Comparison

eComics vs db'sCOMICSdb

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

eComics

Browse, organize, and read your digital comic collection on your device. Supports popular comic formats and offers easy navigation with page previews. Add favorites and share with friends.

Highlights
  • Comic book browser with thumbnails
  • Supports CBZ, CBR, and ZIP formats
  • Quick page switching with preview
  • Compatible with all screen resolutions
  • Add comics to favorites list
  • Organize and order comics
Features
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eComics is a fast, clean comic book reader built for people who already have a library of CBR, CBZ, and ZIP files and just want a great way to read them. KEY FEATURES - Full support for CBR, CBZ, and ZIP comic formats - Smooth page-by-page reading with page curl transition - Quick thumbnail browser to jump to any page instantly - Grid and list view for organizing your library your way - Automatic resume — pick up exactly where you left off - Add comics to Favorites for one-tap access - Works with all screen sizes and resolutions - Import comics directly from your device or cloud storage WHY USERS PICK eComics Most comic readers force you to deal with clunky file management or limited format support. eComics was built to solve exactly that — import your collection, organize it the way you want, and get back to reading in seconds. Whether you're catching up on the latest manga release, revisiting a favorite superhero arc, or working through a stack of indie graphic novels, eComics keeps your entire library organized and instantly accessible. ORGANIZE YOUR WAY Switch between grid view for visual browsing and list view for quick scanning. Mark favorites, track your reading progress automatically, and never lose your place again. Download eComics today and turn your device into a portable comic book library. Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you — your input shapes every update.

About

db'sCOMICSdb

Organize and browse your comic book collection with this visually rich database app. It allows you to add details like condition, valuation, and custom cover scans. Access your collection offline and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Create and maintain comic databases
  • Add condition, valuation, and custom scans
  • Search by creator, character, and date
  • Offline access to your collection
  • Sync across mobile and desktop
  • Open-data architecture
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A beautifully simple mobile app to create, maintain and browse comic collection databases. db'sCOMICSdb was developed by db who has dabbled in comic collecting since the 1970s. db needed a way to organize his collection and this is the result. Unique among comic-collector apps, db'sCOMICSdb is ad-free, has an open-data architecture and can be useful without internet access. It's a simple, no-nonsense, highly visual comic database! db'sCOMICSdb is available for both Mobile and Desktop platforms and designed for smooth interoperation across devices. If you find this free (and ad-free!) app to be useful we hope you'll contribute to its ongoing support via in-app purchases. With a back-end based on the open-data project, Grand Comics Database (https://comics.org), you have access to details for hundreds of thousands of comics from all over the world. To build your own database, add comics by entering Series and Issues. Now you can search through comics by creator, character and date. You can also provide details about each of your comic's condition, location and valuation and even add custom cover scans or photos. Convenient links to online resources like ebay and GCD allow you to update and monitor your collection. As you build your collections you can stash them onto your Desktop computer fixed-drive or your own online storage solution like Google Drive, Apple iCloud, Dropbox, etc. An online storage solution makes it easy to synchronize results between Desktop and Mobile sessions and it also makes it simple to share your collection with friends and with your favorite comic stores. db'sCOMICSdb has direct support for Google Drive but if your collection can be accessed via a URL it can be loaded and viewed with db'sCOMICSdb. You can view, sort and edit previously entered comics with no internet access. This is especially helpful when you're trying to remember your want-list while in the subterranean chambers of your friendly neighborhood comic store. Or perhaps during the zombie apocalypse. System Requirements The mobile app runs on modern (6th generation and newer) mobile phones. We recommend screens with at least 400 pixels of horizontal resolution. The app caches cover images for your collection and can therefore consume storage in proportion to the size of your collection. db's collection is approximately 2500 comics and we expect the app to scale to collections of at least 10000 comics. Larger collections will benefit from beefier model mobile devices. The desktop app runs on recent (post-2015 models) Windows 10 and Macintosh computers with at least 4GB RAM. For Data Geeks and Web-Slingers The central philosophy behind db'sCOMICSdb is that it's *your* collection and *your* database and it's to be stored wherever you wish. A collection is represented as a single JSON file coupled with optional custom cover-scans into a standards-compliant .zip file. The database schema is publicly available and this makes it easy for capable programmers to view and to import, export or manipulate the data. GCD Notices The Grand Comics Database Project (GCD) is a volunteer project with the goal of documenting and indexing all comics for the free use of scholars, historians, researchers, and fans. The GCD acknowledges that the all-encompassing research nature of the project may result in the posting of cover scans for comics with images that some may find objectionable. *Viewer discretion is advised.* Cover thumbnails are used for identification purposes only. All rights to cover images reserved by the respective copyright holders. All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.

Screenshots

eComics4 screens
db'sCOMICSdb4 screens

Verdict

The call

eComics and db'sCOMICSdb both sit at 4.1 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of db'sCOMICSdb's written reviews are positive against 50% of eComics's. db'sCOMICSdb also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). eComics's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. eComics sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and db'sCOMICSdb sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for eComics against 4.0 for db'sCOMICSdb. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: eComics has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of eComics's written reviews are positive against 100% of db'sCOMICSdb's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eComics ships an update every 3 months, db'sCOMICSdb every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
eComics versus db'sCOMICSdb: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereComicsdb'sCOMICSdb
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (7 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB6 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperEyermin Colon SanchezThe Lost Quill, LLC

Customer experience

eComics

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

db'sCOMICSdb

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

eComics

One-time1
  • eComics$6.99
4 purchases

db'sCOMICSdb

One-time4
  • Coffee Fund$1.99
  • Comic Fund$4.99
  • TPB Fund$15.99
Show 1 more
  • Key Issue Fund$74.99

Questions

Is eComics free?
eComics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is db'sCOMICSdb free?
db'sCOMICSdb is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, eComics or db'sCOMICSdb?
eComics is rated higher. eComics averages 4.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while db'sCOMICSdb averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do eComics or db'sCOMICSdb have ads?
eComics shows ads; db'sCOMICSdb does not.
Which is updated more often, eComics or db'sCOMICSdb?
eComics ships an update every 3 months, and db'sCOMICSdb every 4 months. Most recently, eComics was updated on September 15, 2026 and db'sCOMICSdb on June 4, 2026.

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