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Best PDF Tool Out ThereAs the title states, this is the best PDF tool available. It’s better than any PC/Mac PDF editors and it’s by far the best mobile PDF editor. I’ve been using GoodReader for many years and I cannot think of a single feature it’s missing. It’s super easy to edit PDFs, transfer files to the cloud or other devices, and do whatever else you need to do with them. The built-in web server is extremely useful for quick transfers to or from my phone or iPad without having to access iCloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, or any other cloud storage service. When editing a PDF for the first time the app will alert you that it might be wise to make an annotated copy for markups without changing the master file then makes creating the copy extremely easy. Honestly, the developer has thought of everything. I chose to write this review after using the app for so many years because it occurred to me that any app that’s been with me for so long and still gets constant use is an app worth giving praise and encouraging others to try. Another fantastic feature of GoodReader is the fact that there are no subscriptions necessary to use the full version. You pay once and that’s it. I know that there is a subscription based add-on for the app but it’s not necessary to use the base app with all its features. If I’m being honest, I don’t even know what the subscription service is for. I do know that if you need a full featured PDF reader / editor there is no better option than GoodReader!.23 MartinisVersion: 5.19.1202

OUTSTANDINGI have had this app on my iPad for several years now and would be lost without it! I use it primarily for knitting--as a collection place for my many patterns. It is particularly useful when I am knitting from a CHART. I place lines, vertically, that are the same color as my stitch markers about every 5-10 stitches and then create a horizontal line to move up or down in the direction that the pattern is to be read. If needed you can make notes to yourself about where you left off either in the line or a message bubble on how you did something a little bit different. I recently created a lace shawl that I would have never been able to create without it. Another thing I like about GoodReader is that you can access your stored patterns even if you are away from internet access. Being able to organize patterns by creating folders and mark patterns with different colored star--those patterns that you want to create for some little person soon or the Fair next summer. There are so many pieces to this app, that I am sure I don't use them all, but absolutely love what I have found. Even though one can only give 5 stars, I'd give 10 if I could. Amazing app❣.RobbieRobeenVersion: 4.12.1

Annual fixes or subscriptionI believe I’ve used this app for nearly 15 years or more, ever since I moved from Blackberry to iPhone. GoodReader once set the standard for file management (far beyond what iOS Files offers, even today) and still better than the top selling app. I don’t have much skin in the game…I purchased the app once and bought an in-app for something. Reviews complaining of greed or having paid etc are misplaced…all the best apps today are subscription, and that makes them sustainable. That said, I would support this developer if he offered a subscription that provided more than 1x/year updates…but I’ll take the annual optiom if that’s all he can do. Most people don’t realize many apps were written by sole proprietors and sustainability is achieved with annual subs. Our employer doesn’t expect us to redo projects for free, nor should we expect this from developers. Communication or a note on the app would be helpful. There was a time when I thought the app had become abandonware. It went ~ 2 years or more without being updated and I suspected it was the end. Suddenly it returned and things looked promising. I was happy to purchase the upgrade with the hope of re-commercializing a valuable app. Now it appears its going dark again. t..LAX20531Version: 5.19.1204

Going backwardsI’m using goodreader for several years now. It used to be 5 star without doubt. but the developers got greedy and instead of adding features to new versions, started to demand money for the same features over yearly subscription IN AN ALREADY PAID APP. This is rip off. Subscription based sales should be for somethings like magazines and so on. Not apps like pdf readers. I’m going to reduce 2 stars and if it does not get new features in regular update I will reduce other stars too, because I consider it outdated app. re: 15 oct 2020 I didn’t say that the previous features are not available. I said that the app basically didn’t get any new feature outside the subscription which is an irrational business model for offline features. If you wanted to sell new features you could just introduce new version besides this one. Or make them one time in app purchase. Having a subscription for something that basically runs offline on user’s device and is an offline feature is not acceptable as you are not truly providing an ongoing service but an offline product. To me the last true update this app received was a long time ago and it’s getting out of date as something like new iOS file system and multi-window support don’t work properly or are completely unavailable..5433dVersion: 5.8.1135

Wonderful App, but a little fix needed...Its been part of my everyday reading and studying since my first iPad back in 2011. The new version (5) is outstanding specially since finally we are able to sync multiple iOS devices via iCloud. Well done!!! Yet there is a minor issue, that affects regular use of the app, specially in the annotation process. If you are working on a document on the iCloud File, and you are using any of the annotation tools, you will find that you can’t change tools by simply clicking the Tool Menu Bar on the top of the screen. This still can be done in documents not in the iCloud File, but for some reason, with these documents it kind of crashes, and it make you go to the main menu in search of the Annotation Tool’s menu bar on the right side of the screen. Currently Im using two iPad pros (not the last generation, the one before), with apple pencil first generation. It does not ruin the app, but it definitely make it less efficient. Hope to see an upgrade soon addressing this matter. Other than that, great work people, you have produced an outstanding APP !!!.DDR717Version: 5.1.5

Love the new Good Reader!I have used GoodReader since 2010. I downloaded the new update a week ago. I was very nervous about it, because I don’t like major changes in the products I use. But the new (basic) GoodReader is great! I only use a tiny fraction of its capabilities, but am very happy with what I’ve seen so far. Specifically, it used to be that if I was reading a large text file (say, an 800-page book), and needed to mark a problem, if I didn’t put in a bookmark first, I was unable to return to the same point in the document once I had saved my editorial comment. This is no longer the case—hurray! I edit the text, click “Save and close,” and am immediately taken right back to where I made the note. Another feature that I love is being able to email the files, without having to use The Cloud or Dropbox. What a wonderful addition to the app—it makes my job so much easier! I can only imagine the additional capabilities that exist within the professional package. I don’t need those, so am thrilled that users are given the option of purchasing the package or not..GenknitVersion: 5.0.3

Flat Out Amazing!As someone with a vast collection of ebooks and pdfs, including white papers, I can say that GoodReader is simply flat out amazing. This app has made it easier for me to manage and access my entire library with just a few taps on my device. One of the standout features of GoodReader is its ability to handle a wide range of file formats, including pdf, ePub, and even Microsoft Office documents. This makes it an ideal choice for someone like me who has a diverse collection of materials. The app's interface is well-designed and intuitive, making it easy for me to navigate my library and find what I'm looking for. It also has a robust set of annotation tools, which I find especially useful for taking notes and highlighting important sections of my white papers and research documents. Another feature I love about GoodReader is its ability to sync with cloud storage services like Dropbox and Google Drive. This means I can access my library from any device, without having to transfer files back and forth. Finally, I have to mention the app's overall speed and stability. GoodReader is fast and reliable, even when working with large files like my white papers. I have never experienced any crashes or freezes while using the app. In conclusion, I would highly recommend GoodReader to anyone looking for a powerful and versatile app for managing and reading their ebooks and pdfs. With its wide range of features and user-friendly interface, it's simply an amazing choice..Aristotle BlaqueVersion: 5.14.1184

PDF to speech has become unreliableGoodReader used to be a fantastic way to listen to PDF files. While there are better sounding alternatives, they use custom voices that really drain phone batteries quickly. GoodReader uses the built in phone voice which is much more power efficient at a still acceptable level of quality. Sadly, it will now only read one page at a time. After each page the speech stops and the remaining pages of the PDF document all appear blank. The only way I know to recover is to close and reopen the document. One can then restart speech on any page but it will stop again at the end of that page. GoodReader is no longer a practical way to listen to PDF documents as one would listen to an audiobook. The issue might have something to do with the app entering a semi-idle state after the screen goes dark and the phone locks. I think the developer is missing out on a really big opportunity because of the popularity of audiobooks. I hope the text to speech feature is restored in the future. GoodReader would then be a five star app one more..Positive PorpoiseVersion: 5.14.1184

A good tool, but from a bygone era of appsI've loved and used GoodReader for many years now. It has long served as an excellent PDF reference and markup tool with the capability to work with numerous other file types as well. While unorthodox and somewhat confusing, its nonstandard menu system was innovative and powerful for its time. Add to that the ability to (slowly) sync with Dropbox and it was as close to a perfect reference/annotation tool as one could hope for in the early days of iOS. Now, in September 2018, many of those UI complexities have been solved by Apple and other developers, and new, faster, truly-cloud-syncing apps (like Readdle's excellent Documents and PDFExpert apps) have long surpassed GoodReader in both form and function. Meanwhile, GoodReader remains largely unchanged in its design, and its developers are years late in their release of the long-promised version 5. Sadly, even though I have held out hope and delayed as long as possible, I think the era of GoodReader in my life is ending. Having purchased the latest high-performance, all-wheel-drive, extended-cab truck of such apps, it's time to put the trusty old GoodReader station wagon in the shed. So long, GoodReader. It's been a good run..The.Lone.RangerVersion: 4.13.0

Bad Annotator, Excellent Sync FunctionalitySpeaking specifically about making annotations, this is not a good app. It doesn’t have a setting to recognize only the Apple Pencil for annotations (so it picks up stray marks from my wrist and finger). It is configured to jump one page forward and backward when you touch pretty much anywhere within the top and bottom 30% of the page (so you’re really only allowed to touch 40% of the page without jumping around accidentally). When you start making an annotation, it automatically scrolls to put the page you’re working on in the middle of the screen, making annotating the top and bottom of any page difficult. These and other things make it a clunky annotator. However, it has the single most robust syncing functionality of any app I’ve used in the past 5 years. Nothing else compares, and I’ve tried everything, without exaggeration. This is why I keep using it. Eliminating the headache of lost work because of syncing problems makes up for the pain of making the actual annotations. Therefore, I give it 4 stars instead of 2..PatrickS3Version: 5.8.1135

Long-time user very happy with v5I've had GoodReader since version 3, and it's my favorite productivity app on the iPad. It's fantastic for annotating docs. I just installed v5. It's great, seems better organized and easier to work with than v4. Lots of new features that I haven't tried yet. Only complaint so far is that I wish I could change the color scheme. Some happiness for me so far: 1. Synching (“Connect” window) is MUCH improved, much cleaner. 2. The OneDrive synching problem has been fixed. 3. The new split-screen option is great - it allows you to view two docs (or two separate sections of the same doc) side-by-side. That option's iPad-only, I think, and part of the pro pack, which was a pretty good deal for me ($4.99 covered pro pack on all three mobile devices I have). 4. I like the thumbnail page images for navigation within a doc. 5. Apple pencil double-click toggles eraser (as it should). All in all, nicely done. Also, tech support has been super helpful, very responsive when I’ve had Qs..PmczzVersion: 5.0.0

Great app, has a lot of potentialI’ve used GoodReader to annotate and read my textbooks and PDF for school for a few months now. I’ve really enjoyed the experience of READING pdf’s in this app. However, it has a few setbacks. I write on almost every pdf I read with the Apple Pencil. For an app as good as GoodReader, you would expect it to have palm rejection and easily accessible/modifiable controls for writing. It does not. I find myself incredibly frustrated when my palm makes marks on the pdf after I’ve written with the pencil and have to go back and erase all those small random doodles. Nowadays many apps come integrated with Apple Pencil vs finger discrimination, which is incredibly helpful when writing on a pdf during class and trying to keep up with the professor. Additionally, when dealing with syncing a drive with GoodReader, it would often create an error in GoodReader if I modified or moved a file in my computer. GoodReader has, in my opinion, the most potential out of all the pdf-annotating apps in the App Store. It is truly a great application and handles pdf’s beautifully. It just needs some refining and a few additional features..Lermo10isVersion: 4.12.1

Great App. I use it dailyI bought the first version when it came out. I was glad to buy the update. The file system provides functionality that I need. I keep pdfs, jpgs, and even docx documents in it. I keep forms I regularly use. I keep a lot of graphics on my iPads and GoodReader is the best tool for organizing them. The ability to annotate pdfs is crucial since I can keep the original and the annotated version. I can see things I could do with it but just haven't put them in my work flow yet. So far it works the way I want it to work on my iPad Pro including using the Apple Pencil. I purchased the Pro version and it works well. I thought the iOS Files app would reduce my need for GoodReader but it has not. There are quirks to Files that make it less useful for me. For one thing I want my primary storage to always be on my iPads. I often work in locations with no wifi access so local storage is essential. Backup to iCloud works the way I want it to..In the rocksVersion: 5.19.1211

#_1_GoTo App for "Everything"I've been a user of the GoodReader App for over 6 years. It's the greatest toolkit for anything you want to do: create your portable Library of Professional &/or Personal Books, documents of ALL formats - I have 100's of books, journals, articles, for professional reference, as well as, personal favorites, such as, the Best Poetry Collection, NanoMedicine, etc. This App will handle huge PDF files like No Other App out there. I'm talking about a single PDF greater than 1_G. It handles pictures, audio, video, anything else you can think of. Best of all, GoodReader makes a USB applet for your big Computer (multiple OS versions) so you can manage your GoodReader content directly, avoiding the massive headache that is called iTunes. Best App I ever bought, & they keep making it better! -----Updated: 19 June 2018------ Still unparalleled in its Robust handling of huge documents/PDFs, plus Now -- pretty much any File-Type...audio, visual, etc. Just doesn't get better than this. 10-Stars!.KsorosVersion: 4.12.1

One of the few...Of the many hundreds if not thousands of iOS apps I have paid for, in terms of time, money, and typically both, that I actually use on a regular basis. The main reasons for this are stability, existence and adequacy of documentation, the absence of a requirement to create a superfluous online account with the vendor, infrequency of paid updates and online purchases, and most importantly, simple usefulness. It is unfortunate that the vast majority of mobile applications available from Apple’s store satisfy mostly the opposite of these criteria: they are unstable, undocumented or poorly so or in a foreign language, require the user to create a “cloud” or other type of account with the vendor, simply to work with desktop documents, often as a way of extracting additional passive income while undermining user’s privacy, proliferate paid updates and online purchases, and in many cases are designed as toys for children. I applaud the producers of GoodReader for such a statistically improbable achievement!.NbitsVersion: 4.12.1

What would make GoodReader 5 Be rated a 5Filing system excellent. Annotating, to many steps for different colors but still great. Read PDF’s very good. This is a well managed App and it has served me well for many years. My only suggestion to help make my experience better is for stability issues. I have two. When I am translating languages l am often switching Apps. I would like to lock the font size on an article so when I switch Apps the font does not return to the default size, until I return it to default size when I am done with my project. This could just be a lock icon at the bottom of the page with the other icons. The second subject is this. When a page is bigger then the iPad screen, as I scroll up or down the page it often jumps to the next page. Is there any way to decrease the sensitivity of the gesture so it stays on the page as you scroll up and down?. These matters are admittedly minor things to mention but that’s because you product is so excellent. Looking forward to what’s in store, thank you.Sorry just being honestVersion: 4.13.0

Webp support for images pleaseFirst off, let me say I have used this app for many years and it is by far one of my favorites. This app is so useful and it adds a lot of value to my iOS devices. I would just like to request Webp support to be added. Since this image format is used much more frequently due to compression and being made by Google, it is slightly frustrating that images in this format do not creat a thumbnail view in the app and they will also not let you export or save to images. It does let you click on a file and say open as a picture and it will show, but being fully supported to allow thumbnail view and exporting/saving to images on iOS would be very beneficial. Or allowing us to convert to PNG in the app would be another cool feature. Either one or both would be great. But again I do love this app and would be lost without it so thank you for all you do and I hope this app lasts another 20 years because it is so great..Ron ZarrVersion: 5.8.1135

Best app I ever boughtThis is the very first app I ever bought when I got my first iPhone in 2009. Goodreader is also one of the most useful apps I have ever tried and I use it on a daily basis to do more things I can remember. In a lot of ways it’s like the swiss army knife of apps because it can do many different things. But unlike a swiss army knife, everything it does, it does extremely well and Goodreader never feels like a workaround tool to use when I don’t have the proper tool for the job. Even though I use it for many different things, there is a lot more it can do than my needs call for. But the interface is set up so that it isn’t cluttered with the features I don’t use and they don’t get in the way with the features I do use. Goodreader is an excellent app that never ever ever ever crashes and I just can’t say enough Goodthings about it..JodafishlipsVersion: 5.19.1204

Needs a more streamlined highlighting experienceTwo main suggestions: 1. Highlighting. I commonly use different highlighter colors to signify different things, thus am switching colors frequently. The way it works with the current version, changing colors causes everything I just highlighted prior to saving to change to that new color. Thus my options are to save, reopen highlighter tool, change color, highlight, then save again. The alternative is to save and then go back and click on which sections I want to be a different color, which can be hard to keep track of when highlighting a lot. Basically I'm asking that when highlighting we can change the color without having to close the tool or change all the previous highlights. 2. Syncing. Please have the app sync smallest files first. I have a few large documents that don't need to be synced as frequently but get in the way of adding new small documents that I need more immediately. Great app overall though!.Tripp88Version: 4.12.1

Best PDF reader (and SO much more!!!)Best PDF reader!!, also great as a secure photo/video viewer, music player, browser, and file downloader. Useful for file sharing, has integrated iCloud folder and sub folders which you can export to from others apps. Integrates Touch ID/Face ID to unlock, selectable for the entire app, the browser, or individual folders (or any combination). So many great features!!! I’m not even going to go into detail on the fantastic pdf viewing/editing/annotating features, and they are stellar. *Feature request: please make it possible to loop videos (overall, and A-B repeat), auto play the next video, and shuffle a playlist of videos. I’d pay for the app again if a new version had these features. **Also: the app is really slow to initially open on the iPhone XS Max. It is way slower than my previous iPhone was (but this may be due to iOS 12?)..Gamera!Version: 4.13.0

Good update, GUI woes on ipad1st, It’s a great update and very welcomed! All previously used features (protected folders, file management, video downloads, etc) are here and working. No data was lost on the update. Bravo! A few issues on ipad: The most used file management icons are now bottom left. If you hold your device in the left hand and use your right hand for tapping, you have to stretch across the screen to hit buttons. The bottom menu feels cluttered with redundant icons that I wish we could customize or remove (I’m really missing the fantastic collapsible side menu we previously had.) Thumbnail view is crowded due to the 3 circles on the side of every icon and the black arrows on long filenames. A 1 time tutorial could show users the hotkey spot and the circles removed (or an option given to hide them). Vertical spacing of thumbnails is also tight, just enough to feel cramped. In landscape mode long filenames run into each other like one long word. Long filenames need reduced by more characters, and those black arrows replaced/removed when not scrolling to give better space between elements. Animated gif’s need a repeat option. Lastly, I love me some encryption, srsly! The pro-options for encrypted/password protected zips for xferring and sharing files are an awesome addition :) Overall, a very good update with just a few minor interface issues that I’m sure will get worked out..S K Y E F L U XVersion: 5.1.0

Good update, still evaluatingGoodreader was one of the first apps I ever purchased for my first gen iPad. For a long time, it was my go-to app for PDFs and document management. Then it fell behind the development curve and I switched to PDF Expert. When Goodreader 5 came out, I decided to give it another chance and paid for the pro features. Based on a few days’ usage, it compares favorably to PDF Expert. I’m not sure yet whether I will switch back to Goodreader as my primary PDF app, but for now I will continue to use it. I have one suggestion for the developers. I am an attorney. I use PDF Expert to redact documents for production. Being able to use the Apple Pencil to highlight areas for redaction is so much easier than using a desktop app. My only complaint with PDF Expert is that redaction areas had to be rectangular. That is fine for text that is in straight lines, but not for skewed documents or some handwriting or pictures. Goodreader overcomes that limitation by allowing the freehand drawing tool to be used for redactions. I just set the line width to 5 or 9 pt and use it like a marker. However, there are times - a lot of them - when I want to redact a rectangular re is the highlight tool, but that only works if there is text (and not just an image of text). So my request - please add a fill option to the rectangle tool. Goodreader allows you to draw rectangles, but as far as I can tell they can’t be filled..Virtual-tripletsVersion: 5.0.3

Updated Review and RatingThis app used to be five stars now it’s horrible. It actually works in regards to reading PDFs however I can no longer sync my icloud files though it has a folder. The settings point me to the main settings. There is nothing in the main setting. Customer service never returned my email. I even tried using Dropbox. But Dropbox doesn’t actually sync to where there’s a copy in Dropbox and GoodReader simultaneously. It downloads a copy to the hard drive. User manual for icloud support is useless. Money talks and I’ve lost trust in this company. I will share my experience with my subordinates at work. ——————————————————————- UPDATE: My boggle was actually with Apple and not GoodReader. After conducting more research, I’ve discovered that Apple has either made it more difficult or impossible to actually sync with GoodReader. A rep finally returned my email with some instructions however I was still unable to SYNC my files with iCloud. I want to have a folder on my computer that also keeps a copy of my files in the GoodReader app and automatically synchronizes with each other. I ultimately figured out how to do this with Dropbox but not with iCloud. By the way, I’ve reduced my iCloud storage plan and increased my Dropbox plan. I show companies where I stand by either putting less or money money into their pockets. Shame on Apple for taking away this functionality..Andre0599Version: 5.1.5

Still an awesome app, but...Edit: If you use GoodReader 4 with the Workflow app, don’t upgrade or your workflow will break. There is no option in Workflow to add GoodReader 5. Another reason this should have been a new, separate app. I was hoping v.5 would be a separate app so that I didn’t lose things (like all the open tabs I just lost) and could evaluate it before jumping in with both feet. It will take a little getting used to, but so far seems stable. One thing I was hoping would be fixed in the new version is the way the app treats OCR text, but it has not been fixed. On a desktop and in most other iOS apps, OCR that can be selected and highlighted cannot be in this app. I prefer this app over Readdle’s, but when I need to annotate I have to use Readdle. [Edit: just tried selecting text with an Apple Pencil and the text that I couldn’t highlight before does highlight, just not using the tap-and-hold method with a finger that I usually use.] For those people who complain about the IAP - which I hate and generally avoid - the last version was maintained for years with no additional cost. If $4.99 for 3 or 4 years of use since v.4 was released (?) is too expensive, what are you doing with an iPhone?! Unlike many other developers, this one is not nickel-and-diming us for every little feature. Unlike my usual IAP disgust, I purchased this one right away. This is my 3rd or 4th GoodReader version and it’s been great over the years..OttermanVersion: 5.0.1

Great app but could use some improvementsI downloaded the app today and have been reading my PDFs for several hours now. I don't usually write reviews, but I felt compelled to do so here for two reasons: This app is much better than most other PDF readers in the Appstore. The features are great and well thought out, and the UI is intuitive and easy to use (although it can initially be a bit overwhelming for some new users). I spent several days looking for good PDF readers (for my new iPad), and I finally found the one that has everything I needed. It could use some improvements: The lack of ability to read PDFs in dark mode is pretty disappointing. For those who read our books for hours on end, it would really help us with eye fatigue. And yes, I see there's a dark mode in Reflow mode, but that isn't too helpful. I will change my review to 5 stars once I get my dark mode..Dev.spaudelVersion: 5.13.1177

Saved me from a disasterI had an older version on my iPad and had not bought this most recent version. I bought it today because I wanted to support an awesome app that saved me yesterday from what could have been a disaster. Needed to do a presentation in front of about 100 people yesterday and the person who brought the laptop didn't have any video out at all. I started looking through my apps on my iPad and pulled up an older version of Goodreader. It had the WiFi Transfer option and I was able to transfer her PowerPoint (too big to email in a timely fashion) presentation to my iPad and throw it to the Apple TV that was available on the projector. Yeah this is an important app to have in your toolbag. Even though I owned an older version that did the job - I just wanted to show my support and pick up any new features. Thanks for a great product!.DariuslwalkerVersion: 4.12.1

Undeniably The Best ios File Manager AvailableGood Reader was one of the first apps I owned back when we got our first iPad. Their developers continue to innovate, allowing Good Reader to retain its status as 'the best file manager' even after all these years! Good Reader is always one of a few must have apps I put on each and every ios device I or any family member uses. We don't use it a lot as some do, because you can use it for virtually everything, but we have it available to use for when we need too. Our primary usage is as a iCloud Drive repository for all of our important documents. We have perhaps 20 folders with a couple hundred files ranging from images, PDF's, Pages & Word document. But you can also keep other types of documents such as rich text too. Rarely do I encounter a data type that doesn't work in Good Reader..VsajewelVersion: 4.12.1

Quick for browsing jump readingI like GoodReader very much. There are a lot of pdf readers in the app store. They’re good in different aspects. GoodReader is very good for reading very long pdf books, in the case you need to jump back and force. The preview bar on the lower part of the screen will helps to scroll to the any page you want with thumbnails It’s not only previous page or next page, but also it will give you the sense that where the page is, you get the feedback. it’s like reading a real book. You can quickly browse the book from a very high level very quickly and also get visual thumbnails. And you can also change the view of books. So I use GR to read very serious math or other research books or papers. These books are different from novels, you’re not reading linearly, you need jump between references and links and citation of previous chapters. And GR can use FTP / wifi / dropbox / google drive to import / share files, which makes it seamlessly. I don’t use GR to read “linear” books. I use other apps to read novels, other app to take hand write notes. It’s easy for me to find alternatives for those books. But for academic and serious books, I use GR! Thank the developers..Yzcj105Version: 5.9.1145

GoodReader is MAGNIFICENT Software DevelopmentGoodReader represents the most comprehensive approach available to accessing everything you want to accomplish with your iOS devices by gracefully packaging an incredibly robust and reliable trunk of tools into a fast-loading application that lets you take your workflows and your ‘playflows’ to an unprecedented level of portable computing. Since early 2011, GoodReader has reliably served many demanding roles, including: 1) Digital Library Manager (Over 52,000 titles on my iPad shelf) 2) Flexible File Manager for Any and All File Types with .ZIP Integration, WiFi Transfers and An Advanced Set of Other Tools 3) Digital Document Viewer for Apple, Microsoft, PDF, and A Broad Array of Other File Types – Capable of Advanced Viewing of Massive Files over 1GB. 4) Digital Media Player for Compressed and Uncompressed Audio and Video (~2500 hours of .aiff and .flac music files always available on my iPhone) 5) Broadest Available Document Management Tool Set with iCloud, DropBox and many others Available, Including On-The-Fly access and Synchronization with Multiple DropBox Accounts 6) A Highly Capable .PDF Document Manager, Editor and Markup Tool Bringing Acrobat Pro Capabilities to iOS Devices 7) The Most Advanced Set of In-App Configuration and Customization Making GoodReader the Juggernaut for Power Users and Newbs Alike. Good Reader is Truly the Hub of Digital File and Media Content Access, Manipulation and Communication. This program deserves a lot of credit for making iOS devices serious computing tools for highly competitive and productive work tasks. I Love GoodReader~!!!.M.IgorVersion: 5.1.3

One of my favorite appsThis is an outstanding application. It has one main task: reading and annotating PDF files, and it performs that task flawlessly. It helps you organize your PDFs and works seamlessly with iCloud. The annotation tools (such as highlighting, adding notes, etc.) are intuitive and useful. It has wonderful character recognition capabilities, enabling you to search for words within your document. Bookmarking is available and very useful. I have recently been downloading a number of Google Books PDFs, such as digitized versions of 18th Century English magazines, and I’m amazed at how well GoodReader can interpret the sometimes distorted digitized letters. This app has saved me dozens of hours of work and it is well worth whatever the price is. I’m looking forward to seeing what they add for Version 5..RfabsVersion: 4.13.0

Good Job, but...Solid product. No major complaints. Very stable and well organized. Lots of good capability to connect to various file server types (SMB, IMAP, Google Drive, etc.). And it can do a lot of cool stuff with PDF — I use it to overlay all kind of notes, insertions, drawings, ... on PDF files. I would (and do!) recommend as a good general purpose tool. I use it daily and have for a couple years. One nitpick — it’s attempt to render PPT is very often flawed, but I have to believe that PPT is probably horribly complex, and completely (publicly) undocumented so I don’t really hold that much against the app. I generally save my PPT as PDF and then transfer them to GoodReader, thus avoiding this problem. I would like to suggest one addition - if I could write text files in Markdown format and have them rendered as such it would greatly increase my ability to use this for other types of documents, especially notes..Fan of GoodReaderVersion: 4.13.0

App works great, but bewareThis app is excellent for managing and marking up PDF documents, and I have not noticed any problems since downloading iOS 12 on my iPad air 2. However, I’d be wary about purchasing this app over others because I think they stopped supporting it. Not only has the developer not responded to my last question (I asked them if they had noticed any problems with the iOS 12 update) – and this is unusual because are used to get an automated receive confirmation when I would email the company and then they would usually respond within two days – but if you also look at their website, it’s still contains a warning concerning iOS 11 and the copyright date at the bottom of the webpage is 2015. So, the way the app is working right now probably deserves five stars, but I’m deducting a star just because of the uncertainty regarding future performance..The ERISA DudeVersion: 4.13.0

Removed "Fit to Width"?!The most useful set of features of GoodReader 4.x to me was cropping and using "Fit to Width" in both portrait and landscape. However, this (to me) critical feature has been removed (from what I can tell) and you have to manually pinch to zoom. This makes it a real pain to position after cropping. Fortunately, I still have GoodReader 4.x and will rollback to that working version (with iTunes 12.6.5). Update v5.1: "Fit to" is back for all page changing options (Vertical, Horizontal and Scrolling). I also read their privacy policy link, which made me feel a lot better. I am still not crazy about the UI changes or the poorer performance (particularly in Scrolling mode). But bumping up to 4 stars (-1 due to these issues and the previous version being much better). I still have the latest version 4.x and can rollback to that if needed..EsxmacVersion: 5.1.0

Good app but a lot can be improvedI like this app over all, but the app is not very user friendly when comes to the annotation. I have couple of suggestions that I think would improve the app a lot. 1. First of all, seems that the eraser size can’t be change. This create a lot of trouble for editing notes on the pdf. 2. The “annotation mode doesn’t really work well with Apple Pencil. Currently when the Apple Pencil is detected, the app would get into the annotation mode, where fingers and pencil both can be used for writing. Then the problem is I need to click on the cancel to get back to normal mode so that I could use the finger to scroll pages. I think it would be better if there is an option to disable finger as writing tool when using the Apple Pencil. Or automatically exit annotation mode quickly after the writing is done. I hope the GoodReader would be better and better in the future. Thanks.枫263Version: 5.1.5

Great app for me but takes time to learnI needed an app that would allow me to open PDF files, fill them out, sign them, save to iCloud Files, email, print and this app let’s me do all it. I’m glad I found this app b/c I literally wasted about 10 mins going through all the PDF apps in the app store and I couldn’t find what I needed. All the apps were subscription based after the free trail. So I bit the bullet and tried the app PDFfiller b/c it said $6 per month and it gave a 7 day free trial. Well it was a total bait and switch. The $6 a month is actually what it would cost you if you signed up and paid for 1 year at $72. The free trial only let’s you fill out the PDF and save it, you can not email it. So I cancelled the free trail and deleted the app. Now back to the GoodReader review. So then I decided to do an internet search and found this app. I loved that it was only $4.99 with a free upgrade to GoodReader 5 when available and after using it found out it did everything I wanted. The only con was the amount of time I wasted trying to figure everything out. The manual is a pain to go through b/c there is not search feature. FYI if you can’t figure out how to add a signature it’s b/c they call it Freehand. I had to literally click on every single icon to see what it did and click on subsequent icons to figure out what they did. In a feature upgrade I hope that they add a button at the top of the page. Then when you press said button it activates a highlighted description next to the icon, to let you know what each icon does. Then if you press the phrase it opens up a help box describing it’s features and how to use it. That would save a lot of time..TrashCat13Version: 4.13.0

Great app using it for 5 yrsGreat all around, feature-rich. 4-stars b/c the download and upload to iCloud is very slow; the larger the file the worse it gets. Even a 200kb file takes 20-30 sec. It’s not so much the download but the “thinking” that apparently is taking place before the download begins.. seems to always have a delayed start to download. Once download begins, it is not nearly as fast, at all, as my other downloads in other apps or just simple video streaming. It’s been a real problem when you’re lecturing and you want a file in a pinch. It can take up to a minute for a small file to download — kinda twilight zone-like - you’re doing great and the app is awesome and then you need a file, your on a very well-connected network and yet…. Otherwise, the app is all you need..DoxakypieVersion: 5.11.1162

A Must-Have AppThis was recommended to me by an engineer back in 2012 when I first started using an iPad for work. I use this every day for Work (construction documents, specifications, etc) one way it's very handy is when I am e-mailed documents, I will save them here temporarily do I can reference the documents whether or not I have a Wi-fi connection. I also use it for my personal work stuff (Resume and portfolio), reference material (codes and technical bulletins)- but I also use it for keeping track of my daughters college recruiting process, teams that I coach, subjects that I teach, I could go on... Also where I have it synced to Dropbox I'm always sure that everything is getting backed up! Whenever anyone asks me what is the most important App to have, I always tell them Goodreader!.ObbayVersion: 4.12.1

Ugly user interface, but still 5 stars because...I rarely pay for apps. I only use free apps. But after trying out Adobe PDF Reader and countless other free software I was very frustrated and decided to bite the bullet and spend $5 on GoodReader. This is a review after using it for several weeks: At first I was horrified at GoodReader's UX/GUI(looks and feel and intuitiveness). If there is anything bad to say about GoodReader it would be the UX/GUI. It's complicated and too utilitarian(ugly)! This is a big powerful PDF tool that requires you to be computer savvy. Beginners will be turned off and confused. Compared to Adobe Reader+Dropbox pair(which work right out of the box and easy to use), there is actually quite a bit of configurations and learning curve you need for GoodReader work for you. Despite the not so great UX/GUI, I rated GoodReader 5 for one reason: power. It is extremely powerful. I've gotten it set up so that it syncs with my computer via AFP(like Windows Samba), so that it would sync quickly while my computer does the hard work of syncing with the cloud. That way if I work with a 500MB file, I can sync in less than a minute and work from either my computer or my iPad (without going through the slow cloud like Dropbox). GoodReader has must have features: pen annotation. I use it with Apple Pencil and LOVE IT. It can also easily cut and paste and reorder pages. Double sided viewing with odd'even start is also quite good esp with my big iPad Pro. Quick all pages view, quick jump, bookmarks, highlight, underline, etc... These are all the basic that you'll be using all the time. In short, this is extremely powerful. But I would only buy it if you're very computer savvy and don't mind the utilitarian UX/GUI..AppkevVersion: 4.12.1

Such a shame needs to be purchasedIt’s such a shame that you need to purchase this app few times. first to buy this app and you think it’s all set to go. You go to the app and you have to purchase the pro-pack to use the most simple options in the app . If it was a free app it would be OK but when you pay for something you expect to at least use the dark Mode in the app. Greedy greedy greed. Ignoring that issue related to money, i would say one of the best apps I have. It opens almost anything and the wifi transfer is a life saver sometimes. I have this app since I purchased an iPod, 7 years ago and still using it on 11 pro. Also it’s a great app that they always keep it updated and fix the bugs. Love it! Edit: also please add the ability “open in” for multiple items chooses. It gets frustrating adding over 40 items one by one to another app. Thanks.Black Berry 777Version: 5.3.1102

Trusted PDF annotatorI have used this app since 2010, and so far it has never failed me. The updates just keep on giving me even better experience in using the app. Highly recommended..Detective-MDVersion: 5.19.1202

Long-time userI have used the app for many years (2010), bought the pro version back in the early days, for iPhone and iPad though it no longer seems to recognize I bough pro which promised continued updates. Perhaps the company changed hands, or found a workaround as it was awesome back then. My main disappointment holding now is that there's no mac app, which is odd considering iPad and iPhone apps can now be easily ported to the latest Mac OS. Hopefully this comes after a while, since the Mac OS is fairly new..Design-nerdVersion: 5.19.1202

Great AppIt's the best reader I've used. Great for viewing, annotation, printing, and browsing PDF files... Just awesome....Muhammad AlrabeiahVersion: 4.12.1

What about ebooks?Why are you still not supporting the ebook format? The app is otherwise perfect, have been using it for many a years, but the lack of support for this now almost ubiquitous format is rather annoying..LuftwaffleeisenVersion: 5.19.1204

Outstanding, versatile appThis is my go to for any file download. Fast, versatile and incredibly easy to use. Highly recommended..JirgonVersion: 5.18.1195

Great for reading PDFsI like that I can transfer files using any of the common share and cloud solutions to read PDF books and articles..RandomaccessVersion: 5.18.1195

Perfect for all documents in iPhoneThe iPhone has poor native support for a lot of document formats. GoodReader makes all those problems go away. And the sync with google drive or Dropbox is very nice..Superstar 7Version: 5.18.1195

CongratulationsThank you my good,GoodReader,for years,everything is possible with you.my best app ,my bank of musics,and any others,its reliable,and so many......thanks.again🙏🌹.Behrooz hasanabadiVersion: 5.18.1195

AwesomeUpdate. I bought this app ages ago and still love it. I’m glad as it was less then and I may not have bought it. After having it… I would. I have been using this and the previous versions since about 1.x version. It's the only app I use as often as the core apple apps. It's just indispensable. It works it's easy to use and if you device is old the engine steps down to prevent crashes. Just buy it. It's a great tool. FYI. I use it for hundreds of old word files excel, PDFs shop drawings, pictures, music files, I think it does movies too. Just added signatures. I asked for this and I guess it was a popular idea. Well done too..Deano5bcVersion: 5.18.1195

My Go To For PDFsI’ve been using Good Reader for a few years now, it’s my go to app for PDFs. It’s great for organizing, reading and renaming user guides for cameras, software, and electronic appliances. I also use it for the agendas and meeting notes for organizations I’m involved with. Good Reader is both a briefcase and filing cabinet on the iPad. Highly recommended..Vision&VoiceVersion: 5.18.1195

Best for readingI use this app almost every day for casual reading..TtaM26Version: 5.18.1195

It could have search function improvementsThe function doesn’t look up every possible combination of letter format, i.e. “hello” “HELLO” “Hello”. It doesn’t recognize they are the same or similar word..Dlc132Version: 5.18.1195

GREAT!!!👍The best app for who reads a lot of pdf in the research field. Definitely recommend!!.Mumi349Version: 5.18.1195

Amazing appOpens everything. MP3, word, PDFs....1234amazingVersion: 5.8.1135

Great Book ReaderNo doubt the best book reader....king of all readers..Mr dictionnaireVersion: 5.18.1195

Easy to useI like it. Easy to use.Buzz108Version: 5.14.1184

IncredibleI rarely pay money for apps, but iBooks has terrible performance on my iPad. So slow, and poorly laid out for storing lots of PDFs in a logical manner. So I bought GoodReader. A couple months in, I have to say I’m impressed. PDFs load instantly on my original iPad Air. It has tabs, so PDFs stay open. I made folders to throw PDFs into to stay organized. I can AirDrop documents (and folders) straight to the app. I am impressed! Worth the cash, and this is coming from a guy who avoids paid apps. Two thumbs up!.IEvan 3.0Version: 5.14.1184

Best PDF reader for the iPadThis application is simply the best PDF viewer, manager, organizer, annotation tool on iOS. I cannot say enough about this application. If you need to work with PDFs, manage PDFs and annotate them, this application is simply the best. Love the synchronization tool with DropBox! Great job! Highly, highly recommended..Quintus27Version: 5.14.1184

Very HappyI have been looking for a program like this and did not know it exists. I am so happy that I came across this. I am very satisfied with it. It certainly solved many problems that I was having..Chucks2012Version: 5.14.1184

GoodreaderTellement pratique.Sophball7Version: 5.14.1184

Great appI’ve been using this app taking notes since my first year in university. Saved my life from organic chemistry, biology, and so many other courses. Love that zooming-in writing pad..这个昵称没人用吧(^^)Version: 5.14.1184

No Mac OS versionWish I could use it on Mac as well. But there isnt a Mac version.Kaiyt Kaiyt1111Version: 5.14.1184

Easy to use and keeps me organisedI download all my pdfs to GoodReader and organise them according to my different courses. I can easily annotate the documents and write notes on specific topics ..JamfellVersion: 5.13.1177

Good, but with a major limitationThe App itself (and all the different features) is great, but when opening a document from iCloud, the download itself takes a ridiculous long time..DsilvaVersion: 5.13.1177

Très completJ'adore. Très complet.EasyyyyyyyyyVersion: 5.13.1177

I have been a user since 2009Thank you, i love this pdf reader, i love the commitments to privacy. bought it several times and truly appreciate the option of being able to buy the app outright and not have to do the annual subscription. which is required unfortunately :( i would love it if there was an option to buy the premium features outright but understand its not currently possible..VashtaNeradaVersion: 5.12.1171

Great app, amazing support!!GREAT app. I love it & use it daily. They just wrote back within 24h on a weekend (!) to teach me how to use the iPad's Classic/SmartInvert function to easily switch to a black background, to save my sore eyes. How above & beyond is that!?! Thank you, thank you, thank you....ZjbbjVersion: 5.12.1168

GoodReaderAwesome app Easy and efficient for my concert playbacks Shari tallon.Love breakfast outVersion: 5.11.1165

Love this appVery useful app. LOVE the features. Keep up the good work!.Mitchemetron99Version: 5.10.1150

A real Swiss Army Knife for your filesThis thing does it all. I just wish you could change the background color though from teal to some other color. 🌈.PmbearVersion: 5.9.1145

Most useful app on iPhoneThis app is so well done and so incredibly useful! I use this all the time! It is very stable and I have never lost any files as opposed to other apps. I save all my email attachments in it so that I can look at them later on. This way there is no need to scroll through hundreds of emails to search an attachment. I can annotate my PDFs, add highlights, etc. Well done!.CoolGuyReviewVersion: 5.8.1139

Top FavouritesOne of my top favourite apps and the only one I haven’t swapped out for a more useful version because there hasn’t been on and I’ve been using this for years..PommegrenateVersion: 5.8.1139

If you need more from your iPad buy thisThis is a must have app, let you do more from your iPad.JedemeVersion: 5.8.1139

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GoodReader PDF Editor & Viewer Negative Reviews

Worst experience, wanted to share !It is the worst after the upgrade to goodreader 4. I had to pay for this new version. Worst experience with their customer service. Would not reply to my email (only help you can get is via email, they said) or even won’t care about you even after sending multiple emails if the issue was not resolved). Instructions to transfer files form good reader to computer we’re terrible and I had to figure myself out how to retrieve them because their instructions were too terrible to follow and would not work... I put the files in iCloud icon to be safe but then realized that the Speed to open theses files and search something is slow like a tortoise (takes for ever!!). I could not move them back out from the iCloud for whatever reason (why is it so complicated?). I am so mad that I paid for the updated version of this app. This company may update this app in 5 years down the road and would ask customers to re-pay for their hard work for the updated version! Please suggest a better app. I really loved it before all this. My experience with the customer service and trying to deal with the problem myself for hours and days made this app my least favorite! Don’t recommend to a friend, please save the headache.H aulakhVersion: 4.12.1

An unacceptable user experienceI think I’ve had every version of this app since it was first released. I’m an academic and reading/annotating PDFs fills much of my day. What’s unacceptable about GoodReader? (1) The user-interface is atrocious, requires constant, cumbersome interactions to do anything, and is non-customizable in any meaningful way. (For God’s sake, let me pick what the Apple Pencil does when I use it. Don’t make me constantly hit save after every interaction. Let me pick which widgets I want displayed on the screen.) GoodReader could be used in a CS or HCI class as an example of how not to design a GUI. It really is that clumsy and badly designed. (2) After all this time, there is still no setting to ignore annotation input from anything other than an Apple Pencil on an iPad. Your fingers and palm will constantly draw on your document. Utterly astonishing this basic feature, which other apps have had for years, is still missing here. Its best features are its sync capabilities, but the glaring failures in user-interactions can’t be overlooked. This is now an app of last resort and best avoided if you need to interact with PDFs more often than once a month..IPhonerarooniVersion: 5.11.1162

Paywalls PDF merging and doesn’t tell youThe description of this app notes a pro pack subscription that gives access to certain features of the app. Namely, the description notes only that security features, file syncing, and iPad split screen are locked behind a subscription (17$ a year). It does not note that in order to merge pdf files, you must purchase this subscription. I scrolled this far down the list of search results for ‘pdf editor’ and spent 6$ on *this* godforsaken app because I did not want to pay a subscription fee to edit PDFs — I wanted to spend my money once and then edit PDFs. Know that this app is not an exception to the subscription model. Perhaps the most basic feature of a PDF editor — merging PDFs — is locked behind a subscription. It is like every other PDF editor on the App Store. You cannot escape predatory pricing and predatory business practices in today’s App Store. I give this 2 stars only because there are plenty of handy features that you don’t require a subscription. But they extort 17$ a year out of you by pointlessly paywalling basic functionality. Very unhappy with my purchase..Don GatleyVersion: 5.19.1202

Longtime user, now PO'dWhen my iPad told me that Goodreader was no longer supported, I went to the App Store and found I had to pay $5 to continue using an app I've used (and given positive reviews to) since 2010. I debated switching to Documents, but decided to stick with Goodreader because I was familiar with the interface and the Migration Assistant promised to help get my old Goodreader files back. Except it wouldn't, because the old app “wouldn't open for some reason”. No kidding, that’s what the error message said. Useless. And there’s nothing in the Troubleshooting or Help to address this catastrophic failure. So my old annotated PDFs appear to be lost forever. The file manager interface is a lot more complicated than it used to be. You can't just open and view a file on Dropbox, you have to either download or sync it—added steps with little apparent value to me. I’m sure it adds a lot of capabilities that I will never use, but it’s less convenient and less intuitive to keep doing what I've always done (and wanted to continue doing). All in a ll, a huge disappointment..TwohoosVersion: 4.13.0

Good, looking for an updateI loved this app. I used it regularly for management of PDF files while in a high stress environment and it is stable and functional. I use it for personal use as well and for downloading my personal music and audiobook collections to my iPad for long commutes. I look forward to an updated user interface though. It is difficult to read in daylight. It also does not completely block access to webpage downloading and viewing, so I cannot put it on my children's iPad and know they will be safe. This used to be in the top 5 best apps I have on my tablet and phone. The time it takes to get an update in unsustainable. There are some tweaks I look forward to seeing in an updated version, but I will probably move to another similar app that has more features. It has been over a year since I contacted the developer and they have yet to release any updates to bugs that I've pointed out. It quickly dropped out of my top 5 as functionality decreased with the age of the app..Rusty3434Version: 4.13.0

Better than nothing but long in the toothI'm tired of waiting for the mythical massive new huge release! I've been a user since iPad 0 was first released and this used to be a 5 star app. Now not so much. Lately I've been using PDFExpert which is somewhat less long in the tooth and has an excellent sftp sync feature but lacks a number of nice features that I routinely use in Goodreader. What finally propelled me away from Goodreader? I got a mid-2017 MacBook Pro which came with High Sierra and the APFS and no longer are shares available over AFP which means only sync'ing directly via SMB but Goodreader apparently uses SMB V1 and file names on the Mac with various, previously legal, characters like "?" and a few others can not be transferred by over SMB and thus the entire sync'ing of a 15,000 volume library is messed up. And that's how I ended up trying PDFExpert which has no problem sftp'ing for sync. I really miss a lot of Goodreader features but can not keep waiting for the mythical new release - 2 years or more in the making..Xristy123Version: 4.13.0

Not a fan of the changesI can shrug at most of the aesthetic stuff, as those sorts of changes always look terrible at first and then you get used to them. But the interface changes are clunky, and not just from lack of familiarity. The app is objectively harder to use on the iPhone, as the bars at the bottom are awkward to use now. Also, the 'swipe from left side to close document' is a terrible choice if that's how you're used to flipping between pages, because you WILL accidentally close documents often until you chance to vertical page-turning and force yourself to get used to it. Also, the 'duplicate tab' function has been removed, with a replacement version available only as an in-app purchase (and exclusively on the iPad). I can no longer recommend this app as readily as I once did, as this is the sort of company that will remove features and then charge to put them back and I can't recommend giving any money to that company..Mythic_foxVersion: 5.0.0

Great pdf app for 2010Good 1. It recognizes pencil writing quickly even if it is misspelt about 30 percent of the time. 2. It handles larger pdf files 3. It can split large pdf files even if confusingly Bad 1. When I delete a page, I expect it to be deleted, not just hidden in the background hogging up precious ram memory. Why do I have to pay for a subscription for this basic function when I have already paid for the app. 2. Poor pencil writing utility When I write A&B, it changed to A&b. Now I have to open up the keyboard to delete it, and type it in. It is completely pointless using the pencil. 3. Can’t insert pictures or even simple icons. Seriously, it’s 2022 and multimedia has been around for a while. 4. Can’t have different colors in the same text box. … ? So I am not allowed to emphasize one word in a sentence unless I want to use an ugly highlight box. 5. Text boxes sometimes just won’t align with each other, so even trying the hard way to change the color of one word in a sentence won’t work either. 6. Clunky user interface. 7. Poor handling when trying to partition a large pdf. It puts everything into nested folders and it renames both the split files in a really weird and none intuitive manner. Why not leave the first file name unchanged and name the other with a simple 2,3 etc. I will stop there bc the list just goes on and on...Flyboy InstructorVersion: 5.13.1177

A Step BackwardBeen using GoodReader for years, nearly every day. The new version’s design and user interface is worse in nearly every measurable way. None of the new features are particularly necessary, it’s sort of like their developers were a hammer looking for a nail, just to feel useful. I normally adapt to new interfaces really quickly and love the newest latest, but this was just wholly unnecessary and is a step back. Can’t even change the awful new interface color! I’ll probably finally move on to something else. Disappointed. UPDATE: Lowered the rating another notch to one star. They took away features we paid for in the past and put them inside the new paid features (like being able to jump through notes you make, like bookmarks). This means they’re double dipping. Add new features that you want to charge for, fine, but you can’t remove a previous feature you paid for and charge you a second time. It’s dishonest and predatory..ImranZVersion: 5.1.0

Poor supportI bought the previous version from this app 3-4 years back, when the new IOS version came upgraded to it finding out latter that Goodreader no longer was accessible and after a lot of searching found in the developer page a tool to extract the documents to a computer. Tried to contact the developer to ask if upgrading to the new version would regain access to the PFD publications tailored to my use after years of fine tuning and nowhere no be found a straight forward “contact us” link. Bought the new version believing that would be able to access again my documents and a message came stating it was not possible, seems like that the developer is only interested in the money and not support for its customers, paying again for the app believe is a ripoff, if you already are a client a “upgrade” fee would have been more logical as many other apps do..Edw456Version: 4.13.0

Still no Continuous Scroll featureUnfortunately useless for us since they still doesn't have a basic feature like "Continuous Scroll" which you can't read table, spec, music sheet or lyric without always switch between two entire page..Starwolf73Version: 4.12.1

Illegal Subscription PracticesWhile this app has its positives, charging customers for a subscription to access “Dark Mode” should be considered illegal. Dark Mode is not the property of Good Reader, but rather that of Apple Inc. Dark Mode is an API created for the iOS and iPadOS platforms by Apple Inc.—not Good Reader. By deciding to charge a subscription for the sole purpose of enticing a customer to pay for a feature that was not created by the app developer, should be considered wrong and unethical. Unfortunately the option to select zero stars does not exist..WhoWeAreVersion: 5.3.1102

Charging money for Dark mode??I paid for this app and now to get dark mode i have to pay per month?? Lol.SinistasoundzVersion: 5.3.1102

With last update, you may need to buy the pro packI bought GoodReader long time back. I used the line tool a lot. Now, with last update, I am forced to buy extra pro pack to see my old annotations. I don’t feel happy with that strategy..Busy smkVersion: 5.0.3

Is your mother proud???I had (bought & paid for) an older version, was reasonably happy with it. When I switched to the new version (bought & paid for), I was completely ignored (over several months and messages) when I asked questions about transferring/recovering files from the older version. Worst customer support I’ve ever seen. Enjoy my money, Good.iWare, Inc. It’s the last of it you’ll get! (Please note, the single star was NOT earned. The app store requires at least 1 for a review.).Oh, where is my hairbrush?Version: 4.13.0

Freeze all the time in iPad 9Whenever you close it and open the app again the reader freeze for no reason. Very annoying..DJ MAX BEGINNERVersion: 5.19.1202

Used to be good- glitchy greedyHave used it for years, but too glitchy. Now videos won’t open in another app feature doesn’t work. This app is just slowly dying, choose a better app! I am deleting..JP2180Version: 5.18.1195

Crash when importing video from photo albumsSadly now broken as you can’t import videos from your library anymore.SDCreviewsVersion: 5.18.1195

Far behind other pdf editorsI’ve had this app since it first appeared in the App Store. It was useful for several years (and the stars are for the past), but it hasn’t kept up with other apps. It certainly hasn’t improved enough, in any way, to charge for us to access documents we’ve already edited. I’ve transferred my docs out and am removing this app..ShelbeerayVersion: 5.17.1192

This update just crashes upon openingThis update, when app is opened on the latest iOS 16.6.1, just crashes every time, with no crash report able to be sent. Similar to what happened on another update a while back..MasterFRVersion: 5.15.1186

Warning do not update to Version 5.15.1186 it crashes & will not open!Warning do not update to Version 5.15.1186 it crashes & will not open! Updated and Pressing the GoodReader app icon to open it causes it to crash and not open at all! There is a fatal flaw Version 5.15.1186 it crashes & will not open! Do not update this app until a new and corrected version is released..JohnR84Version: 5.15.1186

Can’t be used anymore Please fix it!One of my essential apps So useful But I can’t file stuff or use it anymore.AlfaJoyVersion: 5.11.1162

Please support auto encoding for txtPlease support auto selection for txt files. Some of the txt cannot decode correctly using UTF8 “some files data does not match with specific txt encoding “, even though same files open be correctly displayed using UTF8 encoding using different app( file explorer).DesmondwdyVersion: 5.11.1162

Don’t waste your money.For $9.00 and it can’t even read a scanned document. Terrible..App Critic '03Version: 5.10.1150

Great app but bad business modelThis is a fantastic app, I use it every day to read PDFs and take notes. It has lots of useful features and tons of options to connect to various document sources, with frequent updates from the developers. The above is the text from my old 5-star review. I still believe GoodReader is great, but I can’t support the subscription scam called « Pro Pack ». I don’t mind paying extra for more features, but make it a reasonable one-time payment option, not an overpriced subscription!.TihoVersion: 5.10.1150

Be aware of annual fee for some featuresYou can't even convert jpg to pdf with this version. It askes you to buy another package. tried to get refund but was not successful..JalehandnicknameisnottakkenVersion: 5.10.1150

Only older less secure SMB standard supportedProduct states it connects to SMB; however, if your server only supports newer, more secure, standards, or older less secure standards are turned off you won’t be able to connect. No SMB 2, 2.1 and 3 are not supported..GamvVersion: 5.8.1139

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