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.
Which comic book app should I get?
- Thread starter melman101
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Does comic glass organize by titles on ijts own, or is that something you did?
Thank you, just saw this when I went to the updates and bypassed it. Thank you again for the info. This just sucks as it is my main program right now for my comics.
If you really like it, just get the new "Bookman Pro." It adds more features and is ad-free for $3.
You can't really blame the guy for splitting Bookman into a free ad-supported version and a paid version with extra features. I don't know how anyone makes money on the App Store with a free, no-ads app.
CloudReaders is pretty good. It's the only app that natively reads cbr/cbz/pdf AND will remember a custom zoom setting across page turns. This really helps make older comics more legible when you increase their size by zooming past the white borders. It's free.
Other than that, I like ComicGlass at $1.99.
Actually you can. It's one thing to take a free version with a customer base that's been doing your beta testing, and then start charging for it, while offering a lite version. It's another to take that free version, cripple it, put ads in it, and tell you're customer base to go buy a new version.
One of these is a shady business practice, the other isn't.
How was it crippled? I won't update my bookman atm because it works as it is, but I'm wondering what exactly did he do? Just added ads?
Also I tried cloud reader and I don't like it, page turning is really slow and clunky. I guess the wisest thing to do would be to keep this version of bookman as long as it works and then just buy the full version at one point.
To be fair, i'm basing that on the comments @ iTunes.
The full version is on sale right now for $1.99.
I'm stuck between not wanting to reward what i feel is bad business practices ( and as a commenter on the full version points out, what's to say they don't do this again and intro the ultra version) and just saying screw it ane buying it.
The full version is on sale right now for $1.99.
I'm stuck between not wanting to reward what i feel is bad business practices ( and as a commenter on the full version points out, what's to say they don't do this again and intro the ultra version) and just saying screw it ane buying it.
Same here..what new features does itnhave? does it have folders? Cuz my comic book reader only has tomread comics , I don't need it to so much else
Weird, it's perfectly snappy for me, even with hi-res large comic files. Are you using an iPad 1?
But if Bookman was your top choice, why not just buy it... $1.99 really isn't much for the comic app you'll be using every day.
I don't like rewarding what I feel is bad behavior.
How is ComicGlass?
I see it uses folders and shelves..does it auto folder titles, or is it a manual thing?
How's it reading mode?
ComicGlass is great, there is such a wealth of options to reading, filters, and gestures that you can really customize it to your likes. It automatically will frame splashpages in landscape when you turn the iPad and other niceties. I don't think it does auto-foldering yet though. It's frequently updated though. I don't use in-app comic book organization on any of the apps though, so I haven't dug too deep on that.
The other feature ComicGlass doesn't have is the ability to set and hold a custom zoom--it will set one, but reset upon a page turn. That alone was enough for me to use Cloudreaders more often, since I read a lot of old comics that have big white borders.
The other feature ComicGlass doesn't have is the ability to set and hold a custom zoom--it will set one, but reset upon a page turn. That alone was enough for me to use Cloudreaders more often, since I read a lot of old comics that have big white borders.
Actually, ComicGlass HAS a custom zoom level that is kept upon turning pages. Although it might be a bit hidden in the settings.
To activate it, just set the Default zoom to "Do not change" and voila - if you zoom in it keeps the exact zoom level and position upon turning pages!
It also has kind of automatic organization of comics in folders. You just have to rename a folder to "whatever-name-of-series.pkg" - just put an ".pkg" to the end of your folder containing the series and copy this newly created .pkg-file over iTunes to ComicGlass and it appears as a folder in ComicGlass!
Jens
ComicGlass will remember the zoom level across page turns, but not the zoom position.
That's critical as often you need to nudge the page around a bit to frame it evenly after zooming past the borders. Cloudreaders exactly remembers both the zoom amount and the distance you scrolled up, down, left or right.
That's critical as often you need to nudge the page around a bit to frame it evenly after zooming past the borders. Cloudreaders exactly remembers both the zoom amount and the distance you scrolled up, down, left or right.
You're right! Boy, do they bury that feature.
You have to do everything you listed, but it does work. It's disabling auto-scrolling that is key; enabling snap doesn't seem to affect it. I've even seen reviews where they dock ComicGlass for not having this feature, so the developer should make "Zoom Lock" a one-option step in the menu.
Now I can really give ComicGlass a thumbs-up!
You have to do everything you listed, but it does work. It's disabling auto-scrolling that is key; enabling snap doesn't seem to affect it. I've even seen reviews where they dock ComicGlass for not having this feature, so the developer should make "Zoom Lock" a one-option step in the menu.
Now I can really give ComicGlass a thumbs-up!
Yes, I indeed do have an ipad 1. I'm hesitant about buying bookman for the same reasons other stated, I wouldn't wanna have a crippled version in a few months.
That other post about organizing comic glass ( putting .pkg at the end of the folder name) actually got me really interested because I have multiple series and bookman is not so good at organizing them. So I'm off to buy comic glass and if I don't like it I guess there is only bookman left.
Thanks Garachico and Tedddman. I too am off to buy Comicglass.
(one of the things that gets my goat on Bookman, is that it wasn't listing itself as a comic reader til I wrote the developer and said "You should list as a comic reader" after stumbling onto it thru app shopper. At the time, it was focusing itself as mainly a PDF reader.)
(one of the things that gets my goat on Bookman, is that it wasn't listing itself as a comic reader til I wrote the developer and said "You should list as a comic reader" after stumbling onto it thru app shopper. At the time, it was focusing itself as mainly a PDF reader.)
Bleh, I feel like I wasted 99 cents on Bookman. Not that it's any great loss, but...
-Zoom is poor. No persistent zoom between page turns, and it doesn't even anti-alias the image upon a zoom leaving it blurry? Pretty basic stuff.
-Don't like the page flip effect.
-Thumbnail preview at bottom is a cool feature in theory, but it tends to spoil the following pages.
ComicGlass is still the comic app to beat in my book.
-Zoom is poor. No persistent zoom between page turns, and it doesn't even anti-alias the image upon a zoom leaving it blurry? Pretty basic stuff.
-Don't like the page flip effect.
-Thumbnail preview at bottom is a cool feature in theory, but it tends to spoil the following pages.
ComicGlass is still the comic app to beat in my book.