Comparison

YACReader vs Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

YACReader

Easily read and manage your digital comics, manga, and webtoons on your device. Supports various file formats and offers seamless synchronization with cloud storage and desktop versions. Customize your reading experience with advanced features and filters.

Highlights
  • Supports CBZ, CBR, PDF, and more
  • Cloud sync (Dropbox, Box, OneDrive)
  • Desktop sync and remote reading
  • Folder organization
  • Automatic scroll and panel-by-panel reading
  • Manga and webtoon modes
  • Image filters editor
Features
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YACReader offers you the best way to read and manage your digital comics and mangas. Enjoy your collections anywhere. YACReader supports all the common digital comic formats, such as: cbz, cbr, zip, rar, rar5 or pdf. Importing your comics into your iPad or iPhone has never been easier. You can use your Dropbox, Box and OneDrive account for synchronizing your comics with YACReader. YACReader supports iTunes/Finder File Sharing to copy comics between your computer and YACReader. You can also browse, import ,remote read (stream) and sync back the digital comic collections stored in your computer using the desktop version of YACReader (totally free)*. Import comics from any place in your device thanks to the integration with Document Picker. Organize your comic library creating folders and copy, cut, paste or delete comics and folders. YACReader has the easiest method for selecting multiple comics and folders and organize them. Using a tap gesture is all you need to read your comics from start to finish thanks to the built-in YACReader automatic scroll. Enjoy reading comics and do not worry about anything else. Do you like Manga? YACReader supports Manga mode for reading right to left and it also support continuous vertical scroll for webtoon. Configure your reading experience with various fit modes, single or double page mode, continuous scroll, automatic margins trimming, several ways to setup the hot areas in the screen and more. YACReader offers guided reading, you can zoom in any panel and then continue reading panel by panel from there. It also includes settings to personalize the experience. This is a feature continuously developed thanks to all the feedback coming from the users. On iOS 18+ devices, YACReader lets you translate comics in real time. It uses on-device OCR and translation on the current page, with no internet connection required, and lets you configure the language, colors, and font. YACReader can also detect the color of the text and speech bubbles and use the same colors as in the original comic, making the experience as pleasant as possible. This is an experimental feature and depends heavily on image quality. It fully respects your privacy; to use it, you will need to download the dictionaries for the languages you want. Supported languages depend on what iOS supports natively. You can also enhance you comics with a full featured image filters editor, filter settings can be synchronized through YACReaderLibrary across any device that supports the new filters. YACReader is kept updated to support the latest iOS features, such as Widgets, Dark Mode or Split Screen. YACReader for desktops has been downloaded more than 2 million times since 2009, every update counts with hundreds of thousand downloads. Now, you can also enjoy YACReader on your iOS device. The best feature YACReader has to offer is its customer support, if you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me. Visit the web site at http://ios.yacreader.com or get support at ios@yacreader.com *Visit the web site of YACReader for computers at http://www.yacreader.com - YACReader for computer is FREE and is available for all major computer platforms. Find other users and help at: http:www.yacreader.com/forum - Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/YACReader , Twitter - http://twitter.com/yacreader or the YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/yacreader.

About

Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner

This tool helps you plan your guitar pedalboard setup. Visualize your effects pedals and create your ideal rig layout before you buy.

Highlights
  • Pedalboard rig planning
  • Effects pedal visualization
  • Layout design
  • Rig building tool
Features
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Pedalboard Planner is brought to you free of charge by your friends at Pedaltrain. Born on October 27, 2009, Pedalboardplanner.com is Pedaltrain's ground-breaking planning tool for planning your Pedaltrain pedalboard rig

Screenshots

YACReader4 screens
Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: YACReader at 82% against Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner's 24%. YACReader also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and chart position (#69 vs unranked). Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner is free to download; YACReader costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

YACReader ships an update every 3 weeks, Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
YACReader versus Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYACReaderPedaltrain Pedalboard Planner
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (2.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.0% of reviews — better24.1% of reviews
Number of ratings2.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#69 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB96 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLuis Ángel San MartínPro Stage Gear, LLC

Customer experience

YACReader

All ratings2,575 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews289 reviews
Positive82.0%
Neutral7.3%
Negative10.7%

Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner

All ratings43 ratings
Positive9.3%
Neutral7.0%
Negative83.7%
Written reviews237 reviews
Positive24.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative61.6%

User reviews

YACReader

From 2.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent comic and manga reader
  • 🚀 Seamless import and sync from PC
  • 👍 Easy to understand and use
  • 👍 Many features
  • 👍 Responsive and open to suggestions

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Confusing navigation gestures
  • 🐛 Folder import issues
  • 🐛 Crashes and performance issues
  • 🐛 Lack of automatic right-to-left reading mode
  • 🐛 Clunky UI and file management

Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner

From App Store reviews

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Helpful for planning pedalboards
  • 👍 Great concept
  • 👍 Useful for visualizing pedal layouts

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent pedal sizes
  • 🐛 Buggy, crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Missing many popular pedal models
  • 🐛 Difficult to accurately plan boards
  • 🐛 Saved boards/layouts deleted with updates

Bugs and requests

YACReader

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Unreliable cloud sync and import
  • Folder import issues
  • Compatibility problems with older devices

Requested features

7 requests
  • Automatic right-to-left reading mode
  • Improved folder management and organization
  • Cloud sync and backup options
  • Epub support
  • Continuous vertical scrolling
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  • More customization options
  • Improved performance and stability

Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App gets stuck on loading screen
  • Pedals disappear from saved layouts
  • Frequent crashes and glitches
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more pedal brands and models
  • Allow users to add custom pedals
  • Improve search and filtering
  • Add ability to save and load layouts
  • Improve UI and navigation

In-app purchases

None

YACReader

No in-app purchases

None

Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is YACReader free?
YACReader costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner free?
Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do YACReader or Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner have ads?
Neither YACReader nor Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, YACReader or Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner?
YACReader ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner every 7 months. Most recently, YACReader was updated on September 25, 2026 and Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner on September 20, 2026.

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