# Comic Life

> App for creating comic books and graphic novels from photos. (iPhone/iPad app by plasq LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/comic-life/id432537882 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [plasq LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/284959710)
- Category: Photo & Video, Education
- Price: $4.99
- Rating: 3.60/5 from 46 App Store ratings · 189 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 8.0 · 194 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish, Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
- Released: 2011-04-28
- Data updated: 2026-09-10
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/comic-life/id432537882/reviews.md

## What is Comic Life?

*** If you've already purchased Comic Life you can now upgrade at a discount ***
*** by purchasing the Comic Life 3 Upgrade Bundle. You will receive credit for ***
*** your Comic Life purchase. ***

* Please note: Due to an App Store limitation, App Store Bundles
do not work with the Volume Purchase Program for Education. *

This version is being provided for volume purchase program customers in order to fulfill their outstanding orders. No further feature enhancements are planned for this version.

## Key features

- Create comic books
- Add speech balloons
- Add captions
- Add sound effects
- Use photos

## What do users think of Comic Life?

Overall sentiment: neutral

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Powerful features
- 💡 Great for creating comics
- ❤️ Fun and creative
- 🎨 Lots of customization options

**Cons**

- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🔍 Unintuitive user interface
- 💰 Overpriced for the functionality
- 🔌 Unreliable autosave
- 🤯 Loses work/projects

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Crashes on opening/editing
- Text/image manipulation issues
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
- Unreliable saving and loading of projects

**Most requested features**

- More templates and layouts
- Ability to import/export to desktop version
- Higher resolution export options
- Customizable fonts and text formatting
- Improved alignment and snapping tools

## Recent user reviews (10 of 189)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/comic-life/id432537882/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Comic

*2025-02-11*

I made a Taylor swift one

### 1/5 — Nul

*2024-04-08*

Dysfonctionnement

### 2/5 — The pits

*2024-03-18*

So I’ve been using this app for awhile and omg it’s so buggy. every time I’ve tried to go and save what I’ve done. The whole app just crashes kicked me out. and when I go back into said app. Half, the work hasn’t saved itself and have to start all over.

### 5/5 — A COMIC LIFER

*2023-01-16*

It’s 2023 Happy New Year! Hoping that a new update will surprise us soon. All the best, A comics lover. 
Last review:
I believe that this app is the first version of the Comic Life apps that plasq developed for the series. Since then, they have developed Comic Life 3. I bought Comic Life 3 and now I have both apps. I have to say that I prefer Comic Life 3. Although I love Comic Life in general, I feel that some improvements would be needed and appreciated. Basically, I just find the apps to be very touch and go, meaning that the slightest touch and things can run amok (amuck). I don't know why that is, but it is - at least for me. While writing this, I cannot think of anything else I could add, other than the fact that the Comic Life apps are among my most used apps for creating comics on my iPad. And I have several comics apps on my iPad.

### 4/5 — Error but still like it

*2021-11-03*

When I got out it was a completely MESS. It said error and it telled me all about it I was going NUTS.

### 1/5 — Get my files out and editable?

*2021-07-30*

How can I get my comics from this program to comic life 3 or another device?! In trays does not seem to work and I can not find any support for this feature.

**Developer response:** Hi Ianblue! Please visit this page to learn the steps to transfer your comics from Comic Life 2 to Comic Life 3: tinyurl.com/CL2Transfer

Alternatively, within Comic Life 2 if you tap the Tools icon > Get Support ... and tap "Comic Life 3 for iOS: How do I transfer my comics from Comic Life 2 to Comic Life 3?" it will take you to the same page. 

Thank you for upgrading to Comic Life 3!

### 1/5 — Lost all my work what now?

*2021-01-15*

Ordinarily, I’ve had nothing but praise for this program. I found it to be efficient and user-friendly for my needs. I used it for a period of five years on my old iPad. Recently I purchasedThe identical version for my iPad Pro. After working on it for three days I had three large projects that were ready to be uploaded to my website and print it out. When I open the program this morning I got a weird error message
COMIC LIFE UNABLE TO OPEN THIS PROJECT FOR EDITING 
When I clicked on “OK”my entire screen when black. the program com-lately stopped responding. 
I’ve lost three volumes that were almost completed and ready to go all I had to do was upload them and now they’re gone! This is really unacceptable! Is there anything that can be done? I’m afraid to erase the program because I’m holding out hope that I can get my stuff back and I living in a dream?

### 1/5 — Crashed after one use.

*2020-09-11*

I’ve used Comic Life on my MacBook Pro for years and loved it. Recently got an iPad Pro and immediately installed Comic Life. Made a social story par excellence, tried to print it, share it and otherwise enable children and teachers to use the visual. All unsuccessfully - which I assumed was a technical issue on my end. Teachers said the emailed PDF file was a green screen. I wasn’t even able to send it to myself.
But I’m in a new school on a new system, so figured it was operator error.
Restarted the iPad.
Comic Life then crashed repeatedly and wouldn’t open the visual I’d made.
Tried everything I could think of to retrieve the visual and load the application. 
Ended up deleting and reinstalling the app.
Boo.

**Developer response:** Hello there SwampyBDJ. So sorry you have had issues with Comic Life. Could you please get in direct contact with us please - plasq@plasq.com - so we can get some more details and try to solve this please. Thanks so much.

### 1/5 — Was amazing till they pulled the pin...

*2019-11-10*

Released new version of comic life, suddenly this, the old one no longer works. Offered cheaper bundle upgrade...only it’s $3 more than just buying the new app???. Not good

**Developer response:** Hi Tsunami191, 

We released Comic Life 2.2.2 in March 2019 which made it compatible with iOS 12 and from our testing it works with iOS 13. Please be sure you have 2.2.2 by checking Settings > Comic Life. In what way does it not work? Please get in touch with us via plasq@plasq.com so we can help troubleshoot. Thanks.

### 2/5 — Great functionality but unreliable

*2019-05-27*

Working with students drawing their own comic panels and using the app to put it together and add text.  I like that it is easy to use.   Unfortunately the app randomly opens to a string of error messages and a black screen with no way to fix it short of reinstalling from scratch.  It wastes time and I’m worried about losing students hard work.  

This is a pricey app for what it does and I expect it to at least work properly.  Very disappointed.

**Developer response:** Hi there. Please don't delete the app - or you will lose all the documents. 
Remove Comic Life from your list of open apps (double tap home button, and swipe Comic Life up to remove from your list of apps open) - then go to Settings > Comic Life > Troubleshooting > and toggle "Reset Application State".
And then try to launch Comic Life again, and it should launch properly.
Please contact plasq@plasq.com if you continue to have issues.

## Frequently asked questions about Comic Life

### What does this app do?

This app allows you to create comic books and graphic novels using your own photos. You can add elements like speech balloons, captions, and sound effects to tell visual stories.

### What are the key features?

Key features include the ability to create comic books, add speech balloons, incorporate captions, and insert sound effects. It also allows you to use your own photos as the basis for your creations.

### How much does this app cost?

This app is a paid application. Users who have previously purchased Comic Life may be eligible for a discounted upgrade.

### Is this app compatible with the Volume Purchase Program for Education?

Due to an App Store limitation, App Store Bundles do not work with the Volume Purchase Program for Education. This specific version is provided for volume purchase program customers to fulfill outstanding orders.

### What are common use cases for this app?

Common use cases include creating personal comic strips, designing graphic novels, making visual stories for projects, or simply having fun with photo manipulation and creative storytelling.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.2.2 — 2019-03-01

Fixed a crash when editing blank captions or balloons
Prevented a random crash when transitioning from the reader to the editor.

### 2.2.1 — 2018-03-02

* Fixes a crash when adding High Efficiency Image Files (a new photo format)

### 2.2 — 2017-11-30

64-bit compatible.

### 2.1.11 — 2014-01-16

*** Note: Comic Life 3 is now available. Purchase Comic Life 3, not this version. ***
*** If you've already purchased Comic Life you can now upgrade at a discount ***
*** by purchasing the Comic Life 3 Upgrade Bundle. You will receive credit for ***
*** your Comic Life purchase. ***

* Please note: Due to an App Store limitation, App Store Bundles
  do not work with the Volume Purchase Program for Education. *

This version is being provided for volume purchase program customers in order to fulfill their outstanding orders. No further updates are planned for this version and it will be removed from sale at the end of the year.

Various bug fixes and stability improvements.

### 2.1.10 — 2013-11-26

Various bug fixes and stability improvements.

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All apps by plasq LLC: https://appshunter.io/developer/284959710

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