Edit:Updating to 5 stars because I found the Dekstop and it allows large imports and folder imports. It would still be nice to import folders from the iPad file system, but this is good enough The reading and organization experience is very good on this app however there are some small changes that would make this app perfect. Coming from a windows tablet, Cover was the best comic reader I’ve ever seen. This is close but the following additions would make it perfect. Importing large series is a huge pain. You can only import comic files, not folders, so after you import the comic files you have to make a folder, then select each newly imported, and copy paste them into that folder. It would be much nicer to simply import a whole folder from the file system and have it automatically create a folder with the same name with the newly imported files inside. This way I don’t need to mark 100 files for import, then move all 100 files into a folder. It would also be nice to have a filter on the Home Screen that you could filter read, unread, reading, or all comics. This way I could see only the books I’m currently reading if I wanted to. I keep page animations turned off because I like just tapping and the next page appears, but sometimes I like to swipe to the next page instead of touch and I wish it animated that like marvel unlimited does, moving the page with your finger and showing part of the next page as you swipe. There should be a settings to allow for animations only when swiping to the next page.

As corny as it may sound, YACReader makes me happy, but the customer service keeps me happy. I have been using YACReader for several years. (6 years, if memory serves). It was my first digital comics reader. Andy Ihnatko chose it as his Pick of the Week back in 2012, when Bandette came out. I’ve been using it ever since. And honestly, even though I’m perfectly happy, from time to time, I have tried the other guys too. I’ve tried at least a dozen other comic book readers over the years. But not because of ANY other reason than “just in case” the other guys had that one killer feature I didn’t know I needed yet. FOMO, right? And each time I ask myself why am I wasting my time. Part of me puts a lot of stock in Andy Ihnatko’s picks anyway. But I still wanna know what else might be available. But here’s the thing. The killer feature is not in the app at all. It’s a near perfect app. The killer feature is the customer service. You see, over the years I’ve had some questions. A couple of times I sent in a compliment. Several times I had some human error going on and needed some direction. And once or twice I ran across a faulty file and needed some advice how to save my library. And each time my questions or comments were addressed efficiently and in a friendly manner. That means a lot to me. I feel like Luis has the best comic reader out there. And I know he really cares about my experience. And I absolutely LOVE carrying a few thousand comics around in my pocket. Try it. You’ll like it. And tell your friends. Get the word out. YACReader is where it’s at!

I used to think paying for an app with such a simple concept was too much, but it has DEFINITELY been worth it! It's especially useful in conjunction with the YACReaderLibrary on your computer (which is free) since it can be used as a server to read or download your comics. As someone with literally hundreds of manga volumes and thousands of comic issues and manga chapters, YACReaderLibrary has been the only way I can keep those efficiently organized and YACReader is the only app I use to read them. The developer is also quite prompt in replying to feedback and handling issues: I was having problems reading long-strip webcomics and he was able to fix issue in the next test release on TestFlight.It's certainly not perfect: you can't automatically jump to a folder using its first letter when you're in a subfolder; when in the server view, webcomic chapters with very long "cover pages" cause the entire folder to be much more difficult to navigate; and moving through the file structure of the server view while downloading can sometimes cause the app the lag or crash. The YACReaderLibrary has even more issues, mainly dealing with how difficult it is to effeciantly manually update chapters/issues/volumes: exiting the edit dialogue automatically makes you select the top most issue which, when you're dealing with hundreds of issues, means you have to scroll back down and select the following issue to edit. It allows for the importing of metadata using the Comicvine API which is really useful, but Comicvine doesn't track manga chapters which is a lot of what I read. That means that, if I want to organize and present those chapters in a pleasing way in-app, I have to edit each one individually which is very tedious.Regardless, based entirely on how thankful I am for this app and its desktop companion, I have to give it a full five stars. Even with my complaints I have zero plans of moving to a different app/service. I also, even after paying for the iOS app, joined the developer's Patreon because I was so happy with everything I was able to do.

I picked this up so I could have an app to read comics off my NAS. I have too many to fit on my current iPad, especially given it's small storage size and no convenient expandable storage options. YACReader seemed like the best bet. Setting up the backend was... more difficult than it should have been, owing mostly to extremely poor documentation (nearly lacking entirely, really). I'm happy that the functionality I hoped for is here, though. I can connect to my server and read my comics/manga without having to download them. The "streaming" works very well!However, this app has some quirks that I *really* don't like. Over 99% of my collection is manga. I can't just toggle a button and have it know to read right-to-left. I have to toggle that button. Every. Single. Time. Likewise, rather than fitting pages side-by-side, I have to click that setting. Every. Single. Time. There isn't any global setting for this, it's on a "per book" basis... but only for books that have been downloaded. I guess I wouldn't mind that, if it didn't default to literally the absolute worst settings. Please, in a future update, give us a way set the defaults to our preferences! That change alone would bring this up to a 4/5 easily (maybe even 5/5).There are even more features I'd like, but at only $2.99, I can't complain too much. The current functionality *is* good, but it really needs settings for the default view mode.