inbuilt dictionary for users to use to look up unfamiliar words.
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,.
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.
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.
Pro Responsive interface
Like the majority of Google's apps, Google Play Books has a slick interface that works quite smoothly.
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.
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.
Pro Has text-to-speech support
Text to speech can be used to have an eBook read to the reader aloud.
Cons
Con Lacks library management features
No shelves, categories, or reading lists.
Con External SD card
Google play books doesn't have the ability to save the downloaded books to an external SD card.