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.
Show more
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.
Show more
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.
Show more
One of my most used apps
Seriously one of my favorite apps, I’ve been using it for awhile now and it’s never failed me. I’ve bought both versions of pro, I also grabbed it for my sisters phone.
It’s flexible, it’s not cluttered, there’s no ads like most of the other apps…thank you.
It’s flexible, it’s not cluttered, there’s no ads like most of the other apps…thank you.
Clean and Flexible
This is very functional and nice looking piece of software. I love how easy it is to edit book information, the inclusion of the series fields, and how easy it is to change the cover art. The tagging capabilities are basic but work nicely. It was easy to modify the displayed text of a book to suit my preferences.
Thanks, Devs.
Thanks, Devs.
Show more
Best ereader
Love the app. Always use the Sepia Theme. Good formatting modifiers. Appreciate the new font options. Wow, they added OpenDyslexic. I cherish companies who care about accessibility
Fantastic
Best eReader I’ve used. Have no need for a different device like a kindle, because I use this daily and it’s perfect for me. Importing is easy, device sync is easy (I have the full version, but it’s a cheap one time payment), and the text itself is very customizable with different fonts and sizes. LOVE the fact that it gives me the option to scroll through a chapter, instead of turning pages. Use this daily and highly recommend, genuinely saved me hundreds on an eReader device.
Show more
fantastic, only needs a few tweaks
I love this app, it definitely filled in the hole that Marvin3 left after it stopped getting updates. I only have 2 gripes with it, the first being the lack of customizable paragraph spacing, and the second being the huge white margins on the top and bottom of the screen when in scroll mode. Apart from that this app pretty much addresses all of my use cases and works flawlessly.
Show more
❤️
Love this ebook reader
Great app
Five stars without a doubt.
Really good with CWA
I have this connected to CWA and it is so easy to add and remove books. Works great!
Simply Brilliant
Plenty of features for the money and simply a very good reader with a nice UI. Dead easy to add files.
fantastic, only needs a few tweaks
I love this app, it definitely filled in the hole that Marvin3 left after it stopped getting updates. I only have 2 gripes with it, the first being the lack of customizable paragraph spacing, and the second being the huge white margins on the top and bottom of the screen when in scroll mode. Apart from that this app pretty much addresses all of my use cases and works flawlessly.
Show more
Decent. Good price, but very limited
This is an EPUB first app. PDFs are so limited that they have practically 0 features. Not even basic things like text selection or search. I only read books and never annotate so this isn’t a major issue, but to not be able to search words or select text is very limiting. Despite this limited functionality with PDFs I still use it because it’s PDF function is great even with large textbooks on an old device such as mine, while many others lag while pinching an zooming. Sync is only available via iCloud and Dropbox and no other services which I find further limiting. The price is more than fair. My main issue is that it crashes on my iPad every time when I open it as it’s trying to sync. Same goes for my phone so now I am unable to even open the app. Until this major bug is fixed, I have no choice but to go back to Apple Books
Show more
The best READER
It has dark mode. Works flawlessly. Would be 5 star if they add the ability to follow links in epub files.
Free reader that works!
Ebook app that supports popular book text format without the price tag for admission. Simple enough to use as it should be. Some may have fancy page turning animation and some cool features but do we really need most of those features?
Love it — Incredible Developer
Still one of the best readers out there, clean, fast, and a pleasure to use daily. I left a review a while back asking for customizable accent colors, and the developer actually added blue and pink options in a recent update. It’s rare to see a developer this responsive, and it makes the app feel truly personal now. Thank you for listening and keep up the great work!
Show more
Fantastic
This is the first e-reader app for my iPad that actually formats books correctly. It is such a joy to read with proper margins, indentations, and subheadings. It’s so easy to use, notes and highlighting work perfectly, and there’s no ads. Highly recommend!!
