# Lectern

> Lectern is a calm, private ebook and audiobook reader for Android. It reads EPUB, PDF, MOBI, FB2 and comics with faithful typography and on-device read-aloud. It runs fully offline, with no tracking and no account. Available on Google Play.

Key facts: Android app; a paid app with no ads (current price shown on Google Play); package id `nl.hofstack.lectern`; made by Hofstack; interface languages English, Dutch, German, French, Italian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Hindi. Privacy: 100% offline runtime, no account, no analytics, no tracking — the network is used only for optional, opt-in catalogs and sync. Download on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.hofstack.lectern

Supported formats: EPUB, EPUB3, PDF, MOBI, KF8, FB2, plain text (TXT), and CBZ, CBR and CB7 comics, including fixed-layout books.

Features: faithful typography — a calm, consistent reading system, plus drop caps, poetry that keeps its line breaks, and centered scene-break ornaments instead of a bare divider. Read-aloud — on-device text-to-speech reads any book aloud and highlights the current sentence (read-along), supports EPUB3 Media Overlays for narrated books, and has a sleep timer. Personalisation — light, dark and custom themes; fonts including OpenDyslexic; adjustable size, spacing and margins; one-tap reading presets (Dyslexia, Standard, Bedtime); graceful on e-ink. Study tools — colour highlights with notes, bookmarks, a built-in WordNet dictionary with a vocabulary list, and footnotes in a popover. Library — smart grouping, search and filters, favourites, and reading statistics. Getting books — open local files; browse OPDS catalogs (Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks built in, plus custom catalogs); sync a Calibre-Web server.

FAQ: How much does Lectern cost? It is a paid app with no ads; the current price is on its Google Play listing. Does it work offline? Yes, completely; only optional catalogs and sync use the network. Can it read books aloud? Yes, with on-device text-to-speech and sentence highlighting, plus EPUB3 Media Overlays. Does it track users? No account, no analytics, no tracking; data stays on the device. Is it good for dyslexia or e-ink? Yes — a bundled OpenDyslexic font, a Dyslexia preset, and e-ink-friendly behaviour.

How Lectern compares: vs ReadEra — ReadEra is free and ad-free with a very wide format list (incl. Office and DjVu) and system TTS; Lectern is paid, with neural on-device voices (Piper, Kokoro), read-along highlighting, linked audiobooks and account-less sync. vs Moon+ Reader — Moon+ has a free ad-supported tier and a paid Pro, with text-to-speech Pro-only; Lectern has no ads at any tier and includes read-aloud with neural voices. vs Librera — Librera is free, open-source (F-Droid), ad-supported, very configurable, with Office/DjVu support and system TTS; Lectern is paid, polished, with neural voices, faithful typography and account-less sync.

## Key pages
- [Full feature list](https://lecternreader.app/features.html): every Lectern feature in detail
- [Facts & press kit](https://lecternreader.app/facts.html): quotable reference facts
- [About](https://lecternreader.app/about.html): who makes Lectern and why
- [Privacy policy](https://lecternreader.app/privacy.html): how data and privacy are handled

## Guides & comparisons
- [EPUB reader for Android](https://lecternreader.app/epub-reader-android.html): using Lectern as an EPUB reader
- [PDF reader with text-to-speech](https://lecternreader.app/pdf-reader-android.html): reading and listening to PDFs
- [Offline ebook reader, no ads](https://lecternreader.app/offline-ebook-reader.html): the offline, ad-free case
- [ReadEra vs Lectern](https://lecternreader.app/readera-vs-lectern.html): detailed comparison
- [Moon+ Reader vs Lectern](https://lecternreader.app/moon-reader-vs-lectern.html): detailed comparison
- [Librera vs Lectern](https://lecternreader.app/librera-vs-lectern.html): detailed comparison

## Optional
- [Google Play listing](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.hofstack.lectern): download and current price
- [Website home](https://lecternreader.app/): the Lectern homepage