New Reading App with Calibre Sync – Looking for Testers - Page 2

ne0rmatrix · 07-23-2025, 10:03 PM

Are you using the OPDS feed on the content server? or are you scraping the mobile/desktop version? I have been working on my own app and I ended up being almost complete for using scraping before I discovered the OPDS feed and started over. I have since completed that part.

How do you do the syncing data? I am looking to implement syncing read data and I am not able to afford anything that has ongoing costs. I am working on a free open source app that I started making because I wanted an app with a set of specific features tailored specifically to my own needs.

BTW your app looks beautiful. 100 percent better than what mine looks like! I am more of an SDK developer than anything else. I like creating apps for myself that meet my own needs. Yours has a ton of features too. Most of them I have zero interest in. Hence why I tend to make my own things. But I can appreciate what you have done.

I can almost guarantee if we were to compare performance your app would beat the pants off of mine. I am relatively new developer and have a lot to learn. I would like to figure out a free way to implement syncing across devices to support myself, and other users using free services. Ideally not a shared database on a cloud hosted provider that I don't have control off. A service like dropbox, google drive, or onedrive are fine. But a shared hosted db that charges money is a little much for me.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
[iPhone] Ebook App + Calibre sync	grimorie	Devices	0	02-05-2025 08:57 PM
How to sync reading position from content server to calbre app?	millpondflora	Server	7	03-03-2022 09:40 AM
Is it possible to sync reading position between Kobo reader and (any app) iOS?	RedTomato	Kobo Reader	7	04-30-2021 06:57 PM
Aura sync reading progress between aura and android app, sideloaded books	Tikker	Kobo Reader	5	05-15-2017 11:12 AM
Reading app with freehand annotations and cloud sync (Dropbox, Google Drive, ...)	sjvs	Reading and Management	1	08-30-2013 03:18 PM

07-23-2025, 10:03 PM	#16
ne0rmatrix Connoisseur Posts: 50 Karma: 16347 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Delta, B.C. Device: kobo Aura HD,Apple Ipad Mini,Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4,LG G4	Are you using the OPDS feed on the content server? or are you scraping the mobile/desktop version? I have been working on my own app and I ended up being almost complete for using scraping before I discovered the OPDS feed and started over. I have since completed that part. How do you do the syncing data? I am looking to implement syncing read data and I am not able to afford anything that has ongoing costs. I am working on a free open source app that I started making because I wanted an app with a set of specific features tailored specifically to my own needs. BTW your app looks beautiful. 100 percent better than what mine looks like! I am more of an SDK developer than anything else. I like creating apps for myself that meet my own needs. Yours has a ton of features too. Most of them I have zero interest in. Hence why I tend to make my own things. But I can appreciate what you have done. I can almost guarantee if we were to compare performance your app would beat the pants off of mine. I am relatively new developer and have a lot to learn. I would like to figure out a free way to implement syncing across devices to support myself, and other users using free services. Ideally not a shared database on a cloud hosted provider that I don't have control off. A service like dropbox, google drive, or onedrive are fine. But a shared hosted db that charges money is a little much for me.