YACReader vs Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- Pedalboard rig planning
- Effects pedal visualization
- Layout design
- Rig building tool
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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
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | YACReader | Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.6K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 82.0% of reviews — better | 24.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.6K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #69 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Luis Ángel San Martín | Pro Stage Gear, LLC |
Customer experience
YACReader
Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner
User reviews
YACReader
From 2.6K App Store ratingsWhat 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 reviewsWhat 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
YACReader
No in-app purchases
Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is YACReader free?
Is Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner free?
Do YACReader or Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner have ads?
Which is updated more often, YACReader or Pedaltrain Pedalboard Planner?
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