# Paper Comic Reader — Paper like CBZ comic reader

> Paper like CBZ comic reader (iPhone/iPad app by Ulf Schuster.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/paper-comic-reader/id6788421253 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ulf Schuster](https://appshunter.io/developer/6788421255)
- Category: Books, Magazines & Newspapers
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 7 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-19
- Data updated: 2026-08-28
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/paper-comic-reader/id6788421253/reviews.md

## What is Paper Comic Reader?

Paper Comic Reader is a fast, private, native reader for your CBZ comics.
No account, no cloud, no ads, no tracking — just your comics, on your device.

BUILT FOR READING
• Open CBZ (ZIP) comic archives instantly.
• Full-screen, paged reader tuned for smooth, high-frame-rate page turns on ProMotion.
• A signature paper reading mode — warm paper texture, grain and show-through you can dial in.
• Double-page spreads in landscape, pinch to zoom, tap or swipe to turn.
• Jump anywhere from a page grid.

YOUR LIBRARY
• Discover and Recents carousels put the comic you reach for next front and centre.
• Bookmark any page — each bookmark keeps a thumbnail so you find it at a glance.
• Reads ComicInfo.xml metadata: series, issue, credits and a story index in a clean detail view.
• Light and dark mode.

BRING YOUR OWN COMICS
• Import from anywhere the Files app can reach — your device, iCloud Drive, or a file server.
• Point it at a folder and every comic shows up; each downloads when you open it, and a download can be removed again to save space while the entry stays.
• See your CBZ covers as thumbnails right in the Files app.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No sign-in, no analytics, no data collection. Everything stays on your device.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.3.16 — 2026-08-21

- A landscape button in the reader's toolbar turns the page sideways and keeps it there, so the double page is within reach even with the rotation lock on.
- Pinch to switch between the page at full width and the whole page on screen. On a double page you can now take in both facing pages at once.
- On a zoomed double page, swiping moves to the facing page instead of skipping past it, and the page no longer drifts sideways while you read down it.
- New installs start with a gentler paper effect, plus a Default preset to come back to.
- On iPad, one tap reaches the bottom of a page instead of two.

### 1.3.15 — 2026-08-14

- Downloads are visible everywhere now: a comic being fetched from your comic folder shows a progress ring in the grid, the list and Discover, and a tap stops it.
- In Discover, the Read button offers to download a comic that isn't on your device yet, and turns into Cancel while it fetches.
- New in Zoom: Keep Zoom Across Pages carries a zoomed double page over to the next one, so a long read stays at one size instead of dropping back to the whole spread.
- A comic folder that can't be reached now says so wherever the download was started, instead of leaving you waiting.
- Shuffle is a single tap again on iPad.

### 1.3.14 — 2026-08-11

- Fixed the paper effect showing a blank white page on iOS 27.
- Fixed the reader not rotating to landscape the first time you open a comic straight after downloading it.

### 1.3.13 — 2026-07-30

- Back up your whole library to a single file, and restore it on any device: comics, bookmarks and progress included.
- Mark comics as favorites and filter the library down to just those.
- Bookmark an individual story from a comic's contents.
- Import comics kept as a plain folder of images, just like a CBZ.
- Pinch-zoomed pages now rest neatly against the screen edges.
- Facing pages line up as one spread, with an optional hairline gap between the halves.

### 1.3.10 — 2026-07-27

- Pinch to zoom anywhere on a page, including two-page spreads. Any tap or double-tap brings the page back to full size.
- Search your library by character, not just titles and stories.
- The tap zones for turning pages are a little smaller, so they get in the way less.

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