Comparison

TinyReaderHub vs PixComic

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

Head to head
About

TinyReaderHub

This app offers a streamlined local comic reading experience with support for various file formats and archives. It features smart file management, personalized settings, and efficient reading with a minimalist design. Enjoy offline reading and easy file transfer.

Highlights
  • Multiple file format support (PDF, ZIP, RAR, 7Z)
  • Direct reading from archives
  • Automatic file recognition and categorization
  • Optimized page turning and zooming
  • Personalized reading settings
  • Multiple file transfer methods
  • Offline reading capability
Features
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TinyReaderHub is a beautifully designed local comic reader that makes it easy to manage and read various comic file formats. Key Features: • Multiple File Format Support: PDF, ZIP, RAR, 7Z archives • Direct Reading: Browse files inside archives without extraction • Smart File Management: Automatic file recognition and categorization • Smooth Reading Experience: Optimized page turning and zooming • Personalized Settings: Themes, font sizes, reading modes • File Transfer: iCloud, local network, and various sharing methods • Password Protection: Support for password-protected archives • User Guide: Built-in detailed usage instructions Highlights: • Minimalist Design: Clean and beautiful interface with intuitive controls • Efficient Reading: Fast loading and smooth page turning • Smart Sorting: Automatic sorting by filename, date, etc. • Multi-language Support: Chinese, English, Japanese interfaces • Offline Reading: No internet required, read anywhere Whether you're a comic enthusiast or need to read PDF documents, TinyReaderHub provides an excellent reading experience. Download now and start your reading journey!

About

PixComic

Features
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PixComic is a local comic reader. It does not provide any comics — it reads the archives you already own, and it reads them fast. WI-FI TRANSFER, NO CABLE Start the server on your phone, open the address it shows in your computer's browser, and drag your files in. Uploads are chunked and resumable, so a multi-gigabyte archive survives a dropped connection, a locked screen or a closed tab — it picks up where it left off. The same page lets you browse what is on the device, pull a book back to your computer, delete one, and check free space. Importing from the Files app, AirDrop and "Open in" from other apps all work too. EVERY FORMAT, NO MOJIBAKE CBZ / ZIP, CBR / RAR, PDF, and plain folders of images. Scan releases from Japan and Greater China routinely store filenames in Shift-JIS or GBK rather than UTF-8, which turns into garbage text in most readers. PixComic detects the encoding automatically, and sorts chapters naturally — page 2 comes before page 10, not after it. THREE READING MODES · Manga: right-to-left, automatic two-page spreads in landscape, cover on its own page so the spreads line up the way print does · Standard: left-to-right · Webtoon: seamless vertical scrolling, pinch to set the page width A wide double-page scan can also be split into two screens, so spreads are comfortable to read on a phone held upright. BUILT TO STAY SMOOTH Every image is decoded off the main thread and downsampled to your screen, with pages preloaded in both directions. Page dimensions are measured once in the background — you can read the whole time it runs — and cached, so reopening the same book skips the rescan, the "Analyzing pages" strip along the bottom, and the one relayout that lands when it finishes. FOUR THEMES Standard, Sci-fi, Pixel and Paper. Not just a tint — corners, borders, typeface and light/dark all change together. ALSO Double-tap for a quick zoom and pinch all the way to native pixels (6x at most on very large scans), thumbnail navigation, bookmarks, a scrubber with page preview, automatic border trimming, screen-awake and brightness lock. PixComic is free and ad-supported: a banner on the shelf and an occasional interstitial before a book opens — never while you are reading.

Screenshots

TinyReaderHub4 screens
PixComic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: TinyReaderHub at 15.0 against PixComic's 17.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
TinyReaderHub versus PixComic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTinyReaderHubPixComic
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size150 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer泽勇 周PIXDYNE PTY LTD

In-app purchases

None

TinyReaderHub

No in-app purchases

None

PixComic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TinyReaderHub free?
TinyReaderHub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PixComic free?
PixComic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TinyReaderHub or PixComic have ads?
Both TinyReaderHub and PixComic show ads.

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