Christopher Phin did Desktop Publishing Software Group Testing Review MacFormat issue 188, November, 2007 (Apple Pages, Swift Publisher, iCalamus, Scribus, Software MacKiev The Print Shop, Stone Design Create) You can see the test result here: Group test...

The writers from iCreate say: We're excited about Swift Publisher 2 iCreate issue 42, 2007 "Whether it's greeting cards, calendars or even menus you want, this slick application has it all..." Full article text

MacUser rating Swift Publisher version 2 with 4 mice April, 2007 "Publisher 2 is now more suitable than Pages for semi-professional printed output..." Full review text

Macsimum rating 8 out of 10 April, 2007 "This is still the easiest page design program I’ve used (and I work on publishing programs daily). It makes the anathema of publishing programs, Microsoft Publisher, look like a terribly amateurish try at a program." Full review text

J. D. Biersdorfer from NY Times November, 2006 "You don’t have to fork over the big bucks just to get desktop-publishing software for simple projects, though." Full review text

Janet Mobley from NCMUG reviewed Swift Publisher July, 2006 "I started with one of Swift Publisher’s included patterns for a newsletter. I could easily see how it was created." Full review text

Doug Davlin introduces Publisher to Silicon Mountain MUG May, 2006 "I have spent many years working with computer publishing applications; most noteably Aldus PageMaker, In Design II CS, and most recently Pages 2, from Apple's iWork6. Now, I must state, the people from the Ukraine have won me over for small publishing needs." Full review text

John Cruise reviewed Swift Publisher for MacAddict magazin May, 2006 "Even if you've spent lots of time with InDesign or QuarkXpress, you'll be impressed with Swift Publisher, a consumer-level word-processing and page-layout app". Full review text

Ashley Towers evaluated Swift Publisher for AppleXnet March, 2006 "Swift Publisher achieves its aim of making creating documents fun; I found that it got out of the way and allowed me to concentrate on getting my layout how I wanted it." Full review text

Desktop Publishing: Well And Alive On My Mac March, 2006 "I’m very impressed with BeLight’s Swift Publisher. Why? Swift is swift. Cool. Elegant. It works. A value package with style." Full review text

Ric Getter from MacDirectory says: March, 2006 "Swift Publisher is one of the simplest and smartest approaches to desktop publishing we've seen in years". Full review text

Gary Miller of AAUG enthusiastically reviewed Swift Publisher January, 2006 "I think most want an application that makes life simpler, quicker, and yet, yields a high quality result, Swift Publisher does that with little effort on your part! I recommend it!" Full review text

Kristie Masuda from Spymac reviewed Swift Publisher November, 2005 "Swift Publisher has a better selection of templates than Apple's Pages and is easy enough for anyone to use. If you're looking for a program with templates to create newsletters and the like then Swift Publisher would be a great choice since it sells for considerable less than Pages." Full review text

Jeffery Battersby from Macworld says November, 2005 "Inexpensive, easy-to-use application makes desktop publishing a breeze." Full review text

Robert Zusman reviewed Swift Publisher 1.0.3 October, 2005 "I would recommend Swift Publisher to anyone who has average desktop publishing needs — flyers, posters, cards, resumes, etc., and who is on a budget. The clipart collection and unusual image editing capabilities make the program well worth the price." Full review text

Robert Golding features Swift Publisher and Image Tricks in PMUG newsletter October, 2005 "I found myself so in love with all of BeLight-ful software...". Read the newsletter

macCompanion reviewed Swift Publisher October, 2005 Robert Pritchett says Swift Publisher is a product that Apple’s Pages should have been. Full review text

Don Foy from Macsimumnews reviewed Swift Publisher September, 2005 Don Foy from Macsimumnews says that Swift Publisher 1.0.3 is a slick, stable program that’s easy to use, comes with templates to help you design like a professional and has enough clip art to keep anyone happy for years. Full review text

MacReview Cast September, 2005 Robert Pritchett discussed Swift Publisher on this week's episode in MacReview Cast.

Michael Kleper about Swift Publisher August, 2005 Michael Kleper, Editor of The Kleper Report on Digital Publishing says about Publisher: "Despite its low cost, the package provides many advanced publishing capabilities, such a drop shadows, run-arounds, text flow, object alignment and distribution, cropping, etc." Full text

User Feedback

• Excellent desk top publishing software. One of the best and the easiest.
Emil I Mondoa

• Your software is great!!! I had been looking for a long time for a Publisher app but none were complete. I am currently using MS Publisher running on Virtual PC, I can finally get rid of it. I downloaded Swift from Version tracker and did not know who the developer was, launched it and within about 2 minutes thought this is great software it must be from belight! Sure enough it Was!
Keep up the Great Work!
Greg Danowski

• I must tell you that the longer I use Swift Publisher the easier life becomes. Getting things set up to print special labels used to take me hours, tonight using S/P the same job took me about five minutes. Once again thank you, for your excellent programme.
Michael Kirkpatrick, New Zealand

•Finally! A slick OS X desktop publisher that your average joe can use.
Quark and Indesign are way too complicated for my needs. Pages can't decide if it is a word processor or a desktop publisher and ends up suceeding at neither. Print Shop has loads of great templates but isn't really set up to be a full-featured desktop pub solution. Truthfully, I need something like MS Publisher (which I know professionals detest, but which definently meets many people's needs well)... Enter Swift Publisher! This is the most MS Publisher-like desktop solution that I have found so far for OS X (and I mean that in a good way). It has several nice-looking templates if you want to do that, or you can start from scratch. Great integration with iPhoto and comes with a small collection of clip art as well to choose from. The interface is very intuitive and easy to learn.
Thumbs WAY up to Belight software for Swift Publisher, a handy Macintosh page layout time-saver for designing and printing high impact document. Thank you guys for seeing a real need in the Mac market and for meeting that need with style!
You will be getting my $$$ very shortly.
SP user

•Very Nice!
Just downloaded your Swift Publisher product. I'm so happy to see a product that doesn't force the complexity of InDesign... this looks like a product that was designed specifically for Mac!
Steve Henry

• Wow!!! So much for so little money?! It puts Pages in shame...
Guntis Bukalders

• I just want to say how wonderful BC Composer is and how delighted I am to hear about Swift Publisher. Keep up the excellent work. It is software companies like yours that keep the Mac platform alive.
Dan Rodriguez

• Very cool. I use InDesign for my magazine, but this is perfect for flyers and brochures.
Casey Kiernan