Marvin for iPhone and iPod touch

Marvin is far and away the best looking ePub reader available It beats iBooks hands down I have a great many noniBooks ePubs that I was keeping organized in iBooks iTunes but recent attempts to move them to a new iPad have resulted in nothing but frustration Since Im living in a postiTunes world now Spotify Netflix Hulu etc eBooks have become the last bastion and only reason to continue enduring increasingly sketchy iTunes syncing It has finally become time to move my library over to Dropbox and read with Marvin Other reviews have gone over the positives so I wont rehash them here Suffice it to say this is an excellent eReader app However I have observed these drawbacks Marvin crashes when importing multiple books from Dropbox forcing the user to painstakingly tap three times for each book Marvin crashes when sending books to the iOS device using AirPlay The Dropbox integration doesnt show subfolders but instead lumps all books in every subfolder together making it hard to find what you want to import You have to import every book manually on each device there should really be Dropbox iCloud integration to have books automatically appear on all devices when added to one Reading position sync is unreliable except at the beginning of a chapter Deep Look data a lesssophisticated version of Amazons XRay doesnt seem to sync I spent time combining duplicate characters and otherwise preening this data in one book only to find it not even enabled on the same book on another device Overall Id still recommend this app especially if sync isnt an issue for you However for a 4 app it seems a little rough around the edges in reliability UI design and especially multidevice use           Nice Reader Could Use Some UI Improvement

People have been complaining for months that it no longer works with Calibre The blog site AKA Help is useless and a confusing jumble of tech jargon that is anything but helpful Worked fine until iOS and Calibre 218 DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY UNTIL THE DEVELOPER PROVIDES A SIMPLE INSTRUCTION WITH A WORKING PLUGIN FOR CALIBRE     DOES NOT WORK WITH CALIBRE

I searched for a betterdesigned minimal experience than the one offered by Apple I really like Marvin Pros metadata presentation and edit Dropbox integration some options for color customization Cons cant elect to show top bar none of themes is a night mode theme which makes it difficult to go to the library in the dark without burning retinas no advanced sorting priority ranking eg author sort then series and number Please especially consider offering a dark library option for us night readers Im very happy to find a more pleasant home for my ebooks Solid featurefilled app              What a minimal iOS reader should be

I jumped on the ebook train once I first learned of the Kindle Today I carry my phone everywhere rather than an ereader and I find the epub book format much more convenient This app fills that need and it does it splendidly You can format the text however you desire as you read It has a night time mode that I now use all the time It has a multitude of convenient methods to help download books on to your device and ready to read Its friendly to my battery The screen brightness can auto adjust based upon your surrounding environment It has everything one expects from an ereader app and it does it all well This is my favorite ereader app And you can try it yourself with the free version Its the same as the pro but youre limited to storing one book in your Marvin library at a time So give it a shot and maybe youll fall in love with Marvin like me I upgraded to pro and am glad I did                 The Best Ive Seen

Have tried pretty much every reading app since the loss of our dearly departed Stanza and Marvin is the best theres been                 Best By Far

I love this app and have been using it to read free ebooks for a few weeks now on my iPhone as well as iPad I really like the connectivity options Calibre Dropbox etc and I never knew I wanted features such as vocabulary and reading list until I started using them There is one thing I really wish it had You can sync your reading progress across multiple devices using Dropbox but this feature is incomplete It only syncs reading progress and does not sync any bookmarks highlights or notes you may have created This is something I really miss when compared to Kindle app which I use for books I purchase              Amazing App with a few shortcomings

I occasionally try the captive ereader apps kobo kindle but I keep coming back to Marvin Its ability to collect books from many sources is the best I dont even bother with iBooks With Calibre on my Mac to curate my collection and Marvins customizable interface why would I want anything else                 Still The Best

After using iBooks and getting dissatisfied with its performance I looked at almost every EPUB reader available I have not found any that come close to Marvin As someone who has vision problems Marvin has the flexibility and the features that are perfect for me I especially love having the ability to choose from a multitude of page colors and text colors in order to customize a comfortable reading page that suits my needs The other very important feature that Is especially helpful is the references feature When you tap on a reference or footnote the screen comes up in the same font that you set the reading page to In most other EPUB readers all you get is a little box with very small writing If you need a larger font what good is that little box Marvin got this one right I recommend Marvin to everyone I talk to DJN                 Marvin epub reader

Such a long wait for this update and the devs other reader app Gerty has it Seems odd not to include it                 Great app still no EPub v3 support

Move on nothing to buy here 1 Marvin used to be a solid reader for iPad with a promising history of responsive updates No longer Marvin hasnt been updated for over six months The developer has gone radio silent It has the feeling of abandonware and still has major deficits NO support for EPUB 3 PDF page numbering 2 Marvins integration with Calibre used to be a selling point that overcame for many the deficits above Well thats gone too Apples IOS 83 upgrade permanently changed the file access permissions on iPads in such a way that Calibre can no longer sync The developer who was maintaining the plugin enabling this sync has pronounced it Game Over without a rewrite of the plugin AND Marvin In sort this is no longer a best option Look elsewhere Long story short Marvin depends on a third party open source product call IOS Reader Applications plugin IOS RA to connect and sync to Calibre under IOS 8 That plugin does not function under IOS 8 despite a few attempts at rewrite     No Longer Worth The Purchase

Bar none                 Best Ebook reader out there

This app does everything I ask for in an eReader controllable display in terms of font size margins justification page turn effect etc Easytosearch library of whats on the device Wireless download from Calibre The above list is what I use this marvelous app for day in and day out As long as the author never sells out to some evil ePubhostile force which I will not name Im good with it It leaves all other currentlyavailable epub readers I know of in the dust Update this app is STILL the indespensible ebook reader The author keeps updating it and caring for it If I could give it ten stars I would Update2 The new ability to reach your library on more than one cloud service is wonderful As Ive already said this app deserves 10 stars                 Replaces Stanza For Me

Thanks again for your excellent app I have been using it for a few months now You did a great job Bug 1 The selected font size linespacing paragraph space etc is not consistent I am not in publisher mode I set all settings they way I want but each book is not the same I should open any book and all settings fontsize etc should be same Here are two suggestions 1 When setting themes save the Dimming onoff with the theme I use the white background with no dimming during day And I use black background with Extra dimming at night Since I can cycle through the themes by one tap I always have to to do additional taps to turn on or off the Extra dimming If this was saved with the them it would make things a lot easier 2 When book is complete automatically tag it as Read the blue icon Now you have to find the book in the list and then tag it read Thanks again for great app                 Excellent App 1 Bug 2 Suggestions

I really like Marvin It plus a jailbroken iPad to accommodate flux makes for pretty much the perfect all purpose device for someone who loves reading Being able to change justification of text on the fly is especially great                 Marvin does everything I could wish

Please let us use custom fonts or at least let us drop them into a folder to be read        Custom fonts please

Simply amazing Fast fluid easy to use Im loving this app If youre into eBooks you need this app                 The BEST eBook app out there

and Ive looked at lots                 Best ebook reader Ive found

That perfect epub reader youve been looking for This is it Think of the features you love best about your current ebook app Marvin does it better Now think of the features you wish your current app had Marvin likely has them Marvins elegance manifests in its usercentric versatility if you want a simple nofrills reading experience this is it If you want to customize to your hearts content this is also it                 Astonishing

this app has great accessibility features the highly configurable themes fonts and formatting accommodate my vision problems perfectly Configurable gestures allow me to hold and operate the book wholly lefthanded but still flip pages forward with a tap on that side Multiple dictionaries at once helps when i read books containing two or more languages Love it                 configurable accessible

This app is so good it actually sold an iPad I was looking at tablets and considering nonApple models as well until I realized that Marvin was iOSonly Okay Getting an iPad then I was a huge fan of Stanza until Amazon killed it off Marvin is a morethansuitable replacement Definitely a five star app Really excellent interface and powerful features make this an excellent program overall From note taking to navigation I love the swipes for changing brightness and warmth Lots of thought went into the design Suggestions On leaving the app it should auto send my position in the book for syncing on other devices Seems lazy that I have to do it myself and then the app tells me that the device Im on now is at an earlier position and asks if I want to go back They do need a wholeapp night mode Reading at night the bright white menus are blinding They should also clean up the hinky extra dimming interface and simply allow the standard dimming swipe to go further EPub 3 support Including video ePub PDF support would be nice                 Excellent ereader

Ive been reading on my iPod Touch for four years update plus 2 even better years on my iPad miniMarvin provides a lovely onecoldn landscape display This is it the ereader Ive been longing for Its got almost everything youve ever wanted fine display and brightness controls extensive tagging system to create folders and keywords lovely fonts which work well for lowvision readers design elegant enough to withstand hours of staring at it                 Put in your dock today

I know it isnt Appstafarians fault but as much as I like Marvin I can no longer recommend it Until iOS 83 Marvin Calibre was wonderful but since Apples fix synching between Calibre and Marvin is no longer possible and trying to get books back and forth is now a nuisance and covers and additional metadata no longer sync reliably If they can fix Calibre sync Ill find a way to raise this to 6 stars Until then use IBooks              I hate to say this

I cant find anywhere on the website to report issues so it looks like they go into my review The multiple download feature at least from Dropbox seems to always crash when I use itsometimes it downloads everything I selected and sometimes it doesnt The new picker feature does not seem to have a way to filter choices or to change the sorting to anything but by name It is much less useful than using the normal Dropbox choice of adding books so I do not see what its purpose is As has always been the case Marvin will frequently crash upon opening a new book for the first time Another frequent occurrence is that it will not crash on opening a new book but the page turn animation does not work and the pages will just appear which is pretty jarring to me as a reader Upon killing and reloading the app everything works as it should though Other than these minor issues it is still my favorite reader I much prefer the ability of multiple columns on my iPad and static pages to having to constantly scroll and I also like the easy ability to search for something or a character and easily jump back to where I just was Previous experience This was a great ebook reader when I first started using it although it still lacked some of the great features I loved from the now deceased Stanza Over the past several updates though Marvin has been continually and actively updated enhanced and improved It is definitely far beyond any other reader I have tried Also and probably far more importantly the developer listens to feedback and is willing to make changes based on that              Still best reader update does little for me

Love love love Marvin Its the best for those looking to take complete control of their ebooks Best reading out there Easily sort categorize add covers and back up                 Best Ebook Reader by far

This app is beautiful and insanely fullfeatured It is the best ePub reader on any platform                 Best ebook app period

On the day when Marvin has PDF support there will be peace in the Middle East Bunnies will roam free on the deep green rolling hills Rivers will flow clear and divorce rates will plummet                 Hope for Additional file support

I dont use Dropbox but I want to sync my reading position across devices Add total progress by total page numbers not just chapters its confusing     Google Docs integration total progress

I bought this app because I read about all of its nice features that allow you to fully customize it and I made the assumption that something so well designed must also highlight and annotate well also at least as well as iBooks Not so Unfortunately the designers did not make it easy to highlight using this app and as a result it is not useful to me at all If you are looking for something to read with this app may be fine but if you are using it to study with forget it        If you need to highlight dont buy this app

The app was great when Calibre syncing worked Sadly it no longer does This is a major problem for those of us who manage our ebook in Calibre and it needs to be fixed     Calibre syncing does not work

I used to LOVE Marvin I have thousands of ebooks and used it on a daily basis The only real complaint I had for years was the lack of a page turning feature like ibooks However I can no longer update Marvin through calibre where I have all my books on my computer It appears this feature is being abandoned Marvin still works so as long as you already have all your books loaded everything is fine If you wanted to load any new books dont bother           Doesnt sync anymore

Like other recent reviews have stated Marvin USED to be great But it has not been updated in a while and you can no longer sync books directly from Calibre to your iOS device The latter was the ONLY reason I purchased this app in the first place     Too Late

Most complete features                 Great

I cant believe the years I lost with ibooks Marvin is simply the best ebook reader You can edit metadata has specific touch controls manage all my library without issues the interface is clean and clear you can use it with calibre I buy it in the moment I try for a day its a must buy and with Comic Zeal and thinkbook my essential apps                 Best epub reader

Ever since the update to iOS 8 this app has failed me Almost all the novels Ive put in and read using Marvin have either images that bleed to the next page or cut in the middle If only reading novels with just text it is still great but otherwise Id look for a better alternative     Was good till iOS 8

This is by far one of the nicest apps Ive spent money on Visually appealing and superb functionality Thats what Ill call a winner in my book Great app                 Underrated

Highly recommended                 An essential app for ebook lovers

Its the only ereader I use I have multiple devices and often read multiple books at the same time Marvin now allows me to keep up in any of my devices With the added support of cloud sync to Box and Google cloud just makes life easier The Picker for grabbing media from cloud storage is a bit buggy however                 Best Reader

I purchased Marvin as a replacement for Stanza since it can connect to Calibre and read from Dropbox Neither of these features worked The connection to Calibre is broken for anyone running iOS 83 or later The Dropbox connection could only find two readable files none of which were the djvu files I wanted A open with Marvin could fix the Dropbox issue but sadly that is not available either     False advertising

Ive reported bugs but the developer neither replies nor fixes No replies to repeated inquiries Ah well This was a great app while it lasted but no longer appears be actively developed My 3 star rating calculates like this 5 stars for the app 1 star for supportcommunicationscontinued development           Seems to have been abandoned

Marvin is a great ereader and the best of the six or so Ive trialed If you are a Calibre user and you should be the epub only and noDRM requirements are no problem Marvin offers the most customizatio for your reading experience as well as a great UI Love love Marvin                 Very excellent ereader

It has its glitches but the versatility and customization just cant be compared The only thing that still really bothers me is that you cant set it to show descriptions YOU write in the main book listings which is a problem when dealing with a large number of books that have no covers and are therefore just a long list of unidentifiable text The easiest way for me to figure out what any given book in my library actually is is to just open it and quickly go to the preface where a summary usually sits for me This is inconvenient and aggravatingly slow This is a problem in every ereader Ive ever used though and not particular to Marvin Please add as much customization to the book listings as you have to the actual reading experience I love you                 Best iOS ebook reader bar none

Love Marvin It is my ePub reader There is no place to give comments but here so I will have to leave my request here I need a goto feature like the kindle app The sync feature only works if I remember to sync before I load the book onto my second device which is 0 of the time A goto page feature would help me jump to specific pages Much lower priority if the first request is possible but I would like the expanding progress bar that emphasizes chapters if I read more textbooks For fiction I would honestly prefer the kind of straight percentage as the kindle app Any chance of a toggle option                 Thanks Marvin

Let me say this first if you use Marvin on only one device then this is by far the best ebook app out there and I highly recommend it If you plan on using it on more than one device Id think twice before purchasing I still have problems syncing between devices Its not good at all Its anywhere from 16 pages off unless youre on the start of a chapter Sync works fine then My other issue is that its becoming a real pain to add a book to both my iPhone and iPad I have to do everything twice Why not keep everything in iCloud or Dropbox so when we add a book on one device it automatically shows up on another device with everything including notes highlights and bookmarks syncing The way its set up now is that the only thing that syncs is your reading position which is usually wrong There is still no PDF support either There are so many great features to this app and I want to keep using it Im going back to Kindle though until Marvin gets true sync Im hoping the next major version does this           Want To Love It

1 Percent completed doesnt work on desktop icon It remains static no matter how much of the book you read 2 No option for page XXX of XXX for total book only shows page XXX of XXX in each chapter I would prefer total pages remaining vice percentage completed              Love It Except For Two Things

This is it The update we waited almost nine months for Still needs a scroll option and support for PDFs This developer has obviously abounded this app     This is the Update

I went with Marvin due to good OPDS support as well as shared bookmarking A bit slower than some other readers at loading and page turns Miss being able to adjust brightness via vertical swipes              Possibly best ePub reader

The dev doesnt seem interested in adding ePub 30 support when there are free alternatives that handle it just fine Sure the UI is nice but who really cares when 95 of your time in this app is spent actually reading a book There was no reason for the dev to waste time on yet another ePub reader Gerty when he already had the superior app in Marvin other than just to doubledip his customer base His time would have been better spent on improving Marvin but instead we ended up with 2 subpar apps that rarely get updated neither of which truly support ePub 30     Outdated

Perfect for me I love this app                 Best Stanza replacement

The only real reason I bought the app was because iBooks wastes so much space on the margins on my iPad Its also a pain to import books without having to sync inside iTunes using another Mac However this app crashes every time you try to import multiple books from Dropbox and Ive had a few crashes just from reading Not a good first impression for this app so far and the extras which you have to pay for seem superfluous        Kinda wish I didnt buy it

hands down                 Best EReader