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Worst app ever
Gutenberg app
Worst app ever
Read-A-Long nearly impossible to see… Useless Eye Strain
All those color combinations do is slowly make you go blind.
I would consider paying for it if the paid version let me choose my favorite colors. To me what really pops is basic white on a basic blue background. Those color combinations are really good for cutting through background glare from lighting.
How about it? A paid premium version where we could choose our own color combinations? Face it some people just like dark modes. It’s a good bit less of a battery drain overall. All the blue light before bedtime they say keeps us from getting a good nights sleep.
white on black
Gutenberg Reader
Works ok on iPhone 7 Plus
Response from developer
Kalliste23, Thank you for your suggestion. We will study the Australia site and see if we could include it in our app. One of the concerns is copy right protection. We wish you many hours of happy reading in Gutenberg. Your developer
Who IS the idiot
background in the search box ( with black script) but now it won’t search at all most attempts .
Is a favorite app going to go the way
of FREEBOOKS ? Time and tell .
Response from developer
Hi Steve, Thank you for alerting us the problem in 'Search'. Could you kindly email us a screenshot to show "it won't search at all", so that we can duplicate the problem and fix it. To email us, go to app's home screen, tap icon '?' in the upper-right corner, and pick "Email US" at the upper-right corner. Thank you again, sincerely Your developer
Great app
Response from developer
Dear r.x-m, Thank you so much for helping us to improve this app. We certainly will try to fine tune the frequency of displaying a banner ad at the bottom of the screen. The reason we show the banner ad often is because that space at the bottom is unusable (occupied by the black bar) and wasted. Could you also please kindly email (tap the '?' mark on Home screen) us a screenshot of the ad so that we can understand better what you mean and will try our best to improve the user experience. Thank you enormously! Your developer
What happened?
Response from developer
Dear Tamsharley, Thank you for your feedback. We have added a new 'Quick Search' page, which is much cleaner than the original 'Full Search' page. Your feedback has helped us make this app better and better. We truly appreciate your support. Your developer
Good app
Response from developer
ElectraFossil, It is so kind of you. Your encouraging words made the hard work of coding so much more rewarding. It is obvious that most of App developers earn much less than a minimum wage, and the only reason we are still toiling along is try to produce something useful as a hobby. Thank you so very much. Your developer Your developer
Scrap
Not user friendly UX
Bad performance and speed
Der Untertan
Outrages app interruptions from Facebook!
No star - should be a rating option.
Inge
Response from developer
Dear Der, Thank you for your feedbacks. Could you kindly describe the problem in some detail? We will try to reproduce it and fix it. Thank you.
STOP WORKING
Response from developer
Dear ETHASKELL, A new version has been released to fix the reported problem in IOS13.2. Thank you very much for letting us know the reported problem has been fixed on your device. Thank you for using Gutenberg! Himalaya-soft support team
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Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.
Gratefully, I received the response awaited. In error I assumed I was being charged for the service repeatedly. I was wrong to my delight.
On whole there is no way this app deserves anything less than five stars for the incredible service to literature of all genres. For that alone it remains the most valuable app on the internet.
Thank you for the courtesy of a rapid
response. wt
Response from developer
Dear NotedSinger, Thank you for your feedback. Once an app is purchased, you can use the same apple ID to 'repurchase' the app again, and Apple's app store would not charge you because it knows you already paid for it. Alternatively, from the purchase screen, you can also tap the 'Restore All Purchases' in the bottom-left corner. Thank you again and wish you many hours of happy reading and listening. Himalaya-soft support
Pretty useless
Response from developer
Dear paraphraseologist, Thank you for your feedback. We have tried but could not reproduce the error you encountered. Could you kindly share with us the device you used? We will try to test it again using a similar device. Thank you very much! Himalaya-Soft Support
Unique page turning
I am quite satisfied with the font size and page color. It is easy to find books and the downloaded library is eye catching but I can't seem to adjust to the pages turning options.
Turning pages is done in a curling motion (like a power point presentation) with a choice of 3 speeds OR the page turning can be a flip. The flip is having the page do a complete turn around, like being skewered through the center and it slowly flips around until you can see the back of the page. I have tried both methods at all 3 curling speeds. The developer is very earnest and eager for me to like the "improvements" but personally, the page turning options offerred are a distraction.
In all other respects this is a very good app. I would encourage you to try out the free version and see how you like it's performance.
Update August 2018
Note: The developer responded to me three times to try out the various improvements. I suppose I may be a faster than normal reader and the wait as each page flips or curls eats into my reading time and interupts my focus on the story. I hope a less stylized page turn option (like the swipe in Kindle and iBooks or the continuous scroll in PDFs) is made available in future updates.
But other than stylized page turning, this is a good app.
Update Sep 2018:
The developer responded to my updated reviews twice more so I decided to go with the in-app offers to see if it would improve page turing options. I now have two Himalaya Soft icons that behave the same. One has the word "pro" on it. The other doesn't.
I received a combined Apple receipt for $2.99 for the Gutenberg Book Reader Pro app and another for $2.99 for the Gutenberg Project, Unlimited Reading app. I am at this point somewhat confused. I would prefer just one app that will meet my needs of finding, downloading and reading Gutenberg publications. I decided to delete both of the apps which offer the exact same page turning options. They both have a stand alone library which is not sycned between them.
I found I can download the Gutenburg books directly from the website and send them to be read as PDFs in my Kindle app. With the Kindle app, I can tap the side of the page and it transitions instantly to the next page without a curl or flip. It takes more time to locate and download but to me the reading experience (especially page turning) is well worth it.
Response from developer
Hi, Sandimacd We have just released a new version, which offers three different page-turn speeds: Fast, Normal, Slow. We hope you will be able to pick a more desirable speed from the app's settings. Thank you so much for your feedback. We look forward to receiving more feedback from you. Himalaya-soft Support Team Hi, Sandimacd Thank you for your valuable feedbacks. (1) Apple’s App Store would never charge you twice for the same app no matter how many times you have purchased it. Please do contact the App store for a refund if you are not completely satisfied with your purchase. (2) Gutenberg Book Reader is a different app than Gutenberg Ptoject. The later displays ads banner while the former does not. We apologize for the confusion and will try to minimize such confusion in the future. Thank you very much for sharing with us your experience. Himalaya-Soft Support
Can‘t download
Edit: Access from Germany is blocked at the moment because of a law suit. Not a problem with the app. Downloaded books still work.
