Chunky Comic Reader

Chunky is by far my favourite comic reader. It does not have some of the frills found in other readers but it has everything needed to make a fine reading experience. That said I would suggest a way to resize the comic images in group view. Also, I have a large collection and I would really like a selected favourites. Also I have a bug that stops 5*. I get ‘cannot open null’ when I open the app after waking my iPad. I understand that this is not the place to report bugs but I did email the dev and have not heard back.

I don’t usually write app reviews, I just don’t remember to do it. But after using Chunky for two weeks, I feel compelled to share my love for it. It is the only comic book reader I’ll ever use for DRM Free comics. I have a pretty huge collection on my laptop, and have used several different paid and free comic readers on the iPad before, this just blows everything else out of the water. Simple interface, beautiful and elegant, and runs as smooth as you can imagine. I liked it so much that I decided to get the pro upgrade just to support the dev, without caring what was in the pro upgrade. And that was a bigger surprise. Thanks to this app I now know you can share your folders on windows 10 over your network. (I’m clearly not as computer literate as I thought). I don’t even need to use Dropbox or one drive or anything else. My entire collection is synced with the iPad. I just download and delete at my pleasure. I haven’t encountered anything negative yet, but one of the recent reviews mentions the used storage still being in use after deleting comics. I’m not sure about that yet, but if it’s true, I’d be a bit worried.

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Easy to use. Can upload to cloud and transfer to device. No way to transfer wired. Comics look great and can easily be sorted with careful file naming. But, every comic you transfer will consume double the storage space. So a 500MB file takes 1GB on your device. Even when deleted the duplicate storage will remain. Even when deleting app the duplicate storage will remain. This used storage space cannot be viewed. It cannot be deleted. No changing of device or app settings will stop this duplication from happening. Eventually you WILL have factory reset device to get it back. Depending on how many comics you import and how much storage you have you may end up having to this pretty regularly. It's a pity because if this wasn't the car it would be a 4 star app worthy of paying for pro. Buts it's not so be warned.....

I recently switched from me beloved samsung tab device because my comic reading habits were becoming dfficult with a 10.5" screen. I had to stick with it thogh as funds are tight, but a famiy friend gave me his old ipad pro. I love it, but was having trouble adjusting from cdisplay ex. I stumbled across chunky, and immediately took to it - extremely intuitive and user friendly, I feel that the makers of cdisplay could learn much from this app.

I paid for this app pro unlock after only a few uses, it’s that good! Managing your collection is super easy. You can create custom groupings, rename them, reorder, split, delete, etc. You can open each comic exactly where you left off. I can download my comics from Google Drive and Dropbox within the app, which is amazing! The autocropping, scaling, tinting, panning, is all fantastic and can be switched off or customised to my liking. The choices for page transition effects are neat and you can even completely customise the colour scheme for the app which is something I was every app offered. This app is what got me reading comics as a hobby and I wish I could give it more than 5 stars.