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=== Supported File Formats ===

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

{{See also|EPUB#Software|Category:EPUB readers}}

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The following tables detail [[e-book]] reader software for the [[Android (operating system)|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==

{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under"

|-

! Software

! License

! Other platforms

! DRM formats supported

|-

| [[Aldiko]] || {{Proprietary}} || [[IOS (Apple)|iOS]] || [[Adobe Digital Editions|Adobe DRM]]

|-

| [[FBReader]] || {{Proprietary}} || [[Windows]], [[Linux]], [[IOS (Apple)|iOS]], [[Mac OS X]] || [[Readium LCP]]

|-

| [[Google Play Books]] || {{Proprietary}} || [[Web application]], [[IOS (Apple)|iOS]] || [[Adobe Digital Editions|Adobe DRM]]

|-

| [[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]] || {{Proprietary}} || [[Web application]], [[IOS (Apple)|iOS]], [[BlackBerry]], [[Mac OS X]], [[Windows]] || [[Amazon DRM]]

|-

| [[Lektz#Ebook reader|Lektz]] || {{Proprietary}} || [[Web application]], [[Mac OS X]], [[IOS (Apple)|iOS]], [[Windows]] || [[Lektz#Lektz DRM|Lektz DRM]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-06-28|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Lektz#Lektz DRM|reason= The anchor (Lektz DRM) [[Special:Diff/561480965|has been deleted]].}}

|-

| [[OverDrive Media Console]]<ref>{{cite web |title=OverDrive App |website=OverDrive |publisher=OverDrive, Inc. |url=http://app.overdrive.com/ |access-date=2017-09-16 }}</ref> || {{Proprietary}} || [[Chromebook]], [[IOS (Apple)|iOS]], [[Mac OS X]], [[Windows]] || [[Adobe Digital Editions|Adobe DRM]], [[OverDrive, Inc.|OverDrive]]

|-

| [[Evie, the eVoice book reader]] || {{Proprietary}} || {{n/a|None}} || {{n/a|None}}

|}

== File formats supported ==

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

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! Product

! Manufacturer

! Formats total # of formats

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! .chm

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! .txt

! .doc

! .docx

! .pdb

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| [[Aldiko|Aldiko Book Reader]]

| [[Aldiko]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aldiko.com |title=Aldiko |publisher=Aldiko |date= |accessdate=01-01-2011}}</ref>

| 102+

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunnono}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

| [[CoolReader|Cool Reader]]

| [[FBReader]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fbreader.org |title=FBReader |publisher=FBReader |date= |accessdate=01-01-2011}}</ref>

| 1207+

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{yes}}

|-

| [[Moon+ readerFBReader]]<ref>{{cite web|title=FBReader supported and unsupported formats|url=http://moondownloadwww.com |title=Moon+ reader |publisher=Moon+ fbreader.org/content/book-formats-supported-and-not-supported|access-date=19 |accessdate=01-01-2011January 2014}}</ref>

| 611+

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes2|Plugin}}<ref>{{cite web|title=FBReader DjVu plugin|url=http://www.fbreader.org/content/fbreader-djvu-plugin|access-date=19 January 2014}}</ref>

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes2|Plugin}}<ref>{{cite web|title=FBReader PDF plugin|url=http://www.fbreader.org/content/fbreader-pdf-plugin|access-date=19 January 2014}}</ref>

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[Google Play Books]]

| 02+

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]]

| 02+

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

| [[Lektz|Lektz eBook Reader]]

| 02+

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

| [[Evie, the eVoice book reader]]

| 08+

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

! Product

! Manufacturer

! Formats total # of formats

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! .chm

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! .pdf

! .txt

! .doc

! .docx

! .pdb

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== Navigation features ==

== Other software e-book readers for Android ==

Other e-book readers for Android smart phones are iReader<ref name=iReader>{{cite web|url=http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/tools/ireader-full-version_bvkc.html |title=iReader}}</ref>, [[Kobo eReader|Kobo]], Laputa<ref name=Laputa>{{cite web|url=http://www.laputareader.com |title=Laputa eReader}}</ref>, etc.

{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under"

|-

! 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|Aldiko Book Reader]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aldiko.com |title=Aldiko |publisher=Aldiko |access-date=2011-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806050905/http://www.aldiko.com/ |archive-date=2012-08-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

| [[CoolReader|Cool Reader]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[FBReader]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fbreader.org |title=FBReader |publisher=FBReader |access-date=2011-01-01}}</ref>

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.fbreader.org/faq.html |title=FBReader Book Network FAQ |access-date=2014-01-19}}</ref>

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Google Play Books]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]]

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Lektz|Lektz eBook Reader]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lektz.com |title=Lektz |publisher=Lektz |access-date=2011-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716020149/http://lektz.com/ |archive-date=2012-07-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

| [[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 ==

{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under"

|-

! 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|Aldiko Book Reader]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[CoolReader|Cool Reader]]

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

| [[FBReader]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}} enable/disable CCS » YES

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[Google Play Books]]

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

| [[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]]

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

| [[Lektz|Lektz eBook Reader]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

| [[OverDrive Media Console]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{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 ==

{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under"

|-

! Product

! Highlight

! Annotate

! Metadata edit

! Dictionary online

! Dictionary offline

! Wikipedia lookup

! Translate

! Share

! Gesture command

! Support DRM

|-

| [[Aldiko|Aldiko Book Reader]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[CoolReader|Cool Reader]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[FBReader]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]]

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[Lektz|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 ==

{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under"

|-

! Product

! Local books

! Book file search

! Epub downloading

! Browser downloading

! OPDS catalog

! Books tag

! Books sort

! Books manage metadata

|-

| [[Aldiko|Aldiko Book Reader]]

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[CoolReader|Cool Reader]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[FBReader]]

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[Lektz|Lektz eBook Reader]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[Evie, the eVoice book reader]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|-

! Product

! Local books

! Book file search

! Epub downloading

! Browser downloading

! OPDS catalog

! Books tag

! Books sort

! Books manage metadata

|}

== Text To Speech features ==

{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under"

|-

! 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

|-

| [[Aldiko|Aldiko Book Reader]]

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[CoolReader|Cool Reader]]

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[FBReader]]

| {{yes2|Plugin}}<ref>{{cite web|title=FBReader TTS plugin|url=http://www.fbreader.org/content/text-speech-plugin|access-date=11 January 2012}}</ref>

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]]

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Lektz|Lektz eBook Reader]]

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{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 ==

Other e-book readers for Android devices include: BookShout!, [[Barnes & Noble nook#Nook e-reader applications for third party devices|Nook e-Reader applications for third party devices]] and [[OverDrive Media Console]]. Additionally, Palmbookreader reads some formats (such as [[PDB (Palm OS)|PDB]] and TXT) on [[Palm OS]] and Android devices. The Readmill app, introduced in February 2011, reads numerous formats on Android and [[IOS (operating system)|iOS]] devices but shut down July 1, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tuaw.com/2014/06/24/readmill-is-closing-its-doors-on-july-1-2014-needs-picture/?ncid=rss_truncated|date=June 24, 2014| work=The Unofficial Apple Weblog|author= Bond, John-Michael | title=Readmill is closing its doors on July 1, 2014}}</ref> Another popular app [[Bluefire Reader]] was removed from Google Play Store in 2019.

== See also ==

*[[Comparison of e-readers]] - includes both device and software formats

*[[Comparison of e-book readers]] - includes hardware e-book readers

*[[Comparison of iOS e-bookreader formatssoftware]] - includes both device and software formats

== References ==

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== External links ==

*[{{cite news|author=Miller, Matthew|date= June 23, 2010 |url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/cell-phones/google-android-showdown-battle-of-the-ereader-apps/4090|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627211700/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/cell-phones/google-android-showdown-battle-of-the-ereader-apps/4090|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 27, 2010|work=ZDNet|title= Google Android showdown: Battle of the eReader Apps] }}

*{{cite news|url=http://lifehacker.com/5875516/the-best-ereader-for-android |work=Lifehacker|title=The Best Ereader for Android|author= Ravenscraft, Eric|date=June 11, 2014}}

*{{cite web|url=http://grantbarker.com/android-ebook-readers.html|website=GrantBarker.com|title=Android Ebook Readers - up-to-date screenshots|access-date=2012-07-10|archive-date=2012-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730084111/http://grantbarker.com/android-ebook-readers.html|url-status=dead}}

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