EPUB Reader - Reader for epub format Reviews

I’ve never had (or wanted) an e-reader, but when I wanted a book that cost over $20 for paperback yet was only $2.99 digitally, I figured I’d give it a shot. Using EPUBReader, I don’t need a separate device, so I have my book in my phone, ready to read whenever I’m waiting at an appointment or need to kill time before a date or am just lying in bed and don’t feel like getting up to grab the book I forgot in the living room. EPUBReader remembers where I was and easily lets me “read” my book with simple swipes. Will it replace tangible books for me? No. But will I totally use it again, the next time I want to read something that’s dramatically cheaper digitally, using EPUBReader? Absolutely!

Pro: I use this reader exclusively for its text-to-speech. It has a few glitches, but works well enough & lets me listen to my books that haven’t been turned into audiobooks.

Cons: the description says you can organize documents in the file manager, but after spending a lot of time experimenting with every option I could find, I still can’t make subfolders or move docs out of the inbox. Sure, the sorting feature works, but I like the convenience of having folders, and EPUBReader ’s description touts its ability to make them and to search subfolders. I wondered if this was a premium feature, so I bought the pro version, but nothing in the UI changed (it’s really, really nice not dealing with the constant onslaught of ads, though — they’re incredibly intrusive)

Even worse, tech support is completely non-responsive. I have emailed them repeatedly to ask how to make folders & move docs, but they haven’t responded.

I’ll continue using EPUBReader for reading my books aloud, but I’ll be using Marvin for when I read ePubs, because I have a lot more control there over how I organize them and its UI is much better (note: to be fair, it doesn’t support as many doc formats as this one — it’s a specialized ePub reader).

On the Apple App store EPUBReader is listed as ‘free’; during some aspect of use I am asked that to proceed further requires the ‘paid’ version. The required payment is $5.99.
When I attempt to follow through with payment my actions are rejected.
If I attempt purchase through EPUBReader Store, there is no option given for payment. Very confusing.
To add some authority to my assessment, I am a very long time user of Apple products and an experienced user of the technology.
Except for this “problem” I find EPUBReader to be excellent in all regards. I am using EPUBReader on an Apple iPad running the latest iOS update.

I needed this because I u knowingly purchased an ePub book. I find the navigation button in the middle awkward and when EPUBReader is in night mode, there is a blast of white light each time you turn the page, which hurts the eyes. I am grateful to have EPUBReader when I really needed it. I cannot highlight but believe I can bookmark. I will have to double check.

When you try to find meaning of a word with look up. It will go and search for you. Its only one time deal. Then its stuck and can not do anything. You need to reopen EPUBReader all over again. Better not to find a word with this. Totally useless. And if you even buy a pro version, it does not mean, it includes other thing like reading pdf file. you have to buy them one by one, if you want all. Other than this, its gonna give many features that you can play around. I bough with pro version and feel like its not worth that much. Hope it will improve with update versions. 24th Aug 2021

I've seen a lot of the complaints from people who bought the Pro version for $4.99, only to find that a newer update forced them to make additional purchases to read certain format documents. That just sounds pretty unreasonable. Luckily, I never did this and just stuck with the free version. I enjoy this version, and it works great for my purposes, if you don't mind an occasional ad when you initially go to open a book. So yeah, moral of the story: stick with the free version...down with iaps!

The day and night mode is waaaay to unstable. It seems Ike every book that I read I need to reset the night mode settings. And on some of them I can't set it to my desired settings.
Otherwise...it works!

Update... I gave in and got the paid version. It works a lot better. But still not 5 stars. EPUBReader tends to reset at the worse times. And the thing with the day and night mode is now resolved, it works like I need to to. Thanks.

2nd update... How many times does EPUBReader require that you give a review? It constantly pops up to give a review. It's very annoying that is why it's now down to 3 stars.

Ok, the paid version is no longer annoying with the pop up. EPUBReader works very well. I'm happy with it.

Nothing new to report, it's STILL working well.

The last page of every chapter is not shown. It cuts off midsentence. Turning to the next chapter then reduces the page count by one.

I found a workaround, where you can change font sizes on the next to the last page, and get the missing page back. But it's annoying to have to constantly change font size at the end of every chapter.

I bought a book set and didn't know that it wasn't paperback which left me scrambling to find a way to read the books. Once I figured out how to read the books I grabbed this ePub app and it's worked flawlessly, has all the settings I need and then some. I don't normally give a five star rating to any app, but this one deserves it and more!

June 1, 2020, after my beloved NeoSoarBook disappeared, I'm looking for a good alternative epub reader. The pages of books downloaded in this app turn nicely, and the small print was corrected with settings.
Also, depending on the book itself, some books show all their chapter headings.

I spend hours downloading files and building my library, then soon as I click Documents in file manager- EPUBReader crashes soon as you click on it and the iPad goes back to the Home Screen icon and nothing! This is the pro version as well! Thought it would be the answer to downloading documents off the internet because the browser works well, not not much good when you go to read them and it shuts down first click!

I needed an app to read .epub files on my phone and managed to find this one. I was able to export my books from a storage app to this one and read them like I would on kindle. There are a few app advertisements that pop up from time to time but they aren't extremely common or long.

The free version ads are highly excessive. Almost every single page turn has an ad when you decline the upgrade. I understand the need to sell, but it’s a little ridiculous. All that said, the functionality of EPUBReader is great.

This ap is missing a ton of features that other aps have. I had to get this ap to use one of my etext books. This ap does not give you the option to highlight or take notes. You can't zoom out and see multiple pages at once. I usually like to see how many pages are in a chapter so I can split up the reading and in order to do that I have to flip through each page and count. This just isn't super user friendly especially for college textbooks.

EPub allows me to set up my Reader so I can read my books easily. I had medical issues and now get a migraine trying to read a normal book. The white background is blinding and even white text can gradually become blinding as well.

One flaw worth noting getting in an out of menus. I'm not tech-savvy, but I find more trouble than I should navigating files than I do navigating Safari.

...then again Safari is directly an Apple product, so its understandable.

Nonetheless, thats my only "real" concern.

Positives: What separates this from other text File Readers is its fantastic overall compatibility (get the upgrade; you're welcome) and EPUBReader has provided efficient reading, like waiting in line or for your grub or filling the silence from disclosing to your girlfriend that things aren't working out

I’m on the go often, as well as do a lot of reading before bed. With EPUBReader, I am able to read anywhere. I love the feature to change it to night time reading. Everything works great for me on the iPhone 7plus.

You can have the manuals easily available on your phone for ease of access. Don’t have to carry 30 books with you just download and go.

It’s hard to change to different books. Still haven’t figured out how to, when pressing in the middle of the page it gives you options but not of those includes switching to another book I may want to read.

EPUBReader has all the customizations and fine adjustments I was looking for in a ebook reader. Font size, line spacing, margins etc... I was trying other apps but they don't have all the adjustments I need for my reading experience.

This is the perfect app for people who are looking for college leveled books. It is very useful and a life saver in my chase. I did not have to pay to get a book that would otherwise be 15-20 dollars at my school so I’m thankful for it.