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anoukaimee · 11-09-2020, 08:46 PM

Saw this post, maybe someone can give some feedback.

I was a long-time Moon+Reader Pro user (w/ Calibre Companion), pretty happy with most of the features. Sometimes it would create extraneous duplicate files or put things where they weren't supposed to be, but generally good, with good features. I generally have anywhere from 25-60 gb of material from my library on my phone.

I'm on a Pixel 2xl with Android 11, and it has become totally unuseable. It freezes constantly, especially when scanning for new books; the developer said first "try using the file explorer," which was what I was already doing since it was the only way to ever get books recognized and not freeze up my phone--no go. He then advocated not using Calibre Companion, at which point I knew he was out of his depth and it was time to find a new app.

I looked at the free version of ReadEra, and while it has a great, logical UI (way better than Moon+Reader), it is ridiculously simplistic compared to M+R, and just doesn't have some of the features I need (bookmarking, highlighting!). And no trial on the pro; it's $10 to try and I'm not risking a no-refund Google Play situation with that, esp since I'm not able to find what the pro features are.

So read a bit about Librera, and got to say I like it. What's more, what I think is a fully-functional and free Pro version is available on the F-Droid store... I've downloaded it and it might be the answer, still messing around with it.

So wondering: anyone else experiencing massive problems with the latest iterations of Moon+Reader? Or is it just that I have Android 11 and the developer hasn't gotten it up to snuff for what is, at this point, not a full release of the version (I think)?

Also, if anyone has any recs for setups that are more robust/compatible w/ Calibre and/or Calibre Companion and will work on either Android or an iPad, please do clue me in.

Thanks.

11-09-2020, 08:46 PM	#5
anoukaimee Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: USA Device: Kobo Clara, Pixel 6 (Moon Reader/Calibre Companion), Amazon Fire 10	Saw this post, maybe someone can give some feedback. I was a long-time Moon+Reader Pro user (w/ Calibre Companion), pretty happy with most of the features. Sometimes it would create extraneous duplicate files or put things where they weren't supposed to be, but generally good, with good features. I generally have anywhere from 25-60 gb of material from my library on my phone. I'm on a Pixel 2xl with Android 11, and it has become totally unuseable. It freezes constantly, especially when scanning for new books; the developer said first "try using the file explorer," which was what I was already doing since it was the only way to ever get books recognized and not freeze up my phone--no go. He then advocated not using Calibre Companion, at which point I knew he was out of his depth and it was time to find a new app. I looked at the free version of ReadEra, and while it has a great, logical UI (way better than Moon+Reader), it is ridiculously simplistic compared to M+R, and just doesn't have some of the features I need (bookmarking, highlighting!). And no trial on the pro; it's $10 to try and I'm not risking a no-refund Google Play situation with that, esp since I'm not able to find what the pro features are. So read a bit about Librera, and got to say I like it. What's more, what I think is a fully-functional and free Pro version is available on the F-Droid store... I've downloaded it and it might be the answer, still messing around with it. So wondering: anyone else experiencing massive problems with the latest iterations of Moon+Reader? Or is it just that I have Android 11 and the developer hasn't gotten it up to snuff for what is, at this point, not a full release of the version (I think)? Also, if anyone has any recs for setups that are more robust/compatible w/ Calibre and/or Calibre Companion and will work on either Android or an iPad, please do clue me in. Thanks.