Sherlock Holmes Classics app for iPhone and iPad


4.7 ( 4907 ratings )
Entertainment Book
Developer: Willard Peart
0.99 USD
Current version: 1.0, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 25 Nov 2009
App size: 5.19 Mb

About Sherlock Holmes:


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Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and is renowned for his skilful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning (though in reality, he uses abductive reasoning) and forensic skills to solve difficult cases.



Books Included In Collection:

-A Study in Scarlet
-The Sign of the Four
-The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
-The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
-The Hound of the Baskervilles
-The Return of Sherlock Holmes
-The Valley of Fear
-His Last Bow


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SunScroll Features
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*Interface & Design*
Page Turning,Settings,Menus & Table Of Contents Uniquely Designed
Rich Graphical User Interface
Designed with focus on reading, menus and settings are out of the way but easily accessible
Intuitive Design

*Sun Table Of Content System*
*3D Page Turning*
*Search*
*BookMark*

*Font*
Font Face - Option to choose different font types
Font Size - Adjust font size to make smaller or larger
Text Color - Change the color of the reading text on the screen

*Text*
Text Alignment - Choose to have text aligned: Left, Right, Center, Justified
Line Spacing - Spacing between each line
Margin Width - Distance between the text and sides of the reader
Link Color - Set color for links
Selection Color - Color for highlighted text

*Misc*
Night Reading - Choose for easier reading at night
Page Turn Sound - Page Turning sound on or off
Lock Rotation - Option to lock reader to portrait mode only
Hide Phone Status - Ability to show or hide the status of the phone/network"

Pros and cons of Sherlock Holmes Classics app for iPhone and iPad

Sherlock Holmes Classics app good for

This app is great and I dont know what every one else is talking about it takes 2 seconds to load and Ive read 3 of the books oh and its free!!!! This app is great.
1) There are several one star reviews claiming the collection is incomplete. Funny, this app is a eBook which requires reading. Yet all these reviewers FAILED to READ the information that clearly details the titles. 2) The movie =/ the Arthur Conan Doyle sherlock. So take the review of any hollywood fanboi with a grain of salt. 3) The app has loading slowness. Is this a deal breaker, not in the slightest. What this reviewer Failed to mention is the exceptionally well detailed page turn animation. 4) The app is free, so the minute you all can code as well as this -- please give more BAD 1 star reviews. Till then the least you can do is give this app 3+ more stars since: a) its free b) its user friendly c) it will provide hours upon hours of entertainment d) it has bookmarks, ability to scroll through chapters, and a great page turn animation. Cons: Page turn animation is likely what causes the slow load, but still a 4 star app in my book. Only reason I did not give it a 5 was the 20 sec load time (which I can deal with). Thanks for the app.
This is a good app, and I recommend it if you want to explore Sherlock Holmes. However, dont leave it on. It will drain your battery. Bookmark your last page and get out of the app when done. Page turning animation takes some getting used to. An option to just tap the sides would be good. Page numbers would also be good. Overall, a good app.

Some bad moments

I have to say that when I found this app, I was excited. I had just seen the movie SHERLOCK HOLMES (excellent movie, I might add), and I wanted to read the books.I read the description, I saw that it was free, and BAM! I was convinced to get it. When I downloaded it, I decided to start reading it. I decided to read The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. I had to tap the title quite a few times to register it, and when it finally recognized that I had tapped it, it took forever to load! Once loaded, I tried to turn the page, with limited success. It took a really hard stroke to actually turn the page!!!! All in all, this app has major issues.
The titles in the TOC are unreadable. You need to know which series the story you are looking for is in. The complete story title is cut off. This needs to be fixed to make the app usable.
There are words missing throughout the books, and when I went to read The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes only the first story would load; I could only flip through the titles of the rest.
Why is everything but "A Scandal in Bohemia" missing in the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes?! All you can do is flip throught the rest of the titles. Bad. Until this is fixed.. one star.
I love the Sherlock holmes books and I have read them all. This app is missing the entire case book of sherlock holmes , and some other stories
In the adventures of Sherlock holmes everything but part one is missing!!! please update to fix this

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