Cool Reader GL

- July 15, 2015

Everyone

Books & Reference

Offers in-app purchases

( 5,807)

Description

E-book reader. Read electronic books in a lot of formats.
Uses Cool Reader engine, but with rewritten user interface part, utilizing OpenGL for hardware acceleration.
Optimized for new devices with high screen resolution and tablets.
Some features of old Cool Reader (e.g. text-to-speech and dictionary support) are not yet implemented.
Better OPDS support.
Better file browser.
TTS (Read Aloud)
Bookmarks.
Dictionaries.
Can be installed together with old Cool Reader - uses separate place to store settings, book positions, and bookmarks.

To add bookmark, long tap on some word, then choose "Add bookmark" from popup menu.

Windows version can be downloaded here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/crengine/files/CoolReader3/cr3-newui-opengl/cr3-win32-qt-opengl-3.3.48.zip/download

Older APK versions available here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/crengine/files/CoolReader3/cr3-newui-opengl/?upload_just_completed=true

How to help to fix crashes:
If application crashes on your device, you can collect system logs after crash with app like CatLog and send it on my email coolreader.org@gmail.com

Reviews

4.1

5,807 total

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4 1,065

3 613

2 318

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Janet Wachira

Unbelievably Awesome! 🙌 Most people aren't big on reading ebooks mostly I think because the UIs out there don't do much to encourage the transition from paper to screen. This app though will have you wondering why you ever preferred a musty old yellowy page in the first place. The UI is gorgeous, everything is seamless. It really is brilliant Vadim thank you so much

Maksym Polishchuk

Great App Great app, though i was shocked when i discovered that you have access only to few basic setting and you cannot change the folder for your library, as well as browse the files from app. The Internal Memory and SD Card shortcuts open the same folder - phone memory. For HTC phones SD Card shortcut should be linked to /storage/ext_sd folder, not /storage/emulated/legacy/ as it path for internal memory. After wasting 30 min, was feeling like in cage! Everything else seems to be fine, thanks for the great app!

Denys mushi

Great app, awesome reading experience. Used previous version of cool reader and this one is so much better. But I have one issue with it - from time to time app keeps forgetting reading progress and reverts it to some time in the past, I tried to reset all settings, but to no avail. I have this problem on both meizu m2 mini and OnePlus 5. I hope you will resolve the issue, if you need any more information feel free to contact me.

Billiard Gods

I use this on my computers and smart devices - but I do have a suggestion that can help every user. Instead of using the spread and pinch swipes to change font size - can this be set up for a Manual Font Size setting. This is important, especially for us old geezers. Our swipes are not as good as they used to be. ;-) The ability to identify both internal storage and add-on SDs would also be great!! Anyways - you're doing good things for a lot of people!! Much appreciation for your ambition.

Kody Montes

Still great, but... I like how you reintroduced the brightness slider on the right side of the screen. Most of the options are still there, which is great, along with links for places to download more reading material. One thing I'm not a fan of is the transition from long-press zones to the two-finger touch zones. They're relatively small and it's difficult for me to get both fingers into the same zone and not accidentally changing the font size, which takes a long time to load.

chibikuro echizen

Cool UI, but... The UI is really cool, yes, but the features are still lacking. Nothing to mark if a book have been read or not, which a bit inconvenient for someone with a large book collection like me. Also no rating system here, which one of the features I love from Cool Reader. Still prefer the old Cool Reader than this.

User reviews

Janet Wachira September 17, 2015

Maksym Polishchuk January 12, 2016

Denys mushi August 15, 2017

Billiard Gods August 5, 2017

Kody Montes November 18, 2015

chibikuro echizen October 15, 2015

Roman Vasin June 9, 2016

The reader does not save reliably current reading page. For example, I have read chapters 1 and 2 in a book. I close the app using exit button. Then I reopen it. It restores the cursor position to the end of Chapter 2. It's OK. Then I read chapters 3 and 4. After that I close the reader and start it again. It reopens the last book. But the cursor is located at the end of chapter 2. While it must be at the end of chapter 4. So there is the problem with restoring the reading position/cursor.

Kseniya G. July 27, 2016

Text is reverted to caps For some reason I get a bug that text gets pictured in caps. But if I change the text size it is displayed normal but only for one session, and again caps after program restart. I will go back to original cool reader, it was normally working for me.

Paul Chatman October 16, 2016

How to ADD BOOKMARKS Long press any text (the last sentence you stopped reading for instance); The text will be highlighted, then a toolbar will appear at the top. Select 'Add Bookmark', then the text will be highlighted dark. And THEN the bookmarked page be added to the Bookmarks page. This has been mistakingly omitted from the help manual. Bad bad bad. ***Add this information to the help manual.***

Ed Mikage October 11, 2015

Good, but... The app is good, despite the fact I still can't see how to put a bookmark. And the fact that the closed book starts not from the page you've stopped at, but from the page you've stopped before that last time. Which is kinda annoying for the fast pace readers.

February 13, 2017

I like the UI but there are a few shortcomings. 1. No way to access books stored on External SD card. 2. No documentation re: location of user manual (should be a way to open to path of current book). 3. There should be a plugin to open AZW files Other than that - this is one of the better ereading software

Jim T. October 12, 2016

Doesn't recognize external memory card Downloaded this going that it would read my SD card. Just like Cool Reader, it doesn't. Sad, because this is one of the best I've used. Can you fix this please. Using Galaxy Note 4.

Sam Patel August 2, 2015

Looks better, but... Definitely an improvement graphically, but I am also having problems with bookmarks responding very slowly. I will probably switch back to older version on my next book, then switch back after updates fix glitchy interface.

Ann Carroll May 30, 2016

This used to be my favourite reader I have loved this reader for many years. Gutted when the latest upgrades caused it to stop access to my micro sd card where all my books are stored! Please fix this so I can use it again.

Mark Squires July 17, 2015

Still can't scroll New update doesn't fix issues. It just stutters and stalls when trying to select books from directory. Flicking doesn't do much. Could take an hour to go from A-Z in my large directory on Note 4. I see no search command to find books, either. Love the new features, but can't use this.

August 10, 2017

Again, external SD card is missing. Basic functions only not one bit of network of reading libraries functions works either. Not good for older files either.

Gordon Rankin December 8, 2015

Needs work, Have used the other version for maybe 3 years. It was amazing. This version has great potential but on my LG tablet it won't save its place and doesn't save bookmarks. This is troublesome. Author, please fix this!!

Mycroft Duncan September 7, 2017

The good:. It is one of the best readers out there. Also, it's free. The only major flaw is that it does not even recognize that the external microSD card exists, let alone load books from it.

Joe Squid July 31, 2017

It has been over 2 years since people began asking for the problem saving the current position to be fixed. It works properly at times but not consistently. Is there a proper way to make this happen consistently?

Abhishek Kumar November 30, 2015

Best eBook reader in Google play The app is a good utility for reading books . Although the old one (the one with no fancy page turning gui) isn't much supported on my new smart phone , this provides a better alternative . Will give a 5 star if it has TTS

john pierre November 2, 2015

Its a bit glitchy with tts but then tts is often a bit like that anyway. The reading bit is fine. A tiny bit less attractive than FBREADER and MoonReader pro. I do find it tediously slow to load a book otherwise I could forgive the other stuff.

Phil Hutchens November 10, 2015

Like it a lot Like it except when my fingers fidget and screws up the font and the script gets bunched together. Able to correct it thw firdt time. Had to reinstall it the second time. More my fault than the app. Really do like it

Nicole Younie February 13, 2016

Not an improvement I like the ui, custom BG colours, and the page transitions, but that's about it :( while I'm happy that it LOOKS nicer, the interactions aren't that great. The old app listed my "books" folder with the folders and was really easy to add a bookmark, this one doesn't, isn't, and seems took crash a lot. I'm using an old Nexus 7 first generation, but that shouldn't matter. I brought it specifically because it was old and book sized and the old cool reader worked great. Please fix this version, I love the ui!!

baron Von Strucker July 12, 2017

Great app. But cant access books stored on my external SDcard, and since I cant afford to store my books on internal Sdcard, its quite useless to me now. Shame though, used to love this app.

Michele Druther March 21, 2017

I go back and forth between this one and the original. Still my favorite ones out of all the other apps I've tried!

Patrick K August 6, 2015

Great replacement for original CR The original CR crashes a lot in Android 5 on my Samsung tablet. This edition solves that problem. Still the best ebook reader available on Android. Thanks Vadim!

Nick D September 17, 2017

I have GoldenDict installed on my Galaxy S4 mini, I choose in settings the dictionary Colour Dict new/ Golden Dict, but Cool Reader keeps saying "not installed". I can highlight a word in my book, the option Find in Text appears, but pressings it does not do anything.

dooka dook April 21, 2016

Used to be fine but Now it constantly loses the current pages, fails to open books I was just reading and you can't toggle full screen anymore

JOHN SHINNICK December 25, 2016

I like the older Cool Reader more Bookmarks are important in the ebook experience but they do not work in this version. I continue to use the older Cool Reader. This one looks better, but the bookmarks will not work on any of my tablets. They work fine with the original reader.

Ondřej Šisler October 13, 2015

again almost... can you please add option to disable two finger pinch to change interline spacing? i am constantly changing it by mistake and it always jumps to different part of the book i read. thanks

Janna Aray March 3, 2016

Very poor Tap sections are either too sensitive, or not sensitive at all, user manual is user unfriendly and toolbar doesn't allow to perform search or other actions. If you remove toolbar, you will never be able to put it back. Fonts always changing, just because you slightly touch screen by mistake. Uninstalling it.

Rachel W August 10, 2016

A sudden glitch Why has it stop recognizing my micro SD card? I can't access any of my books. Fix it please.

umesh walwaikar May 28, 2016

Allow bigger fonts please. Also not as easy to use as older one. Some features like bookmarking are good. One has to do a good bit of customization to make it easier to use.

Bencze Levente February 3, 2017

Love the app but absolutelly hate the gesture driven font sizing and line spacing. Totally annoying, please drop it or make it toggleable in settings.

Sareth Metzler April 16, 2016

Cannot navigate to SD card So I made a folder on my SD card but I cannot access it from within this app. Useless for me.

Tomasz Śmierzchalski August 19, 2016

No PDF support and quite unsable for me No PDF support and quite unsable for me. It seems you can not freely browse filesystem while searching for ebooks. No PDF support on top of that.

Mike Wazowski October 6, 2015

Settings - Controls Well, controls are not available from the home screen settings. And I was bold enough to delete tap menu option. So I have to delete cash and configure app once again because of this...

Alexander Asonov April 13, 2016

Can't see my sdcard I can't see my sdcard on Sony Xperia Tablet Z4 (Android 6.0). Why is that?

Steve Uney May 27, 2016

Great app, everything I need except it crashes occasionally, trying to put all the text of a 500 page book onto 7 pages, and only a complete reinstall fixes it, but worst (and I see it's not just me) it won't let me into my sd card at all which is a problem as I have my entire 10gb library on there and can't really move that to the phone memory. Htc10

yetioriginal March 12, 2016

Browse file system doesnt show ext. Sd card. Edit...ok i found it by opening a folder then long pressing the back button which opens a further list. Then i found sd card, opened my book folder, pressed the settings button and pressed the bookmark button which adds the folder to the apps home screen.