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Comparison of iOS e-reader software

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Product Pagination Rotation Lock Auto-scroll Progress indicator Backward/forward Table of Contents Bookmarks Resume Go To Full text search
Blio[1] Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Bluefire Reader[2] Yes Yes No In-book only Yes Yes Unlimited Yes Yes Yes
eBookMobi[3] Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Unlimited Yes Yes No
i2Reader[4] Yes Yes Yes In-book only Yes Yes Unlimited Yes Yes Yes
iBooks[5] Yes Portrait only on iPhone No In-book only Yes Yes Unlimited Yes Yes Yes
Kindle[6] Yes Yes No In library and in-book Yes Yes Unlimited Yes Yes Yes
Kobo eBooks[7] Yes Yes No In-book only Yes Yes Unlimited Yes Yes No
MegaReader[8] Yes Yes No In-book only Yes Yes Last place marker only Yes No No
ShuBook[9] Yes Yes No In-book only Yes Yes Unlimited Yes Yes Yes
Stanza[10] Configurable Yes No In library and in-book Configurable Yes Unlimited Yes Yes Yes
uBooks[11] Mixed scrolling & pagination No Yes In-book only Yes Yes Unlimited Yes No Yes
Product Pagination Rotation Lock Auto-scroll Progress indicator Backward/forward Table of Contents Bookmarks Resume Go To Full text search


Display features

Product Styles (bold/italic/etc.) Page Turn Effects Themes Day/Night mode Enable/Disable sleep mode Brightness Control Indent paragraph Enable/Disable CSS Enable/Disable hyphenation Customize margins Customize text alignment Customize font Customize font scale Customize line space Customize color Customize transparency
Blio Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No Justification only No Yes No Pre-set choices only No
Bluefire Reader Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Pre-set choices only Justification only Pre-set choices only Yes No Yes No
eBookMobi Yes No Yes No No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes No
i2Reader Buggy Yes Yes Using styles Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
iBooks Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No Sepia effect No
Kindle Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No
Kobo eBooks Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes Pre-set choices only Yes No Sepia effect No
MegaReader No Configurable Yes No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ShuBook Buggy Configurable Yes Yes Yes Vertical swipe Configurable No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Stanza Yes Configurable Configurable, including background image Yes Yes Vertical swipe Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
uBooks Buggy Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Product Styles (bold/italic/etc.) Page Turn Effects Themes Day/Night mode Enable/Disable sleep mode Brightness Control Indent paragraph Enable/Disable CSS Enable/Disable hyphenation Customize margins Customize text alignment Customize font Customize font scale Customize line space Customize color Customize transparency


Edit/tool features

Product Highlight Annotate Edit meta-data Online dictionary Offline dictionary Lookup wikipedia Translate Share TTS support DRM support Export to iTunes
Blio Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes No Yes
Bluefire Reader Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes
eBookMobi No No No No Yes No Yes eMail No No Yes
i2Reader No No No No Yes No No eMail No No Yes
iBooks Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes
Kindle Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Facebook, Twitter No Yes Yes
Kobo eBooks Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Facebook No Yes Yes
MegaReader No No No No No No No Facebook, only book title No No Yes
ShuBook No No No No No No No Whole book only, eMail No No Yes
Stanza No Yes Yes Yes No No No Facebook, Twitter, eMail No No Yes
uBooks Yes No Yes No No No Yes eMail No No Yes
Product Highlight Annotate Edit meta-data Online dictionary Offline dictionary Lookup wikipedia Translate Share TTS support DRM support Export to iTunes


Book source management features

Product Local books Book store(s) Book search Epub downloading Browser downloading Built-in manual downloading OPDS catalog Tag books Sort books Manage book meta-data
Blio Yes No No Yes No No No No No No
Bluefire Reader No No No No No No No No No No
eBookMobi No Free ebook libraries only Yes Yes No Yes No No No No
i2Reader Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
iBooks Yes Apple iBookstore Yes No No No No No Yes No
Kindle Yes No No No No No No No No Yes
Kobo eBooks Yes No No No No No No No No No
MegaReader Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No
ShuBook Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No
Stanza Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
uBooks Yes No No Yes no authentication support No No Yes No Yes
Product Local books Book store(s) Book search Epub downloading Browser downloading Built-in manual downloading OPDS catalog Tag books Sort books Manage book meta-data


Supported File Formats

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

Product total # of formats .cbr/.cbz .chm .djvu .epub .fb2 .html .mobi .pdb .pdf .rtf .txt
Blio 3 No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No
Bluefire Reader 2 No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No
eBookMobi 8+ Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
i2Reader 6+ No No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
iBooks 2 No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No
Kindle 1 No No No No No No Yes No No No No
Kobo eBooks 2 No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No
MegaReader 1 No No No Yes No No No No No No No
ShuBook 3+ No No No Yes No No No Yes No No Yes
Stanza 5+ Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No No
uBooks 4 No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes
Product total # of formats .cbr/.cbz .chm .djvu .epub .fb2 .html .mobi .pdb .pdf .rtf .txt


Special features

Product Special features
Blio Support for the visually impaired
Bluefire Reader
eBookMobi Optional password protection

Displays Microsoft Office documents

i2Reader Configurable status line

Custom PDF engine

iBooks Synchronize reading positions between devices
Kindle Synchronize reading positions between devices
Kobo eBooks Support for magazine subscriptions.

Extensive social media support via Facebook.

Reading statistics and achievements.

Does not allow for deleting ebooks from inside the app.

MegaReader
ShuBook Extensive East Asian support
Stanza Cover Flow[f 1]

Hide Status Bar

Adjust screen brightness via swipe

Extensive options for library sorting

uBooks
Product Special features
  1. ^ Not on the iPad

Other software e-book readers for iOS

Other e-book readers for iOS devices are ARC Reader, Ouiivo Reader, Tomes, etc.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Blio". KNFB Reading Technology, Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  2. ^ "Bluefire Reader". Bluefire Productions, LLC. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  3. ^ "eBookMobi". Vu Tien Thinh. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  4. ^ "i2Reader". Unsanity. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  5. ^ "iBooks". Apple. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  6. ^ "Kindle". AMZN Mobile LLC. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  7. ^ "Kobo eBooks". Kobo Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  8. ^ "MegaReader". Inkstone Software, Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  9. ^ "ShuBook". Ambibma Ltd. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  10. ^ "Stanza". Lexcycle. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  11. ^ "uBooks". NIX Solutions Ltd. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
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