I am looking for a nice ebook reader app for android but it’s proving to be quite difficult. Every app I stumble open misses at least a few things I want. So here is a list of things I want:

-Material You UI

-Custom themes

-Font selection

-Dictionary or translator integration

-Page view (NO scrolling through the book)

A few things that could be nice but not necessary:

-I use Foliate on desktop so a way to sync with that

-Make white parts of the black and white pictures same color as the backgroud.

I think that’s all. I searched a lot but to no avail. Hopefully this community helps me and others. Thank you guys in advance.

  • Guenther_Amanita@feddit.de
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    11 months ago

    I was at the same spot as you a few months ago and searched for the same.
    Pretty much all of the FOSS readers sucked UX wise.
    There were a few great proprietary ones on the PlayStore, but they were crammed up with ads and trackers.

    Lastly I switched to Librera, which was the best FOSS reader I tried.
    But even that wasn’t great.

    So, I’ll give you a completely different advice than all the other commenters here: buy yourself an e-reader.

    I did the same and couldn’t be more happy!
    I’m a big fan of “do one thing and do it right” (I made my phone pretty dumb and also own a digital camera for example).

    Readers feel superb. They have a very comfortable display (almost like reading on real paper), don’t distract you and the battery lasts for weeks.
    You can also sync them easily via USB.

    Just don’t buy a Kindle. Aim for a more open solution, like a Tolino or Kobo.

    • appel@whiskers.bim.boats
      1·
      11 months ago

      Yep get a second hand Kobo for £30 and install Koreader on it. Or if you fancy, Kindles can be had cheaper, but they will require a jailbreak to use Koreader.

      • MrMagnesium12@feddit.de
        1·
        11 months ago

        You can install KOReader on Android as well. Well it lacks OPs material Design requirement, but it fulfills the other.

    • musaoruc@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      11 months ago

      I would buy one if I could at this point. But our money is really shit right now and I am a student trying to stay alive. Thanks for the recommendation though.

    • myfavouritename@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Gonna jump in to agree that Moon+ Reader seems to be the most commonly used. And for good reason: it’s very customizable and it does a great job presenting text in an easy to consume way.

      OP, I’m sure you’ve already tried it, but consider giving it another go. You can make it do nearly all the things on your list.

  • Yote.zip@pawb.socialEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Have you tried KOReader yet? It’s not Material UI and doesn’t have any sort of “theme”, since it’s very focused on just showing your text, but it lets you extensively pick fonts and styles for your books, has dictionary lookups (tap and hold), page view, and it can sync with itself (available on the desktop and many physical ereaders). My main gripe is that it’s very configurable, and I don’t personally like many of the defaults. After setting it all up it’s quite powerful, and I use it on my physical ereader, Android phone, and desktop PC in roughly the same configuration.