Emerald City Comic Con vs ComicHub
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Emerald City Comic Con
Navigate your experience at Emerald City Comic Con with this official digital guide. Access schedules, guest lists, exhibitor details, and event information all in one place. Stay updated with the latest news and announcements to ensure you don't miss any highlights.
- Panel schedules
- Guest and creator lists
- Exhibitor directory
- Show features
- Event notifications
- Latest news updates
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The Emerald City Comic Con Mobile App is your digital guide to everything ECCC! It's chock full of panel schedules, guests, comic creators, exhibitors, Show Features, and everything else ECCC has to offer. You will also receive notifications for the latest news, guest announcements, exhibitor info and special events so you don’t miss a thing! Download the Official ECCC App now and have all of the information you need for this show at your fingertips.
ComicHub
Manage your comic book collection by synchronizing with retailers. Track orders, preview upcoming releases, and follow creators. The app works offline for easy collection management anywhere.
- Synchronize comic collection with retailers
- Preview upcoming comic releases
- Follow writers, artists, brands, genres, publishers
- Receive order arrival alerts
- Track publisher crossover events
- Offline collection management
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The ComicHub app is designed to synchronize your comic collection with any retailer on the ComicHub network. Publishers can also publish page images of upcoming stories for you preview or you can simply choose the writers, artists, brands, genres or publishers that you want to follow. Your local comic store will alert you when your orders have arrived and then update your app when purchases are made to allow effortless management of your collection. The ComicHub app also lets you track publisher crossover events with ease, letting you know what parts you have on order and what parts you've missed. Once the items in your collection are downloaded from ComicHub, the app will also work offline, allowing you to fill gaps at conventions or any store in the world. Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Emerald City Comic Con at 2.9 against ComicHub's 1.9. Emerald City Comic Con also leads on review sentiment (34% vs 7%). ComicHub's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Emerald City Comic Con holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 69 and 84 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Emerald City Comic Con's written reviews are positive against 7% of ComicHub's.
Emerald City Comic Con ships an update every 5 months, ComicHub every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Emerald City Comic Con | ComicHub |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (69 ratings) — better | 1.9 (84 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.4% of reviews — better | 7.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 69 | 84 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 167 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Reed Elsevier Inc. | Stuart Colson |
Customer experience
Emerald City Comic Con
ComicHub
Bugs and requests
Emerald City Comic Con
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ComicHub
Reported bugs
31 issues- Searches do not populate results
- Scrolling refreshes automatically, goes to top
- Wednesday releases list outdated
- Search is difficult/makes no sense
- App won't load
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- App crashes when trying to pay
- App crashes after typing 3-4 letters in search
- App freezes on login/user agreement screen
- App crashes when trying to add items to pull list
- App kicks user out when subscribing
- Login issues
- Search function disappears
- Ability to add to cart grays out
- App crashes after updates
- Saved searches don't list everything available
- Titles won't come up in search
- App won't load past user agreement
- App freezes phone before user agreement
- App never stops loading
- Buggy since update
- Constant loading issues and crashes
- Constantly freezing
- Previous purchases stay stuck in cart
- Cannot delete ongoing orders
- Need latest update message even when updated
- Unusable after recent update
- Search function almost never works
- Consistent error messages
- Load times are slow
- Searching is difficult while you can't see typing
- No native support for iPad
Requested features
13 requests- Improve search functionality
- Fix scrolling and refresh glitches
- Update Wednesday releases regularly
- Make app more intuitive
- Allow easier subscription to series
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- Improve search to include all titles/miniseries
- Fix cart issues (previous purchases not deleting)
- Add option to delete ongoing orders
- Improve performance and reduce load times
- Implement caching for faster navigation
- Fix notification deletion
- Provide better support response
- Scrap and restart the app
In-app purchases
Emerald City Comic Con
No in-app purchases
ComicHub
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Emerald City Comic Con free?
Is ComicHub free?
Which has better reviews, Emerald City Comic Con or ComicHub?
Do Emerald City Comic Con or ComicHub have ads?
Which is updated more often, Emerald City Comic Con or ComicHub?
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