Just bought this app. So far, I like it. The only problem I see is how to move objects on the page. For example, if I type a text, how can I move it around the page? In addition, can I edit the already typed text?
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
New iPad app: DocAS = Goodreader + Notes Plus. welcome feedback.
- Thread starter 9squareworkshop
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
How about since there were no reviews of the product yet and yes it is reduced but that doesn't mean I don't want to try this for free, offer some feedback on the product since there is none at the time of the original post. Make sense?
It is not allow you edit this object after user end edit.
You can adjust the position/size before you end edit, I think.
Reason is:
It is hard for user to select one shape if user have a lot of annotations in the page.
Thanks for your feedback.
Last edited:
I purchased the app to give it a try. All the documents I import from GoodReader, Pages and DocsToGo are "Read Only". I would love to be able to edit documents I import so that I can use this as my main organizer for work related documents. I would like to edit Pages, Word and PDF documents. Is there a way to import editable documents?
Overall I like the UI and the looks of the app. I'm hoping the creators of this app will remain in this community for some time and give us updates to this product. It has promise.
A how to video would help as well...
Overall I like the UI and the looks of the app. I'm hoping the creators of this app will remain in this community for some time and give us updates to this product. It has promise.
A how to video would help as well...
Did you means we should provide a solution to import docs from GoodReader, Pages and DocsToGO etc?
Thanks for you feedback.
Last edited:
Some things to improve on....
This app touts itself as a Goodreader + Note taker.
I purchased this app mainly to read & annote pdf books (>200 pages). I have used Goodreader, iBooks, pdf-notes before & while these are good apps, there are some features which I find lacking, which led me to try out this app. Since I have only tried out the pdf reading part, this is what I will comment on, & compare with the other 3 apps. The note taking function I will leave for someone else to review.
USER INTERFACE
Both iBooks & pdf-notes have sleek interfaces in which the books/pdf files are arranged on bookshelves. They allow for sorting of files/ books into only one folder/category, which you are free to name, but do not support subfolders. Goodreader is the only one here that supports subfolders, however, the interface is not as pretty (trade off for functionality), as files as displayed as plain text. No bookcovers/picture thumbnails. DocAS is similar to iBooks & pdf-notes - files can be shown as thumbnails, not on a bookshelf though with the folders arrayed as a scrollable row at the bottom. Subfolders are not supported.
READING PDFs
All are fairly stable & responsive. Goodreader has crashed on me a few times, but that may be because I have used it more often than the rest to read large (>200) page pdf books. The page turning experience in DocAS seems slightly "artificial" to me though, akin to flipping a notebook rather than turning a page (perhaps because it has been created more as a notebook app than a pdf /book reader). But that is a minor gripe.
Page searching is done via a row of thumbnails at the bottom, similar to iBooks. It does not support typing in a page number to quickly navigate to a page, which only Goodreader allows. pdf-notes uses a scrollbar at the bottom to navigate pages, which can be faster when going through large numbers of pages, but less accurate. In this respect, Goodreader probably has the best function as it supports both typing in of page numbers & a scrollbar at the bottom, but again without the thumbnails.
Page cropping is possible with Goodreader & pdf-notes but not DocAS & iBooks.
EDITING / ANNOTATING PDFs
iBooks does not support any form of pdf editing.
Of the other 3, Goodreader & DocAS probably have the most editing functions - handwriting, pasting sticky notes, erasing, & undo, etc. pdf-notes allows all the afore-mentioned except sticky notes, which it says it will support at a later date. Well, if it does get supported, I think it will be the most value for money because it is free! And that was one of the main reasons which led me to look for other apps like this one!
DocAS is not perfect in the editing department, & in fact, I am quite disappointed with a few things, namely:
1. One cannot select text in the pdf. As such no copying, highlighting is possible. "Highlighting" can only be achieved the untidy way - selecting the highlighter & scrawling your lines across. Obviously this is going to look really untidy drawn freehand, & I would very much prefer the neater way of selecting text for highlighting.
2. The pinned sticky note does not show up on the page as a little message box (as in Goodreader), but as a large piece of yellow paper which obscures large portions of the page. This makes it difficult to read the main text. Of course, one can minimise the note. However, when minimized, it disappears completely, leaving no indication whatsoever that you have annotated that page. To the developers, I would recommend doing what Goodreader has currently, using a small message box to indicate that a note has been made on that page, which can be clicked on to enlarge & view its contents fully, rather than this "all or none" thing (a large obscuring sticky note or no clue at all about there being a note). Secondly, one can only create one sticky note per page, compared with multiple with Goodreader.
3. There is no way to save the annotated pdf document as a separate file. This is important if you still want to keep your original, unannoted pdf doc / books, plus your annotated one. Goodreader allows this, in fact, it prompts whether you want to create a separate file when you first do any form of editing.
These are the major beefs I have with this app so far. I have not tried exporting to the various repositories e.g. dropbox (which is supported), so I do not know whether they work properly or not. Aside from its more aesthetically pleasing interface, function-wise, Goodreader is still one-up. This would be an ideal app if the developers can make the following improvements:
1. Allow one to save the annotated / edited pdf as a different file
2. Allow multiple sticky notes per page & minimise these into tiny speech bubbles or text boxes that do not obscure the main text, & which can be clicked on to be enlarged to show the full contents of the note(s)
3. Allow selection of text for highlighting & copying & pasting
4. Allow creation of subfolders
Looking forward to these improvements in the next update!
This app touts itself as a Goodreader + Note taker.
I purchased this app mainly to read & annote pdf books (>200 pages). I have used Goodreader, iBooks, pdf-notes before & while these are good apps, there are some features which I find lacking, which led me to try out this app. Since I have only tried out the pdf reading part, this is what I will comment on, & compare with the other 3 apps. The note taking function I will leave for someone else to review.
USER INTERFACE
Both iBooks & pdf-notes have sleek interfaces in which the books/pdf files are arranged on bookshelves. They allow for sorting of files/ books into only one folder/category, which you are free to name, but do not support subfolders. Goodreader is the only one here that supports subfolders, however, the interface is not as pretty (trade off for functionality), as files as displayed as plain text. No bookcovers/picture thumbnails. DocAS is similar to iBooks & pdf-notes - files can be shown as thumbnails, not on a bookshelf though with the folders arrayed as a scrollable row at the bottom. Subfolders are not supported.
READING PDFs
All are fairly stable & responsive. Goodreader has crashed on me a few times, but that may be because I have used it more often than the rest to read large (>200) page pdf books. The page turning experience in DocAS seems slightly "artificial" to me though, akin to flipping a notebook rather than turning a page (perhaps because it has been created more as a notebook app than a pdf /book reader). But that is a minor gripe.
Page searching is done via a row of thumbnails at the bottom, similar to iBooks. It does not support typing in a page number to quickly navigate to a page, which only Goodreader allows. pdf-notes uses a scrollbar at the bottom to navigate pages, which can be faster when going through large numbers of pages, but less accurate. In this respect, Goodreader probably has the best function as it supports both typing in of page numbers & a scrollbar at the bottom, but again without the thumbnails.
Page cropping is possible with Goodreader & pdf-notes but not DocAS & iBooks.
EDITING / ANNOTATING PDFs
iBooks does not support any form of pdf editing.
Of the other 3, Goodreader & DocAS probably have the most editing functions - handwriting, pasting sticky notes, erasing, & undo, etc. pdf-notes allows all the afore-mentioned except sticky notes, which it says it will support at a later date. Well, if it does get supported, I think it will be the most value for money because it is free! And that was one of the main reasons which led me to look for other apps like this one!
DocAS is not perfect in the editing department, & in fact, I am quite disappointed with a few things, namely:
1. One cannot select text in the pdf. As such no copying, highlighting is possible. "Highlighting" can only be achieved the untidy way - selecting the highlighter & scrawling your lines across. Obviously this is going to look really untidy drawn freehand, & I would very much prefer the neater way of selecting text for highlighting.
2. The pinned sticky note does not show up on the page as a little message box (as in Goodreader), but as a large piece of yellow paper which obscures large portions of the page. This makes it difficult to read the main text. Of course, one can minimise the note. However, when minimized, it disappears completely, leaving no indication whatsoever that you have annotated that page. To the developers, I would recommend doing what Goodreader has currently, using a small message box to indicate that a note has been made on that page, which can be clicked on to enlarge & view its contents fully, rather than this "all or none" thing (a large obscuring sticky note or no clue at all about there being a note). Secondly, one can only create one sticky note per page, compared with multiple with Goodreader.
3. There is no way to save the annotated pdf document as a separate file. This is important if you still want to keep your original, unannoted pdf doc / books, plus your annotated one. Goodreader allows this, in fact, it prompts whether you want to create a separate file when you first do any form of editing.
These are the major beefs I have with this app so far. I have not tried exporting to the various repositories e.g. dropbox (which is supported), so I do not know whether they work properly or not. Aside from its more aesthetically pleasing interface, function-wise, Goodreader is still one-up. This would be an ideal app if the developers can make the following improvements:
1. Allow one to save the annotated / edited pdf as a different file
2. Allow multiple sticky notes per page & minimise these into tiny speech bubbles or text boxes that do not obscure the main text, & which can be clicked on to be enlarged to show the full contents of the note(s)
3. Allow selection of text for highlighting & copying & pasting
4. Allow creation of subfolders
Looking forward to these improvements in the next update!
This app touts itself as a Goodreader + Note taker.
I purchased this app mainly to read & annote pdf books (>200 pages). I have used Goodreader, iBooks, pdf-notes before & while these are good apps, there are some features which I find lacking, which led me to try out this app. Since I have only tried out the pdf reading part, this is what I will comment on, & compare with the other 3 apps. The note taking function I will leave for someone else to review.
USER INTERFACE
Both iBooks & pdf-notes have sleek interfaces in which the books/pdf files are arranged on bookshelves. They allow for sorting of files/ books into only one folder/category, which you are free to name, but do not support subfolders. Goodreader is the only one here that supports subfolders, however, the interface is not as pretty (trade off for functionality), as files as displayed as plain text. No bookcovers/picture thumbnails. DocAS is similar to iBooks & pdf-notes - files can be shown as thumbnails, not on a bookshelf though with the folders arrayed as a scrollable row at the bottom. Subfolders are not supported.
READING PDFs
All are fairly stable & responsive. Goodreader has crashed on me a few times, but that may be because I have used it more often than the rest to read large (>200) page pdf books. The page turning experience in DocAS seems slightly "artificial" to me though, akin to flipping a notebook rather than turning a page (perhaps because it has been created more as a notebook app than a pdf /book reader). But that is a minor gripe.
Page searching is done via a row of thumbnails at the bottom, similar to iBooks. It does not support typing in a page number to quickly navigate to a page, which only Goodreader allows. pdf-notes uses a scrollbar at the bottom to navigate pages, which can be faster when going through large numbers of pages, but less accurate. In this respect, Goodreader probably has the best function as it supports both typing in of page numbers & a scrollbar at the bottom, but again without the thumbnails.
Page cropping is possible with Goodreader & pdf-notes but not DocAS & iBooks.
EDITING / ANNOTATING PDFs
iBooks does not support any form of pdf editing.
Of the other 3, Goodreader & DocAS probably have the most editing functions - handwriting, pasting sticky notes, erasing, & undo, etc. pdf-notes allows all the afore-mentioned except sticky notes, which it says it will support at a later date. Well, if it does get supported, I think it will be the most value for money because it is free! And that was one of the main reasons which led me to look for other apps like this one!
DocAS is not perfect in the editing department, & in fact, I am quite disappointed with a few things, namely:
1. One cannot select text in the pdf. As such no copying, highlighting is possible. "Highlighting" can only be achieved the untidy way - selecting the highlighter & scrawling your lines across. Obviously this is going to look really untidy drawn freehand, & I would very much prefer the neater way of selecting text for highlighting.
2. The pinned sticky note does not show up on the page as a little message box (as in Goodreader), but as a large piece of yellow paper which obscures large portions of the page. This makes it difficult to read the main text. Of course, one can minimise the note. However, when minimized, it disappears completely, leaving no indication whatsoever that you have annotated that page. To the developers, I would recommend doing what Goodreader has currently, using a small message box to indicate that a note has been made on that page, which can be clicked on to enlarge & view its contents fully, rather than this "all or none" thing (a large obscuring sticky note or no clue at all about there being a note). Secondly, one can only create one sticky note per page, compared with multiple with Goodreader.
3. There is no way to save the annotated pdf document as a separate file. This is important if you still want to keep your original, unannoted pdf doc / books, plus your annotated one. Goodreader allows this, in fact, it prompts whether you want to create a separate file when you first do any form of editing.
These are the major beefs I have with this app so far. I have not tried exporting to the various repositories e.g. dropbox (which is supported), so I do not know whether they work properly or not. Aside from its more aesthetically pleasing interface, function-wise, Goodreader is still one-up. This would be an ideal app if the developers can make the following improvements:
1. Allow one to save the annotated / edited pdf as a different file
2. Allow multiple sticky notes per page & minimise these into tiny speech bubbles or text boxes that do not obscure the main text, & which can be clicked on to be enlarged to show the full contents of the note(s)
3. Allow selection of text for highlighting & copying & pasting
4. Allow creation of subfolders
Looking forward to these improvements in the next update!
Thanks for the indepth review. Here is hoping the developer responds back and does go MIA like so many others have. i.e. here is my product and then leave never to be heard of again.
Thanks so much for your most valuable suggestions and reviews.
Really appreciate for your most valuable suggestions and evaluations, Lord
This review really provided lots of valuable reference information for our future enhancement orientation.
Our App is still young, and it has long way to go. But we will try our best to enhance it to be best.
More enhancements will come soon.
One correction: we already provided one finger flipping to turn page on non-edit mode.
BTW, our 60% discount on-sale will be ended today.
Thanks again,
Really appreciate for your most valuable suggestions and evaluations, Lord
This review really provided lots of valuable reference information for our future enhancement orientation.
Our App is still young, and it has long way to go. But we will try our best to enhance it to be best.
More enhancements will come soon.
One correction: we already provided one finger flipping to turn page on non-edit mode.
BTW, our 60% discount on-sale will be ended today.
Thanks again,
This app touts itself as a Goodreader + Note taker.
I purchased this app mainly to read & annote pdf books (>200 pages). I have used Goodreader, iBooks, pdf-notes before & while these are good apps, there are some features which I find lacking, which led me to try out this app. Since I have only tried out the pdf reading part, this is what I will comment on, & compare with the other 3 apps. The note taking function I will leave for someone else to review.
USER INTERFACE
Both iBooks & pdf-notes have sleek interfaces in which the books/pdf files are arranged on bookshelves. They allow for sorting of files/ books into only one folder/category, which you are free to name, but do not support subfolders. Goodreader is the only one here that supports subfolders, however, the interface is not as pretty (trade off for functionality), as files as displayed as plain text. No bookcovers/picture thumbnails. DocAS is similar to iBooks & pdf-notes - files can be shown as thumbnails, not on a bookshelf though with the folders arrayed as a scrollable row at the bottom. Subfolders are not supported.
READING PDFs
All are fairly stable & responsive. Goodreader has crashed on me a few times, but that may be because I have used it more often than the rest to read large (>200) page pdf books. The page turning experience in DocAS seems slightly "artificial" to me though, akin to flipping a notebook rather than turning a page (perhaps because it has been created more as a notebook app than a pdf /book reader). But that is a minor gripe.
Page searching is done via a row of thumbnails at the bottom, similar to iBooks. It does not support typing in a page number to quickly navigate to a page, which only Goodreader allows. pdf-notes uses a scrollbar at the bottom to navigate pages, which can be faster when going through large numbers of pages, but less accurate. In this respect, Goodreader probably has the best function as it supports both typing in of page numbers & a scrollbar at the bottom, but again without the thumbnails.
Page cropping is possible with Goodreader & pdf-notes but not DocAS & iBooks.
EDITING / ANNOTATING PDFs
iBooks does not support any form of pdf editing.
Of the other 3, Goodreader & DocAS probably have the most editing functions - handwriting, pasting sticky notes, erasing, & undo, etc. pdf-notes allows all the afore-mentioned except sticky notes, which it says it will support at a later date. Well, if it does get supported, I think it will be the most value for money because it is free! And that was one of the main reasons which led me to look for other apps like this one!
DocAS is not perfect in the editing department, & in fact, I am quite disappointed with a few things, namely:
1. One cannot select text in the pdf. As such no copying, highlighting is possible. "Highlighting" can only be achieved the untidy way - selecting the highlighter & scrawling your lines across. Obviously this is going to look really untidy drawn freehand, & I would very much prefer the neater way of selecting text for highlighting.
2. The pinned sticky note does not show up on the page as a little message box (as in Goodreader), but as a large piece of yellow paper which obscures large portions of the page. This makes it difficult to read the main text. Of course, one can minimise the note. However, when minimized, it disappears completely, leaving no indication whatsoever that you have annotated that page. To the developers, I would recommend doing what Goodreader has currently, using a small message box to indicate that a note has been made on that page, which can be clicked on to enlarge & view its contents fully, rather than this "all or none" thing (a large obscuring sticky note or no clue at all about there being a note). Secondly, one can only create one sticky note per page, compared with multiple with Goodreader.
3. There is no way to save the annotated pdf document as a separate file. This is important if you still want to keep your original, unannoted pdf doc / books, plus your annotated one. Goodreader allows this, in fact, it prompts whether you want to create a separate file when you first do any form of editing.
These are the major beefs I have with this app so far. I have not tried exporting to the various repositories e.g. dropbox (which is supported), so I do not know whether they work properly or not. Aside from its more aesthetically pleasing interface, function-wise, Goodreader is still one-up. This would be an ideal app if the developers can make the following improvements:
1. Allow one to save the annotated / edited pdf as a different file
2. Allow multiple sticky notes per page & minimise these into tiny speech bubbles or text boxes that do not obscure the main text, & which can be clicked on to be enlarged to show the full contents of the note(s)
3. Allow selection of text for highlighting & copying & pasting
4. Allow creation of subfolders
Looking forward to these improvements in the next update!
Our DocAS app featured on AppAdvice.com
Our DocAS app featured on AppAdvice.com
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/07/quickadvice-docas
Our DocAS app featured on AppAdvice.com
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/07/quickadvice-docas
DocAS Lite = "PDF Notes" + "Document Reader" +" Note Taker" + "Handwriting",welcome
DocAS Lite = "PDF Notes" + "Document Reader" +" Note Taker" + "Handwriting",welcome feedbacks.
Download link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/docas-lite-pdf-notes-document/id451036875?mt=8#
DocAS Lite is a Lite version for DocAS without exporting and backup&restore.
It is a powerful comprehensive document "Killer" App for iPad. It offers straightforward Files Manager, Document Viewer, Note Taker, Handwriting, PDF Annotation, audio recording and Air printing etc. Drag & Drop is our highlight to organize your documents. Handwriting and PDF annotation are our "killer" features.
Download link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/docas-lite-pdf-notes-document/id451036875?mt=8#
DocAS Lite is a Lite version for DocAS without exporting and backup&restore.
It is a powerful comprehensive document "Killer" App for iPad. It offers straightforward Files Manager, Document Viewer, Note Taker, Handwriting, PDF Annotation, audio recording and Air printing etc. Drag & Drop is our highlight to organize your documents. Handwriting and PDF annotation are our "killer" features.
US productivity top free chart: No.20 now. Thank you.
US productivity top free chart: No.20 now. Thank you.
Your feedback is our best gift.
US productivity top free chart: No.20 now. Thank you.
Your feedback is our best gift.
Really cool app. like the interface. surprised that i can write in rather small fonts without the "zoom in" windows featured in other apps. One drawback that has probably been mentioned by others is there is a lag while zooming, scrolling, and writing. If those are improved, this app would be awesome!
plus it's really cheap!
gl to continuing improving!
plus it's really cheap!
gl to continuing improving!
Thanks so much. We will try our best to enhance it.
Thanks so much. We will try our best to enhance it.
Thanks so much. We will try our best to enhance it.
DocAS 2.2 release is coming
DocAS 2.2 is waiting for Apple review now.
Many enhancements.
Welcome feedback.
DocAS 2.2 is waiting for Apple review now.
Many enhancements.
Welcome feedback.
Free Lite version
Free Lite version: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/docas-lite-pdf-notes-document/id451036875?mt=8
What is the difference between the to verisons? The documentation is a bit unclear to me. Thanks!
Differences between Lite version and full version
Differences between Lite version and full version
1. No export function in Lite version
2. Only allow to create 4 notebook/documents with Lite version, The full-function version has no limit.
Differences between Lite version and full version
1. No export function in Lite version
2. Only allow to create 4 notebook/documents with Lite version, The full-function version has no limit.
DocAS 2.2
What's New in Version 2.2
★ Insert photos/pictures/images in PDF/notebook(User can select/Rotate/Resize/Move)
★ Self-defined color(User can select color from color palette)
★ Fixed note/annotation data missed bug(Critical issue fixing)
★ Fixed DropBox import issue for those docs name with special characters
★ Fixed DropBox sign out issue
★ Fixed the PDF importing issue from browser
★ Significantly enhanced the text input feature
✔ Fixed the issue which user can not edit text in some corner area
✔ Edit text color,font and size
✔ Add protect for Textbox location
What's New in Version 2.2
★ Insert photos/pictures/images in PDF/notebook(User can select/Rotate/Resize/Move)
★ Self-defined color(User can select color from color palette)
★ Fixed note/annotation data missed bug(Critical issue fixing)
★ Fixed DropBox import issue for those docs name with special characters
★ Fixed DropBox sign out issue
★ Fixed the PDF importing issue from browser
★ Significantly enhanced the text input feature
✔ Fixed the issue which user can not edit text in some corner area
✔ Edit text color,font and size
✔ Add protect for Textbox location
Appreciation!
Appreciate for all friends.
Here are 5 full-functions version promotional codes;
WNMW4HY6H9KA
TXNWARKWYW6L
3E7PY6WR3NTH
TP4PP9FWHH6X
99YAKRK47E7A
Appreciate for all friends.
Here are 5 full-functions version promotional codes;
WNMW4HY6H9KA
TXNWARKWYW6L
3E7PY6WR3NTH
TP4PP9FWHH6X
99YAKRK47E7A