Leave a Review PocketBook Reader
New favorite
I had a pile of old ebook readers on my phone that were outdated and abandoned. I read epub, pdf, and djvu and this one does it all and does it well. Thank you very much to the dev and hope it will be supported for a while still. Have not played with the cloud or store functions yet but will definitely check it out, and it looks like they have some nice hardware as well. I’m hooked.Show lesswicklez
Used to be Great; Quality has Fallen off Lately
This app used to be my go to ePub reader. It has all the features I wanted and none of the cruft. However, for the past year or so, it hangs scanning the library and crashes relatively regularly when opening ePubs that present no issue for other readers. The regressions are downright frustrating and have caused me to look elsewhere for an ePub reader that I can “settle” for. They continue with the most recent version, 4.3.Show lessFreshgroundpepper
The best app ever!
This is the best! Seriously. I’ve seen too many apps of this type and none has pleased me so well as this one. The most I like is the Text to Speech function, the best I’ve found. Bear in mind that it never Freezes, you can lock your phone and it keeps working, it doesn’t matter if it’s reading a 5 thousand pages book, it never crashes, I mean it, it doesn't matter in what format is your book, it load it anyway, this is the best! And it's for free! Completely free! I live in Cuba and I really don't have any money, jeje, If I could, I would donate some money for sure. Some day I will because I owe them so much. Thanks a lot for everything.Show lessAhizen Royal
Developer Response
WOW. Thanks! So grateful that we have such support from you guys! Enjoy.Good App
I’ve been looking for an app that makes reading ebook enjoyable and easy, I tried almost every app out there.
This one has a lot of great things that makes you want to keep using it and forget about any other app.
It’s one of the few that has text-to-speech but you can’t jump forward or backwards and you can’t scroll while it’s reading.
The only thing stopping me from forgetting about the other apps is that it doesn’t have the sort by series option. There’s sort by author which is nice, but I wish I could have the option to maybe have to sort the library by author and then under that sorted by series.
Other than that it’s a great app.Show lessReMpO97
Major functionality issue!!
I’ve been on the hunt for a better reader than my usual go-to and decided to give this app a try. In a lot of ways I really do like it—it has a scroll mode where most have only page mode, which I need due to attention issues—but it’s nearly impossible to read light novels that contain illustrations.
Because of my vision, I need to increase the text size, HOWEVER! When I do so, it cuts off text above illustrations. The only solution I’ve found is to decrease text size and read what was cut off before increasing text size again. But that takes time I’d rather be using reading. Not to mention that the further I am in the novel, the more difficult not losing my place becomes with the resizing. :/Show lesstakerzmuse
It had promise...
Now it doesn’t even open books already on the device - those I read once. I will removit from my iPad.
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I was initially impressed by the application - mainly due to the UI - my initial review is attached. Unfortunately it is getting worse - some books take ages to display if at all. OPDS is not working - and I gave their support access to my calibre server to test but never heard them (but other readers work with it and so does a browser). It slowly gets unusable.
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But I The name is nostalgic reminder of popular reader more than 15 years ago. The UI is innovative and good. The layout of the books is very good. I would recomment adding a sellection of fonts. So far I did play only with epub books but I plan to check some more. The Library support appears to be multilingual but I could not find a language selector. Also I could not access my home OPDS server (that I can access in Kybook).Show lessJulo Satran
Developer Response
Thank you for review. We already have an eInk readers :) And the reading process is synchronized between eInk devices and iOS or Android devices. For example you can start reading the book on the iPhone in the café and continue reading at home on Touch Lux. We plan to add more fonts. Now you can only choose between sans and serif. However, additional fonts should be available in future releases. You need language selector for what? I don't understand your idea... We have OPDS support. Maybe you can explain more? Have a pleasure reading!Syncing is so slow
I export a file from dropbox on my iPhone and told it to open in PocketBook Reader. It worked. HOWEVER, whenever I want to open PocketBook reader or simply switch back to it from another app it begins syncing and the icon keeps rotating and it seems to take forever. Like 20 or 30 seconds or more. This is very frustrating. Other readers I have used almost immediately open to the page I was reading. This is the only negative to the app that I’ve come across and it seems to be only on the newer version. Prior versions open quickly to the page I was reading and it was very simple. No idea what changed.Show lesslow_mileage
Developer Response
You use Dropbox sync or PocketBook Cloud? Sometimes sync is slow down because of network issues or server maintenance...Great book reader!
I jus want to say “thank you!” to all team members who created this app. It seams to me this app has all necessary features for all my needs as a reader and it is so easy to use. I also like minimalistic and stylish design. I enjoy every time when I’m using this app.
Thank you all for such a great product!Show lessAnn111A
Better Reading Experience Than Kindle
I got an iPad because I wanted to read ebooks on some other than a Kindle. I have several ePub reader apps and PocketBook has given me the best experience so far. I did have a little trouble figuring out how to get my books onto the app but after that, it was easy. Do be forewarned that PocketBook seems to have no customer support for users in the United States. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Show lessNCavillones
Text to speech
One I have to say I love this app and the great features, but right now with the current version I have to say that the settings for the speech rate may need some work - when the rate is set to 1.1 you can tell that pattern sped up, but when you dial it to 1.2 the difference in speed is ridiculously greater almost to the point of not being able to make out what is being said. Would definitely love it if you guys can take a look at that in a future version 😀.
Other than that I love this app and have recommending it to everyone I know that likes to read 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼.Show lessOhh,Gee
Developer Response
Hello! Thanks for reporting the issue. We will check, and if there is a bug, we will fix it. Thank you for choosing our products! You can upgrade to version 4.2. Join us. Thank you for choosing our products!
