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I sometimes use the Kindle app on my phone and I sometimes use Moon+. I do most of my reading on my Kindle and some on my phone. I also want the same features you want and I've found the way to give up the least is to give up automatic syncing and just do it manually, using text search. Both the Kindle and Moon+ do that easily and gracefully.
I generally remember a short phrase from the page I'm on, usually near the top of the page, at the end of a reading session. I'll find that phrase with a text search on the other device. My current phrase is "I got up at 9:00". If I switch to Moon+ when I start reading I'll do a text search for that. It might be in the book more than once but rarely more than 2 or 3 times and it shows enough context to pick the one I want without much thought. I rarely have to try twice. Almost never.
This is true no matter which way I go. Both Moon+ and the Kindle device handle searches easily. Overall the time spent doing this isn't much more than the time spent syncing, although it does take a bit more effort.
I prefer Moon+ to the Kindle app unless it's a book with a lot of characters and the book has X-Ray. In that situation I'll often use the Kindle app.
By the way, if I ever forget the phrase or get it wrong somehow that's not a problem, either. I just let the Kindle app sync and after it does I pick a phrase and go into Moon+.
I've been doing this for several years and I don't think much about it anymore. I just do it. Automatic syncing is a little nicer, but only a little.
Barry
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