Comparison of iOS e-reader software

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

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 paragraph 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	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 paragraph space	Customize color	Customize transparency

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

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

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

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.
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

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