Excellent!
Awesome app! Very easy to use. After a comic is downloaded it’s super simple to export it from files to the app. Thank you also for not collecting personal data like others do. Looking forward to many more apps from this developer! 🥂
Hands down the best comic book reader for iOS
This is exactly what I am looking for in a comic book reader. This app allows you to easily import CBR and CBZ files and allows you to edit metadata like series and issue right in the user interface. The sort features are perfect. And it performs exactly as expected. No loading screens, snappy UI, and has no issues managing a very large library or very large books within your library. Plus it’s free and has no ads. This would easily be worth $10.
The only things that could make this app better are an option to disable screen rotation while the app is open and an option to have separate libraries (so I can separate manga from comics). The tag system is good but I want to group by series while having these tags separated.
I also wish I could find a regular eReader that works as well as this app with all the same features. The closest thing so far is Yomu and there are some major bugs that make it difficult to use. Everything else either doesn’t let you import your own books easily, doesn’t let you properly sort by author while grouping books by series, or doesn’t let you edit metadata in the app.
The only things that could make this app better are an option to disable screen rotation while the app is open and an option to have separate libraries (so I can separate manga from comics). The tag system is good but I want to group by series while having these tags separated.
I also wish I could find a regular eReader that works as well as this app with all the same features. The closest thing so far is Yomu and there are some major bugs that make it difficult to use. Everything else either doesn’t let you import your own books easily, doesn’t let you properly sort by author while grouping books by series, or doesn’t let you edit metadata in the app.
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Great app
I use it primarily on iPad for the bigger screen and it works great. My only (small) issue is that I would love some kind if page preview and bookmarking feature. IE I would love to be able to mark chapters of longer files but that is a small complaint. I love this app.
Peak
Don’t leave reviews usually but I wanna make sure this app gets one. Been using this for a little while and it’s so peak. No ads, haven’t have any issues, good quality and features.
Good option for Old Comicrack users but still incomplete
It’s a good application still updated with :
+ very good support of comic rack metadata ;-)
+ ability to tag the books (useful for rating or identifying broken ones)
+ in the main view, each book has read percentage circle and a N sticker if new book
+ keeping zoom when reading book (deactivated by default in the settings)
+ support of CBZ containing wbep images.
The reason I put only 4 stars are the following ones
1) I’d like to read comic in landscape mode and with a zoom set to page width. If I touch in right side, this app moves to the next page even if I didn’t read the bottom of the page. I need 2 movements to read : slide up to scroll down + tap right to move to the next page. I’d prefer 1 single movement : a single tap scrolls down and, at the bottom at the page, proceeds to the next page.
2) in group by serie (resp. tag) it will be nice to be able to fold/unfold serie (resp. tag) like Chunky.
+ very good support of comic rack metadata ;-)
+ ability to tag the books (useful for rating or identifying broken ones)
+ in the main view, each book has read percentage circle and a N sticker if new book
+ keeping zoom when reading book (deactivated by default in the settings)
+ support of CBZ containing wbep images.
The reason I put only 4 stars are the following ones
1) I’d like to read comic in landscape mode and with a zoom set to page width. If I touch in right side, this app moves to the next page even if I didn’t read the bottom of the page. I need 2 movements to read : slide up to scroll down + tap right to move to the next page. I’d prefer 1 single movement : a single tap scrolls down and, at the bottom at the page, proceeds to the next page.
2) in group by serie (resp. tag) it will be nice to be able to fold/unfold serie (resp. tag) like Chunky.
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Response from developer
Hi Napaulleon, thanks again for your feedback. a & c) Did you already have a look into the Settings app under "Comics"? I have the suspicion that the option "Keep Zoom Level" is disabled. Enabling this should make each page the size of the previous one and, when swiping to the next page after having scrolled down, start the next one on the top b) This feature has already been in the last update (You may need to enable the option "Show Progress" in the settings) - unread comics are tagged by a blue triangle. In case this did not work, please contact me via email at comicbookviewer@icloud.com so I can figure out what's happening. - DerJegge
File names
Is the any way to show the file names? The file names I have include which number they are in the series. It’s easier to see if I’m reading them in the correct order.
Great Comic Reader
Definitely my go to. Once you get a good tagging system going, it’s so easy to keep your collection organized. My only suggestion is to implement a hide feature so certain magazines or comics that might not be child friendly can disappear from immediate view
Simply brilliant
This is a superb little app if all you want to do is read a few comics. It’s footprint is tiny, it doesn’t have ads or in-app purchases, and it doesn’t harvest data. Perfect!
Great app
thanks for quick fix over the update, app layout is still my favorite for viewing .cbz files
Response from developer
Hi SliceTheCake77, thank you for your feedback! I am sorry to hear that and I will look into it. First of all, no file should be lost, they are most likely still on your device. You can still access them via iTunes file sharing. Would you mind contacting me via email at comicbookviewer@icloud.com, so that I can assist you further? - DerJegge
New review - it’s a winner!
I had always loved this app but about 3 hours ago I wrote a bad 1 star review because all f my PDFs were missing their front pages and an error image on the last page. Anyway, I contacted the app developer, and with the info I gave him, he fixed it in an update which came out about a half hour ago… it works again! So a upset 1 star review went up to where it always should have been… 5 STARS!!!
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