Ultimate Comic Reader vs MangaKakalot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ultimate Comic Reader
This free comic reader app allows you to import and read DRM-free comics in CBR and CBZ formats on your iOS devices. It offers a clean interface, smooth scrolling, zoom capabilities, and various import options from cloud storage and your computer.
- Supports CBR and CBZ formats
- Import from iTunes, Dropbox, Google Drive
- Fast and smooth page scrolling
- Zoom in/out with double tap or pinch
- Automatic saving of last read page
- Organize comics with folders
- Customizable app themes
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Ultimate Comic Reader is the best and most versatile FREE comic reader app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. It allows you to read DRM-free comics from your own collection, easily and in a very natural way. Ultimate Comic Reader Supports CBR and CBZ comic formats, and it's extremely easy to import comic files onto your iOS device and start reading them in a moment: * Import comics from your Mac or PC using iTunes. * Share comics from another apps in your device (email, browser, etc...) * Load comics directly from your Dropbox or Google Drive. *Download apps from FTP servers, or your local network via FTP as if they were on your device. Features: * Very simple, clean and easy interface. * Support CBR and CBZ formats. * very fast and smooth scrolling between comic pages. * Zoom in and out in comic pages by double tapping on a point, or pinching your fingers. * Quick access for recently read comic. * Comic books are not modified in anyway. you can export them back to your library. * Advanced file browser with ability to copy, move and delete comics. Also create folders to organize them. * Your latest read page for each comic is saved automatically, when you open that book again, it will open to your latest page. * Markers for new comics and read comics. * Thumbnail page browser to jump to any page you want easily. * Take snapshots of pages you like and save them to your camera roll. * Easily pin any folder from your device library, FTP locations, Google Drive folders, or Dropbox folders. Access your pinned folders in a moment. * App interface has different themes to choose from. * All features are fully available in the free version. **Note** Ultimate Comic Reader should not be used to read illegal comics files. If you have any problems with the app, need support or have questions, please feel free to contact us at: info@5starsapps.com
MangaKakalot
Explore a vast library of manga and comics with a simple, professional interface. Discover popular titles, track new releases, and enjoy a personalized reading experience with various viewing modes and genre selections.
- Unlimited manga content
- Popular manga discovery
- Newest, Top, Completed, Ongoing status
- Regular chapter updates
- Variety of genres
- Quick search functionality
- Favorites list with notifications
- Multiple reading modes
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There are many manga and comics applications on the App Store now, so you can choose any app to use. But how long will you keep it??? Understand almost inconvenence user cases, MangaKakalot is released to bring the interesting entertainment time. Why that??? Yes, with the unlimited content is showing on the simple and professional interface, it will make all users get the absolute satisfied. As you can see: • It's very easy to approach the Popular Manga at the top of screen. They are valuable over time. • 4 regular status are: Newest, Top view, Completed, Ongoing. They will bring a great experience like never before with rich and diverse content of each genre. • If you are a fan of comics, we are ready to meet the latest manga chapters that are released regularly every minute, every hour. • There is nothing more convenient than sharing, if you just open the application, you are suggested to continue reading the previous chapters of the story that you are following. • Variety of genres we have: Action, Comedy, Drama, Manhua, Mature, Romance, Tragedy, Webtoons,... Each genre is selected with a series of comics with the same aspect, ready to serve absolutely every user's taste. • It's quick to read a comic with the search feature to save time, just 1 keyword, no need to be exact, the application will display all relevant results for you to choose from. • Make any manga to favorites, then read it later. Every time a new chapter is released, it is marked with a prominent color to attach the attention of users, helping not to miss the interesting content that is following. • MangaKakalot supports users from all over the world, each user in a country has a different habit of reading story mode. No problem, the app has 4 modes available for your: Left to Right, Right to Left, Vertical, Webtoons. You can completely set the default mode, but for stories of the webtoons genre, this smart application will automatically turn on the webtoons mode to help you access the best and easiest content. • This is a free manga reader application, so there are ads. To avoid annoying, you can remove it by paying a very small fee, and enjoy the ad-free app forever. Wish you have a great experience with this application. Please share with all relatives and friends, this will bring a lot of positive energy to the development team Finaly, we sincerely thank you! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MangaKakalot at 4.1 against Ultimate Comic Reader's 3.0. MangaKakalot also leads on ratings volume (581 vs 2) and review sentiment (29% vs 20%). Ultimate Comic Reader's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, 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. Ultimate Comic Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MangaKakalot sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MangaKakalot holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MangaKakalot has 581 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Ultimate Comic Reader's written reviews are positive against 29% of MangaKakalot's.
| Parameter | Ultimate Comic Reader | MangaKakalot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.1 (581 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 29.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 581 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tamer Abdel-Baset | Anh Nguyen |
Customer experience
Ultimate Comic Reader
MangaKakalot
Bugs and requests
Ultimate Comic Reader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
MangaKakalot
Reported bugs
4 issues- Chapters not loading or displaying X's
- App crashing when accessing favorites
- Duplicated chapters appearing
- Recent updates breaking core functionality
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to mark chapters as read/unread
- Automatic next chapter navigation
- Cloud sync for favorites and reading progress
- Better search and filtering options
- Offline reading mode
In-app purchases
Ultimate Comic Reader
- Ultimate Comic Reader Pro$1.99
MangaKakalot
- MangaKakalot Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
- Lifetime Premium$19.99









