Readest
★ 4.1What it actually doesReadest is an ebook reader with advanced features for analytical reading: semantic search, advanced notes, bookmarks, and dual-language mode, but with issues in book import and cloud synchronization.
Actually does
- ✓E-book reader95% of reviews
- ✓Note taking45% of reviews
- ✓Чтение в режиме split-screen5% of reviews
- ✓Text-to-speech(bonus)18% of reviews
- ✓Cloud sync(bonus)9% of reviews
- ✓Data export(bonus)9% of reviews
- ✓Dark mode(bonus)9% of reviews
- ✓Open source(bonus)5% of reviews
- ✓PDF viewer(bonus)18% of reviews
- ✓Глубокие настройки текста и шрифтов36% of reviews
- ✓Чтение на двух языках одновременно с автопереводом(bonus)5% of reviews
- ✓Progress Tracking(bonus)9% of reviews
- ✓Data import(bonus)27% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Семантический поиск
- ⚠Продвинутые закладки
Common complaints
- ✗Inconvenient book import (one at a time, requires manual folder search)27% of mentions
«Book import offers to do it one at a time and manually search in folders yourself. That's brutal»
- ✗Cloud sync unreliable (doesn't load, doesn't import)9% of mentions
«Cloud doesn't work at all. auto-upload to cloud is on, but it doesn't upload anything»
- ✗Import creates disorder in library (folders with hashes instead of names)9% of mentions
«it creates a mess when importing books. you can't organize and classify the books properly»
- ✗Lags, stutters, freezes (especially on Android)18% of mentions
«on my phone it lags so much it's unrealistic to use. Buttons just freeze»
- ✗Text selection issues (glitches, selects all content)18% of mentions
«when selecting text it sometimes glitches and selects all content from the read chapter»
What people praise
- ★Unique dual-language reading feature with auto-translation
«read books in two languages at the same time with autotranslation. This app does this while no other does it»
- ★Deep text, font, and interface customization options
«lots of text settings, which is an important plus for me. Deep text customization when reading»
- ★Minimalist and beautiful interface, modern design
«Minimalist and beautiful interface. Modern minimalist design»
- ★One of the best ebook readers, thoughtfully designed
«one of the best apps for reading. the best one I could find so far»
- ★Active developers, frequent bug fixes
«the developers fix them almost every week»