Freda has been updated on the Microsoft Store – and in addition, is now also available for Android. That means that you can enjoy the same reading experience across your Windows and Android devices, using the app’s features to sync between the two platforms. You can get the latest version of the app from the
Microsoft Store – and the Android version, is on
Google Play (still in beta-testing right now, so please feel free to offer feedback).
Freda is a free (advertising supported) app which gives you easy access to over 50,000 public domain classic books, free of charge, from Feedbooks, Gutenberg and other on-line catalogs. Or read your own (DRM-free) books in the supported formats: EPUB, FB2, HTML and TXT. App features include:
- Customisable controls, fonts and colours
- Highlighting and bookmarks/annotations
- Integration with on-line catalogs – Feedbooks, Smashwords, Gutenberg …
- Connection to your OneDrive and DropBox accounts for downloading book files
- Linkage to your Calibre book library
- Opening books from websites and email attachments, and from files anywhere on your device
- Ability to tag books by subject, and sort/filter your bookshelf by tag, author, title, and series
- Text-to-speech, speedread and auto-scroll
- Automatic synchronisation of your reading position across all the devices you are using
- A save/restore feature that allows you to copy all books and settings from one device to another
- The OpenDyslexic font and a range of dyslexic-friendly settings, for use by readers who are affected by dyslexia
For further details, take a look at the
intro video, the
manual, or the
support forums, and if you have any questions or ideas about the app, I would be glad to hear from you, on this thread, by PM, or by email (jim@turnipsoft.co.uk).