Alternative to Stanza?

ilovejedd · 08-10-2011, 01:25 PM

By the looks of things, Stanza development has stopped so that pretty much eliminates the only reason I still stick to iOS.

Now, I'm tasked with finding an alternative to Stanza on the Android platform. Here are some of the features I'm looking for:

ePub support
able to access to OPDS catalogs (e.g. Calibre, etc)
brightness, margin, font face & size adjustment
able to choose themes (e.g. night mode, etc)
able to display metadata (description/summary) contained in ePub/OPF
category/collection view based on ePub/OPF <subject> tags

Any suggestions? Thanks!

DaleDe · 08-10-2011, 01:42 PM

Aldiko is pretty good and actively supported. I am not sure it meets all your requirements but worth a check.

ilovejedd · 08-10-2011, 01:59 PM

Thanks. Aldiko and Moon Reader are on my apps to try. Not sure what others might be available.

SCION · 08-10-2011, 02:06 PM

Give Mantano Reader a try. There's a 7 day trial app.

bossfan2000 · 08-10-2011, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SCION

Give Mantano Reader a try. There's a 7 day trial app.

I second this recommendation. I used the trial app for 5 days, liked it a lot, and ended up buying the full version of Mantano.

Carl314 · 08-11-2011, 08:32 PM

But Mantano does not support OPDS (unless I'm missing something). Other than that, it looks great, with annotations/highlighting, etc.

p1s70s · 08-12-2011, 03:49 PM

Another vote for Mantano Reader.

murraypaul · 08-15-2011, 09:59 AM

Is there any way with Mantano to reduce the brightness below what the system slider supports? (As you can with Moon+). Even at minimum system brightness, it is still far too bright to comfortably read at night. (And it isn't just a matter of changing the colours it uses, the black in Mantano is brighter than the black in Moon+)

Jabby · 08-15-2011, 10:27 AM

Make sure you check out CoolReader and FBReader. Both have options up the kazoo.

Regards - John

ilovejedd · 08-16-2011, 10:06 AM

Thank you for all the suggestions. Just tried a bunch of readers (Aldiko, Cool, FB, Mantano, Moon+) last night. Mantano is by far the best among the bunch. In fact, I'm liking it much more than Stanza.

It doesn't support OPDS but I could always download content using a web browser. The only reason I needed OPDS support was because that's the only way I could get metadata description/summary with my ebooks in Stanza - not an issue with any of the Android readers I tried since they can all read and display the description from the ePub/OPF just fine. Mantano feels much more polished overall. Rendering is also the closest I've found to ADE and Stanza (the others had some layout issues). Liked it so much I bought after 30 minutes of playing with the trial version. I have to say, it's well worth the $5 I paid for it.

08-10-2011, 01:25 PM	#1
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,110 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	Alternative to Stanza? By the looks of things, Stanza development has stopped so that pretty much eliminates the only reason I still stick to iOS. Now, I'm tasked with finding an alternative to Stanza on the Android platform. Here are some of the features I'm looking for: ePub support able to access to OPDS catalogs (e.g. Calibre, etc) brightness, margin, font face & size adjustment able to choose themes (e.g. night mode, etc) able to display metadata (description/summary) contained in ePub/OPF category/collection view based on ePub/OPF <subject> tags Any suggestions? Thanks!

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DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	Aldiko is pretty good and actively supported. I am not sure it meets all your requirements but worth a check.

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ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,110 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	Thanks. Aldiko and Moon Reader are on my apps to try. Not sure what others might be available.

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SCION Séduisant Posts: 4,706 Karma: 2107018 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Texas, USA Device: Boox Note Air2+; Kobo Libra2; Kindle Scribe, Oasis3; iPad Mini6	Give Mantano Reader a try. There's a 7 day trial app.

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Carl314 Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 3, Motorola Droid with Aldiko	But Mantano does not support OPDS (unless I'm missing something). Other than that, it looks great, with annotations/highlighting, etc.

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p1s70s Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: Android	Another vote for Mantano Reader.

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murraypaul Interested Bystander Posts: 3,726 Karma: 19728152 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Note 4, Kobo One	Is there any way with Mantano to reduce the brightness below what the system slider supports? (As you can with Moon+). Even at minimum system brightness, it is still far too bright to comfortably read at night. (And it isn't just a matter of changing the colours it uses, the black in Mantano is brighter than the black in Moon+)

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Jabby Jr. - Junior Member Posts: 586 Karma: 2000358 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Alabama Device: Archos, Asus, HP, Lenovo, Nexus and Samsung tablets in 7,8 and 10"	Make sure you check out CoolReader and FBReader. Both have options up the kazoo. Regards - John

08-16-2011, 10:06 AM	#10
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,110 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	Thank you for all the suggestions. Just tried a bunch of readers (Aldiko, Cool, FB, Mantano, Moon+) last night. Mantano is by far the best among the bunch. In fact, I'm liking it much more than Stanza. It doesn't support OPDS but I could always download content using a web browser. The only reason I needed OPDS support was because that's the only way I could get metadata description/summary with my ebooks in Stanza - not an issue with any of the Android readers I tried since they can all read and display the description from the ePub/OPF just fine. Mantano feels much more polished overall. Rendering is also the closest I've found to ADE and Stanza (the others had some layout issues). Liked it so much I bought after 30 minutes of playing with the trial version. I have to say, it's well worth the $5 I paid for it.

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