A few days ago we highlighted the best apps to watch series and movies, but surely many will also want to take advantage of the holidays to enjoy the reading, and with our tablets we have the advantage that we can do it with a wide variety of formats. We review the best apps to read books and comics that we can use in our Android tablets and iPad.
The best apps to read books: Kindle vs iBooks and Google Play Books
When we think of apps to read, the idea of Kindle And it is true that if we have one of their e-readers and a collection of books that is already important to them, it may be the most interesting option thanks to the synchronization between different devices, and it does not lack any of the options that we may want, with many customization options (font size, background color, etc.), dictionaries ... And, of course, we will be able to access the Amazon catalog, which leaves us endless options, with a lot of classics that we can download for free.
It should be borne in mind, however, that the Amazon application has a significant drawback and that is that to fully enjoy it we have to convert the books to MOBI format, since even with PDF the experience is not optimal. We can do this easily with Caliber, a program that allows us to convert various types of formats in a simple way, but the most frequent format for electronic books is that of EPUB and so much with Google Books As with iBooks We will be able to use them more easily and without having to miss any of those additional functions.
Other apps to read books to consider
Of course, there are many other options to consider. For a few months we can read Epub directly from Drive even. It may be worth it, however, to take a look at some of the main alternatives that we have available for both iOS and Android and test to see if any of them give us a better user experience, because in some cases they have some functions additional that may require payment but are free downloads.
If we have an Android tablet, the first recommendation is Moon + Reader It is one of the most popular and best valued by users and it is not surprising because it is probably the most complete and feature-rich of all, allowing us to do practically anything we can think of and with a special display mode to protect our eyesight. . With very similar virtues, but for iOS, it is mandatory to give at least one chance to hyphen. Available on both Google Play and the App Store Periodically is another classic of reading apps that is worth trying and, finally, especially if you are going to read PDF, we advise you to try bookari, one of the best support for this format.
Apps to improve the reading experience
Although many devices already have a reading mode that, in different ways depending on the manufacturer, try to reproduce in the best possible way the visual experience of conventional books, on some Android tablets you may miss them. The apps that we have recommended above have several settings, including a Night Mode most of them (including Google Play Books and iBooks), but you can always try one of the apps specifically dedicated to it, among which we would highlight Reading Mode.
Apps also to read comics and graphic novels
Our tablets are also great reading devices comics, to the point that even if you are not regular readers of this format, we encourage you to give them a chance, since there is much more to know than the adventures of the most famous superheroes. We do not have to complicate our lives a lot, because we will also be able to use the apps of Amazon, Google o Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),, but again there are a few specific apps that are worth considering.
The first reference is Comixology, which is a bit the equivalent of Amazon for comics, since it is the app of one of the most important online distributors and, therefore, the one that will give us access to a wider catalog. If we are willing to invest something in it and we want to have the best possible reading experience, the star option is comicrac And if we prefer to start with something simpler, that does not require paying, to read comics that we already have on our computer, the free option that makes it easier for us to transfer the files to the iPad is probably iComix. Among the free apps for Android, one of the most complete is Astonishing Comic Reader.
