Comic Connect vs Comic Basics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Comic Connect
Discover and read digital comics on your iPad and iPhone. Follow your favorite creators, get notified of new releases, and engage with the community by liking and commenting on comics. Find new talent and explore a wide range of comic content.
- Fullscreen comic reader
- Follow creators
- Notifications for new comics
- Like and comment on comics
- Discover new creators
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Read comics and follow creators with Comic Connect, the free digital comics app for iPad and iPhone! • Feature Highlights - Integrated fullscreen comic reader - Follow favorite creators and get notified of new comics - Like and comment on comics - Find comics from new creators Social network features require a Comic Connect account. Want to start making and publishing comics yourself? Download our companion app Comic Draw today!
Comic Basics
This app enhances a physical book by unlocking video lessons when the camera is pointed at its pages. It offers in-depth tutorials taught by industry professionals, providing a modern approach to learning comic creation.
- Video lessons unlocked via camera
- Expanded content from physical book
- Step-by-step tutorials
- Professional instructors
- Printable sample pages
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NOTE: This app requires the Comic Basics book, if you do not have the book you can still use it by downloading and printing some sample pages included in the app. Comic Basics is a companion app to the book of the same name. Download the app, launch, and point the camera at the pages to see the video lessons unlocked and expanded in further depth. This is a rethink on how to teach comics using the most up to date technology and teaching methods. Furthermore, the lessons in this app are only taught by professionals who do this for a living. Each book contains two hours of step by step videos is the free companion apps which fill the natural gaps left by standard, print-only teaching books.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Comic Connect at 3.6 against Comic Basics's 2.0. Comic Connect also leads on review sentiment (30% vs 0%) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). Comic Basics's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Comic Connect holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Comic Connect has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Comic Connect's written reviews are positive against 0% of Comic Basics's.
Comic Connect ships an update every 3 months, Comic Basics every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Comic Connect | Comic Basics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (10 ratings) — better | 2.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 30.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | plasq LLC | Anomaly Productions, Inc. |
Customer experience
Comic Connect
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In-app purchases
Comic Connect
No in-app purchases
Comic Basics
No in-app purchases
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