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UPDATE : Still not working. Just took longer to lock up. Lasted about 2 weeks this time. IT WORKS!!! Thank you so much for fixing it. I've tried several other apps, but haven't found one I like as well as this one. FB reader is the best.
3 people found this helpful
I bought the premium to link my Android app to my windows surface app to read pdfs and import books. Doesn't work as there is no premium on Windows. Why would you guys not connect the two eco systems, makes no sense
fantastic! have had the app for 10 years now, formats epub and mobi audio on at least six languages.
All is good for many years. But can you please make filenames a bit unique when downloading? or rename them. It's not handy to have the same "download.fb2.zip" for all the files even in the different directories, because the directory names are also meaningless for a human. addition (Sept 2026): online libraries work terribly now. lowered 5 to 3.
7 people found this helpful
Latest update is worthless. Freezes on intro/start screen. Cannot read a book. Uninstalling and then reinstalling does not fix.
awfully old text to speech algorytm. Often completely misspells words
The app I use most often: the synthetic voice reading ebooks is often what I listen to.
The app stops responding as soon as I open library. I have the premium one. I am so disappointed as this app was my favorite for reading books. please fix this problem.
1 people found this helpful
I'm on Android 13 and the app crashes every time I try to use. The screen just goes blank. Seems your fix is not properly fixed. It is only on dark mode that goes blank. Light mode still works.
Update 12/30/25: Issue still not fixed: App periodically freezes and will not advance the page, or is extremely laggy in responding. This has happened on two different tablets, the current with Android 15, 6 GB RAM and over 90 GB available storage. Even clearing cache doesn't helpI wish I hadn't payed for this app as fixing this issue is obviously not important to the developer. I went to ReadEra which is MUCH better!
12 people found this helpful
From 212 saved reviews since 7 Nov 2018, all countries.
Share of the 97 negative reviews that mention it
“It freezes my new samsung galaxy 25 ultra.”
“The new update freezes the library and constantly prompts that the app is not responding, even after reading a book.”
“No replies from support with premium subscription.”
“Currently, the Library view closes immediately on opening, have to get my books via Network Library view.”
“Update 12/30/25: Issue still not fixed: App periodically freezes and will not advance the page, or is extremely laggy in responding.”
“The background and text color cannot be changed, controls come up after 4-5-10 taps, zoom in and out cannot be made when the font-size is not the default, sc…”
Share of the 91 positive reviews that mention it
“I really love this app.”
“I was using the free version before, wanted to buy the premium for some time, to support this great app!”
“On the option that shows the read status as a line, the colour of the line is too similar to the outline of the book to be easily identifiable.”
“I don't think FBReader gets the praise that it deserves.”
“Simple, stable and endless fun reading books.”
A drop after an update usually means the update broke something.