Who has experience reading on multiple devices?

Question

Android

I want to have one user experience in terms of reading on all devices. But I can't find anything that would satisfy my needs. As I imagine it, my folder with books laid out in a hierarchy lies in some kind of cloud. Through Bittorent Sync (or something like Dropbox Sync on Android) I work with this folder on my tablet, smartphone and laptop. When reading on a tablet, I expect that when I open it on a smartphone, the reading position will pull up (preferably in the background, and not while opening the book). Readers should be able to work with the main formats: fb2, epub, pdf, djvu, mobi, maybe something else. Also, no monthly subscription, own cloud and book sales - all this is nonsense. Just an advanced reader. I would buy each client separately, for a sane price, if someone took up this.
The PocketBook Reader went the furthest - of all of the above, it does not offer only cross-platform (I don’t know how with iOS, but I didn’t find this reader for desktops). Well, a little more reading comfort fb2 / epub would be.
How do you get out?

Answer 1

+1 to Apple, i.e. a bunch of iOS + OSX. I don’t understand why they blame iBook, as for me it’s the best reader I’ve tried (and I’ve tried a lot, both on iOS and Android). The only negative is yes, you need to upload the book to each device separately, but if this is done, then you start reading on the iPhone, continue on the tablet, then on the laptop... As for converting, it's not scary at all, all the books are in the format FB2, + for OSX there is a great Fb2iBook thing .

Answer 2

Apple (iOS+OSX) has it all out of the box in the iBook. The only downside is that there is support for only 2 formats - epub and pdf. But somehow, over the years, I learned to convert and already got used to it.

Answer 3

Well, for example Kindle can do it all, cross-platform, there is synchronization. The only thing is that on many platforms the reader allows you to read only purchased books.

Answer 4

I don’t understand why the good old Cool Reader is not suitable? And synchronize the folders with the software designed for this.

Answer 5

AlReader - there is synchronization of the position, but the books must be synchronized with the same Dropsync. about the synchronization of quotes and so on ... apparently forgetting
if you adjust some of the conditions set ... it's difficult if you adjust them a little (they advise NOT meeting the conditions about FB2 iBooks), for example:
Bookmate (ignoring the subscription) ... but you need to download books them and only in FB2/EPUB and download. VERY poorly fulfills a little more or less complex formatting.
Marvin for iOS - works _only_ on iOS, everything that is possible is synchronized in general + there are very good plugins for Caliber but: books must be downloaded to each device separately, only EPUB is supported, all lists of the last read are not synchronized. beautiful, very
Moon+ Reader: Android only, position/quotes/etc sync via Dropbox/Google Drive. The last read list is not synced.
Mantano (now it's Bookari Reader): Android only (iOS version can't cloud), EPUB/PDF only, you still need a subscription to their cloud service to sync) (some editions support Dropbox for importing books, but not all sync functions) . If this service lies - there is no synchronization. And this... happens. Also, with some epubs from strange sources (and I don't mean filibust) there can be problems from incorrect rendering to crashes, usually more or less quickly fixed. In general, the impression is that it is not entirely focused on fiction. Very well done work with the library, with information about books, with quotes. There is support for e-ink displays.
Disadvantages: on really large databases (thousands of books, tens of thousands of notes) ... there will be lags. 1 Gb of RAM is an absolute requirement (even if you put it on a device where they are not available through Play - it will not work). Subscription.
Pocketbook Reader (iOS/Android apps) (+ Cloud is partially supported in the latest Pocketbook e-Ink readers). It's free if you have enough volume of the cloud and you don't buy their hardware.
Bookfusion is a reader for iOS and Android as well as a web client. Subscription. Plugin to download from Caliber.
I have been using Bookari and Bookfusion lately (and like this - together)