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We know how to turn magazines and newspapers into successful digital products. That's why we support hundreds of customers at every stage of their publishing journey. +350 customers from 9 countries trust Purple DS for digital publishing. Our customers include GEO, Die Welt, Blick, Autobild, Schoener Wohnen, and many more. With Purple DS you can easily publish your magazine or newspaper in your app or website.
Provider
SPRYLAB
Located In
Germany
Foundation
2007
Open API
Unverified
Deployment
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Mobile Apps
iOS, Android
Training
Webinars, Videos, In Person, Documentation, Live Online
Support
Email/Help Desk, Chat, Phone Support, Knowledge Base
Newspaper and magazine publishers who want to publish their content in the web & app.
Content Source: Purple DS
Green rating bars show the winning product based on the average rating and number of reviews.
Purple DS Reviews
"Purple DS for brands and publishers for digital publishing"
Pros: The easy way to publish Adobe InDesign and PDF files in an App and on a website in an attractive interactive way
Cons: Easy Configuration, user friendly interface, dedicated support team Sprylab
Vendor Response
"Wöchentlich 16 Publikationen veröffentlichen - kein Problem!"
Overall: Unsere Kundenbindung konnten wir durch das zeitgemäße Anbieten unserer wöchentlichen Amts- und Mitteilungsblätter in der App steigern. Die Einfachheit der Bedienung fügt sich sehr gut in die vorhandenen Arbeitsprozesse ein. Ohne wesentlichen Mehraufwand können wir mehr Service bieten.
Pros: Sehr einfache wöchentliche Veröffentlichung unserer Publikationen durch einfachen Upload auf einen FTP Server. Der kompfortable Lesemodus in der App wird als Hauptfeature wahrgenommen. Das schnelle und benutzerfreundliche Entitlement zur einfachen Verwaltung unserer Leser:innen ist ebenfalls ein Pluspunkt. Durch die problemlose Erstellungsmöglichkeit von Gutscheincodes können schnell und auch kurzfristig Werbeaktionen auf den Weg gebracht werden.
Cons: Die nötigen Kennisse zur Veröffentlichung in den App Stores, sowie die Häufigkeit der Updates auf Grund von Änderungen der App Stores haben wir unterschätzt. Wir werden hier aber von SPRYLAB gut unterstützt.
Vendor Response
"Great product, great people"
Overall: The support is really good and they always find the best solution for our needs as the tool has a lot of opportunities and potential. We like the product and the people we work with! :)
Pros: Very intuitive and logical structure of the backend. Easy FTP upload of the pdfs. A very nice app design focused on the user experience. A lot of flexibility in the app design as you also can integrate html snippets. Useful features which are easy to handle like the coupon feature.
Cons: When you make an app update you have a lot of options regarding colour configuration, that needs a lot of time and attention, but this is of course also an advantage. To have a small knowledge of html is very useful to use the advanced features. I´m missing the jpg/png upload function for in app banners. At the moment you have to use the purple composer for in app banners and this tool is just working with iOS.
Vendor Response
"Purple DS helps publishers to create customized products and simplify processes"
Overall: In our experience the Purple DS is continuously adapted to customer needs, e.g. using structured data for a mobile optimized read mode within the apps.
Pros: The opportunities of customization are very helpful to improve our products and processes. This enables us to create scalable and standardized solutions with less effort.
Cons: The UX/UI of the Purple Manager can be optimized. Sometimes certain functionalities can hardly be found.
Vendor Response
"ePaper App on Purple DS"
Overall: Our support is above all very good. The cooperation with Sprylab is excellent. This makes the use of the software pleasant.
Pros: - Flexibility and Features - Customiziable - Individual Design and Look&Feel possible
Cons: We only find a very small cons. From time to time (very rarely) the software crashes.
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