Cool Reader3.2.55-1



Publisher Description

Cool Reader -

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

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



About Cool Reader

Cool Reader is a free app for Android published in the Reference Tools list of apps, part of Education.

The company that develops Cool Reader is Vadim Lopatin. The latest version released by its developer is 3.2.55-1. This app was rated by 10 users of our site and has an average rating of 5.0.

To install Cool Reader on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2021-03-09 and was downloaded 583 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the Cool Reader as malware as malware if the download link to org.coolreader is broken.

How to install Cool Reader on your Android device:

  • Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to Google Play.
  • Once the Cool Reader is shown in the Google Play listing of your Android device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the Install button located below the search bar and to the right of the app icon.
  • A pop-up window with the permissions required by Cool Reader will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
  • Cool Reader will be downloaded onto your device, displaying a progress. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.

Program Details


General

Publisher
Released Date
2021-03-09
Languages
English

Category

Category
Subcategory

System requirements

Operating systems
Android

Download information

File size
N/A
Total downloads
583

Pricing

License model
Free
Price

Version History


Here you can find the changelog of Cool Reader since it was posted on our website on 2015-04-25. The latest version is 3.2.55-1 and it was updated on Soft112 on 12 January, 2026. See below the changes in each version:

version 3.2.53-1

posted on 2021-03-09

Font rendering fixes
Stability fixes

version 3.2.55-1

posted on 2021-03-09

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

version 3.2.50-1

posted on 2021-02-08

Google Drive support for storing of reading positions and bookmarks.
Scroll view issues fixed.
Fixed glued paragraphs bug.
Text to speech fixes.
HTML parser fixes.

version 3.2.45-1

posted on 2020-10-28

CSS support improvements.
Merge some changes from koreader project.
Improved fb3 support.
Bidirectional text support.
Crashes fixed.

version 3.2.38-1

posted on 2020-08-13

OPDS support fixes.
Default OPDS libraries list update.
Unnecessary resizing of book view fixed (including wrong position after GoToPage)

version 3.2.36-1

posted on 2020-01-21

Added support of formats fb3 and docx.
Fixed incorrect text rendering when some characters are substituted from fallback font.
Text formatting performance improvements.
Improved support of file managers "Files" (com.android.externalstorage.documents) and "Files" (com.google.android.apps.nbu.files).
Fixed dimming of on-screen system buttons with option "Dim keys highlight" on Android 4.4+ w/o fullscreen mode.
Information about used tango icon library is added to About.

version 3.2.32-1

posted on 2020-01-14

Fixed saving of reading position for some files.
Fixed infinite loading progress of book.
Android 4.4+ issue with page flipping only by double tap.
Book language font compatibility check fixed.
Note: notification area dimming can be turned off using "button backlight" setting.

version

posted on 2015-07-17

Fix crash on ARM64 devices

version 3.0.45-10

posted on 2011-04-27

Several fixes and updates






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Users Rating:
  5.0/5     10
Editor Rating:
  3.0/5
Downloads: 583
Updated At: 2026-01-12
Publisher: Vadim Lopatin
Operating System: Android
License Type: Free