MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - iOS eReader App Suggestions (ePub, mobi, PDF) TiReader, Yomu, KyBook, etc?

Cloudmaker · 12-30-2019, 05:21 AM

I've been using TiReader for a long time since the very release. In overall, great ereader, but I had to switch to KyBook for a couple of reasons:
1. TiReader is slow. I mean, it's veeery slooow. It takes forever to get 2Mb ebook be prepared for reading on my iPad Air 2, while KyBook does it in the blink of an eye. You want to change font or font size? You're welcome to observe "Preparing layout..." for a minute or two or three. Developers say: "Go get a new iOS device, we're not going to optimize our app, it's too time-consuming". Oh, well, whatever...
2. No page numbers in the context menu. No "pages left in a chapter" or any useful info in the status bar below.
3. Changing book covers from Web (Bing) doesn't work anymore, API had changed but an app wasn't updated accordingly.

Well, maybe those problems are minor ones for someone else, but I switched to KyBook 3.

12-30-2019, 05:21 AM	#56
Cloudmaker Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2016 Device: iPad	I've been using TiReader for a long time since the very release. In overall, great ereader, but I had to switch to KyBook for a couple of reasons: 1. TiReader is slow. I mean, it's veeery slooow. It takes forever to get 2Mb ebook be prepared for reading on my iPad Air 2, while KyBook does it in the blink of an eye. You want to change font or font size? You're welcome to observe "Preparing layout..." for a minute or two or three. Developers say: "Go get a new iOS device, we're not going to optimize our app, it's too time-consuming". Oh, well, whatever... 2. No page numbers in the context menu. No "pages left in a chapter" or any useful info in the status bar below. 3. Changing book covers from Web (Bing) doesn't work anymore, API had changed but an app wasn't updated accordingly. Well, maybe those problems are minor ones for someone else, but I switched to KyBook 3. Last edited by Cloudmaker; 12-30-2019 at 05:25 AM.