Librera: EPUB & PDF Reader
★ 5.0What it actually doesMulti-format reader for e-books, documents and comics with text-to-speech support, highlighting and flexible display settings. Frequently crashes during updates with text narration issues.
Actually does
- ✓E-book reader90% of reviews
- ✓PDF viewer75% of reviews
- ✓PDF editor15% of reviews
- ✓Text-to-speech40% of reviews
- ✓Comics & manga5% of reviews
- ✓Note taking15% of reviews
- ✓Dark mode20% of reviews
- ✓Data import10% of reviews
- ✓File manager15% of reviews
- ✓Offline-first(bonus)10% of reviews
- ✓Free tier20% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Dictionary
- ⚠Widgets
- ⚠Data export
- ⚠Автоматическая прокрутка нот для музыкантов
Common complaints
- ✗Frequent crashes of speech synthesis during updates35% of mentions
«After the January update, problems started with the voice engine... it's terribly inconvenient, please fix it»
- ✗App crashes when loading or syncing large files25% of mentions
«Your app crashes. You install it, open the app, spend 5 seconds searching for documents on your phone, and it just closes by itself»
- ✗Voice engine not recognized or requires app restart20% of mentions
«Can't recognize the engine. Have to restart the app»
- ✗Reading progress lost after updates15% of mentions
«It stopped saving progress, I have the paid version, very disappointed»
- ✗Weak search function in library10% of mentions
«Horrible search, you won't find anything»
What people praise
- ★Support for all major e-book and document formats
«Opens many formats. Convenient navigation. Recommended»
- ★Excellent PDF handling, including Text Reflow
«Currently the best app for reading PDF books»
- ★Convenient and intuitive interface
«The most convenient app. Both the interface and settings are great»
- ★Flexible display settings (font size, background, themes)
«A couple minutes and everything displays exactly as I need it on my tablet screen»
- ★High-quality text-to-speech (when it works)
«Great app for reading, and also for reading books aloud»