MacFormat UK – June 2019

Can’t draw? Algorithms can

G

oodReader is

one of the most

popular PDF apps

for iOS. The latest upgrade

brings an overhauled

interface, better security

and improved performance.

The core app is £5.99,

plus £5.99 for the Pro pack.

This adds split-screen PDF

viewing on iPad, secure

email/export of PDFs and

extracts and a feature called

Secure Photocopy, which

removes all traces of hidden

or redacted info in a PDF.

Both versions let you

crop, annotate and rearrange

pages, and the PDF Ref low

£5.99 FROM Good.iWare, goodreader.com

NEEDS iOS 9 or later

£2.99 FROM Code Organa, codeorgana.com/inkwork

NEEDS iOS 9 or later

The results may not

pop like colour, but

the penmanship

is convincing.

++++++

Easy to use

Limited tweaks

VERDICT

A first-class PDF

organiser and

annotator for iOS.

++++++

Blazingly fast

Security features

need Pro pack

VERDICT

feature works like Safari’s

reading mode, pulling out

text for easier reading. When

you’re in this mode, you can

copy the entire page’s text to

the clipboard. The app

supports PDF, docx, HTML

and text files. It can handle

embedded audio and video

too, with a redesigned video

player and graphics viewer.

The app now supports

GoodReader 5

One of the best iOS PDF apps

Apple Pencil, so you can

annotate, highlight or

scribble, and there are simple

drawing tools. Note though

that it doesn’t currently

ignore finger input.

GoodReader has always

been a great way to annotate,

convert, share or sign PDFs,

and the latest version is

faster and more useful.

CARRIE MARSHALL

Inkwork

macformat.com @macformat

iOS software APPLE CHOICE

GoodReader 5 is much improved

and now supports Apple Pencil.

Go through the styles, then

tweak the one that works best.

You can adjust detail from near-

abstract to really quite intricate.

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produced clear results; to

help, an icon at the foot of the

screen lets you adjust detail

level. A neat interface makes

it fun to play around.

The results are bitmap,

not vector, and the resolution

of the exported file matches

the original photo. This is

sensible, but for printing at

large sizes you might want to

scale up the original photo in

an image editor before you

start, rather than trying to

scale up Inkwork’s output.

It would be nice to have an

option for this built in, along

with the ability to adjust

contrast and gamma.

You can order posters,

canvases, and framed prints

from CanvasPop within the

app, but you’re not nagged

to do so. ADAM BANKS

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of drawing apps
like Prisma. Inkwork
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white sketches, though you
can use any two colours for
the ‘canvas’ and ‘ink’.
Load up a photo and
Inkwork quickly renders it,
picking out salient details
with lines that curl and taper
as if drawn by hand. You can
tap the pen icon and f lick
through nearly 100 styles,
organised in categories like
Cartoon, Bold, Graphic,
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