Ebooks are a growing phenomenon.
Rather than carrying around a heavy book, you can now simply access, buy, and open book in the world on your Android ePub reader app.
No more bulky books to carry around during school or travel. No more running to a store when you’ve finished your last book; all you have to do is buy a PDF or eBook on your device. Many books are now published only in ePub formats.
As the eBook market grows, so does the Android eBook reader app market. There are many options out there, some of them produced by large companies, others created as more independent projects. They each have a variety of features. Many of them are free, as the companies make money off your easy purchase of eBooks.
How do you choose the best Android eBook reader? We’ve provided an overview of several of the apps currently available on the Play Store and the web at large. Take look and see if you would like to try any of them out.
AlReader
AlReader is a newer reader app. It supports versions of Android all the way back to Android 1.6, one of the few eReader apps that does so anymore. This feature makes it a good choice for anyone trying to convert an old but still functional device into an eReader.
It supports EPUB( no DRM), MOBI, PRC, and RTF eBook formats, among others. You can customize alignment, page turning animations, scrolling, viewing modes, and colors. It’s a very good Android eBooks reader that runs well on older devices.
Amazon Kindle
The physical Amazon Kindle tablet changed reading forever and boosted Amazon to the top of the book selling world. All the many features available on the Kindle tablet are also available on the Kindle tablet, as is the huge library of books on Amazon, making it possibly the best eBook reader for Android.
Kindle Unlimited works for the Kindle app just as it does for the Kindle Fire tablet, offering an unlimited number of books for a small subscription fee, similar to a library card. It is easy to shop for eBooks, to include both newer and older titles, and they will download automatically to your selected device. You can shift books to your device from a larger cloud.
When you finish, you can delete a book off your device to save space, and it will remain available on that cloud for download later. Scrolling options, colors, font size, font type, and spacing are all easily customizable. It’s free and easy to sync across devices. The Amazon Kindle app is very well made and very well supported, making a great choice among eReader and a serious contender for best ePub reader.
Bluefire Reader
Bluefire Reader offers a good number of features for Android, iOS, and Windows devices, including contextual searching, bookmarking, dictionary lookup, highlighting, and note taking, among others.
The display can be customized to whatever reading settings make you most comfortable, and there is also a day/night mode available.
Bluefire provides analytic services that create key metrics so it can offer you better service. It offers in-app browsing and downloading, so you can easily find another eBook when you’ve finished your current one.
Bookari
Bookari was formerly known as Mantano Reader. Bookari supports PDF (including Adobe DRM support) and PDF formats. It has all the standard customization option available to most readers, including text search, annotation, and a night mode, and then some, such as reader themes, and a pinnable navigation panel to allow you to jump between pages, chapters, and bookmarks.
This makes it a good option for anyone using eBooks for research, reference, or textbooks. For $4.99, Bookari offers a few additional features, and the available premium subscription to the Mantano Cloud supports syncing across devices as well as a library feature.
Cool Reader
Cool Reader is an open source eReader app that is all about customization for the customer. It offers customizable text formatting, an adjustable color palette, and a day/night mode for easy reading in low light conditions. The very smooth scrolling makes reading even easier.
Backlight and background levels can be toggled easily with a flick. The app shows percentage read, page count, and chapter marks at the top of the screen. EPUB, fb2, .rtf, .html, .txt, and more are all supported. It’s easy to browse online catalogs and libraries for new things to read.
Your library and progress on a book can be synced across devices through its book network. There is localization offered for 34 languages. Cool Reader is a good selection for anyone looking for the best eBook reader among the open source options out there.
EBook Droid
EBook Droid was designed to originally be a document viewer. As such, it focuses mainly on PDF and DJVU files. EBook Droid offers external dictionary support, annotations, text notes, and text selection. There are several formatting selections available to customize your reading experience to your needs and preferences.
There is a free version available and also the pro version, with a few more features, for $2.99. It’s not a great reader for novels, but can be a solid choice for textbooks.
Google Play Books
Google Play Books is another candidate for best Android eBook reader. In a manner similar to Amazon’s Kindle store, the Google play store offers a wide range of books, including some that are free.
Google Play Books offers everything you expect from what might be the best Android ePub reader. You can customize text size, font, spacing, color palette, and more. The app syncs easily between devices, so you can read on both your tablet and your phone, switching as the need arises.
All the most common and popular EBook formats are supported by Google Play books. All you need to do to download it is click on it in the Google Play Store.
Kobo
Kobo’s huge library is updated hourly with everything and anything, including magazines, novels, and children’s books. It offers both newer and older titles.
The app’s reading list feature allows you to add books you are currently reading and to create a ‘to read’ list, as well. This makes it very easy to keep running track of what you’re reading and what you want to read, a great feature for today’s busy world.
Kobo learns what you like to read from the books you buy so it can build a recommendation list, bringing new reading options right to you. It also features a reading activity log, showing you how much time you’ve spent reading using Kobo, what you are currently reading, and what you have read- -even how many pages you’ve turned!
This is a good choice of an app if you have certain reading goals (as pre-teen and teen children might for some classes or competitions). You can easily tell how many books and/or pages you’ve read for any kind of log you need to fill out.
Moon+ Reader
Moon+ Reader offers free eBooks through online libraries, numbering well into the thousands. It offers a lot of features to make reading more comfortable, including a day/night option for low light conditions. There’s a neat page turning effect that is reminiscent of a physical book.
Of course, unlike a physical book, Moon+ Reader offers gesture based controls, to include zooming, brightness adjustments, and page locking. If you download a PDF or eBook, it will pop instantly in the Moon+ Reader library.
Nook by B&N
The Barnes and Noble Nook app is quite similar to both the Amazon Kindle app and Google Play Books—in the opinion of some, it is the best eBook reader app. It offers books from Barnes and Noble’s Nook store, exactly the same as you would get using their Nook tablet. There are millions of books available for purchase and download.
The app is updated regularly to add in new features for a better reading experience and comes with the standard customization features you expect from a good eReader app. It also allows you to subscribe to monthly publications like Oprah Magazine, US Weekly, and National Geographic. You can start these subscriptions with a 14-day trial period.
Overdrive
Overdrive is unique among eReader apps. Partnering with participating libraries, Overdrive allows users to borrow from their existing digital collections. It’s a digital library, offering both eBooks and audiobooks. This app offers all the perks of a library without the trouble of a manual lending and return system.
It is also open all the time, both day and night, no holidays, so you can read something new and free at any time. Users can create wish lists and holds with a press of a button. This app is a great choice for those who enjoy using libraries but are tired of the hassle.
PocketBook
PocketBook supports a lot of file types, including OPDS and Adobe DRM files. It is also one of the rare eReader apps for Android that features a text-to-speech feature to read eBooks to you. You can also switch viewing modes for your comfort, making all the usual size, color, and spacing adjustments, as well as add notes to all the app’s supported file types.
It is much more simplistic than a lot of other eBook apps available, with an interface free of bells and whistles, but it’s a good option for those seeking something simple for an eReader and offers no in-app purchases.
Prestigio eBook Reader
The Prestigio eBook Reader is a newer eReader app. It supports many, many different kinds of files, including but far from limited to EPUB, DJVU, and PDF. The app has been recently updated to add in a ‘Material Design’ feature. This feature makes it easier to use the app and has made it look better across the board.
You can expect similar updates in the feature for continual improvement of the app’s experience. You can customize the app with various themes. The Prestigio eBook Reader has in-app bookstores. If you assign up for an account with the app, you will be able to sync your eBooks across devices.
Scribd
Scribd was the first eReader to offer a program for unlimited access to books, preceding and creating the model for the well-known Kindle Unlimited program. Scribd was created to be a ‘Netflix for books’. It has a library of over 500,000 books from over 900 publishers.
Every genre you can imagine is on offer. You can customize the app’s display with ease and create curated editorial collections. You can also download books for reading offline and have Scribd create personalized recommendations based off your previous reading.
Shelfie
Shelfie was until recently known as BitLit. It is not built around purchasing new books, but rather it is designed to digitize those you already own. You can scan in books you already own and receive the eBook version of the same book. Some books also have their audiobook version available.
The app currently supports over 250,000 titles and is constantly growing. This is an excellent way for bibliophiles to be able to take their collection with them as they travel, instead of hauling around their heavy and awkward favorites. It’s also a good way to ‘back up’ your physical collection in case something happens to damage your books.
Universal eBook Reader
Universal eBook Reader is a free app with a very modern design. It primarily supports PDF (both DRM and non-DRM) and EPUB. It has a browser built into the app so you can shop for more books from any store on the net. The Feedbooks store is directly integrated. A simple, functional eReader with a lot of versatility, the Universal eBook Reader is a good choice for anyone who wants more options about the source for their books.
Wattpad
Wattpad allows you to add books to the eReader’s library by finding the book through its internal browser or by keying in the book code. As with many eReaders, you can customize the reading interface to your desires, changing the text color or background at will.
Books can be downloaded in parts for those trying to save space on their device. This is a very simple eReader, meant for lighter readers on the go.
Ending thoughts
Finding the best Android eReader can be a challenge with so many, as you can see above, but each app is really quite different in its features and functions.
Whether you’re an avid reader devouring several books a week, or just someone who reads on the plane, there is an Android eReader for you. We hope you can use our overview to help you find the right one for you!
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