# Splash - Smart Comics Reader — AI Translation & Questions

> AI Translation & Questions (iPhone/iPad app by Splash Software, LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/splash-smart-comics-reader/id6757821463 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Splash Software, LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1277176781)
- Category: Books, Entertainment
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 2 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.6 · 71 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-01-27
- Data updated: 2026-11-10
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/splash-smart-comics-reader/id6757821463/reviews.md

## What is Splash?

Now on iPhone Duo with new panel reading mode! The first smart comic book reader that lets you to translate, identify, and define anything on the page. Includes an auto-translate feature for effortless reading in any language and text-to-speech features to make comics available for everyone!
Whether you're looking for a manga reader for iPad or a powerful CBR reader on iPhone, Splash Reader supports all popular digital graphic novel formats — CBR, CBZ, and PDF — so you can open CBR files on iPad and CBZ files with zero hassle.

Key Features:

- AI-Powered Reading — Translate, ask questions, and get information about anything you select on the page
- Auto-Translate — Every page is translated using AI as you read (available after purchase)
- Full Manga Support — A dedicated manga reader iPad experience with RTL read mode for one book, a whole shelf, or as your default setting
- All Major Formats — A complete iPad CBR CBZ reader that also handles PDF, making it the only comic reader app iPad users need
- Cross-Device Sync — Sync reading progress across all your devices and the compatible native Vision Pro app
- Flexible Layout — Read in single or double page format by rotating your iPad
- Stay Organized — Sort your library into folders (shelves) with a landscape shelf showcase mode
- Beautiful Design — Gorgeous light/dark UI that preserves the feel of the Vision Pro app

Looking for the best comic book reader iPad has to offer? Whether you need a CBR reader for iPad, a CBZ reader iPad app, or a full-featured comic book app iPad users love, Splash Reader delivers.

Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your device's Settings app under [Your Name] → Subscriptions.
Terms of Use: https://splashreader.com/terms-of-use.pdf

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Splash Unlimited Monthly | $2.99 | per month |
| Splash Unlimited Annual | $24.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1000 Ask Tokens | $4.99 | one-time |
| 2500 Ask Tokens | $9.99 | one-time |
| Splash Pro | $9.99 | one-time |


## Is Splash safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Splash.

## Is Splash legit?

Splash - Smart Comics Reader has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Splash is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/splash-smart-comics-reader/id6757821463/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Best new comics reader app!

*2026-02-26*

Wow what a load of new features! Finally able to read those Esperanto blue talk bubbles in SAGA without awkwardly hovering my phone over my iPad! This is what digital comics should have always been like.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.15 — 2026-11-09

• iPhone Duo opening animations
• iPhone Duo improvements and bug fixes
• Curl page animations
• Panel mode improvements
• Library visual improvements
• OPDS UI is now in its own tab
• General bug fixes

### 1.14 — 2026-11-09

Now Splash Comics supports iPhone as well with panel reading mode!

• New panel mode: read one panel at a time, swipe between panels, hold to see the whole page
• Panel mode supports manga (right to left) and finds panels on many kinds of pages
• Pinch to zoom into a panel, or into pages without panels
• Rotate your device for very wide or tall panels; "Context aware" rotation moves to the next panel only when it fits better
• New Splash Pro: a one-time purchase that unlocks OPDS catalogs and panel mode
• New Splash Unlimited subscription: everything in Splash Pro plus unlimited Ask features
• Free comics shelf: download Pepper & Carrot for free, read it in panel mode, and hide the shelf any time in Settings
• In portrait, tap any shelf's name to collapse or expand it; the library remembers your choice
• New Image Quality setting: choose how sharp comic pages load for smoother page turns

### 1.13 — 2026-11-02

• Full webp file support
• Next issue button support for OPDS books, download the next book directly from reader
• OPDS bug and reliability fixes. OPDS server information now sync between devices
• Reader performance fixes
• Parse ComicInfo tags when available
• Next issue follows natural order (#2 before #10) and shelves always sorted by title
• Page thumbnail strip bug fix

### 1.11 — 2026-10-03

• Fixed importing comics from the Files app
• Imported comics now land on the shelf you're viewing
• Thumbnail strip performance improved
• Parse ComicInfo tags
• Improved title guessing

### 1.10 — 2026-09-26

• Cloud Services — browse and download comics from your own OPDS server (Komga, Kavita, Calibre and more)
• Try it with 3 free downloads, then subscribe or get the lifetime unlock for unlimited downloads

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-11-10.*