The Best DjVU Readers for Mobile Devices

For those of you that are unfamiliar with the DjVU format, it is a format that is commonly used for scanned images that contains a combination of text, photos, indexed colour images and line drawings. It is usually advertised as being an alternative to the PDF file format, especially for people who want to scan documents and keep the file size of the electronic document as small as possible.

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So there might be times when you do encounter the format, especially when reading eBooks. If you are reading DjVU files on your mobile device regularly, here are some of the best DjVU viewers on the market for both iOS and Android users.

1) DjVU Book Reader – iOS

DjVU Book Reader is probably the most popular DjVU reader for iPhone and iPad users. It supports both DjVU and PDF files, so you won’t need to download another app for reading PDFs on your mobile device. It has tons of great features that make reading on your mobile device convenient and comfortable, including page fitting and layout options, full-screen mode, bookmarks, and much more. You can also search for text within the DjVU file using this app and import files from external apps into this one.

2) KyBook Reader – iOS

KyBook supports a huge number of file formats, not just DjVU, which is why so many iOS users prefer using it. It can also read PDF, txt, EPUB and even works with audio book formats like mp3 and m4a. It’s a highly customizable app with a very easy-to-use interface. Another great thing about KyBook is that you can integrate the app with your favorite cloud storage services and download files directly from Dropbox, Google Drive and other services into the reader. It supports full-screen reading in both landscape and portrait orientation, dictionary and translation options, and very user-friendly navigation options.

3) EBookDroid – Android

EBookDroid supports DjVU, PDF, XPS, EPUB, RTF and other popular e-book options for Android users. EBookDroid works with most popular eBook online catalog sites, which allows you to access any eBook from your library at any time. It’s a very customizable app that allows you to choose the way you want the file to look on a book-to-book basis.

4) Orion Viewer – Android

Orion is an open source viewer that is very popular with Android users. It works with DjVU, PDF, XPS and CBZ files. While it might not be as advanced as the other readers listed, most fans of open source applications prefer it. It does have many of the features that you would expect from most reader apps though, including text selection, portrait/landscape view options, bookmarks, good file management options, integration with external dictionaries and much more.

If you don’t want to use DjVU files any more, you can always convert them to PDF which is far more convenient for viewing such document types.