Comparison of Android e-reader software
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
| Software | License | Other platforms | DRM formats supported |
| Aldiko | iOS | Adobe DRM | |
| FBReader | Windows, Linux, iOS, Mac OS X | Readium LCP | |
| Google Play Books | Web application, iOS | Adobe DRM | |
| Kindle | Web application, iOS, BlackBerry, Mac OS X, Windows | Amazon DRM | |
| Lektz | Web application, Mac OS X, iOS, Windows | Lektz DRM | |
| OverDrive Media Console | Chromebook, iOS, Mac OS X, Windows | Adobe DRM, OverDrive | |
| Evie, the eVoice book reader |
File formats supported
See Comparison of [e-book formats] for details on the file formats.| Product | Formats total # | .cbr | .cbz | .chm | .djvu | .epub | .fb2 | .html | .mobi | .oeb | .rtf | .txt | .doc | .docx | .pdb | |
| Aldiko Book Reader | 02+ | |||||||||||||||
| Cool Reader | 07+ | |||||||||||||||
| FBReader | 11+ | |||||||||||||||
| Google Play Books | 02+ | |||||||||||||||
| Kindle | 02+ | |||||||||||||||
| Lektz eBook Reader | 02+ | |||||||||||||||
| Evie, the eVoice book reader | 08+ | |||||||||||||||
| Product | Formats total # | .cbr | .cbz | .chm | .djvu | .epub | .fb2 | .html | .mobi | .oeb | .rtf | .txt | .doc | .docx | .pdb |
Navigation features
| 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 |
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| 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
| 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 |
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| Cool Reader | |||||||||||||||
| FBReader | enable/disable CCS » YES | ||||||||||||||
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| Lektz eBook Reader | |||||||||||||||
| OverDrive Media Console | |||||||||||||||
| Evie, the eVoice book reader | |||||||||||||||
| 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
| Product | Highlight | Annotate | Metadata edit | Dictionary online | Dictionary offline | Wikipedia lookup | Translate | Share | Gesture command | Support DRM |
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| Lektz eBook Reader | ||||||||||
| Evie, the eVoice book reader | ||||||||||
| Product | Highlight | Annotate | Metadata edit | Dictionary online | Dictionary offline | Wikipedia lookup | Translate | Share | Gesture command | Support DRM |
Book source management features
| Product | Local books | Book file search | Epub downloading | Browser downloading | OPDS catalog | Books tag | Books sort | Books manage metadata |
| Aldiko Book Reader | ||||||||
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| Lektz eBook Reader | ||||||||
| Evie, the eVoice book reader | ||||||||
| Product | Local books | Book file search | Epub downloading | Browser downloading | OPDS catalog | Books tag | Books sort | Books manage metadata |
Text To Speech features
| Product | TTS Support | 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 |
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| FBReader | |||||||||||||||
| Kindle | |||||||||||||||
| Lektz eBook Reader | |||||||||||||||
| Evie, the eVoice book reader | |||||||||||||||
| Product | TTS Support | 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 |