Librera Reader
Ranked 5 of 7 ebook reader apps by recommenders
Free, open-source ebook reader for Android, praised for images, phone reading and PDF reflow once set up. The common caveat is a cluttered interface with too many buttons.
Free, open-source ebook reader for Android, praised for images, phone reading and PDF reflow once set up. The common caveat is a cluttered interface with too many buttons.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Strong ebook reader for phones
“A similarly awesome ebook reader on Android is Librera.”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “More Tailscale tricks for your jailbroken Kindle” “For Smartphone (no longtime reading) - Librera Reader”
Comment from 24 Sep 2026 in “F-Droid 2.0” “much better on Android than KOR, specially for images”
Comment from 24 Sep 2026 in “F-Droid 2.0” Scroll mode and text-to-speech
“There's an icon with a little person wearing headphones, which lets you send the text continuously to your phone's tts”
Comment from 16 Jan 2026 in “Pocket TTS: A high quality TTS that gives your CPU a voice” “I use Librera FD and quite enjoy the scroll mode.”
Comment from 7 Sep 2026 in “Tiny $70 Xteink X3 e-reader”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Too many buttons in the UI
“It's better for pdfs because of reflow but the ui is too much with all the buttons.”
Comment from 25 Sep 2026 in “F-Droid 2.0”
Other ebook reader apps people recommend
The four most recommended other ebook reader apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOReader | 193 | 32 | 86% | 11 | 1 yr7 owners | Approved |
| Bookshelf | 15 | 5 | 75% | 6 | 3 mo3 owners | Approved |
| Apple Books | 10 | 29 | 26% | 6 | — | — |
| Kindle app | 9 | 12 | 43% | 6 | — | — |
| Librera ReaderThis page | 8 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It's better for pdfs because of reflow but the ui is too much with all the buttons.”
“once set up it's perfect. You could set it up for her and it would be as friendly as it gets.”
“much better on Android than KOR, specially for images”
“For Smartphone (no longtime reading) - Librera Reader”
“I use Librera FD and quite enjoy the scroll mode.”
“A similarly awesome ebook reader on Android is Librera.”
“great open source eBook reader”
“There's an icon with a little person wearing headphones, which lets you send the text continuously to your phone's tts”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.