One small point of fact: you mention that Kindle works across several operating systems, but you didn't note that Freda is now also available on Android, and Freda's cross-device synchronisation does work between Windows and Android. While I found Freda's interface to be more inviting, Kindle works well on the PC and I've used it in the past to read textbooks for university with success. Both also support notes and annotations so you can markup while you read. Freda is available on Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile, and Windows Mixed Reality, but if you use devices that aren't running these operating systems, your progress won't sync across. In contrast, Freda was built for Windows and has earned its 4.5 star review from quite a few users.īoth Freda and Kindle support cross-device syncing, but Kindle will do it regardless of which operating system you're on. The website that you download the Kindle PC client from doesn't have any images of the PC app in action, only a browser being used to preview a book and share it. While Kindle is available for PCs, it seems that Amazon is more heavily focused on tablets, phones, and their own Kindle devices. If you're on a 2-1 or a tablet, Freda is going to provide a much smoother experience, but if you're reading on a desktop or a laptop you don't touch, the design differences aren't going to be as much of a factor. Freda looks a bit more in line with Windows 8.1 than Windows 10 but in comparison to the Windows 7-styled Kindle client for PC, Freda looks crisp and new. Freda is more modern, is friendly to either mouse or touch, and has a clean feel. I've tried Freda but in the end, the UI is messy as Hell and it doesn't work like i need.įB reader has no decent recent release for Windows (the "next new major version" have been under developpement for like 5+ years and there is absolutely no news of them :/).Īs much as i find the Web viewer mostly doing it's job, it's sometimes not exactly what i want, and i would like not to have to use my browser for that when i can avoid it).In terms of design, it's less of a competition. I would like one that don't auto add books to it's local "library", just allowing to read books directly from the server like the web viewer allows.Ĭalibre isn't working for me (it's fugly as Hell, has pretty poor performances, and the less i'm forced to use that thing the better i am, main reason i use Ubooquity and not calibre-web or something like that), and i'm not even sure calibre is a client for opds feeds. Anyone out there have a good epub reader for windows that support opds ? (and works with Ubooquity opds off course) ?
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