iToons

Sara | Jan 1, 2010 Lifestyle

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(3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

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Have you ever had that strange craving for your favorite comic, but not had a newspaper nearby? Or have you been stuck in a plane/train/car with nothing to do? Well if you love comics, then iToons is the app for you! At only $.99, this app developed by Brite systems Inc is a steal considering it has a library of 34 different comics ranging from Adam At Home to Ziggy. Although some of my favorite comics like Pearls Before Swine and Dilbert were missing from the list, there were many great ones like BC, Garfield, and Cathy.

The set up of the app is very simple and easy to use. You go into settings, and just flip the on/off switch next to the desired comics you want to read. I did have some problems with the app. Some of the comics were longer than the iPhone screen, so you had to scroll back and forth. It would have been better if the app could have made it so that you can view the comic panel by panel. That way you could slide to each panel as if viewing photos.

Also at the end of the comic, have a button where you can go back to the home page (the current version has the button at the starting of the comic, so you have to scroll all the way back to view another comic. Another problem was that I could only view one comic of each title per day. For people who only like a few of the selected titles could easily get bored. It would be better if access to an archive of previous comics was available. On the flip side of that, the app doesn’t present you with just any random comic strip from that title. iToons updates the title with that day’s comic, so you are always reading the most recent one. So if you are a comic-holic, look into investing $.99 to buy iToons. Trust me, your $.99 was worth spent.