Comparison of iOS e-book reader software

The following tables compare general and technical features for a number of iOS e-book reader software. Each section corresponds to a major area of functionality in an e-book reader software. The comparisons are based on the latest released version.

Navigation features

Product Developer Pagination Rotation Lock Auto-scroll Progress indicator Backward/forward Table of Contents Bookmarks Resume Cloud synchronisation Go To Full text search
Apabi Reader[1] Beijing Founder Apabi Technology Limited Yes Yes No In library and in-book Yes Yes Unlimited Yes No Yes Yes
Blio[2] K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc. Yes No No In-book only Yes Yes Unlimited Yes No Yes Yes
Bluefire Reader[3] Bluefire Productions Yes Yes No In-book only Yes Yes Unlimited Yes Yes Yes Yes
DL Reader[4] Datalogics, Inc Yes Yes No In-book only Yes Yes Unlimited Yes No Yes Yes
eBookMobi[5] Tien Thinh Vu Yes support on iPad, portrait only on iPhone No In library and in-book Yes Yes Unlimited Yes No Yes No
Ebook Reader[6] Ebooks.com Limited Yes Yes No In library and in-book Yes Yes Unlimited Yes Yes Yes Yes
i2Reader[7] Yuriy Melyushin Yes Yes Yes In-book only Yes Yes Unlimited Yes No Yes Yes
iBooks[8] Apple Yes No Manual In-book only Yes Yes Unlimited Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kindle[9] AMZN Mobile LLC Yes Yes No In library and in-book Yes Yes Unlimited Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kobo Reading App[10] Kobo Inc. Yes Yes No In-book only Yes Yes Last place marker only Yes Yes Yes No
KyBook Reader[11] Konstantin Bukreev Yes Yes No In library and in-book Yes Yes Unlimited Yes No Yes Yes
Marvin[12] Appstafarian Yes Yes No In library and in-book Configurable Yes Unlimited Yes Optional Yes Yes
MegaReader[13] Inkstone Software, Inc. Yes Yes No In-book only Yes Yes Unlimited Yes No Yes No
PocketBook reader[14] Obreey Products Yes Yes Yes In-book only Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
ShuBook[15] Ambibma Ltd. Yes Yes No In library and in-book Yes Yes Unlimited Yes No Yes Yes
Stanza[16] Lexcycle Configurable Yes No In library and in-book Configurable Yes Unlimited Yes No Yes Yes
uBooks XL[17] Nix Solutions Ltd Mixed scrolling & pagination Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Unlimited Yes Yes Yes Yes
iBouquiniste[18] Sandr Yes Yes No In-book only Yes Yes Unlimited Yes Yes Yes Yes
Product Developer Pagination Rotation Lock Auto-scroll Progress indicator Backward/forward Table of Contents Bookmarks Resume Cloud synchronisation Go To Full text search

    Display features

    Product Multi-column mode 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 spacing: line/paragraph
    Apabi Reader Yes Yes Configurable Yes Yes Yes Vertical swipe Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
    Blio Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No No No Justification only Yes No
    Bluefire Reader No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Vertical swipe No Yes No Pre-set choices only Justification only Yes Line only
    DL Reader Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Pre-set choices only Justification only Yes No
    eBookMobi Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No No No No No Yes No
    Ebook Reader No Yes Yes No Yes (Disabled by default) Yes No No No No No Yes No
    i2Reader Yes Buggy Yes Yes Using styles Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    iBooks Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes No
    Kindle Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No Pre-set choices only Yes Yes Line; pre-set choices only
    Kobo Reading App No Yes Yes No Yes No Vertical swipe No Yes No No Yes Yes No
    KyBook Yes Yes Yes Yes Using themes No Yes Yes Configurable Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    Marvin Configurable Yes Configurable Yes Yes Yes Vertical swipe Yes Configurable Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    MegaReader Configurable Buggy Configurable Yes Using themes Yes Vertical swipe No No No Yes Yes Yes Line only
    PocketBook reader Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes No Yes No
    ShuBook No Buggy Configurable Yes Yes Yes Vertical swipe Configurable No Yes None, small, large Yes Yes Yes
    Stanza No Yes Configurable Yes Yes Yes Vertical swipe Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    uBooks XL No Buggy Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    iBouquiniste Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes
    Product Multi-column mode 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 spacing: line/paragraph

      Edit/tool features

      Product Highlight Annotate Edit meta-data Online dictionary Offline dictionary Lookup Wikipedia Translate Share TTS support (read aloud) DRM support Export to iTunes
      Apabi Reader No No No No No No No Two Chinese websites only No No Yes
      Blio Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes
      Bluefire Reader Yes Yes Author, Title, Publisher Yes No No No Facebook, Twitter, eMail No Yes Yes
      DL Reader Yes Yes Author, Title, Publisher No No No Yes No No Adobe DRM Yes
      eBookMobi No No No No Yes No Yes eMail No No Yes
      Ebook Reader Yes Yes No No No No No Facebook, Twitter, eMail, Google+ No Adobe DRM Yes
      i2Reader No No No No Yes No No eMail No No Yes
      iBooks Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Facebook, Twitter, eMail, SMS yes, via VoiceOver Apple FairPlay Yes
      Kindle Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Facebook, Twitter No Yes Yes
      Kobo Reading App Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Facebook, Twitter No Yes Yes
      KyBook Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Facebook, Twitter, eMail, VKontakte Yes No Yes
      Marvin Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Facebook, Twitter, eMail, customizable No No Yes
      MegaReader No No No No No No No No No No Yes
      PocketBook reader Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Facebook, Twitter, eMail, SMS No Yes Yes
      ShuBook No No Author, Title, Label No Yes No No Whole book only, eMail No No Yes
      Stanza No Yes Yes No Yes No No Facebook, Twitter, eMail No No Yes
      uBooks XL Yes No Yes No No No Yes eMail No No Yes
      iBouquiniste No No No No No Yes Yes eMail Yes No Yes
      Product Highlight Annotate Edit meta-data Online dictionary Offline dictionary Lookup Wikipedia Translate Share TTS support (read aloud) DRM support Export to iTunes

        Book source management features

        Product Book store(s) Book search In-app Epub import Import via in-app Browser OPDS catalog Other import via Tag books Sort books
        Apabi Reader Yes Yes Yes No Yes eMail (MIME type)

        Built-in web server

        		 No Yes
        Blio No No Yes No No eMail (MIME type) No No
        Bluefire Reader Free ebook libraries only Yes No No No eMail (MIME type)

        iTunes File Sharing

        Built-in Web Server

        		 No Yes
        DL Reader Yes No Yes Yes No eMail (MIME type) Yes No
        eBookMobi Free ebook libraries only Yes Yes Yes No eMail (MIME type) No Yes
        eBookReader No No Yes No No Built-in web server Yes Yes
        i2Reader No Yes Yes Yes Yes Calibre (Bonjour)

        Built-in web server

        		 No Yes
        iBooks Apple iBookstore Yes No No No eMail (MIME type) No Yes
        Kindle No No No No No iTunes File Sharing No No
        Kobo Reading App No No No No No eMail (MIME type) No No
        KyBook Free ebook libraries only Yes Yes Yes Yes eMail (MIME type)

        Google Books

        Dropbox

        Google Drive

        Yandex Disk

        VK Docs

        Network folders

        iTunes File Sharing

        		 Yes Yes
        Marvin Free ebook libraries only Yes Yes Yes Yes Calibre (Bonjour, Plugin)

        eMail (MIME type)

        Dropbox

        iTunes File Sharing

        		 Yes Yes
        MegaReader No Yes Yes No Yes Calibre (Bonjour)

        eMail (MIME type)

        		 No No
        PocketBook reader Yes Yes No Yes Yes iTunes File Sharing

        eMail (MIME type)

        		 No Yes
        ShuBook Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Calibre (Bonjour)

        eMail (MIME type)

        iTunes File Sharing

        		 Yes Yes
        Stanza No Yes Yes No Yes Calibre (Bonjour)

        eMail (MIME type)

        iTunes File Sharing

        		 Yes Yes
        uBooks XL No Yes Yes No Yes eMail (MIME type)

        iTunes File Sharing

        		 No Yes
        iBouquiniste Free ebook libraries only Yes Yes No Yes eMail (MIME type) No Yes
        Product Book store(s) Book search In-app Epub import Import via in-app Browser OPDS catalog Other import via Tag books Sort books

          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
          Apabi Reader 3 No No No Yes No No No No Yes No Yes
          Blio 2 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
          DL Reader 2 No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No
          eBookMobi 10+ Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
          Ebook Reader 2 No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No
          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 2 No No No No No No Yes No Yes No No
          Kobo Reading App 2 No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No
          KyBook 8 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes
          Marvin 2 Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No
          MegaReader 1 No No No Yes No No No No No No No
          PocketBook reader 8+ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes
          ShuBook 5+ No No No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
          Stanza 5+ Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No No
          uBooks XL 5 No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes
          iBouquiniste 5 No No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes
          Product total # of formats .cbr/.cbz .chm .djvu .epub .fb2 .html .mobi .pdb .pdf .rtf .txt

            License

            Product Free License
            Apabi Reader Yes
            Blio Partial voices cost
            Bluefire Reader Yes Proprietary
            DL Reader Yes
            eBookMobi No
            Ebook Reader Yes Proprietary
            i2Reader No
            iBooks Yes Proprietary
            Kindle Yes
            Kobo Reading App Yes
            Marvin Partial ability to see more than one book in library cost
            MegaReader No
            ShuBook Partial
            Stanza Yes Proprietary
            uBooks XL Partial Adware
            iBouquiniste No

            Special features

            Product Special features
            Apabi Reader Support for the CEBX ebook format

            VGA output support

            Blio Support for the visually impaired
            Bluefire Reader Optional PDF password protection

            Localized in English, French, German, Norwegian, Icelandic, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Danish

            Support for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language epub3 format including Vertical writing mode and R2L page order

            Supports multiple concurrent Adobe user account activations, both Adobe ID and Vendor ID accounts

            Export notes and highlights to email

            Collections Feature for organizing user Library

            DL Reader Optional PDF password protection

            Localized in Japanese, English, German, French, Russian, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese

            eBookMobi Optional password protection

            Displays Microsoft Office documents

            Adjust screen brightness via swipe

            Localized in Japanese, English, German, French, Russian, Vietnamese

            Supports custom Stardict Dictionaries

            Supports online translation to 105 languages

            Ebook Reader Full Epub3 support for in-book audio and video.

            Online sync of all bookmarks, highlights, notes and reading position.

            Import DRM free PDF and Epub files.

            User created collections for organizing books.

            i2Reader Configurable status line

            Custom PDF engine

            iBooks iBooks can read text aloud to the user.
            Kindle Ebooks can be emailed to an auto-generated Amazon email address
            Kobo Reading App Strictly enforces registration with Kobo

            Support for magazine subscriptions.

            Extensive social media support via Facebook.

            Reading statistics and achievements.

            KyBook Localized in Russian, English

            Supports online translation via Yandex.Translate

            Allows to load a user fonts

            Extensive options for library sorting

            Changing book covers via Google Image Search

            Supports use of Tor Network

            Marvin Optional password protection.

            Customizable page warmth and tint.

            "Deep View" automatically creates name lists, summaries, adds references to (Wikipedia) articles and pins web pages, reviews, etc... to the book.

            Specialized font to assist users with Dyslexia.

            Integration and annotation syncing with Calibre.

            Global & book-specific vocabulary.

            Export notes, highlights, vocabulary & other user modifications to XHTML and CSV files.

            Reading timer.

            MegaReader Configurable tap zones (next/previous page, show menus, rotation lock, toggle heads up display)

            Optionally uses the rear camera for "look-through" reading.

            PocketBook reader Export book info, notes, highlights to mail, sms, Facebook, Twitter.

            Localization in English and Russian.

            Single page, dual page or scroll viewing modes.

            Crop page margins manually or automatically to fit page content to the screen size.

            Allows zoom in or out a page via pinch and stretch gestures.

            Allows zoom to a particular text fragment via double touch.

            Adjust font size via pinch and stretch gestures (epub, fb2, txt).

            ShuBook Basic support for Microsoft Office documents (DOC, XLS, PPT) & RTF.

            Extensive East Asian support

            Stanza Cover Flow[f 1]

            Extensive options for library sorting

            Customizable background picture & transparency settings

            Has some stability problems on iOS >= 5.0

            Stanza is not being updated any more

            uBooks XL Displays Microsoft Office documents

            Customizable background

            Extensive options for library sorting

            iBouquiniste
            Product Special features
            1. ↑ Not on the iPad

            Further reading

            Discontinued e-book reader software

            See also

            References

            1. ↑ "Apabi Reader". Founder Group. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
            2. ↑ "Blio". KNFB Reading Technology, Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
            3. ↑ "Bluefire Reader". Bluefire Productions, LLC. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
            4. ↑ "DL Reader". Datalogics Inc. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
            5. ↑ "eBookMobi". Vu Tien Thinh. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
            6. ↑ "Ebook Reader". Ebooks.com Limited. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
            7. ↑ "i2Reader". Unsanity. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
            8. ↑ "iBooks". Apple. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
            9. ↑ "Kindle". AMZN Mobile LLC. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
            10. ↑ "Kobo eBooks". Kobo Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
            11. ↑ "KyBook". Konstantin Bukreev. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
            12. ↑ "Marvin". Appstafarian. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
            13. ↑ "MegaReader". Inkstone Software, Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
            14. ↑ "PocketBook reader". Obreey Products. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
            15. ↑ "ShuBook". Ambibma Ltd. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
            16. ↑ "Stanza". Lexcycle. Archived from the original on 2011-10-19. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
            17. ↑ "uBooks XL". NIX Solutions Ltd. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
            18. ↑ "iBouquiniste". Sandr. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
            19. ↑ Bond, John-Michael (June 24, 2014). "Readmill is closing its doors on July 1, 2014". The Unofficial Apple Weblog.
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