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Yapyap · 01-01-2014, 02:05 PM

I try to avoid reading PDF files as much as possible, but I've got some PDF files that don't convert well to epub or mobi and I'll likely have to brave them on the iPad instead of my Kindle.

This leads me to wonder: is there a PDF viewer app for the iPad that has sepia mode? I hate reading on the iPad as is, but sepia mode is at least semi-tolerable for one book at a time, unlike black on shiny white (or dim white - I can't read at all if I turn the backlight low enough for it to not hurt).

I know many PDF apps do "night mode", i.e. white on black, but that's even worse than black on white for me. I've been googling for a while, but so far, the only one I've found that claims to have sepia mode is PDF Expert 5 for 9 €.

I wouldn't need any other features at all, as I really don't use PDFs much - just reading on a sepia background. Is PDF Expert my only choice (and does it actually do what it claims - I can't find screenshots anywhere) or are there other apps that do the same for a bit less money? I'll buy it if I have to, but with no need for its many other features and not foreseeing using it very often, I thought I'd ask here first!

I have an iPad 3 running iOS 7.0.

01-01-2014, 02:05 PM	#1
Yapyap Guru Posts: 861 Karma: 3543721 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Estonia Device: Kindle Paperwhite, iPad 3, Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge	PDF reader with sepia mode? I try to avoid reading PDF files as much as possible, but I've got some PDF files that don't convert well to epub or mobi and I'll likely have to brave them on the iPad instead of my Kindle. This leads me to wonder: is there a PDF viewer app for the iPad that has sepia mode? I hate reading on the iPad as is, but sepia mode is at least semi-tolerable for one book at a time, unlike black on shiny white (or dim white - I can't read at all if I turn the backlight low enough for it to not hurt). I know many PDF apps do "night mode", i.e. white on black, but that's even worse than black on white for me. I've been googling for a while, but so far, the only one I've found that claims to have sepia mode is PDF Expert 5 for 9 €. I wouldn't need any other features at all, as I really don't use PDFs much - just reading on a sepia background. Is PDF Expert my only choice (and does it actually do what it claims - I can't find screenshots anywhere) or are there other apps that do the same for a bit less money? I'll buy it if I have to, but with no need for its many other features and not foreseeing using it very often, I thought I'd ask here first! I have an iPad 3 running iOS 7.0.