ComicHub vs Redwing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ComicHub
Manage your comic book collection by synchronizing with retailers. Track orders, preview upcoming releases, and follow creators. The app works offline for easy collection management anywhere.
- Synchronize comic collection with retailers
- Preview upcoming comic releases
- Follow writers, artists, brands, genres, publishers
- Receive order arrival alerts
- Track publisher crossover events
- Offline collection management
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The ComicHub app is designed to synchronize your comic collection with any retailer on the ComicHub network. Publishers can also publish page images of upcoming stories for you preview or you can simply choose the writers, artists, brands, genres or publishers that you want to follow. Your local comic store will alert you when your orders have arrived and then update your app when purchases are made to allow effortless management of your collection. The ComicHub app also lets you track publisher crossover events with ease, letting you know what parts you have on order and what parts you've missed. Once the items in your collection are downloaded from ComicHub, the app will also work offline, allowing you to fill gaps at conventions or any store in the world. Enjoy!
Redwing
This app helps you discover the correct reading order for your favorite comic books. Track your progress through complex story arcs and plan your comic reading journey.
- Comic reading order guidance
- Progress tracking
- Story arc planning
- Character-based order
- Interweaving story-arc support
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Your companion app that provides the reading order for your favorite comics and allows you to keep track of your progress. From characters to singular and interweaving story-arcs, Redwing enables you to track your Comic Book reading and will help you plan the perfect reading order. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Redwing at 50% against ComicHub's 7%. Redwing also leads on rating (2.6 vs 1.9) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). ComicHub's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (84 vs 12). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Redwing sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. ComicHub asks for nothing beyond the download.
Redwing holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ComicHub has 84 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of ComicHub's written reviews are positive against 50% of Redwing's.
ComicHub ships an update every 2 months, Redwing every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ComicHub | Redwing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (84 ratings) | 2.6 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.4% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 84 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stuart Colson | Redwing Tech Limited |
Customer experience
ComicHub
Redwing
Bugs and requests
ComicHub
Reported bugs
31 issues- Searches do not populate results
- Scrolling refreshes automatically, goes to top
- Wednesday releases list outdated
- Search is difficult/makes no sense
- App won't load
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- App crashes when trying to pay
- App crashes after typing 3-4 letters in search
- App freezes on login/user agreement screen
- App crashes when trying to add items to pull list
- App kicks user out when subscribing
- Login issues
- Search function disappears
- Ability to add to cart grays out
- App crashes after updates
- Saved searches don't list everything available
- Titles won't come up in search
- App won't load past user agreement
- App freezes phone before user agreement
- App never stops loading
- Buggy since update
- Constant loading issues and crashes
- Constantly freezing
- Previous purchases stay stuck in cart
- Cannot delete ongoing orders
- Need latest update message even when updated
- Unusable after recent update
- Search function almost never works
- Consistent error messages
- Load times are slow
- Searching is difficult while you can't see typing
- No native support for iPad
Requested features
13 requests- Improve search functionality
- Fix scrolling and refresh glitches
- Update Wednesday releases regularly
- Make app more intuitive
- Allow easier subscription to series
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- Improve search to include all titles/miniseries
- Fix cart issues (previous purchases not deleting)
- Add option to delete ongoing orders
- Improve performance and reduce load times
- Implement caching for faster navigation
- Fix notification deletion
- Provide better support response
- Scrap and restart the app
Redwing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ComicHub
No in-app purchases
Redwing
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Yearly$29.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$49.99
