IDW Digital Comics Experience vs Wannabe Press Thread Weaver
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IDW Digital Comics Experience
Access a vast library of comic books and graphic novels from a renowned publisher. Discover new releases weekly, enjoy curated bundles, and explore free recommendations. Read your collection with a modern, state-of-the-art reader.
- Weekly new releases
- Curated comic and book bundles
- Free comics and books recommendations
- State-of-the-art app reader
- Access to popular titles like Star Trek and TMNT
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IDW Publishing is the home of world-renowned comic book and graphic novel storytelling! We publish some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry, including Paramount's Star Trek; Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; SEGA's Sonic the Hedgehog; and many more. We also publish best-selling original series, including Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez's Locke & Key and Patrick Horvath's Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees. IDWP's critically acclaimed Top Shelf Productions imprint publishes works of visionary artistry, literary sophistication, and personal resonance, including George Takei's They Called Us Enemy and the New York Times best-selling March by Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell. - New releases every week! - Save money with carefully curated comic and book bundles! - Discover new stories with a selection of free comics and books recommended by IDW! - Read your collection at your leisure by using the new state-of-the-art app reader! Get started with your IDW Publishing adventure today!
Wannabe Press Thread Weaver
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Thread Weaver is a reading RPG from Wannabe Press — a single app holding five interactive story games, 43 novels, and 11 comics, all tied together by The Weave: a lore codex that unlocks as you read. Read instantly. Books open to your exact page with no waiting. Your library, your place in every story, and your purchases sync across all your devices through your free account. INSIDE THREAD WEAVER: - Five branching story games - 43 full-length novels with a clean, fast reader - 11 comics in a smooth vertical-scroll reader - The Weave — an 800+ entry codex of gods, monsters, places, and items that unlocks through your reading - Read the source — public-domain mythology behind the worlds, built right in Start free. Unlock individual series or grab everything.
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Verdict
IDW Digital Comics Experience and Wannabe Press Thread Weaver are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. IDW Digital Comics Experience sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Wannabe Press Thread Weaver sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IDW Digital Comics Experience | Wannabe Press Thread Weaver |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 18.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | IDW Publishing | Wannabe Press Limited Liability Corporation |
Bugs and requests
IDW Digital Comics Experience
Reported bugs
4 issues- Comics disappearing from library
- Inability to restore purchases
- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Login and account issues
Requested features
5 requests- Offline reading/download functionality
- Better sorting and filtering options
- Panel-by-panel reading mode
- Sync purchases across devices
- Discounts/bundle options
Wannabe Press Thread Weaver
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
IDW Digital Comics Experience
- Dungeons & Dragons #0$0.99
- Infestation #1$0.99
- Danger Girl #1$1.99
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- Locke and Key: Crown of Shadows #1$1.99
- Dragon Age #1$1.99
- Dragon Age #2$1.99
- Dungeons & Dragons #1$1.99
- Star Trek #1$1.99
- Star Trek TNG/Doctor Who: Assimilation #1$1.99
- Locke and Key: Welcome to Lovecraft$11.99
Wannabe Press Thread Weaver
- All Games$5.99
- Ichabod Jones$24.99
- Dragon Strife$24.99
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- Quest Girls$24.99
- The Obsidian Spindle Saga$59.99
- The Godsverse Chronicles$59.99
- Everything$114.99
Questions
Is IDW Digital Comics Experience free?
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Do IDW Digital Comics Experience or Wannabe Press Thread Weaver have ads?
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