Comparison

iComic vs Digifant 1 live data

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

Head to head
About

iComic

Read high-resolution comic pages from zip or cbz archives on your device. Enjoy seamless navigation and zooming with multi-touch gestures. Download comics from the internet or personal servers for offline reading.

Highlights
  • High-resolution comic page display
  • Supports JPG, TIF, PNG in ZIP/CBZ
  • Multi-touch page navigation
  • Pinch-to-zoom functionality
  • Built-in download manager
  • Offline comic access
Features
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Welcome to iComic, the premier application for reading comics on your iPhone or iPod Touch. iComic makes great use of the multi-touch function for simple and effective page navigation and zooming to provide the best portable comic book read you will find. iComic displays high resolution comic pages (jpg, tif, or png image files) contained inside compressed zip or cbz format archives. Using the built-in download function, comics can be downloaded from the internet or from a personal server and stored locally on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Your downloaded comics are stored on your device and so are always available for reading, even when you have no internet connection. As iTunes resizes images to a compressed format, iComic is also useful for displaying images for other uses e.g. maps, high detailed photos and ebooks (convert your pdf books to jpeg and you have a perfect reader for those large pdf files, normally unreadable due to the high memory requirement). iComic currently provides three methods for turning pages: swiping your finger on the screen; by taps in the screen corners using the Corner-Tap method; or by Multi-Touch (tap once to page forward, twice to page back). Zooming is by the familiar pinch method used in Safari and other applications or by double tapping the screen when in Corner-Tap mode. The application is very stable and can easily handle zip files up to 60MB with infrequent problems observed with files of much larger size. Individual image files inside the zip files are constrained to a maximum 3 million pixels (e.g. 3,000 pixels high x 1,000 pixels wide or equivalent) though for the sake of battery conservation much smaller sizes (~1000 pixels high) are generally used. A manual for setting up and using iComic can be downloaded from http://red.halfmoon.jp/AppStore_iComic_V1.3_FAQ.pdf The author of this application is Japanese so for excellent community support and discussion in English please visit the helpful and friendly ~*~ Ultimate icomic Thread ~*~ at www.ipodtouchfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23759

About

Digifant 1 live data

Monitor and record live engine data from VW Digifant 1 ECUs. This tool is essential for G60, 16VG60, and 16V-Turbo custom builds. Requires a Bluetooth/K-line interface and specific ECU firmware.

Highlights
  • Live engine data display
  • Data logging capabilities
  • Supports VW Digifant 1 ECUs
  • Compatible with G60, 16VG60, 16V-Turbo engines
  • Requires Bluetooth/K-line interface
  • Custom firmware integration
Features
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Displays and logs live engine data from VW Digifant 1 ECU. Digifant 1 ECU was originally used in G60 engine; but is also widely used in 16VG60 or 16V-Turbo custom build engines. This app requires a bluetooth / k-line interface and an ECU with custom firmware from https://digifant-onlineabstimmung.de

Screenshots

iComic1 screens
Digifant 1 live data2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Digifant 1 live data at Free against iComic's $0.99. Digifant 1 live data also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 66%). iComic's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 20 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Digifant 1 live data is free to download; iComic costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iComic ships an update monthly, Digifant 1 live data every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iComic versus Digifant 1 live data: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriComicDigifant 1 live data
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.1 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 20 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB18 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperY.YamamotoDominik Gummel

Customer experience

iComic

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews207 reviews
Positive66.2%
Neutral12.6%
Negative21.3%

Digifant 1 live data

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

iComic

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • App crashes when opening large comic files
  • Rotation mode becomes stuck after using 'fix right' option
  • Status bar doesn't disappear despite settings
  • Bookmark settings not saved in iOS 4.x
  • FTP upload fails with permission errors
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  • File numbering displays out of order (01 after 1)
  • Nested folder structures not readable
  • Landscape mode rendering issues with black space
  • Memory leaks causing frequent warnings
  • CBR files with newer RAR compression show blank pages
  • Swipe navigation not working properly
  • App crashes after finishing a comic
  • Cannot save rotation preferences
  • Crashes on iOS 5+ with certain devices
  • FTP connection issues on Windows 7
  • Blank 'read error' pages in some CBR files
  • App installs multiple times causing file confusion

Requested features

18 requests
  • CBR/RAR format support (added in later versions)
  • iTunes file transfer integration
  • Lock rotation option for reading
  • Auto-rotate to landscape for 2-page spreads
  • Improved file management and deletion from app
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  • Better bookmark functionality with persistent storage
  • Thumbnail previews of comics
  • Directory/folder organization system
  • Password protection for app
  • Batch file import capability
  • Page slider for quick navigation
  • Support for PDF files
  • Retina-friendly app icon
  • Improved file sorting (alphanumeric)
  • In-app FTP file pulling from servers
  • Gesture controls for chapter navigation
  • Reset read status for re-reading
  • Automatic chapter continuation

Digifant 1 live data

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iComic

No in-app purchases

None

Digifant 1 live data

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iComic free?
iComic costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Digifant 1 live data free?
Digifant 1 live data is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iComic or Digifant 1 live data have ads?
Neither iComic nor Digifant 1 live data shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iComic or Digifant 1 live data?
iComic ships an update monthly, and Digifant 1 live data every 20 months. Most recently, iComic was updated on October 23, 2026 and Digifant 1 live data on October 12, 2026.

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