Bun Alert vs XKCD Browser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bun Alert
Get real-time notifications when a bun is spotted using crowd-sourced technology. Document and share sightings of these adorable bread-like creatures with friends. Inspired by popular comics.
- Real-time bun spotting notifications
- Crowd-sourced technology
- Document bun sightings
- Share with friends
- Inspired by XKCD comics
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Want to get notified every time a bun is spotted? Now with real-time, crowd-sourced technology you can! Document those cute little loaves of bread that hop and share with your friends. Based on the popular comics from XKCD.
XKCD Browser
Easily browse, search, and save your favorite webcomics. View alt text, share with friends, and enjoy offline access to a vast archive. Features include dark mode and pinch-to-zoom.
- Offline browsing
- Favorite comics
- View alt text
- Save and share comics
- In-depth comic search
- Dark mode
- Random comic display
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The XKCD Browser App is an app for browsing XKCD comics! You can browse comics while offline, save your favorite comics, and share comics with your friends! You can search for comics by keyword - the app allows you to search not only just the title, but also the comic contents as well! And unlike the web browser mobile site, you can easily view the alt text for all the comics. All comics are sourced from https://xkcd.com and are drawn by Randall Munroe. If you want to report a bug or request a new feature, you can do so through here: https://github.com/defCoding/xkcd-browser-ios/issues/new/choose List of features: - Offline browsing - Favoriting comics - View comic alt text - Saving/sharing comics - Comic in-depth search - Dark mode - Show a random comic - Pinch to zoom
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: XKCD Browser at none against Bun Alert's shown. XKCD Browser also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Bun Alert's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 89%) and ratings volume (40 vs 8). On price, rating, update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bun Alert against 5.0 for XKCD Browser. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bun Alert has 40 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Bun Alert's written reviews are positive against 89% of XKCD Browser's.
Bun Alert ships an update fortnightly, XKCD Browser every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bun Alert | XKCD Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (40 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 88.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Austin Nelson | Kevin Cao |
Customer experience
Bun Alert
XKCD Browser
In-app purchases
Bun Alert
No in-app purchases
XKCD Browser
No in-app purchases
