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I remember a couple of goofy ones:
- iScroll - this had scrolling mode controlled by tilt of the screen, it used accelerometer to control speed. Amazon Fire Phone has something like it but it uses cameras and they never got around to fixing the jerky scrolling.
- don’t remember the name of it but you could replace the text background with camera, the idea being you could read while walking around and avoid walking into people or things, as the device would be effectively transparent. They had a video showing how you would otherwise step into an open manhole.
There are still quite a number of reading apps, but the only ones I use regularly are @JSWolf’s ‘favorites’: Kindle (because I am lazy and buy nearly everything from Amazon and Apple Books (for ease of syncing ePub and PDF between Apple devices). I pretty much use iPad mini for everything, though until I got that, I read a lot on iPhone.
Considering the main booksellers in the US (Amazon, Kobo, Apple, B&N, Google), Amazon clearly puts the most effort into app development, though it still lacks a few things like Author grouping. Kobo and Nook apps do not admit any side loading, and the Kobo app has not really improved for years, I cannot imagine anyone with a Kobo eReader using it except in an emergency. After several years, it still does not even support Slideover/Split Screen, Dark Mode.
Kindle, Apple Books, and Play Books are the only ones of these that support Accessibility features like Speak Screen (and I have yet to see any other reading apps that have any appreciable Accessibility support).
Marvin is long dead, and while there are worthy successors like MapleRead, you really have to be committed to managing your library completely, as these apps will come and go. I would rather spend the time reading.
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