Cristiano on Tech/Life

Ever since I got my iPhone I had been wanting to get a really good PDF reader. Quickly after the launch of the AppStore there were quite a few of them, but none of them seemed to be able to handle a 750 page tech manual that well. For a while though there has been an app called GoodReader, and it just got better.

GoodReader PDF RefLow

GoodReader costs £0.59 and was already able to read really large PDFs with some neat tricks. Now, in version 2.3 they have added a lot more cool options. The coolest one I think is PDF Reflow which will reflow the text in a PDF to be larger and easier to read, without having to do a weird zoom around the page margins. The new version also supports USB file transfer (Mac only) to the iPhone and a load of other new features and optimisations.

Overall I’m extremely happy with this app and it’s one of the few apps for the iPhone that really show what good software engineering is all about. Get it now at discounted price (£0.59) in the App Store.

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