Despite the fact that epub and mobi formats are becoming increasingly popular on mobile devices, it is still too early to bury fb2 (FictionBook). Today we will look under our microscope at the best fb2 readers that provide maximum comfort for the eyes and without unnecessary frills. These applications should not only open e-books, but also great to tune in to.
The list of mobile fb2 readers for Android includes the following free applications:
All applications are available for download on Google Play, links to them are available next to the description of each fb2 reader. So, let's start testing.
FBReader - a cute fb2 reader for Android
How to open a file? FBReader is the first thing that comes to mindPerhaps not a single review is complete without mentioning. If you don’t know how to open a fb2 file, then this is the application that first comes to mind, regardless of the platform. The fact is that FBReader is available everywhere:
- for desktop OS (Windows / Mac OS / Linux)
- mobile phones and tablets (Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry 10)
Only iOS is missing from this list - but, of course, there are quite a few “native” reader applications for reading in this mobile OS.
In addition to fb2, the FBreader application for Android successfully opens the following document formats: ePub, azw3, Word documents, HTML, simple text documents, PDF and (via the module). True, the last of these are available after installing the plugins, which are available for free download on the application website.
Let's see why the FBReader project was developed, what are the main features of the reader and why it should be used to read books on Android? Let's list the three main features of the reader (highlighted in bold).
Synchronizing books on your phone using a network library. FBReader provides cloud service for storing books. You can (follow the link - list electronic libraries), easily upload documents and books in fb2 format (they can be compressed into a zip archive) to the cloud, and then access and read them on any device. The position (where you are in the document) will be saved. By the way, synchronization can be configured in a couple of clicks; by default it is disabled.
How to open fb2 using FBReader?
In addition to your own library, you can connect additional online catalogs and bookstores. As for me, I don’t use the network functions of the FBReader reader at all, I just download books from popular online libraries to my Android in fb2 format. This is a standard way to download books, which works like a charm.
Setting up the display of fb2 books. In addition to the fact that FBReader has a pleasant user interface, it is nice to be able to fine-tune the display of text in the book. In this regard, it should be noted color schemes, night and day reading mode, screen brightness, changing the background background, text color, font size and typeface. You can download your favorite fonts to Android in TrueType or OpenType format and specify them in the reader settings.
Finally, the third feature of this fb2 reading program for Android will appeal to those who read books on foreign languages- namely, easy connection of dictionaries for translating words in the text of books. Take the same Kindle: you can connect there English-Russian dictionary and quickly find out the translation of a word when it is highlighted. This feature is often not available on Android readers, but FBReader is a pleasant exception. You add ColorDict, Fora Dictionary, FreeDictionary.org dictionaries to your phone, tell FBReader where to get the words from - and you can read FictionBook books and .
AlReader - old fb2 reader with good functionality
AlReader is a fairly old reader for fb2, which appeared at the dawn of the heyday of mobile phones. When opening the application, there is even a feeling of nostalgia: AlReader is too reminiscent of its earlier versions. That is, the interface has not changed much since then. This can be approached in two ways: on the one hand, if you have already opened books in FB Reader and similar readers, then you most likely will not like the interface of the AlReader application. On the other hand, we advise you to still evaluate other aspects of this mobile application.
The AlReader application boasts support not only for the Fb2 format, but also for reading books in epub, mobi, doc, including from archives. You can use a local or online library to navigate your document. Actually, inside the book you can also navigate through sections (one of fb2’s features, by the way), create bookmarks and notes as you read. The app recognizes many gestures, which makes sense. primarily for adjusting brightness and navigation.
The appearance and style of displaying the book on the phone screen is conveniently customizable: indents, background and font color, typeface size, flipping effects - in general, everything that can be found in any developed program for reading e-books on Android.
In short, we would advise you to pay attention to the AlReader mobile reader already because it is a proven reader among users not only of Android, but also of other mobile platforms. And the unsightly shell is partly compensated by skins and excellent functionality.
Moon+ Reader - fb2 “lunar” reader for night owls
Reading fb2 using Moon Reader"Lunar Reader" is not much inferior to the same FBReader; it can be used with the same success for reading books in FB2 format, not only. The list of supported book formats includes popular mobile formats epub, txt, html, pdf, mobi, fb2 and others. Books can be packaged in rar and zip archives and opened without problems on Android via Moon+ Reader.
Similar to the FBReader reader, Moon Reader has the ability to connect online libraries with books. You can also download e-books in the above formats to an SD card or internal memory, and then open them in the application.
Reading convenience is excellent: adjusting font sizes, colors, backgrounds, indents, shadows, transparency and other beauties that in one way or another affect the perception of color. Returning to the name of the application - Moon Reader - yes, reading at night in this reader is quite convenient, there are a dozen design themes, as well as night and day reading modes.
When reading, it is worth noting the following features: auto-scrolling, smooth scrolling of text, adjusting screen brightness when sliding, optimization for long reading, flipping effects, adjusting text alignment, hyphenation, display modes for both tablets and small screens of Android devices.
If we talk about unique features fb2 programs, then this is an unusually wide support for gestures. You can customize literally any command by assigning a specific gesture for its execution. And if Kindle or another e-ink reader beats the screen in terms of reading pleasure, then in terms of gestures Android is ahead of the rest. You can configure actions for taps, volume control buttons, search, camera button and others. You have 24 operations at your disposal that you can assign these gestures to.
Good news for lovers of foreign literature and for attentive readers who like to scribble in the margins: Moon Reader is very convenient for highlighting fragments of text, you can connect dictionaries to translate text, popular translator dictionaries ColorDict, Fora, ABBYY Lingvo and others are supported. In this aspect, Moon Reader surpasses even the authoritative reader FBReader.
Prestigio Reader - a good phone reader for book formats
Prestigio Reader can open many book formats, but primarily focuses on mobile ones: these are FB2, ePub, DjVU, etc. If you prefer to listen to audiobooks, then the reader will satisfy these needs without any problems.
Prestigio Reader is a truly “prestigious” program for reading fb2 books
Prestigio Reader is, frankly, a very pleasant discovery for us. At the first steps, when working with the reader, everything is intuitive. First, the guide illustrates where and what elements should be used in the application.
Fb2 books are added to the library automatically through intelligent search. Which is incredibly convenient, because... you don’t need to search for files on your phone yourself, although Prestigio Reader has a file manager for these purposes. In addition, more than 5 thousand books are available for download in the online library.
The interface of the Prestigio Reader application is very pleasant and fresh. By default, everything should be fine, but in any case, you can customize the design of the fb2 book to suit you. IN quick settings– font sizes, indents, typeface. By going to the advanced settings, you will see settings for styles, colors, panels, animations - even more than what the user needs when reading files in fb2 format.
PocketBook - FB2 and PDF reader for Android
The PocketBook program is designed for reading fb2 books on a mobile device on the Android platform. It’s hardly worth listing the book formats this reader works with - it covers all popular extensions, essentially duplicating both Moon Reader and FBReader.
Hand on heart, we have to admit that among fb2 readers for Android there are not so many pleasant programs in which a) the interface looks modern b) it’s pleasant to read books. Unfortunately, on Google Play there are pdf and fb2 readers with a frankly poor shell. You open them and think: well, all hope is that the pages in the book will look normal, at least the program won’t let you down in this regard. But no, and the fonts match the interface.
As for the PocketBook application for Android, the opposite is true: it is one of the most successful applications for reading books in the FictionBook format. The developers achieved this through convenient navigation through the library and the implementation of a radial menu.
At first, such a device for the main menu in PocketBook requires some getting used to, which is understandable: it’s rare to see such know-how in any mobile fb2 reader. But then it becomes clear that through this menu you can carry out almost all the necessary actions: change font sizes, adjust brightness, go to the menu, etc. In the main menu of the application, a standard set of parameters is available for customizing the display of text in the book: indents, colors, themes.
In a word, the developers of the PocketBook application tried their best and released a high-quality product for reading on Android. Interestingly, the same team is developing e-books using e-ink ink and related accessories.
EBookDroid - FB2 and PDF reader
The EBookDroid reader focuses on two book formats - PDF and Deja Vu, but fb2 books can also be read with the same convenience on a phone or tablet. However, what about this very convenience?
After a quick test of the EBookDroid, the feeling is twofold. On the one hand, all the basic reading functions are in place. You can open books, navigate through pages and sections, leave bookmarks and comment different ways, customize the display of fonts and even add your own typefaces.
However, as for the shell itself, it is not very pleasing to the eye. Although the EBookDroid application is updated quite regularly, these innovations affect the visual shell to a small extent. The FictionBook reading application looks as if the year is not 2016, but 2006.
We hope that soon we will be able to download the fb2 program in material design version. And this is not a matter of taste, but a simple requirement from most Android OS users.
Cool Reader - old-fashioned reader for Android
The free old-school fb2 reader for Android called Cool Reader supports almost all popular e-book formats (PDF, MOBI, RTF, FictionBook itself, etc.), although, for example, DOC and AZW3 are not on the list.
Old school - because the interface, as in the previous case, is a little outdated. This creates certain inconveniences: firstly, the bookshelf is not as effective as in the case of PocketBook (it could simply be replaced with a simple list); secondly, you immediately have to rearrange everything “to suit you”: background, color, font size and alignment.
If you close your eyes to the user shell, then, as the developer notes on the program description page, Cool Reader at the same time has similarities with FBReader, Aldiko, AlReader, Moon reader and other representatives of fb2-readers for Android. Therefore, the list of functions is similar to all of the above.
Summary. We have mentioned, in our opinion, the best fb2 readers for Android. As you can see, there is always something to open both fb2 and pdf, epub, mobi. The following reviews will look at these mobile formats for storing books on your phone. Good luck!
Programs in the list: 5 | Updated: 05-11-2014 |
FictionBook format (FB2) is an open format entirely based on XML. The purpose of Fb2 is structuring (formatting) the text of books fiction. Actually, the name itself speaks for itself (FictionBook - “Fiction Book”). Structuring should be understood as dividing the entire text of a book into chapters, paragraphs and all other elements inherent in books. This is necessary primarily for convenient presentation of text in various reading programs. Initially, Fb2 was conceived specifically as an e-book format convenient for reading fiction publications, but practice has shown that it is quite suitable for other types. Currently there are very a large number of books presented in fb2 format.
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Cool Reader 3.1
Reader for electronic books in formats such as FB2, EPUB. Also opens text files.TXT, RTF, html documents, CHM. Created specifically for reading fiction. There are bookmark functions, a separate window with the contents of the book, smooth scrolling, text scaling, copying, and full-screen mode.
FBReader 0.12
FBReader is exclusively a program for reading e-books on a computer and various mobile devices. Opens books in ePub, fb2, mobi, html, txt, and others. It is also possible to read directly from a ZIP, tar, gzip, bzip2 archive. There is a function for creating your own library, sorting by genres, authors, etc. Supports network libraries. FBReader is very easy to use and is absolutely undemanding to system resources.
STDU Viewer 1.6
An excellent free viewer for text and image formats. main feature- this is a viewer of files in PDF, DJVU, FB2 formats, which makes it universal and convenient program both for reading e-books and other documents. There are all the functions necessary for this: scaling, book contents on the left, bookmarks and search in the text layer, page rotation. Also opens PSD BMP JPEG TIFF GIF PNG text TXT files. Export to text file. Selecting a section of text and copying it to the clipboard. Has a very compact size. One of the best free programs.
Ice Book Reader Professional 9.1
Very good program for reading books and any texts. Supports “skins”, so-called book backgrounds for text. Ice Book Reader will help you sort your book collection and provide quick and easy access to any book in your library. Works with formats such as FB2 and Word. Also CMH, TXT, HTML, XML, RTF, PALM books (.PDB and .PRC), PSION/EPOC (.TCR). The program includes built-in archivers, which allows you to read books from ZIP, RAR, ARJ, LZH and HA archives without unpacking them.
Free e-readers for your computer: ePub
If you just need to read and nothing extra, use the program EDS ePub Reader. Minimum functions, user-friendly interface. Everything is easy and simple. In addition to reading, the program can convert ePub books in PDF, HTML and TXT.
FB2 reader for computer
It would be strange to start this topic not with the program FBReader. But, for the sake of fairness, it opens not only the FB2 format, but also ePub.
This program also has access to online libraries and allows you to download books, this is done very easily.
It is possible to search by page and search by words/phrases.
Computer readers two in one bottle
There are programs that open both ePub and FB2. I have already named one of them - FBReader . Two more good options:
This program differs in the way it displays books. She tries to make them two pages, like regular printed ones, and the pages turn over just like in printed ones. It looks very interesting.
A couple of handy features in this program. For example, the ability to use a word or phrase in one click. I already wrote about that.
It is also very convenient to make bookmarks.
We've sorted out the readers for rubber formats. Now let's talk about PDF documents.
Readers for computer: PDF
By the way, it’s about documents. Often in this format you come across not just books, but, for example, diagrams or maps, and perhaps documents in which you need to make notes or even links within the document. Personally, I read in this format very often, for example, to remember the location of lines in a book. This will not work in FB2 or ePub format. I use PDF Xchange Viewer.
PDF Xchange Viewer. This program has the widest functionality in terms of notes and working with PDF documents. I actively use links to other files directly from the PDF book. Also, I make notes in the margins, notes on words, highlight different colors in the text, I outline it with frames, etc. Over the years, a pattern of secretions has already been developed, which is very convenient and understandable to me. In isolated cases, I noticed that peculiar documents sometimes open in the wrong encoding. Adobe Acrobat Reader never has this problem.
Paper books gradually became electronic view, and now all book lovers instead of extensive bookshelves acquire a variety of files. And sooner or later the question will arise about how to open a Fb2 file, because these types of books are the most common and convenient for use.
Fb2 is the most popular format for e-books. Its main advantage is that it will look the same on all types of devices from any operating system and screen resolution.
From this it becomes clear that there are programs for opening Fb2 files for all platforms and devices. Moreover, there are a huge number of such programs, and I will talk about some of them in this article.
FBReader
One of the most popular tools for opening a Fb2 file. It earned its fame due to its simplicity and ease, as well as cross-platform functionality. The program works quickly, and there are versions for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, Blackberry and many other OSes that run desktop and mobile devices. On the developer's website you can download the version for the desired operating system.
FBReader supports the following functions:
- creation of offline and online libraries;
- sorting books
- working with bookmarks;
- working with a table of contents;
- search function;
- and others.
ICE Book Reader
You can open the Fb2 file using the universal ICE Book Reader, which also supports great amount other text files. This program was created exclusively for Windows, unlike those described above, but it has maximum functionality.
Some of the features of ICE Book Reader include the following:
- opens text files of different formats.
- you can open the Fb2 file and enable autoscrolling.
- working with bookmarks;
- working with a table of contents;
- search;
- There are many options to customize the program for yourself.
So, in this article I have listed the most popular programs that allow you to open the Fb2 file. They became so famous due to their comfort. It is unlikely that programs will appear that are more convenient than those I have described. So use it.
Today, e-books have become very popular. You don’t have to pay for them and you can download millions of different works by any authors. Therefore, users need an fb2 reader for their computer. Now we will look at some of the best and convenient options for 2017-2018.
Readers for computer
Check out our selection and choose the one for yourself The best decision for reading books on PC.
If you need a portable fb2 reader for your computer or any other formats, for example, epub, html, txt, then FBReader is what you need. It has several advantages:
- Supports many formats.
- It has a simple interface that will be understandable even for dummies.
Of course, there were some drawbacks:
- There is no two-page e-book reading mode.
In all other respects, it is very convenient and will appeal to all those who like to read works on a PC.
This is another fb2 epub reader for your computer. It is absolutely free, but unlike the previous version it supports about 70 interface languages. Among its capabilities, the following should be noted:
- It can even open archived texts.
- Its interface has an excellent fast search engine.
- It can convert beeches from one extension to others.
By the way, another plus is that if the user closes the application and then starts it again, he can continue reading on the page where he left off.
The last reader in our selection for the fb2 format for the computer is Fiction Book Reader. It is very convenient and can open beeches in several formats, but it does not support beeches in PDF format, but allows you to sort books. The application allows you to switch to full screen mode for easier reading. The only downside is that only users can install it Windows systems 8, 8.1 and 10.
We believe that these three programs deserve your attention. Each of them copes with the task perfectly. For users who have Windows 10 installed, an excellent solution for reading text is Fiction Book Reader, and for those who have Windows 7 and lower, the first two options.