3 apps in 1- Five stars
Five stars,
I left a 5* review when this app was first released, but that never seemed to make it to the store. The app can now work with books, audiobooks and comics. I have the app on: an iPad with comics on it, an iPad mini with epubs, and iPhone with audiobooks. Absolutely fantastic.
I left a 5* review when this app was first released, but that never seemed to make it to the store. The app can now work with books, audiobooks and comics. I have the app on: an iPad with comics on it, an iPad mini with epubs, and iPhone with audiobooks. Absolutely fantastic.
Response from developer
Hello Richard and thank you for those 5 stars! And you can expect the MAC version in the near future to manage your library the simplest possible way. Thank you and happy reading. PJ & JJ
Your Books, Your Way
I’ve been reading with KyBook3 forever but was getting increasingly worried about the fact that it hadn’t received any updates in years. I bought the lifetime subscription as soon as the free trial ran out, and had just been waiting for iOS 27 to officially release so Apple would let me leave this review.
I’ll start with my one little complaint. Just one. The all-lowercase name justread makes a little spot at the back of my brain twitch. This is an app for *readers* and I can’t be the only one. JustRead, justRead, justREAD. Please?
Other that, the app is great - ridiculously customizable, works great with both my Calibre library and ODPS, syncs across devices, and the stats tab (especially the end of month summary) is very cool. Even supports audiobooks. Best of all, the developer has been *AMAZINGLY* responsive. There have been three updates adding new features and fixes (including two things I’d requested) in as many weeks. It actually has a roadmap tab to show what’s coming next (if you want to see it - did I mention how customizable the app is?).
If you’re an iOS reader, especially one that likes to maintain your own library, this is your app.
(Edit - did I mention how responsive the developer is? My one silly little complaint has been addressed in today’s update. JustRead it is.)
I’ll start with my one little complaint. Just one. The all-lowercase name justread makes a little spot at the back of my brain twitch. This is an app for *readers* and I can’t be the only one. JustRead, justRead, justREAD. Please?
Other that, the app is great - ridiculously customizable, works great with both my Calibre library and ODPS, syncs across devices, and the stats tab (especially the end of month summary) is very cool. Even supports audiobooks. Best of all, the developer has been *AMAZINGLY* responsive. There have been three updates adding new features and fixes (including two things I’d requested) in as many weeks. It actually has a roadmap tab to show what’s coming next (if you want to see it - did I mention how customizable the app is?).
If you’re an iOS reader, especially one that likes to maintain your own library, this is your app.
(Edit - did I mention how responsive the developer is? My one silly little complaint has been addressed in today’s update. JustRead it is.)
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Response from developer
JustRead it is :-). Thank you.
Better than any other!
This app is the best ebook reader out there. Better than kybook3 even!
Response from developer
Hello and thanks for a quick and nice review!
Finally a worthy successor to Marvin
The app fully deserves my 5* score - not only on its existing features, but also on what is promised. Peter’s track record of improvements and enhancements is impressive and continuing. A reading app should fulfil 3 basic functions
1. A good reading experience with easy access to the look & feel of the words on the page. This is combined with control of brightness of the screen for bedtime reading
2. Adroit use of metadata to organise your library - a big tick on this
3. Synchronisation back & forth to your choice of the one true data set of your books - in my case Calibre
In the short time since I found this app and paid the full price (I hate subs), the author has improved it by leaps & bounds. He has even implemented a couple of my suggestions.
Support is wonderful - fast & helpful - bugs (aka features that do not work in the way you expect) are explained & sorted
There is also a growing list of features that are present/fixed/to be fixed/or on the list to do. You can add to this list your favourite wish - I presume that if this is sensible/has support then it will bubble up to the top of improvements.
Disclaimer - I only use this app for my ePubs, and can’t comment as to comics or PDFs
Forget the other e-reader apps - this is the one to go for
1. A good reading experience with easy access to the look & feel of the words on the page. This is combined with control of brightness of the screen for bedtime reading
2. Adroit use of metadata to organise your library - a big tick on this
3. Synchronisation back & forth to your choice of the one true data set of your books - in my case Calibre
In the short time since I found this app and paid the full price (I hate subs), the author has improved it by leaps & bounds. He has even implemented a couple of my suggestions.
Support is wonderful - fast & helpful - bugs (aka features that do not work in the way you expect) are explained & sorted
There is also a growing list of features that are present/fixed/to be fixed/or on the list to do. You can add to this list your favourite wish - I presume that if this is sensible/has support then it will bubble up to the top of improvements.
Disclaimer - I only use this app for my ePubs, and can’t comment as to comics or PDFs
Forget the other e-reader apps - this is the one to go for
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Response from developer
Thank you very much for the review and the title (about successor) you wrote. It says it all. Because that was my aim in the first place, as a Marvin user. And looks like I am going the right way. Have a nice day, PJ.
Wow great app, awesome dev
I have been trialing this app after having tried a great number of different iOS reader apps. I was very pleased with the features on this app. And when two features I missed from KOReader were missing I made a recommendation that they be added and within the week they were!
Response from developer
Hello and thank you for a kind review. I am glad you are glad :-) And whenever you'll have another idea, please let us know. Happy reading. P.S.: MAC version is in the development and there will be one surprise for Kobo users as I am a big fan and user of Kobo ereaders.