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Cool Reader

Reading books in epub, fb2, txt, doc, rtf, html, chm, tcr, pdb, pml formats.

Vadim Lopatin · org.coolreader

4.4 out of 5 (18 ratings) 10M+ downloads v3.2.58-1 14.7 MB Android 1.6+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

  • Same certificate as the other version checked Details

At a glance

Latest version
v3.2.58-1 (32582)
Updated
May 25, 2022 (4 years ago)
APK size
14.7 MB
Requires
Android 1.6+ (API 4)
CPU support
ARM 32-bit
Category
Books & Reference (app)
Listed since
Apr 27, 2011
Permissions
7 (3 sensitive)
Website
sourceforge.net/projects/crengine
Developer contact
[email protected]
Privacy
Developer's privacy policy

About this APK

Cool Reader is an app by Vadim Lopatin in the Books & Reference category, listed since April 2011. It includes native code only for ARM 32-bit, so it won't run on 64-bit-only phones such as recent Pixels.

It asks for 7 permissions, 3 of them sensitive: read phone status and identity, read shared storage and modify shared storage. Compared with version 3.2.55-1, it drops 1 permission: “Bluetooth”. The app offers in-app purchases through Google Play.

Ratings

4.4out of 518 ratings
  • 5 ★78%
  • 4 ★0%
  • 3 ★11%
  • 2 ★6%
  • 1 ★6%

Ratings from users of the source store — not collected or verified by AAPKs.

What's new in v3.2.58-1

Text-to-speech improvements. Cloud synchronization fixes. Stability fixes. Onyx e-ink readers support.

Description

From the listing uploaded by “jorlanapps”.

eBook reader. Supports epub (non-DRM), fb2, doc, txt, rtf, html, chm, tcr, pdb, prc, mobi (non-DRM), pml formats. Pages or scroll view. Page flipping animation. Table of contents, bookmarks, text search. Bookmarks on text fragments (comments or corrections) - useful for proof reading. Export of bookmarks to text file. Built-in file browser, quick recent books access. Online catalogs (OPDS) support. LitRes online book store support. Text to Speech (TTS) support. Hyphenation dictionaries; Most complete FB2 format support: styles, tables, footnotes. Additional fonts support (place .ttf to /sdcard/fonts/) Support for Chinese, Japanese, Korean languages; autodetection of TXT file encoding (GBK, Shift_JIS, BIG5, EUC_KR). Day and night profiles (two sets of colors, background, backlight levels). Brightness adjustments by flick on left edge of screen. Background texture (stretched or tiled) or solid color. Paperbook-like page turning animation or "sliding page" animation. Dictionary support (ColorDict, GoldenDict, Fora Dictionary, Aard Dictionary). Customizable tap zone and key actions. Autoscroll (automatic page flipping) - start using menu/goto/autoscroll or assign action Autoscroll on key or tap zone; Change speed using volume keys or bottom-right and bottom-left tap zones; stop - tap any other tap zone or key. Can read books from zip archives. Automatic reformatting of .txt files (autodetect headings etc.) Styles can be customised in wide range using external CSS. Select text using double tap (optional). Place additional textures to /sdcard/.cr3/textures/ -- to be used as tiled page backgrounds. Place additional textures to /sdcard/.cr3/backgrounds/ -- to be used as stretched page backgrounds. (/cr3/ directory can also be used instead of /.cr3/, and internal SD or internal storage instead of /sdcard/) CoolReader requires following permissions: WAKE_LOCK - to control screen backlight WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE - to access SD card INTERNET - to use online catalogs CoolReader is free, open source (GPL), multiplatform project. Project homepage on SourceForge is http://sourceforge.net/projects/crengine/ To donate this project, you can buy Cool Reader Gold ($10), Silver ($3) or Bronze ($1) Donation package from Market In case of issues after update (e.g. crashes while reading) try to remove directory SD/.cr3/cache and book database files SD/.cr3/*.sqlite 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 As well, consider using "Cool Reader GL" - cross-platform Cool Reader version with UI rewritten in C++, with hardware acceleration based on OpenGL. Optimized for new devices with big high resolution screens. Both versions can be installed together. Project homepage: https://github.com/buggins/coolreader

Version history

2 versions are listed, going back to v3.2.55-1.

All 2 versions

Cool Reader among popular Books & Reference apps

Cool Reader and the Books & Reference apps ranked next to it by downloads
AppRatingDownloadsDownload size
NovelToon - Read and Tell Stories in Indonesia – 10M+ 47.6 MB
FBReader: Favorite Book Reader 4.6 (35) 10M+ –
Cool Reader (this app) 4.4 (18) 10M+ 14.7 MB
Innovel - Baca Novel Bagus – 10M+ 57.6 MB
Kamus Inggris (Kamusku) 4.3 (7) 10M+ 22.3 MB

Apps listed next to it in our Books & Reference ranking by downloads. Ratings and download counts come from the source store; ratings with fewer than five votes and sizes of outdated listings aren't shown.

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

  • Certificate issued to “coolreader.org” The developer's name — though anyone can put any name in a certificate.
  • Same certificate as the other version checked

Store checks and file details

  • Developer signature not checked yet May 25, 2022
  • Antivirus scan result not available
  • Signed byCN=Vadim Lopatin, OU=development, O=coolreader.org, L=Nizhny Novgorod, ST=Nizhny Novgorod, C=RU
  • Signing certificate (SHA-1)59:40:E0:EA:C5:E5:02:2B:C9:04:FE:58:A2:0D:02:9B:C2:4C:59:3B
  • File MD5b55540a768c2aa86a628e2ed7c306a5f
  • Uploaded by “jorlanapps” Bronze tier · 852 followers · uploading since 2019

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Permissions (7)

Cool Reader requests 7 permissions, 3 of them sensitive.

Required hardware & features

Cool Reader APK: questions and answers

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.

Is Cool Reader free?

The APK is free to download, but the app offers in-app purchases through Google Play.

Is the Cool Reader APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. It is signed with the same certificate as the other version checked. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is b55540a768c2aa86a628e2ed7c306a5f.

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