12-18-2018, 12:22 PM | #1 |
Addict
Posts: 200
Karma: 9146378
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: New York State, USA
Device: Kindle Touch, DX, PW4, PW5, Scribe; Likebook Mars; Fire HD 8; iPad
|
Moon+Reader vs Librera
What are the differences between these two ereading apps for Android? Which do you like better? I already have the pro version of each, and I will post some of the differences between them in subsequent posts to this thread.
|
12-18-2018, 01:18 PM | #2 |
Addict
Posts: 200
Karma: 9146378
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: New York State, USA
Device: Kindle Touch, DX, PW4, PW5, Scribe; Likebook Mars; Fire HD 8; iPad
|
Fonts
1. Librera and Moon+Reader Pro each come with additional fonts. Librera comes with Comfortaa, PTAstraSans, and PTAstraSerif. Moon+Reader Pro comes with Calluna and Vollkorn. Winner: Moon+Reader, because Calluna and Vollkorn are both nice serf fonts, whereas PTAstraSerif is the only serif that comes with Librera. However, free Librera beats free Moon+Reader, because it includes its additional fonts without additional payment. 2. Both Moon+Reader and Librera support custom fonts, but Moon+Reader supports only TTF fonts, and Librera supports both TTF and OTF fonts. Winner: Librera, because it supports more custom fonts. 3. Moon+Reader and Librera support embedded fonts, though Moon+Reader seems to support it for EPUB but not for MOBI. Winner: Librera 4. In Librera, turning on support for embedded fonts is done by selecting the "Document" value for Styles in Reading Settings, and one side effect of this is that you cannot change the font in a book that does not have embedded fonts. Although you might think that "Document + User Defined" value would use embedded fonts where available, it just uses whatever font is selected rather than the embedded font. In Moon+Reader, turning on support for embedded fonts is done by selecting "Use embedded fonts in book" under Miscellaneous. This does not prevent the font from being changed when there is no embedded font. Winner: Moon+Reader 5. The fonts requester for Moon+Reader is bigger than the one in Librera, making it easier to use. Winner: Moon+Reader 6. The fonts requester in Moon+Reader lists every font variation, whereas the Librera fonts requester just lists each font once. Winner: Librera, because I always choose a regular font anyway. I don't need to view a book entirely in italics or boldface. Moon+Reader: 3 Librera: 3 |
12-18-2018, 01:32 PM | #3 |
Addict
Posts: 200
Karma: 9146378
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: New York State, USA
Device: Kindle Touch, DX, PW4, PW5, Scribe; Likebook Mars; Fire HD 8; iPad
|
Dictionaries
Moon+Reader lets you select up to two dictionaries to use. The first one is used when you press Dict, and the second is used when you long-press Dict. If you have multiple dictionaries installed, Librera may let you use some or all of them, using its icon to identify each one. I have several dictionaries installed, and Librera is using the same two I'm using with Moon+Reader plus two more. However, Librera does not work with all the dictionaries that Moon+Reader can work with. Winner: This depends on whether you prefer to have quick access to more than two dictionaries, or you wish to use specialty dictionaries unsupported by Librera. For example, I can use Linguee, which can be useful for foreign languages, with Moon+Reader but not with Librera. I would say that for general use, Librera wins, and for specialty use, Moon+Reader wins. |
12-20-2018, 11:14 AM | #4 | |
Junior Member
Posts: 8
Karma: 10
Join Date: Jun 2018
Device: Android Phone, Samsung Galaxy Note 5, Moon + Reader Pro
|
Quote:
As for the fonts, Moon + Reader allows you to mix and match different typefaces to create beautiful themes. For example, you can create a very professional looking theme using this: EB Garamond.ttf EB Garamond-Italic.ttf Rename Roboto-Bold.ttf to EB Garamond-Bold.ttf Rename Roboto-BoldItalic.ttf to EB Garamond-BoldItalic.ttf Select EB Garamond.ttf as your font. Now you will have a theme with Serif body text and Sans headings. It is beautiful. |
|
12-20-2018, 12:38 PM | #5 | ||
Addict
Posts: 200
Karma: 9146378
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: New York State, USA
Device: Kindle Touch, DX, PW4, PW5, Scribe; Likebook Mars; Fire HD 8; iPad
|
Quote:
Quote:
|
||
12-20-2018, 05:37 PM | #6 |
eBook Enthusiast
Posts: 85,544
Karma: 93383043
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: UK
Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6
|
What Moon+ is extraordinarily bad at - and one might reasonably think this is a simple requirement - is simply displaying a book formatted as its publisher intended. It wants to override every bloody thing with user preferences. I want to see a book as its publisher intended it to be seen, not have every book look identical according to some set of “overrides”. This seems to be a failing of Android ePub apps in general!
|
12-20-2018, 06:31 PM | #7 | |
Addict
Posts: 200
Karma: 9146378
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: New York State, USA
Device: Kindle Touch, DX, PW4, PW5, Scribe; Likebook Mars; Fire HD 8; iPad
|
Quote:
|
|
12-20-2018, 09:21 PM | #8 | |
Guru
Posts: 608
Karma: 5007204
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Calif
Device: Fire hdx 8.9, Tab S2, Tab S5e, Aura ONE
|
Quote:
The epub created by the publishers is done in such a manner for the publishers' convenience not the reader. The text was most likely sent thru a epub translator to arrive at the epub format. I prefer that what I read is better for my eyesight rather than how the publishers dictate like what is done with the printed book with the fine lined letters that are not readable even for hardbacks. Don't think that the publishers intended that the print books be hardbacks or "publishers"/trade book size; was there intention to not have printed books in paperback size & why the different font size between the hardback & paper back? Then there are large print books ...... |
|
12-21-2018, 02:47 AM | #9 |
eBook Enthusiast
Posts: 85,544
Karma: 93383043
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: UK
Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6
|
It's specified by the book's CSS. Nothing wrong with being able to override it, but for goodness sake give readers the ability not to do so! Moon+ (at least in the version I used, which was a couple of years ago) lacked that ability.
|
12-21-2018, 10:52 AM | #10 |
Wizard
Posts: 3,305
Karma: 10259306
Join Date: May 2016
Device: kobo forma, Kobo Libra, Huawei media Tab, fire HD10, PW3 HDX8.9,
|
Moon+ still has an option to use publisher settings. You need to find it, in with the other 1001 options, and enable it, if you want it
you can enable it as a toggle, so you can select it, see how awful it looks, and quickly un-select it. most publisher options are very much NOT optimized for small screens |
12-21-2018, 11:11 AM | #11 |
eBook Enthusiast
Posts: 85,544
Karma: 93383043
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: UK
Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6
|
|
12-21-2018, 12:04 PM | #12 |
Addict
Posts: 200
Karma: 9146378
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: New York State, USA
Device: Kindle Touch, DX, PW4, PW5, Scribe; Likebook Mars; Fire HD 8; iPad
|
|
12-22-2018, 05:28 AM | #13 | |
Connoisseur
Posts: 56
Karma: 2043
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
Device: Librera PRO - 50% OFF - Black Friday
|
Quote:
|
|
12-22-2018, 10:25 AM | #14 | ||
Junior Member
Posts: 8
Karma: 10
Join Date: Jun 2018
Device: Android Phone, Samsung Galaxy Note 5, Moon + Reader Pro
|
Quote:
Quote:
|
||
12-22-2018, 11:22 AM | #15 |
Addict
Posts: 200
Karma: 9146378
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: New York State, USA
Device: Kindle Touch, DX, PW4, PW5, Scribe; Likebook Mars; Fire HD 8; iPad
|
It's too late for me, but I noticed today that Moon+Reader Pro is currently 50% off.
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Librera Book Reader for Android and e-ink readers | foobnix | Self-Promotions by Authors and Publishers | 108 | 04-06-2023 11:58 AM |
[Android] Librera Reader | foobnix | Related Tools | 0 | 11-20-2018 06:23 AM |
Librera - a demonstration | mdp | Onyx Boox | 39 | 10-05-2018 04:58 PM |
Help with Moon+ Reader | sherbearjt08 | Nook Developer's Corner | 22 | 08-22-2016 10:22 AM |
Moon+ Reader help | Aussie | More E-Book Readers | 0 | 08-12-2015 10:14 PM |