Alternatives to BookFusion
An ebook reader and cloud library that syncs your own EPUB and PDF collection across devices. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
BookFusion
An ebook reader and cloud library that syncs your own EPUB and PDF collection across devices.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as BookFusion.
Koodo Reader
A modern ebook reader for fifteen-plus formats that syncs your library and reading progress through storage you already own.
Koodo Reader syncs your library through storage you control instead of a hosted cloud, is AGPL-3.0 open source, and runs on desktop, mobile and web.
Readest
A modern ebook reader for EPUB, PDF, MOBI and comics, with highlights, notes, translation, text to speech and sync across every platform.
Readest is an open source reader on desktop, Android and web with synced highlights and position, though its cloud sync is also a hosted service with paid tiers.
Neat Reader
A cross-platform EPUB reader with annotations, notes export and cloud sync of books and progress.
Neat Reader adds desktop and iOS apps with cloud sync of books, notes and progress, but focuses on EPUB and relies on the developer's cloud and a Premium plan.
FBReader
Cross-platform ebook reader supporting EPUB, FB2 and Readium LCP.
FBReader keeps the same library and reading position across desktop and mobile and reads OPDS catalogues, though some features need paid add-ons.
BookLore
A self-hosted, multi-user digital library for organizing and reading ebooks, PDFs and comics.
BookLore moves your collection to a self-hosted multi-user library with a built-in reader and Kobo and KOReader sync, but you must run your own server.
Kavita
A self-hosted reading server for ebooks, comics and manga, with readers built for each format and OPDS for everything else.
Kavita is a self-hosted GPL-3.0 reading server with readers for EPUB, PDF and comics plus OPDS, replacing the hosted cloud with a server you maintain.
Calibre-Web
A self-hosted web app for browsing, reading and downloading ebooks stored in a Calibre database.
Calibre-Web serves a Calibre library to any browser from your own server for reading or download, but depends on a library created with Calibre.
Google Play Books
Google's ebook and audiobook store with a reader for Android, iOS and the web browser.
Google Play Books keeps a library across Android, iOS and the web and adds a store and audiobooks, but requires a Google account.
Also worth comparing
These listings name BookFusion as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Kindle for Web
Amazon's browser-based reader for Kindle books, formerly called Kindle Cloud Reader.
BookFusion reads your own EPUB and PDF collection on the web and Android with synced position, storing books in its hosted cloud rather than reading an Amazon library.
Librera Reader
A customizable Android reader for PDF, EPUB, MOBI, DjVu, FB2 and comic book files.
BookFusion syncs your own EPUB and PDF collection through a hosted cloud library on Android and the web, requiring an account and dropping DjVu and comics.
Moon+ Reader
A configurable Android ebook reader for EPUB, PDF, MOBI, comics and many other formats.
BookFusion stores your EPUB and PDF books in a hosted cloud library synced across Android and the web, requiring an account.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Calibre
The ebook library manager: view, convert, edit and catalogue books in every major format, and talk to e-readers.
KOReader
A reader you install on a Kindle, Kobo or PocketBook that opens the formats the stock software refuses.
Calibre-Web Automated
A self-hosted fork of Calibre-Web that automates ebook ingest, conversion and metadata handling.
