Official Comic vs ScareScore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Official Comic
Access the official digital guide for San Diego Comic-Con International and WonderCon. Find event schedules, maps, exhibitor details, guest information, and exclusive item listings.
- Event schedules
- Interactive maps
- Exhibitor directory
- Special guest listings
- Exclusive item information
- Latest news
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Get the official digital guide to San Diego Comic-Con International and WonderCon. Download this free app for the latest event schedules, maps, exhibitors, special guests, exclusive items, news and more!
ScareScore
Quantify your real-time physical reactions to scary movies and attractions using wearable data. Compare and share your fear scores with others.
- Biometric entertainment
- Real-time reaction scoring
- Wearable data integration
- Content reaction analysis
- Fear score comparison
- Shareable results
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ScareScore is a biometric entertainment app that uses compatible wearable data to measure and score a user’s real-time physical reactions to movies, streaming content, and immersive attractions. It is designed for horror fans, thrill seekers, and entertainment audiences who want to quantify, compare, and share how intensely they react to fear-based experiences.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ScareScore at 4.0 against Official Comic's 3.1. ScareScore also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Official Comic's advantage is ratings volume (459 vs 2) and review sentiment (18% vs 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ScareScore holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Official Comic has 459 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 18% of Official Comic's written reviews are positive against 0% of ScareScore's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Official Comic ships an update every 3 months, ScareScore every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Official Comic | ScareScore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (459 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 459 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | San Diego Comic Convention Inc | CYNQ LABS LLC |
Customer experience
Official Comic
ScareScore
Bugs and requests
Official Comic
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes on launch or during use
- Login credentials not working
- Sync issues between app and website
- Incorrect or missing schedule data
- Navigation issues and confusing UI
Requested features
5 requests- Add search functionality for schedules and events
- Improve syncing and account management
- Provide more detailed event information
- Enhance map features with better resolution and interactivity
- Implement a grid-style schedule view
ScareScore
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Official Comic
No in-app purchases
ScareScore
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Official Comic free?
Is ScareScore free?
Which has better reviews, Official Comic or ScareScore?
Do Official Comic or ScareScore have ads?
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