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Comparison of iOS e-book reader software Navigation features|
| Apabi Reader[1] | Yes | Yes | No | In library and in-book | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | | Blio[2] | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | | Bluefire Reader[3] | Yes | Yes | No | In-book only | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | | DL Reader[4] | Yes | Yes | No | In-book only | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | | eBookMobi[5] | Yes | support on iPad, portrait only on iPhone | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Yes | No | Yes | No | | i2Reader[6] | Yes | Yes | Yes | In-book only | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | | iBooks[7] | Yes | No | Manual | In-book only | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Kindle[8] | Yes | Yes | No | In library and in-book | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Kobo eBooks[9] | Yes | Yes | No | In-book only | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | | Marvin[10] | Yes | Yes | No | In library and in-book | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | | MegaReader[11] | Yes | Yes | No | In-book only | Yes | Yes | Last place marker only | Yes | No | No | No | | ShuBook[12] | Yes | Yes | No | In library and in-book | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | | Stanza[13] | Configurable | Yes | No | In library and in-book | Configurable | Yes | Unlimited | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | | uBooks[14] | Mixed scrolling & pagination | Yes | Yes | In-book only | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Yes | No | No | Yes | | Product | Pagination | Rotation Lock | Auto-scroll | Progress indicator | Backward/forward | Table of Contents | Bookmarks | Resume | Cloud synchronisation | Go To | Full text search |
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Display features|
| 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 | No | | 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 | | 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 | No | | Kobo eBooks | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | | 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 | | 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 | No | Buggy | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | 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 |
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Edit/tool features|
| 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 | | i2Reader | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | eMail | No | No | Yes | | iBooks | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Facebook, Twitter, eMail, SMS | No | Apple FairPlay | Yes | | Kindle | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Facebook, Twitter | No | Yes | Yes | | Kobo eBooks | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Facebook, Twitter | No | Yes | Yes | | Marvin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | eMail | No | No | Yes | | MegaReader | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | 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 | 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 |
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Book source management features|
| Apabi Reader | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | eMail (MIME type) Built-in web server | No | Yes | | Blio | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | eMail (MIME type) | No | No | | Bluefire Reader | Free ebook libraries only | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | eMail (MIME type) iTunes File Sharing Built-in Web Server | No | Yes | | DL Reader | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | eMail (MIME type) | Yes | No | | eBookMobi | Free ebook libraries only | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | eMail (MIME type) | No | Yes | | i2Reader | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Calibre (Bonjour) Built-in web server | No | Yes | | iBooks | Apple iBookstore | Yes | No | No | No | No | eMail (MIME type) | No | Yes | | Kindle | No | No | No | No | No | No | iTunes File Sharing | No | No | | Kobo eBooks | No | No | No | No | No | No | eMail (MIME type) | No | No | | Marvin | Free ebook libraries only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | eMail (MIME type) Dropbox iTunes File Sharing | Yes | Yes | | MegaReader | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Calibre (Bonjour) eMail (MIME type) | No | No | | ShuBook | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Calibre (Bonjour) eMail (MIME type) | Yes | Yes | | Stanza | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Calibre (Bonjour) eMail (MIME type) | Yes | Yes | | uBooks | No | No | Yes | no authentication support | No | No | eMail (MIME type) | Yes | No | | Product | Book store(s) | Book search | Epub downloading | Browser downloading | Manual downloading | OPDS catalog | Other import via | Tag books | Sort books |
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Supported File FormatsSee Comparison of e-book formats for details on the file formats. |
| 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 | | 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 eBooks | 2 | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | | Marvin | 1 | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | | MegaReader | 1 | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | | 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 | 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 |
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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 | | i2Reader | Configurable status line Custom PDF engine | | iBooks | | Kindle | Ebooks can be emailed to an auto-generated Amazon email address | | Kobo eBooks | Strictly enforces registration with Kobo Support for magazine subscriptions. Extensive social media support via Facebook. Reading statistics and achievements. | | Marvin | Available on the iPad only. Optional PDF password protection. Customizable page warmth and tint. "Deep View" automatically creates name lists, summaries, add references to (Wikipedia) articles and pin web pages, reviews, etc... to the book. Specialized font to assist users with Dyslexia. Integration and annotation syncing with Calibre. Export notes and highlights to XHTML and CSV files. Reading timer. | | MegaReader | Adjusts hardware screen brightness via swipe Configurable tap zones (next/previous page, show menus, rotation lock, toggle heads up display) Optionally uses the rear camera for "look-through" reading. | | 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 Customisable background picture & transparency settings Has some stability problems on iOS >= 5.0 Stanza is not being updated anymore | | uBooks | | | Product | Special features |
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Cost|
| Apabi Reader | Free | | | | Blio | Free | | 8,99 (price per voice; 6 different voices exist) | | Bluefire Reader | Free | | | | DL Reader | Free | | | | eBookMobi | 1,79 | | | | i2Reader | 4,49 | | | | iBooks | Free | Proprietary | | | Kindle | Free | | | | Kobo eBooks | Free | | | | Marvin | Free | | 4,49 (Theme Pack) / 0,89 (per theme; 8 themes) | | MegaReader | 1,79 | | | | ShuBook | Free | | 2,69 (Extra features) | | Stanza | Free | Proprietary | | | uBooks | Adware | | 4,49 (uBooks XL, ad-free) | | Product | Price [€] | License | In-App purchases [€] |
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Other software e-book readers for iOSOther e-book readers for iOS devices are ARC Reader, BookShout!, Ouiivo Reader, Tomes, ViewCHM for iOS etc. See also References |
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