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SiteSucker app for iPhone and iPad


4.6 ( 3696 ratings )
Utilities Productivity
Developer: Rick Cranisky
4.99 USD
Current version: 5.4.4, last update: 3 months ago
First release : 21 Dec 2009
App size: 2.23 Mb

SiteSucker is an iOS app that automatically downloads websites from the Internet. It does this by copying the sites webpages, style sheets, images, PDFs, and other files to your iOS device, duplicating the sites directory structure. When SiteSucker downloads a webpage or style sheet, it scans the file for links and downloads the links. SiteSucker "localizes" the pages it downloads, allowing you to browse a site while offline.

SiteSucker lets you save the current URL and settings in a document which you can use to download the same site in the same way whenever you want.

Pros and cons of SiteSucker app for iPhone and iPad

SiteSucker app good for

I didnt find the advanced settings first - theyre important, otherwise you cant set the depth, until which it sucks ;-) So if youre on settings, another "Settings" button appears in the left upper corner - easy to oversee - tap this, and youll find the advanced stuff... Works fine, like the Mac app.
Everyone knows that this is the best app of its kind because its so easy to use and if you want to get technical, theres that part of the app, too. I have this app on my iPhone, iPad, and iMac for whatever reason.. (Why do I want to download websites so much?) I love the options and the limits I can set. Theres a bunch more settings, too
I needed a complete online manual for offline training. I entered the first page of the site and the progam did a beautiful job of downloading every page and level. I will buy the OSX version next.
OK, I read all of the reviews and sure there may be issues but this is the most complete website scraper, crawler, dumper, saver, sucker that is out there. It has regular expression support so you can control exactly what is and is not downloaded. I dumped a very complex site of over 2000 files in under 20 minutes which rivals my desktop crawler. The interface is minimalist but it got the job done and the saved site navigates exactly as I would expect. I would love to see support for tracing links in JavaScript and support for the standard .zip format for transferring saved websites between the iPad and the PC or Mac. Also, the author should use more "crawler" keywords in his app description and website since this app was almost impossible to find. Give it a try!
I downloaded 15,000 PDF files in one big swoop. I do wish that you could easily delete pages that I will never use. But I am happy
This will make my digital portfolio showcase for interviews look phenomenal on my iPad! So awesome! Cant wait to use it in action on Monday!!

Some bad moments

I thought a could have my internet site running in local, but in final it works...only with WIFI!!!!
Desktop version works, but iOS version doesnt. No indication of what the error message means.
So you want to get everything from a site, right? Well this looks like it is doing it , BUT... It then assumes that all sites have a single starting point... WRONG! You end up being unable to view the results. Good idea, but Poor execution!
I purchased this app for my iPad and found that it does not completely download a functional web site as advertised. Repeatedly I have sent messages to the developer for some assistance without any response. If you are going to sell an app, answer you customers.
No iphone5 support. hasnt been updated since 2011. i learned the hard way. It has potential to be a good app.
After sucking down a 192mb site I can view it...in app. Besides that I cannot export the files, zip it, or do anything else with it... Attempting to hit the export button just deletes the file from the list. What am I supposed to do to properly export this data? As of now it seems I just wasted my money on this.