# Official Comic-Con App

> Official digital guide for San Diego Comic-Con International and WonderCon. (iPhone/iPad app by San Diego Comic Convention Inc.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/official-comic-con-app/id324322177 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [San Diego Comic Convention Inc](https://appshunter.io/developer/894362152)
- Category: Entertainment, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Rating: 3.10/5 from 459 App Store ratings · 111 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 10.0 · 92 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French (France), German (Germany) and 22 more
- Released: 2009-07-21
- Data updated: 2026-08-05
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/official-comic-con-app/id324322177/reviews.md

## What is Official Comic?

Get the official digital guide to San Diego Comic-Con International and WonderCon. Download this free app for the latest event schedules, maps, exhibitors, special guests, exclusive items, news and more!

## Key features

- Event schedules
- Interactive maps
- Exhibitor directory
- Special guest listings
- Exclusive item information
- Latest news

## What do users think of Official Comic?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 🚀 Helpful for navigating the convention
- 👍 Useful for finding schedules and events
- 🗺️ Provides detailed maps and floor plans

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
- 🔍 Lack of search functionality
- 🔑 Login and account issues
- 📆 Outdated or incorrect schedule information
- 🤖 Poor user interface and navigation

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes on launch or during use
- Login credentials not working
- Sync issues between app and website
- Incorrect or missing schedule data
- Navigation issues and confusing UI

**Most requested features**

- Add search functionality for schedules and events
- Improve syncing and account management
- Provide more detailed event information
- Enhance map features with better resolution and interactivity
- Implement a grid-style schedule view

## Recent user reviews (10 of 111)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/official-comic-con-app/id324322177/reviews.md

### 1/5 — It is appalling that someone got paid actual money to make this crime scene

*2026-07-24, version 8.18*

This app MUST be rage bait. Or maybe it is performance art intended to make us reflect on the toxic reliance we all have with our phones. Maybe it is Comic-Con’s violent attempt to get us outside to touch some grass. It is a 1900s era Internet fever dream of a dystopian future. What it is not is a functional app. 

“Why employ designers to make an app? Insanity. What do they know??” 

This is what I imagine a bunch of executives cackled when the creation of this app was first discussed. They likely fist-bumped each other after hiring a blind monkey to build the app. After all, minus the banana money needed to keep the ape focused on banging its fists against the keyboard, it was more cash for their pockets. 

“But won’t the con attendees notice that nothing makes sense?” piped up Sally from customer relations. 

Sally was promptly fired.

### 1/5 — worst app

*2026-07-22, version 8.18*

Not a very intuitive app, trying to navigate is a bad maze of errors!

### 1/5 — How is the interface STILL this awful.

*2026-07-16, version 8.18*

First off: yes, this app “functions” in that you can view the programming, search for things, create your own schedule, etc. But I’m sorry, in the year of our freaking lord 2026 you do not get credit for the absolute bare minimum! 

I haven’t even spent five minutes in the updated app and I’m asking/yelling things like:
-which designer from 2011 did you time-warp in to continue pushing a semi-transparent schedule over a busy image?
-when I hit search, the search tips overlap the status bar of my phone. How are you not designing for a STATUS BAR? A feature of every mobile OS since…forever?!
-how many users correctly identify that the teeny tiny grid icon is showing a PATH (something I only identified after I zoomed in on a screenshot)? What’s wrong with familiar and recognizable iconography? What did the instantly-recognizable map pin icon do to you?

And the real question: how can a large and active creative organization, non-profit or not, justify this refusal to spend resources on an essential tool for con-goers? 

Listen, Comic-Con. “Having an app” was all you needed 15 years ago. Today? Anything less than a polished, usable experience is inexcusable. And yet. Your navigation sucks. Your use of icons sucks. Your visual design sucks, and creates its own usability issues. Your filters are next to useless. Pay me and I’ll share a lot more gripes, but the good news is all of this is incredibly easy to fix because you’re not doing anything wild or novel. We have solved these problems. 

Because right now? No designer I know at any experience level would hand this off to a dev. No day-one student in a UX program would think this is even adequate. 

I help pay for your org to exist. Please spend some of that money to release a usable app designed in this decade.

### 2/5 — Oof

*2026-07-14, version 8.18*

Man this looks like an iPhone app from 15 years ago. The interface is ugly and unintuitive, and the fix for that is to put weird tutorials up for every button you press. Why is the clipboard icon the rating for an event and the star the save button? I’m scrolling through the list of events and every time I stop a filter button sneaks up from the bottom. Why? There’s a ton of empty space at the top. So weird, not what I would expect from such a big event.

### 1/5 — Tragically  Bad

*2026-07-14, version 8.17*

No reason this app should be so bad. Forgets things you save. Unusably slow. Navigation doesn’t take you back to where you were. No sorting by rooms. Maps don’t link to programming.

### 5/5 — App works great if you stop trying to “login” before it’s ready to use!

*2026-07-13, version 8.17*

This app works great for its function, which is to help you at comic con. It contains the entire programming schedule that you can view by day/times, or you can change it to view by rooms (click that little calendar icon an top rhs when you go into “Programming”.) You can star the panels you want, it will put them in a little calendar “My Schedule”. It has an exhibit hall map where you can highlight the booths you want to be able to find, and you can click after you visit to change the color so you know you’ve visited.

Many complaints about this app are because people try to use it before it’s ready to go. It looks you need to login, and many people try to do this, get frustrated and give up. It’s not ready to use until AFTER the entire schedule has been released, less than two weeks before con. There’s nothing to go on it until the floor map is ready, the panels are set, etc. Once it’s ready to go, the “login” part will disappear and it will be usable (might need to update), so stop trying to do that, then deciding it doesn’t work because you can’t. It does work, just wait for it to be ready.

Hope this helps.

### 1/5 — Nice idea, horrible implementation

*2025-07-24, version 8.13*

Navigation can’t tell if it’s browsing the web or the app, and will often get you lost until you can get to the top level where you pick your event from a list of several.  Want to share a schedule with friends?  Just log into this other system, but wait, you don’t have an account?  Too bad, can’t register from here.  And if you figure out where and how to register on the web, the app doesn’t recognize it.  Maybe try again later.

I fail to see any benefit of this app over a printed brochure.

### 2/5 — Still showing last year’s info

*2025-07-22, version 8.13*

I cannot get it to up later to 2025. App is still stuck on 2024….

### 1/5 — Complete garbage

*2025-07-20, version 8.13*

You can’t login to SCHED from this app with any username and password

### 2/5 — Not useful

*2025-07-13, version 8.13*

Mobile site is better. Worse it pushes you to use another app to be able to ac eas events.

## Frequently asked questions about Official Comic

### What is the Official Comic-Con App?

This app serves as the official digital guide for San Diego Comic-Con International and WonderCon. It provides attendees with essential information to navigate and make the most of their convention experience.

### What kind of information can I find in the app?

You can access up-to-date event schedules, detailed maps of the convention center, a directory of exhibitors, information on special guests, details about exclusive items, and the latest news related to the events.

### Is the app free to download?

Yes, the app is free to download. While the app itself is free, it may contain in-app purchases for additional features or content.

### What events does this app cover?

This app specifically covers San Diego Comic-Con International and WonderCon. It is designed to be the primary digital resource for attendees of these two major conventions.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 8.19 — 2026-08-03

• Updated show information
• Bug fixes

### 8.18 — 2026-07-14

• Updated show information
• Bug fixes

### 8.17 — 2026-06-17

• Updated show information
• Bug fixes

### 8.16 — 2026-03-16

• Updated show information
• Bug fixes

### 8.15 — 2026-03-10

• Updated show information
• Bug fixes

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