Ebook Reader App reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 207 Reddit reviews across 28 subreddits and 54 posts to rank the best Ebook Reader App brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/androidapps, r/macapps, r/ebooks, r/books, r/AndroidQuestions. Top-rated brands include Moon+ Reader (4.5/5), FBReader (4.5/5), ReadEra (4.3/5).

Stats
Reviews207
Subreddits28
Posts54
Brands62
Products9
Top communities
r/androidapps75r/macapps22r/ebooks17r/books14r/AndroidQuestions9
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#1

Moon+ Reader

4.5
(19)
"IMO the best android reader app is Moon Reader."
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"It's great try see if like it."
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"Moon reader followed by fbreader."
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"Moon Reader."
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"Moon reader."
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"Moon+ Reader is the most customizable."
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"Moon+ Reader by far, IMO."
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"Moon+ reader is another great app."
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"Moon+ Reader by a country mile! It reads everything I've ever thrown at it."
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"Moon+ Reader"
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#2

FBReader

4.5
(15)
"FbReader – absolutely the best. It works every where and works perfect."
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"My favorite is FB Reader."
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"FBReader is by far my favourite app. It’s free to try."
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"FBReader."
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"Fbreader."
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"FBReader if my favorite."
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"Try FBReader, it works really well with me."
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"FBReader is better from by initial tests"
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"I've been using FBReader for years, does the job."
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"I've been using FBreader for years, and it can use the built in Android TTS."
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#3

ReadEra

4.3
(15)
"Easily one of the best out there."
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"ReadEra for EPUB and PDF files and PocketBook reader for comics. PocketBook is an excellent book reading app with options to synchronise your collection."
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"2nd for ReadEra if on Android. If you don't want that try Moon+ or Lithium. These 3 are imho the best Android reading Apps by miles."
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"Try Readera, you will love it."
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"ReadEra>Moon Reader>Lithium Reader."
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"ReadEra also has the option to browse folders, and you can favorite your folders."
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"As for myself, I kind of like Read Era. I've tried Moon Reader, MR has more options in its user interface, but RE seems more user friendly."
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"I really like the ReadEra app."
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"ReadEra does it for me, in all android devices."
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"I like ReadEra."
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#4

Google Play Books

4.1
(12)
"Google Play Books. You can upload them to your account and have it sync everything."
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"Google Play Books! Very slick and fast and lets you upload your own epubs."
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"Google Play Books"
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"I like Google Play Books app for epub and pdf books."
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"Synchronizes with other devices perfectly."
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"Google play books is syncing across IOS, PC and Android perfectly."
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"Google play books is pretty decent."
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"Play Books does everything I want in an eReader."
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"Google play books works for me, it's simple and can read on my multi android devices."
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"Honestly, I like Google Play Books the best."
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#5

Moon+

4.8
(10)
"Moon+ Reader Pro has changed a lot over the years and you must download moon+ again to experience."
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"Moon+ is still the best for me"
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"Moon+ Reader Pro"
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"If you haven't tried moon+, you haven't tried the best."
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"Moon+ is the best. Lithium is new and slick looking."
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"Another vote for Moon+."
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"Moon+ is the best."
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"I have to vouch for moon+, most compatible and feature rich of the ones i've tried."
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"I think in that case Moon+ Pro is your best solution."
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"I'm currently on Moon+ but I'm looking to upgrade if I need to."
#6

Lithium

4.1
(11)
"Lithium is a very light ebook reader."
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"I like it's ease of scanning and use"
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"Lithium Readera Both are great"
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"I really like Lithium epub reader"
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"I use Lithium and it's worked well for me. Pretty customizable too."
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"Lithium or just playbooks."
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"Try lithium EPUB reader."
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"I use Lithium."
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"Linkme: Lithium."
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"Lithium : For ePUB reading. Easy to use interface and you can even ping ebooks directly to homepage."
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#7

Moon+ Reader Pro

5.0
(8)
"Is the best I prefer"
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"I own Moon+ Reader Pro and love it but I have not tried the TTS that is built in."
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"I use Moon + Reader pro. It also allows you to do in app organization by author and series."
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"MoonReader Pro."
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"Moon reader pro?"
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"Among these, Moon+ Reader Pro is the best i've ever used."
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"I love Moon+ Reader (Pro version)."
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"Moon Reader Pro is my favourite reader. It has the ability to add highlights and bookmarks and also share them."
#8

Aldiko

4.0
(8)
"I love Aldiko, now called Cantook, its super customisable and does everything I need."
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"Aldiko is old school but still functional. FReader was pretty decent too."
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"I like Aldiko. It works best if you have internet normally."
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"I use Aldiko and it works fine for me."
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"Aldiko is solid as well."
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"And as far as ereaders go you really can't get much better than Aldiko."
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"I'm pretty happy with Aldiko which has the night mode you're looking for."
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"I tried reading PDF files in Aldiko & found swiping to next page was painfully slow."
#9

Amazon

4.3
(7)
"I like kindle"
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"Kindle, I think."
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"I do a lot of reading in French every week and use Kindle."
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"Kindle app by Amazon. You’re allowed to upload your own documents to read. Documents can be epub or pdf."
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"Kindle app isn’t bad my favorite is ibooks but it’s also glitchy at times so meh. Kindle has been faithfully reliable."
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"I use the Kindle App and Libby."
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"It's not the best reader, but it has one killer feature: sync."
#10

BookFusion

4.6
(5)
"Is a great alternative to Moon+ Reader."
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"The best would be r/BookFusion , we are an eBook platform with Web App, native Android & iOS apps."
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"BookFusion is on its way to being the best eBook reader app for Android, iOS and Desktop."
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"You can also try BookFusion. Android, iOS and Web App."
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"BookFusion."
#11

Yomu

3.7
(6)
"I like Yomu a lot. Fine control over margins, just lets you get the page looking exactly how you want it. Developer is responsive."
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"Yomu: https://apps.apple.com/es/app/yomu-ebook-reader/id562211012"
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"I add the same request a while back and I found Yomu. Does the job and fair price."
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"Far from perfect for sure but still the best option out there"
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"Unfortunately Yomu is still the best option, but it has a long ways to go to be perfect."
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"May be Yomu?"
#12

PocketBook

4.2
(5)
"This is my preferred app: https://pocketbook.ch/en-ch/app"
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"Pocketbook is what you are looking for. It's like the kindle app, but with much more functionalities. It's free."
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"Is really good."
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"I like PocketBook"
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#13

Kobo

4.0
(4)
"Kobo is great"
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"I've sideloaded Kobo to my Nomad. Works fine."
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"My favorite is the kobo app."
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"Kobo books."
#14

Kindle

3.8
(4)
"Kindle app"
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"Just use the Kindle app. Use sendtokindle to send the epubs and you can sync it between however many devices you want."
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"Why not just use the Kindle app since everything is synced."
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"I'd use their default book reader first, Kindle second and last."
#15

Freda

3.8
(4)
"Freda - app ui is archaic and horrible, but its the boss of epub rendering."
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"Freda for epubs, Xodo and Edge for pdf, Adobe Digital Editions to download encrypted ebook and Caliber to strip the DRM."
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"Freda can read out loud, only wish the dev would improve the UI."
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"It looks like crap and it's really slow."
#16

ezPDF

5.0
(3)
"EzPDF is fantastic. I use it for textbooks, and it has been great."
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"EzPDF was a surprisingly solid solution here."
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"Pick up ezPDF and you wont have to convert them at all and you highlight and add notes all kinds of fun stuff."
#17

Aldiko Book Reader

5.0
(3)
"For years I'm using the Aldiko Book Reader."
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"Aldiko Book Reader, Moon+ Reader, Pocketbook by Obreey Products, and ALReader."
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"Aldiko ebook reader is the simplest and most straightforward app."
#18

Libby

4.7
(3)
"Agree, you can't go wrong with Libby."
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"Libby! Just use your library card and everything is free. Audio books as well."
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"Libby is linked to libraries, and that will depend on which libraries you have a card from. But it's really great."
#19

eBoox

4.7
(3)
"Fully Free"
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"EBoox on iOS is pretty amazing. I use it for anything not on the Kindle."
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#20

KOReader

4.7
(3)
"If you're sideloading, KOReader is my favorite."
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"Try KOReader, though you'll need to sideload it."
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"KOReader on fdroid"
#21

Marvin

4.3
(3)
"Is the best for epubs."
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"Marvin is excellent."
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"*Marvin* can sync between iPhone and iPad only but it only syncs book position right now."
#22

Librera

4.3
(3)
"Perhaps try the free and open source android Librera Reader. It will devour almost any e-book format one can throw at her."
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"I second librera"
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"Librera and Koreader"
#23

EBookDroid

3.7
(3)
"Trust me on this one, I've searched long and hard for the perfect reader."
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"EbookDroid supports both .djvu and pdf."
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"But eBookDroid has no text reflow any zoom."
#24

ezPDF Reader

5.0
(2)
"I use ezPDF Reader, the best PDF reader IMO."
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"EZ PDF Reader... I love it."
#25

Moon Reader

5.0
(2)
"Totally agree. Moon reader is best."
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"Been using moon reader for a long while."
#26

Xodo

5.0
(2)
"Xodo Docs : For PDF/simple text file reading. Has many features and completely free to use."
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"Xodo works best for me"
#27

MoonReader

4.5
(2)
"MoonReader works great for me."
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"Moonreader on high performance uses like 2% for 3 hours."
#28

Fly Reader

4.5
(2)
"It's simply the best one in store."
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"Fly Reader has the ability to read books out loud, which is something I previously missed from Android."
#29

eReader Prestigio

4.0
(2)
"I use eReader Prestigio to read on my Tv which is free"
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#30

BookReader

4.0
(2)
"The more capable app I also use is BookReader, which lets you change the 'paper' background color among other setting"
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"I use Book Reader"
#31

Google Books

4.0
(2)
"I use Google books as my default"
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"It does that very well."
#32

Cool Reader

4.0
(2)
"The customization is insane."
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"...[Cool reader] (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.coolreader)"
#33

Light Reader

4.0
(2)
"I prefer Light reader's UI"
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"Light reader - nice ui, light weight, great for casual reading."
#34

Kybook

3.5
(2)
"Better then Marvin!"
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"Kybook seems good but it is also not updating, not sure when it will go down or incompatible with something though"
#35

OmniReader

5.0
(1)
"Omnireader is one of those free GEMS that allows DJVU files along with all popular file types."
#36

Voice Aloud Reader

5.0
(1)
"I use @Voice Aloud Reader, and I'm very happy with it. Easy to use and with all the features I want."
#37

AlReader

5.0
(1)
"AlReader is really good overall."
#38

SpeedRead

5.0
(1)
"I swear to this one. It does everything you described but also can display one word at a time so you don't need to move your eyes and read blazingly fast."
#39

T2S

5.0
(1)
"This is my go-to app for reading my pdfs aloud and it's so good that I purchased the ad removal to support the app."
#40

Moon Reader Plus

5.0
(1)
"Moons reader plus is 👌"
#41

Readwise

5.0
(1)
"Readwise now has a native mac app, best reader I've come across"
#42

Calibre

5.0
(1)
"The killer combo for e-book people who don't like Kindle."
#43

FullReader

4.0
(1)
"FullReader."
#44

Nook

4.0
(1)
"*Highly recommended*."
#45

Fabrik

4.0
(1)
"Look at Fabrik. It does all this and can read from Dropbox storage."
#46

Mantano

4.0
(1)
"Mantano."
#47

Perfect Viewer

4.0
(1)
"Perfect Viewer has that neat bubble magnifier feature but I think you need premium for that."
#48

Bluefire

4.0
(1)
"I use Bluefire Reader https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bluefire-reader/id394275498"
#49

Apple

4.0
(1)
"I just use iBooks, it doesn’t support mobi but it will let you import epub and pdf.."
#50

Koodo Reader

4.0
(1)
"Koodo reader is also another such rare applications."
#51

Ebook Reader Pro

4.0
(1)
"A good paid app is Ebook Reader Pro."
#52

OmniReader Pro

4.0
(1)
"I’ve taken to OmniReader Pro. You can try it for free. Doesn’t have the slick layout of Books but does reasonable conversions."
#53

Murasaki

4.0
(1)
"I typically use Murasaki because it's fast and lets me easily set font/margin settings."
#54

Librera Reader Pro

4.0
(1)
"Librera reader pro in github"
#55

CoolReader

4.0
(1)
"CoolReader - open source, free, many customisations of behavior"
#56

BookVisor

4.0
(1)
"I have BookVisor and Fiction Book reader. Both of which have free versions. I really like bookvisor"
#57

Apple Books

4.0
(1)
"Apple Books if ios"
#58

PocketBook Reader

4.0
(1)
"You can try PocketBook Reader. It may work for your needs."
#59

Bookwalker

4.0
(1)
"Bookwalker. You can buy english and japanese variants of books."
#60

eBook Peruse

4.0
(1)
"I'm utilizing 'eBook Peruse Also - Your Free eBook Peruse' for a few weeks."
#61

Gitden Reader

3.0
(1)
"GitdenReader is pretty good but it doesn’t synch automatically."
#62

Clearview

3.0
(1)
"Clearview is also decent"

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