- Comparison of iOS e-book reader software
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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 support on iPad, portrait only on iPhone 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 No 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 Yes 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 Display features
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 No Yes No eBookMobi Yes No Yes No No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No 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 Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Sepia effect No Kindle Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No Kobo eBooks Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes Pre-set choices only Yes No No Sepia effect No MegaReader No Configurable Yes No Yes Vertical swipe No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes ShuBook Buggy Configurable Yes Yes Yes Vertical swipe Configurable No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Stanza Yes Configurable Configurable, including background image Yes Yes Vertical swipe Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Pinch zoom gestures Yes No Yes Yes 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 Edit/tool features
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 Book source management features
Product Book store(s) Book search Epub downloading Browser downloading Manual downloading OPDS catalog Other import via Tag books Sort books Blio No No Yes No No No eMail No No Bluefire Reader No No No No No No eMail No No eBookMobi Free ebook libraries only Yes Yes No Yes No eMail No Yes i2Reader No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Calibre Built-in web server
No Yes iBooks Apple iBookstore Yes No No No No eMail No Yes Kindle No No No No No No ? No No Kobo eBooks No No No No No No eMail No No MegaReader No Yes Yes No No Yes Calibre eMail
No No ShuBook Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Calibre eMail
No Yes Stanza Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Calibre eMail
Yes Yes uBooks No No Yes no authentication support No No eMail Yes No Product Book store(s) Book search Epub downloading Browser downloading Manual downloading 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 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 10+ Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 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 Special features
Product Special features Blio Support for the visually impaired Bluefire Reader eBookMobi Optional password protection Displays Microsoft Office documents
Adjust screen brightness via swipe
Localized in Japanese, English, German, French, Russian, Vietnamese
Support custom Stardict Dictionaries
Support online translation to 105 languages
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 Adjusts hardware screen brightness via swipe Configurable tap zones (next/previous page, show menus, rotation lock, toggle heads up display)
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 - ^ Not on the iPad
Cost
Product Price [€] In-App purchases [€] Blio Free 7,99 (Voices) Bluefire Reader Free - eBookMobi Free - i2Reader 3,99 - iBooks Free - Kindle Free - Kobo eBooks Free - MegaReader 1,59 - ShuBook Free 1,59 (Extra features) Stanza Free - uBooks Free 3,99 (uBooks XL, ad-free) Product Price [€] In-App purchases [€] Other software e-book readers for iOS
Other e-book readers for iOS devices are ARC Reader, Ouiivo Reader, Tomes, etc.
See also
- Comparison of e-book readers - includes hardware e-book readers
- Comparison of e-book formats - includes both device and software formats
References
- ^ "Blio". KNFB Reading Technology, Inc. http://www.blio.com///. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ^ "Bluefire Reader". Bluefire Productions, LLC. http://www.bluefirereader.com//. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ "eBookMobi". Vu Tien Thinh. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ebookmobi/id413897025?mt=8. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ "i2Reader". Unsanity. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/i2reader/id322680924?mt=8. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ "iBooks". Apple. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibooks/id364709193?mt=8&ls=1/. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ "Kindle". AMZN Mobile LLC. http://itunes.apple.com/app/kindle/id302584613?mt=8/. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ "Kobo eBooks". Kobo Inc.. http://itunes.apple.com/de/app/kobo-ebooks/id429710234?mt=8&ls=1. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ "MegaReader". Inkstone Software, Inc.. http://www.megareader.net/. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ "ShuBook". Ambibma Ltd.. http://www.ambibma.com/en/shubook.html. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ "Stanza". Lexcycle. http://www.lexcycle.com/. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ "uBooks". NIX Solutions Ltd.. http://nixsolutions.com/products/iphone/ubooks/. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
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