Comparison of iOS e-book reader software - Telekomunikasi Sains

1 Navigation features
2 Display features
3 Edit/tool features
4 Book source management features
5 Supported File Formats
6 Special features
7 Cost
8 Other software e-book readers for iOS
9 See also
10 References

Navigation features

Product	Pagination	Rotation Lock	Auto-scroll	Progress indicator	Backward/forward	Daftar Isi	Bookmarks	Resume	Cloud synchronisation	Go To	Full text search
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	Daftar Isi	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	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

Edit/tool features

Product	Highlight	Annotate	Edit meta-data	Online dictionary	Offline dictionary	Lookup Wikipedia	Translate	Share	TTS support	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
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

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
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

Supported File Formats

See Perbandingan -- 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
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

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
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

^ Not on the iPad

Cost

Product	Price [€]	License	In-App purchases [€]
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 [€]

References

^ "Apabi Reader". Founder Group. http://www.apabi.cn/. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
^ "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.
^ "DL Reader". Datalogics Inc.. http://www.datalogics.com//. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
^ "eBookMobi". Vu Tien Thinh. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ebookm obi/id413897025?mt=8. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
^ "i2Reader". Unsanity. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/i2read er/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/id 302584613?mt=8/. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
^ "Kobo eBooks". Kobo Inc.. http://itunes.apple.com/de/app/kobo-e books/id429710234?mt=8&ls=1. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
^ "Marvin". Appstafarian. http://marvinapp.com/. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
^ "MegaReader". Inkstone Software, Inc.. http://www.megareader.net/. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
^ "ShuBook". Ambibma Ltd.. http://www.ambibma.com/en/shubook.htm l. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
^ "Stanza". Lexcycle. http://www.lexcycle.com/. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
^ "uBooks". NIX Solutions Ltd.. http://nixsolutions.com/products/ipho ne/ubooks/. Retrieved 2011-10-20.

Electronic books

Formats

XML-based	ePub HTML FictionBook XMDF

Other	BBeB CBR\CBZ LIT Mobipocket/Kindle PDF Plain text

Reading

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Software	Adobe Acrobat Adobe Digital Editions Aldiko Blio Bookglutton Calibre FBReader Foxit Reader iBooks Lexcycle Stanza Sony Reader Library STDU Viewer Sumatra PDF

Editing

Sources

Free	Baen Free Library Bookglutton HathiTrust Internet Archive Feedbooks Google Books Manybooks.net Project Gutenberg Smashwords Wikibooks Wikisource

Paid	Amazon.com Barnes & Noble BooksOnBoard Booktrack Borders Feedbooks Fictionwise Google Books iBookstore Kobo Bookstore Smashwords Sony Reader Store

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Contents

Navigation features

Display features

Edit/tool features

Book source management features

Supported File Formats

Special features

Cost

Other software e-book readers for iOS

See also

References