Chaka Book Reader vs Pinyin Web & EPUB and topolects
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Chaka Book Reader
Read fluently and comfortably, with simple and clear interface. Supported Document Types: PDF, EPUB, MOBI, CBZ, FB2, XPS, TXT, HTML, OFFICE(DOCX, XLSX, PPTX) and ZIP/GZIP Features: · Horizontal / Vertical Flip · Continuous Scroll · Lock Stray: Keep scroll straight · Margin Crop · Focus Mode: Keep page position on flipping zoomed pages · Smarty Focus: Recognize page border bias in Focus Mode · RtL Text: Support Top-to-Bottom, Right-to-Left(TB-RL) text · Single Column: Support scanned dual-spread PDF page · Color Palette · Font Size selectable · Text Copy · Table of Contents · Bookmarks · Links · Search · Share a book · Remember reading status The project is under active development.
Pinyin Web & EPUB and topolects
This browser app adds Mandarin Pinyin, or Cantonese, Teochew or Wenzhou pronunciation guides, to any Chinese website or EPUB file or to the clipboard, to help people who are learning Chinese to read articles. You can also tap on any word to see an English translation of that word. Changing the website's layout to add Pinyin is not perfect (some websites work better than others), but it still works a lot of the time. For privacy, this app does NOT use any third-party server to fetch or process your text: pinyin is added by your device only. This also means you must be able to fetch the article via your own network connection, or provide the text yourself, before this app can show it. Can integrate with Pleco or Hanping. Has 3lines mode (if you must), Bookmarks, Highlighting and PDF export, Change text size across all pages, Dark mode. Lightweight and some features work on very old devices too.
| Feature | Chaka Book Reader | Pinyin Web & EPUB and topolects |
|---|---|---|
| License | AGPL-3.0-or-later | Apache-2.0 |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-Droid |
| Categories | NotesEbook ReaderBrowser | NotesEbook ReaderBrowser |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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