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0/5
TLDR at the bottom
If 0/5 were possible, that’s what I’d give this app as a rating.
Don’t get me wrong, I like the content that they offer.
I don’t want to read content on my phone’s browser, so I have to go to my PC. If there were a download button on each chapter, I still wouldn’t even use the app.
What they need is to look at the Amazon Kindle as a model, or if you want a similar site, look at WebNovel. You can purchase books on Amazon that have a seemless transition to the app because of the account login. WebNovel doesn’t have the typical book style, but you don’t need to leave every chapter to go and read the next. If you scroll down with WebNovel, it takes you to the next chapter directly after loading.
Not only can you not download anything to the app (which is similar to the Kindle app), but there’s no login feature allowing you to access your purchased content.
One of the other commenters mentioned it being like a school project, but I disagree. This is worse than an infant’s performance when trying to sing better than Stevie Nicks or Paul Simon.
TLDR: the app is pointless and a waste of virtual space and your time.Show lessArael Songheart
App needs help
This is an extremely basic app. For as much money as I spend on my manga to read, I would love to have an app that has more functionality. Case in point: BOOK WALKER’s app, allows you to create and browse different bookshelves from one screen. You can also decide if you want to start a book/chapter from where you left off or from the beginning. The full title is also displayed with the number of the book/chapter and if you’ve already read it so you don’t lose your place. You can download your books directly from the app so you don’t have to go back to the main store to do so.
There are a LOT of things that can and should be better. The reason I am giving it 3 stars is because it works and I can read my books. But that’s all I can say about this app.
Please, developers, can you please update?Show lessLadyBlackBelle
App needs work
I’ve had to delete and redownload the app multiple times to try and load my books and it still doesn’t want to open my books. It keeps trying to load them after I’ve already opened them before. Please fix.Ladypacifica
Useless
Apparently they made some changes on their website
There aren’t any download tab anywhere anymore
No idea how you are supposed to get your purchases into the appMichiura
Neglected Antique
The app is old and it shows its age. This is the type of clunky and bare layout and user interface that I would expect from a free app which was much older/fan-made rather than an app which was made by a current company. Furthermore, the app seems to have been abandoned as it has not been updated in nearly 3 years. (This is especially upsetting in light of the bad reviews.)
To access your manga on the app is a patched together multi-step process which involves leaving the app. I cannot speak to EXACTLY how frustrating this is because for some reason the website (accessed through Safari on the iPad) doesn’t even give me the option to download my items.
A better option would have been to allow the app to connect directly to your account, and possibly even the store portion of the website to allow you to also make purchases through it. Allowing the user to refresh their list of books, read their books via ‘streaming,’ and also download their books to read offline. Adding a notification system to the app would also allow users to stay up-to-date with their series (and encourage more sales.)
As it stands this app reminds me of college programming assignments and I can practically hear my instructors asking “Yeah, but will users want to go through all of those steps when they can get a more streamlined experience elsewhere?” And “One of the goals in creating this app should be to give users the feeling that they do not have to or want to leave because they can get everything they want in one place.”
The app looks, feels, and runs as though it desperately needs an overhaul or to be scrapped and made completely from scratch. I really expected better.Show lessArwynPyre
Is there a way to give negative stars?
Have been buying manga from Renta for years. This application was always clunky, but it worked. At best was 3 stars in past. Currently zero stars, because you can longer download book to the application to read off line. Maybe there is some new secret way to do it, but I don’t know how. The website is still telling you to press the download button next to the book you want to download in the “my books” section. However, There is no longer a download button on any of the books. They should pull this application as it does nothing at all.Show lessGamer 1967
Not working
I don’t know what’s going on, but I tried three different ways to log into eRenta thru Safari so I can download my purchased manga, and no matter where I go I cannot find the download button. So it’s basically useless to meAlicat4475
Go online instead
Terrible app, but if you go online to Renta, then you find a bigger variety of mangas and can do soooo much more! I love using Renta onlineBrianna Who LOVES Pitbulls!
Unusable
There’s no filter feature to find what you want, and there’s not even a search bar to look up specific titles. From the looks of it, they don’t have enough titles to even justify having a filter feature...Morgan Berry
Needs an update
Can’t log in to my Renta account, the UI acts like it’s on an older version of iOS. Can’t even search for manga. Smhkingnates
