Comic Book Viewer 4+

Great App!

I will change this to 5-stars when I get a definitive answer to this question. Once I add the comics to this app, can I delete the file in the folder? I use an iPhone for this app and I cannot find any detailed information about this app or how to contact the developer. I want to free up some space and it seems I can free up about 15+ GB if I can delete the files in the folder once adding the comic books to the app. You might want to consider explaining that the files are being uploaded directly to the app, so people like me do not get confused as to whether or not I have to keep the files in the folder. I tested 1 comic I finished to see by deleting the file from my download folder, but the comic still works in this app. That is an important feature to explain in the overview for this app, and you may consider explaining that while in the app so people don’t save 15+ GB of files they don’t need to have… I have an iPhone and the storage is limited. Thank you. I love the app a lot and every thing works great!

Developer Response ,

Hi Magewright, thank you for your feedback! This apps copies all files into its internal document directory, so you can safely delete the files from your iCloud drive. This has never been clarified because this has been the default mode of operation for any iOS app since the beginning (well, this app started out 2015) and Apple only allowed other behaviours in the recent years. Keep in mind, that if you delete this app, this also deletes all files in the app's document folder. If you own a Mac or PC with iTunes, you can access the app's document folder via iTunes / Finder file sharing: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201301 Disclaimer: nonetheless it's always a good idea to have a solid backup of your files somewhere. Happy reading! - DerJegge

Good option for Old Comicrack users but incomplete

It’s a good application with :
+ very good support of comic rack metadata ;-)
+ ability to tag the books (useful for rating or identifying broken ones)
+ unread books are identified with a blue triangle on the top right of the cover
+ keeping zoom when reading book (deactivated by default in the settings). When you reopen the same book, the zoom is lost. + a nice add on will be ability to select in the settings the default zoom between (page width or full page).

The reason I put only 4 stars is the following one. I’d like to read comic in landscape mode and with a zoom set to page width. Currently, the only missing functionality is ability to move page by a single tap on the right border. In my actual reader, a single tap scroll down and, at the bottom at the page, proceed to the next page. Currently, except if I miss something, with this app I have to slide up in order to scroll down and to see the bottom of the page, and then I have to slide left to go to the next page.

Developer Response ,

Hi Napaulleon, thanks again for your feedback. a & c) Did you already have a look into the Settings app under "Comics"? I have the suspicion that the option "Keep Zoom Level" is disabled. Enabling this should make each page the size of the previous one and, when swiping to the next page after having scrolled down, start the next one on the top b) This feature has already been in the last update (You may need to enable the option "Show Progress" in the settings) - unread comics are tagged by a blue triangle. In case this did not work, please contact me via email at comicbookviewer@icloud.com so I can figure out what's happening. - DerJegge

Not quite useful

Have been looking for an alternative to the classic “Bookman Pro” which did *exactly* what I needed and nothing more. There are three important features that this one lacks. The thing is, Comics aren’t the only thing I want to read, I store books and manuals, and good luck finding them in this app out of some 1000 document images of the first page, many of which don’t have pictorial front covers. So the first lack is a list by document name. Second thing is organization- there’s more than one way to achieve this, Bookman had multiple bookshelves, so I could have one designed to select by pictorial front cover, and another shelf where I could pick from a list of document titles sorted alphabetically. And lastly, Bookman had an integrated browser you could use to download PDF files directly from the web. Or if not that, if at least there was an online import of some kind where I could use Safari to find a document and download it via some import ability directly into this app. Maybe it has all these features and I just can’t find them, the reader part of this program is fine, but selection, organization, and web integration seems weak.