Comparison

iComic vs 猫日誌

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

猫日誌

Features
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愛猫の記録をするアプリです。 猫のトイレ状況、体重、写真つきの日誌を残すことができます。 多頭飼いの人にオススメです。 機能紹介 【プロフィール】 飼っている猫の情報を記録する画面です。 誕生日を登録しておくと、現在何歳かこの画面で確認することができます。 体重を記録するとグラフ形式で確認できます。 猫毎の通院履歴も確認できます。 【トイレ記録】 愛猫の排泄を記録することができます。 何日もおしっこやうんちをしていないと病気かなと心配になってしまいます。 日々記録しておくことで愛猫のちょっとした変化に気づくことができます。 【通院履歴】 猫の通院情報を記録出来ます。 多頭飼いの場合は複数の猫の通院履歴を一括で確認することができます。 【日誌】 写真つきで日誌を記録することができます。 その日あったことや気になることは写真つきで記録していきましょう。 【設定】 ログインすると、他の端末でも情報を共有することができます。 家族で同じアカウントを利用しておくことで、愛猫の情報をリアルタイムで共有出来るので、ぜひログインしてお使いください。 【サブスクリプション詳細】 - サブスクリプション名:プレミアム機能 - サブスクリプション期間:1ヶ月 プライバシーポリシー:[https://rumbling-okra-277.notion.site/d26adfb79772453a95b801304fc49c45?pvs=4](https://rumbling-okra-277.notion.site/d26adfb79772453a95b801304fc49c45?pvs=4) 利用規約:[https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/)

Screenshots

iComic1 screens
猫日誌4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 猫日誌 at Free against iComic's $0.99. 猫日誌 also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 66%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). iComic's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, 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

猫日誌 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

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iComic versus 猫日誌: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriComic猫日誌
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.1 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB59 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperY.YamamotoTakaya Shono

Customer experience

iComic

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

猫日誌

Written reviews1 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

猫日誌

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iComic

No in-app purchases

None

猫日誌

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iComic free?
iComic costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 猫日誌 free?
猫日誌 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iComic or 猫日誌 have ads?
猫日誌 shows ads; iComic does not.
Which is updated more often, iComic or 猫日誌?
iComic ships an update monthly, and 猫日誌 monthly. Most recently, iComic was updated on September 25, 2026 and 猫日誌 on August 15, 2026.

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