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ReadEra

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Spec score 7.9 #12 of 27 in Ebook Reader Software

What it is

ReadEra is an app for reading books, magazines, articles, and documents without ads or registration. It opens formats including EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, FB2, PDF, DjVu, DOC, DOCX, RTF, ODT, TXT, CBR, and CBZ, along with files inside ZIP or RAR archives. The app detects books and documents and organizes them through reading lists, author and series groups, collections, sorting, and folder tools. Readers can add bookmarks, quotes, notes, translations, dictionary lookups, and text selections. Controls include search, contents, page history, display modes, and settings for fonts, margins, hyphenation, zoom, brightness, and rotation. Multiple books or documents can be read at once, including in split-screen. Kids mode offers a simplified interface, parental control, and child-specific filtering and collections. Premium syncs books, documents, progress, bookmarks, and quotes with Google Drive, and adds background text-to-speech. ReadEra is available on Android, iOS, and macOS. The free plan costs nothing; Premium costs $14.99, paid once.

Spec sheet

Purpose
ReadEra is an app for reading books, magazines, articles, and documents without ads or registration.Read 1 Oct 2026 · readera.org
Privacy
The Android policy says the app does not collect personal information or user files, while anonymous technical and usage statistics can be disabled in settings.Read 1 Oct 2026 · readera.org
Support
ReadEra provides support at [email protected].Read 1 Oct 2026 · readera.org
Headquarters
Varna, BulgariaRead 28 Sep 2026 · readera.org
Annotations
Users can create bookmarks, quotes, notes, translations, dictionary lookups, and copied text selections.Read 1 Oct 2026 · readera.org
iOS privacy
The iOS policy says the app collects no personal information, user files, or anonymous technical statistics and transfers no data to third parties.Read 1 Oct 2026 · readera.org
Kids mode
Kids mode provides a simplified interface, large covers, parental control, and child-specific book filtering and collections.Read 1 Oct 2026 · readera.org
Large libraries
ReadEra says it has been tested with a library of more than 500,000 books and documents.Read 1 Oct 2026 · readera.org
Library organization
The app auto-detects books and documents and provides reading lists, author and series grouping, collections, sorting, and folder work.Read 1 Oct 2026 · readera.org
Multi-document reading
The app supports reading multiple books or documents at once, including split-screen reading.Read 1 Oct 2026 · readera.org
Open-source components
The OpenReadEra Project contains five independent rendering programs distributed under GNU GPL licenses.Read 1 Oct 2026 · readera.org
Premium audio
Premium includes background text-to-speech so books and documents can be listened to with the screen locked.Read 1 Oct 2026 · play.google.com
Premium synchronization
Premium synchronizes books, documents, reading progress, bookmarks, and quotes with Google Drive across devices.Read 1 Oct 2026 · relay.readera.org
Reading controls
Reading settings include text search, contents, page history, day/night/sepia/twilight/console modes, font controls, margins, hyphenation, zoom, brightness, and rotation.Read 1 Oct 2026 · readera.org
Supported formats
It supports EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, FB2, PDF, DjVu, DOC, DOCX, RTF, ODT, TXT, CBR, CBZ, and files inside ZIP or RAR archives.Read 1 Oct 2026 · readera.org

Plans and prices

ReadEra Free Free free reading · no ads · no registration Read 1 Oct 2026 · readera.org
ReadEra Premium $14.99, paid once once Google Drive sync · background TTS · quotes and notes hub · custom fonts · library views · quote colors · page thumbnails Read 1 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Supports many document and ebook formats
  • Organizes books by author, series, and collection
  • Includes notes, bookmarks, and dictionary lookups
  • Kids mode includes parental controls
  • Free reading has no ads or registration

Limits

  • Google Drive synchronization requires Premium
  • Background text-to-speech requires Premium
  • Premium costs 14.99 USD once

Who it suits

ReadEra suits readers who want to manage and annotate a varied collection of books and documents. Its kids mode may suit families looking for child-specific filtering and parental controls.

Verdict

ReadEra covers broad file support, library organization, and reading controls, with sync and background speech reserved for Premium. The free plan is available for reading without ads or registration.

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