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iBunkoHD

Requirements: Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

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As of December 1, 2020
     
3 Ratings

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iBunkoHD provides you the best way to read novels, documents and comic books on iPad. Thanks to a realistic interface, you can enjoy reading as you would with a real paper book. Reading on your iPad is now easier than ever!

This is a great iPad app for all the book lovers!

Won Good Design Award 2010 Ranked #1 in the Japanese App Store in 2010

Read books and comics in vertical setting with comfort ・Support both horizontal (left open) and vertical (right open) writings. ・The app automatically detects the binding direction of a PDF document.

Double page spread and page effect ・When viewed landscape mode, the pages switch to the double page spread. The pages containing landscape format images are automatically treated as a double page spread. ・You can "flip" pages just like reading a real paper book.

Feature about 230 built-in books and "Aozora Bunko" ・ You can download a book with simple controls from "Aozora Bunko", the Japanese digital library that provides copyright-free Japanese literary works. ・ The app comes with the well-known books from "Aozora Bunko".

"Bookshelf" function ・Create a bookshelf as you need. ・You can easily choose a book you'd like to read by browsing the book covers displayed on the shelf.

"Bookmark" function ・You can place as many bookmarks as you want and add notes on it. ・Select text as a bookmark in order to highlight the sentence.

Supported file formats. iBunkoHD supports the following file formats as books: - .txt .pdf - .zip .rar (containing .txt or .jpg/.png files) - .cbz .cbr

Transfer files ・Transfer the files using iTunes 'File Sharing' via the USB cable as well as via Dropbox, SkyDrive, pogoplug, Box, SugarSync. The app also supports both the WebDAV and the FTP servers.

Utilize data from PDF ・Support the table of contents or hyperlinks on the file. ・Select and search words (when the data contains text). ・Using our own processing technology, app can select a Japanese words smoothly.

Smart screen design removing the white space ・Eliminate unnecessary white space for better readability on the screen.

Thumbnails of pages show quick reference for where you'd like to read ・List the page thumbnails at the bottom of the screen or in the full screen. ・The page with bookmarks will be attached a mark. You can also display only the page thumbnails which contain bookmarks.

History back pages ・Viewed pages are saved in history so you can easily go back to the previous page.

Look up words in the dictionary ・You can use the iPad's built-in dictionary as well as other dictionary apps that support custom URL schemes. ・Just select text and tap the button to look up the word.

Support Bluetooth keyboards ・You can read without touching the screen by using the compatible device.

Passcode lock ・You can set passcode lock on specific bookshelves or the "folder" screen that stored transferred files.

Various page settings ・Available various settings such as enable/disable the flipping effect or change the position of the tap control. ・Customize your iBunkoHD to suit your own preferences!

You will find many more convenient functions and settings.

To install apps directly onto this device, it must be jailbroken with AppSync installed.
1.01
Requires iOS 3.2+
18.3 MB Install Download
1.03
Requires iOS 3.2+
18.3 MB Install Download
1.04
Requires iOS 3.2+
18.4 MB Install Download
1.07
Requires iOS 3.2+
Non-Retina
December 7, 2010
19.8 MB Encrypted Install Download

Chart History

Top Paid · Books · iPad View chart ›
Peaked at #55 (June 20, 2021) · 27 archived captures · Jan 2011 – Aug 2021
Top Grossing · Books · iPad View chart ›
Peaked at #109 (January 6, 2011) · 1 archived capture · Jan 2011

Ratings Over Time

sampled from 6 archived captures
DateVersionRatingRatingsPrice
May 13, 2010 — — 12 $4.99
August 21, 2011 1.111 — 79 $8.99
January 29, 2012 — — 86 $8.99
June 25, 2013 — — 102 $8.99
December 18, 2017 3.4.6 — 114 $6.99

From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.

Archived Reviews

8 of 25
One of the best PDF readers
     
by Buhomod · February 11, 2012

I like it for many features unavailable to other readers including the shelf and the ability to change page direction from left to right. The speed is very good.

Could you put this app on Chinese App Store?
     
by Pairsdoll2 · May 11, 2025

Hello, i am Chinese, i want to buy this HD version on Chinese app store, but i can't find it, could you put this app on Chinese app store, thank you very much

do not purchase
     
by AhmedKadhim · December 22, 2010

Can not be applied there is even worse than this I advise everyone not to purchase there is a lot of applications, cheap and non-complex and provide the same services as this application like PDFreader

good app but
     
by internistwang · June 11, 2010

the Japanese language have not totally change to english. the performance was very poor when open PDF file that large than 50M.crash,crash,crash! 1.03 version.

Nice app
     
by 大黄哥哥么么嗒 · January 12, 2014

最好的看漫画的软件!阅读体验最好!就是看中国文字的txt好像需要转码

I love this app very much,this is a 5 stars App
     
by vinCsong · May 13, 2010

It is useful.PDF and COMIC all have better experience than Goodreader. Especally it has good support for TXT, The Layout is so beautiful . Maybe some PDF will crash ,but i dont think it a big problem.Next time realease if you could add some english settings support it will be fine. Thanks you very much . Hope this software will be better and better.

Love it
     
by TiangeZhou · October 28, 2011

love it ,but hope I can download the pdf articles to this software by e -mail and mark on them .

Needs better support for iPad Pro
     
by Yuanqing82 · May 24, 2021

Here are my main grievances with the app as of May 2021: 1. It CANNOT be used in Split View on the iPad Pro in any way. Want to have a dedicated Dictionary app on 1/4 of the screen while iBunkoHD takes the other 3/4 of the screen? Too bad, iBunkoHD will simply cut off 1/4 of the pages you are trying to read. 2. No touchpad support: if you use the Magic Keyboard and want to use the trackpad cursor to select a word or sentence - too bad, the only thing it can do is to flip the pages, you have to use your figure to touch the screen to select anything. 3. No “Copy” option in the context (long press/double click) menu: this one is the absolute worst for any language learner. If you have a word highlighted, you can’t just choose a “Copy” open so you can paste it into another dictionary app. Oh no, you have to click “more option” (forget exactly how it’s called), and then a slow and unresponsive pop-up appears covering the entire screen, and in the center you can find “copy” among some of the other options. If you click it, it’s as if nothing happened, and maybe the word is copied after a few seconds., I could have forgiven all the other misses, but I do not understand the (lack of) logic of a text reader making it so tedious to just copy a word. It is very obvious that, despite calling this an “HD” version that cost extra, the developer spent minimal efforts and just took the the iPhone version and increased the resolution (and deliberately make the iPhone version not work on the big screen) and hasn’t been keeping this app updated to the latest iPad models and iPadOS firmware. It should not be charging money at the current state but rather taken off the store until it has been improved. And I just checked the update history, besides bug fixes it hasn’t received a major update or overhaul in years. I have resigned to having wasted my money. Do not make the same mistake I did.

Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.