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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 [ edit ]
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
Evie, the eVoice book reader Proprietary None
None
File formats supported [ edit ] See Comparison of e-book formats for details on the file formats.
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
?
?
?
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 [ edit ]
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
?
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 [ edit ]
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
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 [ edit ]
Aldiko Book Reader
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Cool Reader
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
?
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FBReader
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Kindle
Yes
Yes
?
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 [ edit ] Text To Speech features [ edit ]
Aldiko Book Reader
No
?
?
No
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
No
Cool Reader
Yes
?
?
No
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
No
FBReader
Plugin[9]
?
?
No
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
No
Kindle
?
?
?
No
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
No
Lektz eBook Reader
?
?
?
No
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
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 [ edit ] 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] Bluefire Reader was removed from Google Play Store in 2019.
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
