United StatesGerty is a simple and meticulously crafted app to read your books and record great memories as you read them. eBook reader, journal, notes, photos, maps - you've never seen anything like this before! READING FEATURES - Open books in the EPUB format - Separate library for paper and eInk books, magazines, and other publications - Scan barcodes to look up info and covers of your paper books - Organise your books in shelves - Bulk manage, sort and filter books - Advanced EPUB formatting including margins and spacing - Vastly improved EPUB rendering based on Marvin's fantastic display engine - Specialty OpenDyslexic font - Vertical scroll reading design - Auto scroll with variable speed and estimated reading time (*) - Screen edge detection for paging - Apply screen warmth for comfortable nighttime reading - EPUB 3 popup footnotes - Automatically add definitions you’ve learnt to your timeline (*) - Link to custom dictionary apps and web services (*) - Create custom commands to integrate with many apps and services (*) - One-tap Dropbox access to your EPUB books - Drag and drop books using iTunes JOURNALLING & NOTE TAKING FEATURES - Keep a personal journal, notes, a private blog, marginalia, or write a photo essay while you're reading - Relive memories by browsing your entries and notes on maps - Save passages and notes as journal entries - Take photos and process them with stunning effects - Unified timeline - Photo and tag browser - Share journal entries and photos - Geo-tag entries - Full screen photo and entry browsing - All your entries are private - Export your timeline to an EPUB journal (*) OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES - Works beautifully on iPhone 6 and 6 Plus - Passcode lock (*) - Native maps support - Efficient cloud syncing and backups using Dropbox (*) - Sound effects - In-book reading timers (*) - Daily reading and journalling reminders - Modern iOS features including parallax and motion effects - Detects GPS and date information from photo EXIF data - Light and dark UI themes (*) - In-book UI automatically switches to night mode when the screen is dimmed (*) - AirDrop, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and iMessage sharing - Powerful URL schemes to integrate with other apps NOTES - Gerty opens DRM-free EPUB books with basic support for EPUB 3 - Barcode lookups might not work for all books - OpenDyslexic currently supports the basic Latin character set - Dropbox access and syncing requires a Dropbox account (*) Some premium features require a single, one-time, “unlock everything” in-app purchase. App Store reviews really help Gerty. If you enjoy Gerty and find it useful, please consider taking a moment to leave a nice review or rating. Thanks and happy reading!
Nice and simple scrolling
Update: after an app update I does not keep track of my current position and in stead start me at the beginning of the current chapter. So any time you leave the app or start another book it loses your place. There does not seem to be a way to navigate to manual bookmark positions I used to use iBooks with the scrolling view but after a terrible update iBooks scroll became unusable(super janky and constantly loosing your page). I tried many reader alternatives and this is by far the best experience. It's UI is a little weird but it stays out of the way for the most part. Much better then iBooks ever was
United StatesWill not connect to Dropbox
“Error loading app info. An unknown error occurred.” I was able to connect a different app to Dropbox the same day, so it’s not an error with my Dropbox app or my phone.
United StatesSearched really long...
...for a reader app with auto-scroll feature. Yes, Apple Books does NOT have an auto-scroll feature every reader app should have in my opinion. Thankfully this app functions exactly how I want it to. You can set the speed based upon your preference and hold the scroll if necessary with a simple tap and continue auto-scroll with another tap. It has multiple fonts to pick from as well as several page/ font color schemes. It may be insignificant to other to scroll or turn pages, for me this is exactly what I wanted. Well worth the $3.99 that you can’t even buy a Starbucks with in today’s world. I was able to airdrop Apple Books from my iCloud account straight into the Gerty app, which was a concern at first on if and how I could get previously purchased books migrated over. Thanks for providing this reading app with auto-scroll function!
United StatesSounds good...
Until you download the app and there are no instructions on how to actually use it.
United StatesReview of full version
Used to love it until one day, landscape disappeared. Wrote to help desk- no response, can’t figure how to get it back. The full version states it has landscape.
United StatesOK for reading - BAD for notes
Came here for auto scroll but disappointed by how the note taking is handled. This app could use serious update: Sharing/Copy/pasting text only results in pasting the cover image of the book in your text document/email. If you stay within the app, it works alright but then it gets hard/impossible to organize your notes when you’re a writer doing research etc and need to move your text around. If you dont need anything else than reading, maybe that app is for you.
United StatesZero Support
Bought app, had a problem, multiple tries to get in touch with support, was ignored.
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- Added support for iOS document pickers - get books from iCloud Drive, OneDrive, Google Drive, Box, and more (*) - Improved compatibility with future system updates. - Fixed a crash that could happen when accessing statistics. - Other small bug fixes, enhancements, and refinements. (*) Requires iOS 8, and the corresponding app (e.g. OneDrive) that supports document provider extensions. If you're enjoying Gerty, please find a moment to leave a review and tell your friends. It really, really helps. Happy reading!
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