Alex Cartoon vs Comixit!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alex Cartoon
Get your daily dose of business world satire with this app. It delivers the Daily Telegraph's Alex cartoon strip directly to your phone in a vibrant, frame-by-frame format. Stay updated on corporate life through humorous commentary.
- Daily cartoon strip delivery
- Full-colour, frame-by-frame format
- Focus on corporate world satire
- Features investment banker Alex Masterley
- Includes supporting cast of colleagues
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The Alex cartoon app delivers the daily cartoon strip from the business section of the Daily Telegraph direct to your phone in a full-colour, frame-by-frame format. The essential way to keep up with the latest goings-on in the corporate world through the jaundiced eye of investment banker Alex Masterley, with a full supporting cast of vindictive bosses, aspirational juniors and interfering HR people and compliance officers.
Comixit!
Explore a vast library of beloved comics, including Disney and Beano characters. This ad-free app offers a modern vertical scrolling experience and guides to help young readers create their own comic stories, making reading an enjoyable habit.
- Disney and Beano comic library
- Modern vertical scrolling reader
- Comic creation tips and tricks
- Ad-free and safe for kids
- Parent-approved screen time
- Daily reading notifications
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Disney comics are now available to read on Comixit! Also featuring Beano: join beloved characters like Dennis & Gnasher, Minnie the Minx, and Bananaman on fresh adventures around Beanotown. Comixit! makes reading fun, and encourages kids to create a lifelong habit of reading. WHY FAMILIES LOVE COMIXIT! World-class comics from your favourite brands as well as new discoveries “Webtoon” reading designed for modern readers: smooth vertical scroll experience Tips and tricks to draw your own comics! Screen time you can feel good about – ad-free, moderated, and designed for kids' wellbeing Parent Feedback: “The vertical, panel-by-panel scrolling is brilliant. It’s lovely to be able to give him the iPad and watch him confidently re-read his favourite stories on his own… he loved the daily push notification that he would then look forward to at his bedtime reading.” Subscription Information: Comixit offers auto-renewable monthly subscriptions to access premium content. Terms of Use: https://static.fabletechnology.com/tos-app.html Privacy Policy: https://static.fabletechnology.com/privacy.html • Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period • You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings For support, contact us at: community@comixit.app A safe, friendly space for readers to explore stories, spark imagination, and make their own comics!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Comixit! at 100% against Alex Cartoon's 36%. Comixit! also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (9 vs 2). Alex Cartoon's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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. Comixit! sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Alex Cartoon asks for nothing beyond the download.
Comixit! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Alex Cartoon's written reviews are positive against 100% of Comixit!'s.
Alex Cartoon ships an update every 3 weeks, Comixit! every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alex Cartoon | Comixit! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Infinite Kind Limited | Fable Technologies Ltd |
Customer experience
Alex Cartoon
Comixit!
Bugs and requests
Alex Cartoon
Reported bugs
37 issues- Missing Kicker Panel
- On my iPad Pro 12.9 only the first three panes can be seen.
- Doesn’t auto-update
- Fails to show last panel of each strip
- Keep On getting an error message when I Load the app.
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- Cartoons are no longer updating in App
- Stuck on same cartoon for almost a month
- It's currently not updating beyond 28th Sep 2021.
- The cartoons on the app are weeks behind the actual paper
- Hasn’t added a new strip for almost three weeks.
- This app no longer works
- The app did exactly what I expected, delivered the cartoon, until about 10 days back when it stopped grabbing the latest cartoon and shows the same one over and over
- Last strip posted was 28th September…and app reports “Error” every time it is opened.
- Seems to have stopped updating. No new strips for over 2 weeks now.
- Works on iPhone but for months now it will not work on iPad!
- Since the upgrade, I have only been able to view the first three slides, the final slide with the punchline is missing.
- Always displaying error messages and not showing full strip in one panel
- Only 3 out of 4 panes showing on iPad
- 4th panel is missing on each days comic now
- No longer shows all 4 frames in iOS 14.4; always missing the punchline.
- Used to get all 4 of the pics. Now I can only get three.
- Only screens 1 to 3 are displaying - please fix
- App has suddenly started only showing the first three panels. instead of four.
- Frame missing
- Latest update seems to have gone wrong. Only displays first 3 frames.
- Since upgrading to the new operating system, it will only show three of the screens per day. This is useless, unless you can suggest how I can see the last picture with the punchline.
- iPad Air , now doesn’t show 4th panel
- the app screen is super stretched and difficult to read after apple update
- The app does not work under iOS 14.4, please fix it.
- Excellent cartoon but it appears to have been stretched and no longer fit my screen. IPHONE XR.
- The aspect ratio seems to have been broken by a recent iOS update. But as the app hasn’t been updated for 2 years perhaps it’s not going to be fixed.
- The app now shows a distorted and elongated image since updating to 14.4.
- Since upgrading to iOS 14.4 the app seems to be assuming a much taller screen that possessed by my iPhone SE 2020 so the cartoon frames are stretched vertically. You can scroll down to scan the whole image but not get to the three buttons normally at the bottom because they’re hidden behind it.
- Since the latest “update” I can’t open the app, it just informs me there is a date format error. Please sort it as I miss my daily dose of Alex!
- The app has stopped working for the past week or so....some date challenge.
- Cartoon now officially 48 hours behind...
- Love the cartoon but has it stalled ?
Requested features
7 requests- Automatic app updates
- Fix for missing final panel
- Fix for screen stretching/distortion
- Fix for iPad compatibility
- Fix for error messages
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- Fix for update issues
- Fix for date format error
Comixit!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Alex Cartoon
No in-app purchases
Comixit!
- Premium Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Premium Subscription1 Month trial$4.991 Month
- Premium Subscription14 Days trial$4.991 Month
Questions
Is Alex Cartoon free?
Is Comixit! free?
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Do Alex Cartoon or Comixit! have ads?
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