Rosetone is available from the Mac App Store and as a direct download from itch.io and BOOTH. Both editions are the same app and read your books the same way. The few differences are listed below.
| Feature | App Store | Direct download |
|---|---|---|
| Single-page, adaptive two-page, and Vertical Scroll modes | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full-screen mode that fills the entire display | ✓ | ✓ |
| Prefetching decodes upcoming pages before you reach them | ✓ | ✓ |
| Images: JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, HEIC, JXL, PSD, TIFF, BMP, GIF | ✓ | ✓ |
| Archives: ZIP / CBZ, 7z, TAR (.tar, .gz, .bz2, .xz) | ✓ | ✓ |
| PDF documents | ✓ | ✓ |
| Password-protected ZIP archives | ✓ | ✓ |
| Folder books, including subfolders | ✓ | ✓ |
| Filename encoding detection for legacy archive entry names | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI generation metadata inspector (ComfyUI, WebUI) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bookmarks, reading positions, recent books | ✓ | ✓ |
| DRM | App Store | DRM-free |
| Updates | Through the App Store | Automatic, in-app |
| Previous / Next Book in Folder | — | ✓ |
| Browsing sibling images when opening a single image | — | ✓ |
| RAR / CBR archives | — | ✓ |
| LHA / LZH archives | — | ✓ |
Settings, recents, and bookmarks are not shared between the two editions.
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