Glance User Reviews

Name: Glance - Epub Speed Reader
Rating: 4.9 (7 reviews)

Glance - Epub Speed Reader

PETER ZDANKIN

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📚 Books

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Great app

Fantastic reader app. Please add support for vertical reading! Thank you

DecReviews

5 months ago

Finally making it through my reading backlog!

Absolutely incredible app. Does exactly what it says on the tin, and simply! It’s doing wonders for my chronic putting-off-reading.

Really great. Already telling everyone I know.

(Dev: I’d love the ability to save articles to a queue in the app! 🙏🏻)

UPDATE: The request I had has already been implemented! No notes at all. App is perfect now!

Klein M

6 months ago

Response from developer

That‘s great to hear and makes us very happy, thank you!☺️ (Dev here: A queue in the sense that you save articles first and then are able to add them to a „reading queue“ which you can start in the app?)

Great app!

UI-wise this is the best app for speed-reading. It shows that it’s been natively developed using Swift. Two feature requests: (1) please add a Highlight mode; (2) please add the option of pasting texts directly into the app. The problem with pasting a URL is that the app doesn’t have access to articles behind a paywall (e.g., from the Economist where you need a subscription).

MountainLion14

6 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you very much! 1) What do you exactly mean with highlight mode? 2) you‘re not gonna believe what‘s part of the next update that‘s already under review with Apple ;-)

Works great but Apple Watch app would be sweet

Works really well, although it does have occasional performance issues and stutters at times. An Apple Watch app that lets you read books right on your wrist would be awesome.

WhinnyTheFooFighter

6 months ago

Finally making it through my reading backlog!

Klein M

6 months ago

Response from developer

Solid Functional App

The app offers great customizability and I like that it isn't subscription based like so many other apps in the app store. That alone makes me want to support the author of this app. The author is very helpful when I contacted him about a slight glitch with some specially formatted epubs that I was trying to import. Solid 5 out of 5.

thatsteveinkyiv

8 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you very much! Appreciate it!😊

Might be the best RSVP app out there

Pretty blown away by the customizable nature of this app, especially with the new changes to the font settings. One of the colors schemes I would like to request is the inverse of the tritanopia friendly color scheme. Essentially a bright green focus letter with white for the remaining letters & solid black background. I’ve always found green to be an easier color to focus on without even trying since it is the broadest wavelength in the visible color spectrum & it’s easy to see, even in bright sunlight conditions. The app itself is exceptional. Only uses one percent of the battery for every 15 minutes on the screen, which is better than every other RSVP app I've used. One feature I would like to request is a blink setting where rather than a fluid transition between each word, the words rather flash on the screen between transitions. Sometimes I like to use this app even when I'm tired and I’ve found apps that have a flash setting like I've described, make it even easier to focus on the reading content. I've also found it to be helpful when the wife has her audiobooks playing in the car, for some reason, I can’t explain it maintains comprehension & focus more so than just the focal letter alone. Probably the only other thing that I've seen on other apps that would be useful is if the content being displayed or scaled to fit the width of the active screen rather than having it run off of the screen. Oh, and maybe a backspace/fast-forward button like that old school spritz internet plug-in had. Just suggestions the app as it stands is already better than 95% of the ones I’ve used (entirely too many)

neblotr

9 months ago

Great app. Few bugs.

Great app so far. It does seem like there is a small bug with the Dyslexic fonts. All but “Verdana” look exactly the same.

It’s also a bit weird that I can’t edit the reading goals. Seems like I should be able to dictate what I’d like as a goal.

The swiping up and does to change the speed is not super consistent.

Lastly when I read a chapter and stop half way through. Once I go back in the chapter starts over, which is a bit annoying.

Other than that this is a great and well thought out app. It’s good to see developers embrace the pay first model instead of gouging customers through subscription models.

Gigoo25

a year ago

Response from developer

Hi, Thanks a lot for your feedback! The font issues should now be solved, users are now able to select from all their installed fonts :) The reading goals are now also implementer, you can change your monthly goals and the streak upper limit We changed a little in the speed settings and that should now hopefully work more consistent. And we implemented a „last reading location“ for chapters so you can pick up where you left off. And thanks a lot for your feedback and nice words, it means a lot to us as we‘re a small team. If you encounter issues, feel free to tell us about it through our support e-mail. Have a great day!