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Comparison of iOS e-reader software
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<h2 id="navigation-features">Navigation features</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Product</th><th>Developer</th><th>Pagination</th><th>Rotation Lock</th><th>Auto-scroll</th><th>Progress indicator</th><th>Backward/forward</th><th>Table of Contents</th><th>Bookmarks</th><th>Resume</th><th>Cloud synchronisation</th><th>Go To</th><th>Full text search</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Blio/dRYkeRKE">Blio</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></td><td>K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>In-book only</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Unlimited</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bluefire_Reader/YYKfoMY4">Bluefire Reader</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></td><td>Bluefire Productions</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>In-book only</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Unlimited</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Apple_Books/8nav1dFN">Apple Books</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></td><td>Apple</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Manual</td><td>In-book only</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Unlimited</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Amazon_Kindle/cmCbmvEs">Kindle</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></td><td>AMZN Mobile LLC</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>In library and in-book</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Unlimited</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kobo_eReader/W1fuf7Hh">Kobo Reading App</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td><td>Kobo Inc.</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>In-book only</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Last place marker only</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lexcycle_Stanza/Jf4VHWYv">Stanza</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td><td>Lexcycle</td><td>Configurable</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>In library and in-book</td><td>Configurable</td><td>Yes</td><td>Unlimited</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>Product</th><th>Developer</th><th>Pagination</th><th>Rotation Lock</th><th>Auto-scroll</th><th>Progress indicator</th><th>Backward/forward</th><th>Table of Contents</th><th>Bookmarks</th><th>Resume</th><th>Cloud synchronisation</th><th>Go To</th><th>Full text search</th></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="display-features">Display features</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Product</th><th>Multi-column mode</th><th>Styles (bold/italic/etc.)</th><th>Page Turn Effects</th><th>Themes</th><th>Day/Night mode</th><th>Enable/Disable sleep mode</th><th>Brightness Control</th><th>Indent paragraph</th><th>Enable/Disable CSS</th><th>Enable/Disable hyphenation</th><th>Customize margins</th><th>Customize text alignment</th><th>Customize font</th><th>Customize spacing: line/paragraph</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Blio/dRYkeRKE">Blio</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Justification only</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bluefire_Reader/YYKfoMY4">Bluefire Reader</a></td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Vertical swipe</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Pre-set choices only</td><td>Justification only</td><td>Yes</td><td>Line only</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Apple_Books/8nav1dFN">Apple Books</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Amazon_Kindle/cmCbmvEs">Kindle</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Pre-set choices only</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Line; pre-set choices only</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kobo_eReader/W1fuf7Hh">Kobo Reading App</a></td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Vertical swipe</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lexcycle_Stanza/Jf4VHWYv">Stanza</a></td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Configurable</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Vertical swipe</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>Product</th><th>Multi-column mode</th><th>Styles (bold/italic/etc.)</th><th>Page Turn Effects</th><th>Themes</th><th>Day/Night mode</th><th>Enable/Disable sleep mode</th><th>Brightness Control</th><th>Indent paragraph</th><th>Enable/Disable CSS</th><th>Enable/Disable hyphenation</th><th>Customize margins</th><th>Customize text alignment</th><th>Customize font</th><th>Customize spacing: line/paragraph</th></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="edittool-features">Edit/tool features</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Product</th><th>Highlight</th><th>Annotate</th><th>Edit meta-data</th><th>Online dictionary</th><th>Offline dictionary</th><th>Lookup Wikipedia</th><th>Translate</th><th>Share</th><th>TTS support (read aloud)</th><th>DRM support</th><th>Export to iTunes</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Blio/dRYkeRKE">Blio</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bluefire_Reader/YYKfoMY4">Bluefire Reader</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Author, Title, Publisher</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Facebook, Twitter, eMail</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Apple_Books/8nav1dFN">Apple Books</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Facebook, Twitter, eMail, SMS</td><td>yes, via VoiceOver</td><td><a href="/facts/FairPlay/BJhw1XyA">Apple FairPlay</a></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Amazon_Kindle/cmCbmvEs">Kindle</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Facebook, Twitter</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kobo_eReader/W1fuf7Hh">Kobo Reading App</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Facebook, Twitter</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lexcycle_Stanza/Jf4VHWYv">Stanza</a></td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Facebook, Twitter, eMail</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>Product</th><th>Highlight</th><th>Annotate</th><th>Edit meta-data</th><th>Online dictionary</th><th>Offline dictionary</th><th>Lookup Wikipedia</th><th>Translate</th><th>Share</th><th>TTS support (read aloud)</th><th>DRM support</th><th>Export to iTunes</th></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="book-source-management-features">Book source management features</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Product</th><th>Book store(s)</th><th>Book search</th><th>In-app Epub import</th><th>Import via in-app Browser</th><th>OPDS catalog</th><th>Other import via</th><th>Tag books</th><th>Sort books</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Blio/dRYkeRKE">Blio</a></td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>eMail (MIME type)</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bluefire_Reader/YYKfoMY4">Bluefire Reader</a></td><td>Free ebook libraries only</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>eMail (MIME type)<p>iTunes File Sharing</p><p>Built-in Web Server</p></td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Apple_Books/8nav1dFN">Apple Books</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Apple_Books_Store/8nav1dFN">Apple Books Store</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>eMail (MIME type)</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Amazon_Kindle/cmCbmvEs">Kindle</a></td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>iTunes File Sharing</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kobo_eReader/W1fuf7Hh">Kobo Reading App</a></td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>eMail (MIME type)</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lexcycle_Stanza/Jf4VHWYv">Stanza</a></td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Calibre (<a href="/facts/Bonjour_(software)/gFBhvEtj">Bonjour</a>)<p>eMail (MIME type)</p><p>iTunes File Sharing</p></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>Product</th><th>Book store(s)</th><th>Book search</th><th>In-app Epub import</th><th>Import via in-app Browser</th><th>OPDS catalog</th><th>Other import via</th><th>Tag books</th><th>Sort books</th></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="supported-file-formats">Supported File Formats</h2> <p><i>See <a href="/facts/Comparison_of_e-book_formats/d89Ew38I">Comparison of e-book formats</a> for details on the file formats.</i> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Product</th><th>total # of formats</th><th>.cbr/.cbz</th><th>.chm</th><th>.djvu</th><th>.epub</th><th>.fb2</th><th>.html</th><th>.mobi</th><th>.pdb</th><th>.pdf</th><th>.rtf</th><th>.txt</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Blio/dRYkeRKE">Blio</a></td><td>2</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bluefire_Reader/YYKfoMY4">Bluefire Reader</a></td><td>2</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Apple_Books/8nav1dFN">Apple Books</a></td><td>2</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Amazon_Kindle/cmCbmvEs">Kindle</a></td><td>2</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kobo_eReader/W1fuf7Hh">Kobo Reading App</a></td><td>2</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lexcycle_Stanza/Jf4VHWYv">Stanza</a></td><td>5+</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th>Product</th><th>total # of formats</th><th>.cbr/.cbz</th><th>.chm</th><th>.djvu</th><th>.epub</th><th>.fb2</th><th>.html</th><th>.mobi</th><th>.pdb</th><th>.pdf</th><th>.rtf</th><th>.txt</th></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="license">License</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Product</th><th>Free</th><th>License</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Blio/dRYkeRKE">Blio</a></td><td>Partial (voices cost)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bluefire_Reader/YYKfoMY4">Bluefire Reader</a></td><td>Partial (Cloudshelf edition is free)</td><td>Proprietary</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Apple_Books/8nav1dFN">Apple Books</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Proprietary</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Amazon_Kindle/cmCbmvEs">Kindle</a></td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kobo_eReader/W1fuf7Hh">Kobo Reading App</a></td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lexcycle_Stanza/Jf4VHWYv">Stanza</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Proprietary</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="special-features">Special features</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Product</th><th>Special features</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Blio/dRYkeRKE">Blio</a></td><td>Support for the visually impaired</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bluefire_Reader/YYKfoMY4">Bluefire Reader</a></td><td>Optional PDF password protection<p>Localized in English, French, German, Norwegian, Icelandic, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Danish</p><p>Support for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language epub3 format including Vertical writing mode and R2L page order</p><p>Supports multiple concurrent Adobe user account activations, both Adobe ID and Vendor ID accounts</p><p>Export notes and highlights to email</p><p>Collections Feature for organizing user Library</p></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Apple_Books/8nav1dFN">Apple Books</a></td><td>Apple Books can read text aloud to the user.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Amazon_Kindle/cmCbmvEs">Kindle</a></td><td>Ebooks can be emailed to an auto-generated Amazon email address</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kobo_eReader/W1fuf7Hh">Kobo Reading App</a></td><td>Strictly enforces registration with Kobo<p>Support for magazine subscriptions.</p><p>Extensive social media support via Facebook.</p><p>Reading statistics and achievements.</p></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lexcycle_Stanza/Jf4VHWYv">Stanza</a></td><td>Cover Flow<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><p>Extensive options for library sorting</p><p>Customizable background picture & transparency settings</p><p>Has some stability problems on iOS >= 5.0</p><p>Stanza is not being updated any more</p></td></tr><tr><th>Product</th><th>Special features</th></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="discontinued-software">Discontinued software</h2> <ul><li>The Readmill app, introduced in February 2011, read numerous formats on Android and <a href="/facts/IOS_(operating_system)/mK5cggH5">iOS</a> devices but shut down on July 1, 2014.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li>Also the Blio,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> DL Reader<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> and Stanza app are no longer available.</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_Android_e-reader_software/0m97BRe6">Comparison of Android e-reader software</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_e-book_formats/d89Ew38I">Comparison of e-book formats</a> - includes both device and software formats</li> <li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_e-readers/7lLLGLqM">Comparison of e-readers</a> - includes hardware e-book readers</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Blio". KNFB Reading Technology, Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-25. <a href="http://www.blio.com/" target="_blank">http://www.blio.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Bluefire Reader". Bluefire Productions, LLC. Retrieved 2011-10-20. <a href="http://www.bluefirereader.com/" target="_blank">http://www.bluefirereader.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"iBooks". Apple. Retrieved 2011-10-20. <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ibooks/id364709193?ls=1%2F" target="_blank">https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ibooks/id364709193?ls=1%2F</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Kindle". AMZN Mobile LLC. Retrieved 2011-10-20. <a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/kindle/id302584613?mt=8%2F" target="_blank">https://apps.apple.com/app/kindle/id302584613?mt=8%2F</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Kobo eBooks". Kobo Inc. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-20. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716234726/http://itunes.apple.com/de/app/kobo-ebooks/id429710234?mt=8&ls=1" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110716234726/http://itunes.apple.com/de/app/kobo-ebooks/id429710234?mt=8&ls=1</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Stanza". Lexcycle. Archived from the original on 2011-10-19. Retrieved 2011-10-20. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111019171930/http://www.lexcycle.com/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20111019171930/http://www.lexcycle.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Not on the iPad <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Bond, John-Michael (June 24, 2014). "Readmill is closing its doors on July 1, 2014". The Unofficial Apple Weblog. <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2014/06/24/readmill-is-closing-its-doors-on-july-1-2014-needs-picture/?ncid=rss_truncated" target="_blank">http://www.tuaw.com/2014/06/24/readmill-is-closing-its-doors-on-july-1-2014-needs-picture/?ncid=rss_truncated</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Connecting to the iTunes Store". Apple. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2020-03-02. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110723210246/http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blio/id409370678?mt=8" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110723210246/http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blio/id409370678?mt=8</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Connecting to the iTunes Store". Apple. Archived from the original on November 19, 2011. Retrieved 2020-03-02. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111119201036/http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dl-reader/id447700560?mt=8" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20111119201036/http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dl-reader/id447700560?mt=8</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>