Best Reading App
I love this app so much, the free version works great, and the one time payment for the paid version is even better. Could not ask for a better reading app.
Great design, poor performance and stability
Great design with the vibes of previous Apple Books versions.
However, the epub rendering engine is not properly implemented: I often see a blank screen when opening a book (a forced app restart helps), jumping to a footnote may take a few seconds, and there is no total number of pages or adequate progress bar. These are all features that worked fine on native reader apps 15 years ago on that hardware (e.g., Kindles or iPads), so I do not believe it should be a big challenge for modern hardware.
I still give five stars to support the developer and acknowledge the clean design and UI of the app, but I really wish the developer would put more effort into the rendering engine's code quality.
However, the epub rendering engine is not properly implemented: I often see a blank screen when opening a book (a forced app restart helps), jumping to a footnote may take a few seconds, and there is no total number of pages or adequate progress bar. These are all features that worked fine on native reader apps 15 years ago on that hardware (e.g., Kindles or iPads), so I do not believe it should be a big challenge for modern hardware.
I still give five stars to support the developer and acknowledge the clean design and UI of the app, but I really wish the developer would put more effort into the rendering engine's code quality.
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Great app
Just started using this app. Like the nice simple UI, tagging and metadata editing support.
Great, with one frustration
Just started using this app. Like the nice simple UI, tagging and metadata editing support. The one thing I don’t like is that there doesn’t seem to be any way to change the default Reader Design. I find that the “Modern” design doesn’t work well with illustrated epubs (cookbooks etc) leaving images small. Changing to “Publisher” design fixes this, making images larger as they were intended, but I have to change it on a book by book basis. It would be good to have the option to just change the default Reader Design for all books.
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Great design, bad performance and stability
I really enjoy the style and simplicity of the app's design, which reminds me of earlier versions of Apple Books.
I don’t like the book rendering engine. It is really slow and buggy: it lacks a total page count, and jumping to a footnote can take up to five seconds on an M2. About every fourth time I open a book, I get a blank screen and have to restart the app.
I’m giving five stars to support the developer, but I really wish they were more thoughtful about the code quality.
I don’t like the book rendering engine. It is really slow and buggy: it lacks a total page count, and jumping to a footnote can take up to five seconds on an M2. About every fourth time I open a book, I get a blank screen and have to restart the app.
I’m giving five stars to support the developer, but I really wish they were more thoughtful about the code quality.
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