Google Play Books vs Moon Reader
February 27, 2026 | Author: Maria Lin
Google Play Books and Moon+ Reader are both Android apps for reading e-books. They support the main ebook formats (epub, pdf), provide the ability to customize reading area fonts and backgrounds, make bookmarks, highlight text and add notes, search inside books, both have a night reading mode and can synchronize progress between devices.
But Google Play Books is not only a reader, but also a book store integrated with a Google account. In addition to text books, you can buy and listen to audiobooks in it. After purchasing a book, you can read or listen offline. The application has a built-in dictionary and translator. You can also open free books from the Google Drive cloud.
Moon+ Reader is a reader app focused on free books that you downloaded somewhere. Books can be added via USB or from cloud services (Dropbox, Google Drive). It can even connect to OPDS catalogs to download free books. Moon+ Reader supports many more formats (fb2, mobi, chm, comics, etc.), provides more flexible interface settings with more design themes and fonts, shows reading statistics and achievements. The paid version can read text books out loud (TTS)
But Google Play Books is not only a reader, but also a book store integrated with a Google account. In addition to text books, you can buy and listen to audiobooks in it. After purchasing a book, you can read or listen offline. The application has a built-in dictionary and translator. You can also open free books from the Google Drive cloud.
Moon+ Reader is a reader app focused on free books that you downloaded somewhere. Books can be added via USB or from cloud services (Dropbox, Google Drive). It can even connect to OPDS catalogs to download free books. Moon+ Reader supports many more formats (fb2, mobi, chm, comics, etc.), provides more flexible interface settings with more design themes and fonts, shows reading statistics and achievements. The paid version can read text books out loud (TTS)
