Hi Paolad,

As far as I know, there haven't been any good comparisons made. I work for Mag+ and have been trying to find a good comparison. We could write one, but since we're one of the actors it wouldn't be as good as one made by someone independent.

I think a problem here are that there are so many different ways of doing things, that at times they're not even comparable. However, if we can't find a good comparison, we'll make an attempt at making one ourselves.

best,

Mike

Has anyone here had any experience with any DPS alternatives, the ones I've come accross so far are – Mags+ and Twixl. Are they any good, are there any others or is the best options to stick with Adobe and wait.

Hi Graeme,

First of all, full disclosure: I work for Mag+.

Mag+ is an alternative to Adobe DPS that many perceive as smoother and easier to work with. For example, the quick review where you can push the changes you made to your design directly to you iPad is appreciated. However, since I work for Mag+ it doesn't really matter what I say – of course I'm going to like what we do. What I'd suggest you do is download our tools. They're free, all you need is InDesign, since one of our tools is a plugin for it, and our Reviewer App for iPad (or Android Tablets/Kindle Fire). That one is free too. You can get the tools https://www.magplus.com/signup You can either ask our users on our Facebook page, or you can tweet your question and mention us and we'll retweet you.

If you prefer to get started on your own, I'd recommend looking at our videos at https://www.youtube.com/magplus – you've got playlists there, and there are a couple getting started webinars that might be of interest for you.

Since I'm already here doing shameless promotion for Mag+, I might as well mention that we're currently hosting a contest for designers: create your own app/magazine/appzine with our tools and you can win $5000. During April and May we're also giving away an iPad to someone who's created someting neat. In March, the winner was “Das Geheimnis”, a graphic novel for the iPad. https://www.magplus.com/magnify…..hic-novel/ (tomorrow, Paul Tysall who's behind that will write a guest blog about being a graphic designer, using our tools to create that might give you some more input).

I'll check back here tomorrow, if you have any questions, let me know.

Best,
Mike Kazarnowicz