iComic vs ComicFlow

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

ComicFlow reads CBR, CBZ and PDF comics directly, converts archives to PDF, organizes your collection and now reads straight from your comic server. Private and offline-first. No ads, no account, no subscription. READ FROM YOUR COMIC SERVER (PRO) Connect ComicFlow to Komga, Kavita or any OPDS server, such as Calibre, calibre-web, Codex or Stump, at home, over Tailscale or over the internet. - Browse your whole collection, stream a book without downloading it, or download it to read offline - Your reading position syncs both ways with the server, and with KOReader - Manga opens right to left when the server marks it, and wide spreads show as one page - Up Next opens the next book in the series, and Keep Downloaded keeps the next unread books ready offline - Lock a server behind Face ID, or send a server book to your e-reader Testing the connection to your server doesn't need Pro. Reading from it is part of ComicFlow Pro. YOUR COMPUTER, YOUR LIBRARY Two ways to get comics onto your device without a cable, both included in the app. - WATCH FOLDERS: Point ComicFlow at a folder in Files, including iCloud Drive or a network share you have mounted there. - WI-FI UPLOAD: Open one address in a browser on your computer and drag comics onto the page. CONVERT CBR/CBZ TO PDF Convert comic book archives to PDF with one tap. ComicFlow extracts every page from your CBR, CBZ, RAR, and ZIP files and builds a clean, correctly ordered PDF in seconds. - Three quality settings: Low for sharing, Medium for everyday reading, High for collectors - Batch conversion: queue multiple files and watch per-file progress CBZ EXPORT — INCLUDED Turn any comic into a standard CBZ that opens on Kobo, Boox, PocketBook, KOReader and nearly every comic reader. No re-encoding, no quality loss. READ COMICS DIRECTLY — NO CONVERSION NEEDED Open CBR, CBZ and PDF files instantly in the built-in reader. - Double-tap or pinch to zoom into artwork - Tap zones for one-handed page turns - Reading position saved automatically for every file - Bookmark pages and jump back anytime ORGANIZE YOUR COLLECTION - Custom collections for series or genres - 5-star ratings, personal notes, and tags - Reading status: unread, reading, completed - Instant search; filter by publisher, year, genre, rating, or status - ComicInfo.xml metadata read automatically FLEXIBLE READING MODES - Single page, double-page spread, or vertical scroll for webtoons - Right-to-left page order for manga iCLOUD SYNC Reading progress, bookmarks, ratings, and notes sync across your Apple devices. Optional, no account needed — and it never uploads your comic files. COMICFLOW PRO — OPTIONAL, ONE-TIME UPGRADE The base app is complete and stays that way. Pro is a single in-app purchase — pay once, keep it forever, no subscription — that adds: - Face ID-locked collections: keep private comics behind Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode - Reader presets: save your manga, western, and webtoon setups and switch in one tap - EPUB export for e-readers: fixed-layout EPUB3 tuned for Kobo, Boox, reMarkable, and PocketBook, with a .kepub option for Kobo - E-ink image optimization: auto-crop, contrast and sharpening tuned per device, grayscale palettes, double-page splitting for manga, webtoon strip splitting An honest note on Kindle: Kindle devices don't open sideloaded EPUB files. ComicFlow's EPUB export works together with the free Calibre desktop app to get comics onto a Kindle — the app explains the exact steps instead of pretending it's one tap. OFFLINE AND PRIVATE Your own files need no internet. No account, no ads. Your comics stay on your device or your own server, and your reading habits are nobody's business but yours. FAIR PRICING Pay once for the app. Pro is optional and also one-time. Nothing renews, expires or nags you. SUPPORTED FORMATS CBR, CBZ, RAR, ZIP, and PDF — opened from the Files app, email, cloud storage, or any sharing app.