BDnF (light version) vs Safina
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BDnF (light version)
Create comics, graphic novels, and storyboards by combining images and text. This tool is designed for all ages, from families to individual fans, offering easy-to-use composition tools for innovative formats.
- Comic creation
- Graphic novel design
- Storyboard composition
- Image and text integration
- User-friendly tools
- Family-friendly
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BDnF is a tool to create comics, graphic novels, storyboards, any kind of narrative combining images and texts. The full version of the app is available for free on computers and tablets. A light version of the app is also available on smartphones. It can be used by anyone regardless of age, whole families or individual comics fans, just for fun. There is plenty in it for budding comics creators too, because the creation tools make it easy to compose innovative formats. For an optimal experience, we invite you to download for free the full version of the application on your computer or tablet: https://bdnf.bnf.fr/EN/index.html An application developed by the Bibliothèque nationale de France
Safina
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L’App Safina a été conçue pour permettre aux établissements scolaires : - de rester au contact de leurs élèves, - de favoriser l’implication des parents, - de faciliter le travail collaboratif entre enseignants. Le défi relevé par Safina est d’offrir une solution qui centralise toute la gestion scolaire. Grâce à son interface moderne, l’App Safina présente de nombreux avantages : intuitive, flexible, évolutive et facile d’utilisation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Safina at weekly against BDnF (light version)'s every 2 months. Safina also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BDnF (light version) ships an update every 2 months, Safina weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BDnF (light version) | Safina |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 42.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 191 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bibliotheque nationale de France | Ayyoub Abdelhak |
In-app purchases
BDnF (light version)
No in-app purchases
Safina
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is BDnF (light version) free?
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