[quote name='fujishig']I already have the (currently banned) Comic Reader Mobi, but I also like Cloudreader... but what's so great about Comic Reader Zeal that would be worth 8 bucks? I'm honestly wondering, I love reading comics on the ipad and while I like Mobi, I'm not getting any updates for at least a year, if ever again.[/QUOTE]
I never got to try Comic Reader Mobi because it was banned by the time I got an iPad so I can't compare CZ to it, but I use CZ every day and love it. CZ features off the top of my head:
+ Organize comics by series. I use
my own manga processor and it has an option to use a CZ naming scheme for the output archives. When these specially named archives are imported into CZ they get automatically sorted into the correct series (they look like School_Rumble~School_Rumble_Ch.001 where the series title is denoted before the ~). Even without the special CZ naming scheme CZ will attempt to sort imported comics into the correct series based on filenames.
+ Each comic gets tracked as either already finished, not yet started, or the page you left off on. If you close the program with a comic open it will return to that open page when relaunching the app.
+ zip/cbz/rar/cbr support
+ Very fast zooming and panning... I've never noticed lag even once no matter how far I zoom
+ Manga mode (flip pages right to left... this is a recent feature and I love it)
+ Easily load the next comic in a series (I'm one of the people who requested this feature. When you try to flip the last page of a comic the menu appears scrolled to the next comic in the current series so you can easily continue reading.)
+ In app screen brightness control (another feature I requested)
+ System wide comic file association (so you can transfer a comic from Dropbox, email, etc. Currently this feature is a little buggy but hopefully will be fixed in the next update.)
The dev listens closely to the community and is always working on new functionality. I just emailed the dev the other day with feature suggestions and a zooming problem I've been having and he replied quickly... the features I want will come in a later update and he's still looking into my zoom problem.