xkcd Lite vs TVTropes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
xkcd Lite
A free, open-source comic reader for a popular webcomic. It offers a minimalistic and fast experience for viewing the latest comics, saving favorites, and sharing them with friends.
- View latest comics
- Save favorite comics
- Share comics
- Lightweight and fast
- Open-source
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xkcd Lite (codenamed Uvarovite) is a free, lightweight and open-source comic reader for the webcomic xkcd. I designed it to be small, minimalistic and fast. You can use it to view the latest xkcd comics, save your favorites to find them later easily, and share them with your friends! You can find the source code for xkcd Lite here: https://github.com/tolga87/Uvarovite For more info, check the support page here: http://tolgaakin.com/?page_id=1229#xkcd
TVTropes
Explore a vast wiki dedicated to tropes found in TV, anime, film, literature, and more. Discover how media breaks down into common patterns and gain new insights. Features include a game, video examples, and a story generator.
- Explore media tropes
- Name That Trope game
- Video examples of tropes
- Story Generator
- Editing and reviews
- Customizable tabs
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TV Tropes Will Ruin Your Life - Dig into your favorite works (TV, anime, film, literature, ...) and find how they break down into tropes. It will change how you view media. Once you get familiar try our new "Name That Trope" game. If you need some visual examples scroll through our Videos pages with thousands of trope examples. You can also use our Story Generator to help you come up with ideas for writing your own story using tropes as the building blocks. For existing users you'll find all the main features such as editing, reviews, trope launch pad, etc. And some new features on the app including: badge shop, PM and Forum notifications, PM's in a single text-style format, new wiki walk experience, and much more. The TVTropes app has many different sections so we've add the ability to customize what tabs you see. Privacy Policy: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: xkcd Lite at none against TVTropes's 2. xkcd Lite also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). TVTropes's advantage is ratings volume (380 vs 6). On price, rating, ads 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. TVTropes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. xkcd Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
TVTropes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TVTropes has 380 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | xkcd Lite | TVTropes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (6 ratings) | 4.7 (380 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 45.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 380 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | AKIN, Tolga | TVTropes.org, Inc |
Customer experience
xkcd Lite
TVTropes
Bugs and requests
xkcd Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
TVTropes
Reported bugs
2 issues- Account creation issues with VPN
- Video examples missing from app
Requested features
3 requests- Fix dark mode
- Remove AI story generator
- Improve video playback controls
In-app purchases
xkcd Lite
No in-app purchases
TVTropes
- Monthly Ad-Free Subscription$5.991 Month
- Yearly Ad-Free Subscription$29.991 Year
