Comparison

IDW Digital Comics Experience vs 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd

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

Head to head

IDW Digital Comics Experience

Comic books and graphic novels

Free

📚 Books

★ 3.45 ratingsView app →

2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd

Free

📚 Books

★ 3.07 ratingsView app →

About

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.

Highlights

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

Features

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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!

About

2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd

Explore vast comic universes featuring iconic characters like Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper. Access over 1800 comic books and graphic novels with free peeks and offline reading. Subscribe for exclusive offers and DRM-free downloads.

Highlights

Infinite comic universes
Iconic character library
Over 1800 comic books
Free comic peeks
Offline reading
DRM-free downloads

Features

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Discover the Galaxy’s Greatest Comics – dive into infinite universes with the new 2000 AD app! Install now to discover your new favourite comics – from the future lawman Judge Dredd to the ultimate future warrior Rogue Trooper, from the fantasy realms of Sláine the Barbarian to the slow-burn sci-fi horror of ‘Brink’! New readers can dive in to over 1800 comic books and graphic novels from 2000 AD, Judge Dredd Megazine, and the Treasury of British Comics on our newly enhanced app. Get FREE peeks of some of the cosmos’s best stories, filled with action and adventure with black humour and a dark satirical edge! Subscribe to 2000 AD or the Judges Dredd Megazine now to get up to THREE MONTHS of FREE back issues and have the latest editions delivered direct to your device! Fans can download issues onto the app for unlimited offline reading or visit the 2000 AD webshop with the same log-in details for DRM-free downloads of all your purchases! Welcome to your infinite futures, Earthlets – this is the new and improved 2000 AD app!

Screenshots

IDW Digital Comics Experience4 screens

2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: IDW Digital Comics Experience at 3.4 against 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd's 3.0. On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Both are free to download. IDW Digital Comics Experience sells 34 one-off in-app purchases and 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd sells 113 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

IDW Digital Comics Experience holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 19% of IDW Digital Comics Experience's written reviews are positive against 26% of 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IDW Digital Comics Experience ships an update every 6 weeks, 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level

IDW Digital Comics Experience versus 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	IDW Digital Comics Experience	2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd
Price	Free	Free
Rating	3.4 (5 ratings) — better	3.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews	18.8% of reviews	25.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings	5	7 — better
Update frequency	Every 6 weeks	Monthly — better
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	Yes	Yes
Monetization	Free with in-app purchases	Free with in-app purchases
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod	iPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS	15.1	14.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size	48 MB	23 MB
Age rating	12+	17+
Developer	IDW Publishing	Rebellion 2000 AD

Customer experience

IDW Digital Comics Experience

All ratings4 ratings

Positive50.0%

Neutral50.0%

Negative0.0%

Written reviews170 reviews

Positive18.8%

Neutral12.9%

Negative68.2%

2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd

All ratings7 ratings

Positive42.9%

Neutral0.0%

Negative57.1%

Written reviews101 reviews

Positive25.7%

Neutral4.0%

Negative70.3%

User reviews

IDW Digital Comics Experience

From 5 App Store ratings

What we love

🚀 Fast and easy to use
👍 Great selection of comics
💡 Potential for future improvements

Room to improve

🐛 Crashes and bugs
🔍 Poor organization and navigation
🔋 High battery consumption
📖 Blurry/low-quality reading experience
💰 Expensive pricing compared to other options

2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd

From 7 App Store ratings

What we love

👍 Great content
👍 Reliving childhood memories
👍 Easy to use (for some)
👍 Cheaper than physical copies (for some)
👍 Good for international readers

Room to improve

🐛 App is buggy and unreliable
🐛 Slow loading times
🐛 Frequent crashes
🐛 Login issues (signing out, not recognizing subscriptions)
🐛 Purchases not loading or showing

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

2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd

Reported bugs

161 issues

Comics don't unpack and load properly
Pages load randomly after many minutes
Store pages take an age to load
Payments are laggy
Back issues not free when advertised

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App is slow and often non-responsive
Will not give access to purchases
Takes forever to log in
Crashes all the time
Constantly crashes
Takes forever to log in
Nothing ever loads
Unlimited comics but still have to buy them
New items aren't listed for sale
Items bought are missing from library
Buggy graphics display
Error 500
Collection presented on a single page, out of order
Search is unreliable
Filter doesn't update correctly
Couldn't read a single page of comic, jumps pages, reloads constantly
Payment taken but prog not available to download
Unable to verify payment yet takes payment
Finding old purchases is impossible
Some purchases freeze the app
Navigation to next issue impossible
Prog number not shown in title
No way to search for unread material
Can't sort downloaded issues on date
Library has become unreadable
Hangs, jumps pages, terrible to navigate
Prog 2400 is the latest issue allowed for download
Previously downloaded issues don't have 'Read' footer
Always crashing
Never saves bookmarks
Only partially downloads the Meg
Getting slower to the point of being unusable
Many pages show up as speech bubbles only
Goes back to page one frequently
Continually getting signed out of account
Zooming and scrolling is awkward and constantly sticks
Flipping between landscape and portrait mode loses page
Contact support frequently about access to latest editions
Constantly logged out
Unusable in portrait mode
Moves page when moving between portrait and landscape
Purchases dumped together rather than in directories
Hard to see what's new to purchase
Issues with already downloaded books
Navigating library not good
Settings not accessible in main app settings
Battery and time icons do not disappear
Currently reading titles pick up at the very start
Some comics can't go beyond a certain point
Image quality is very poor and blurry
Titles bought aren't shown in library
Can't find past purchases without searching
Search does not find everything purchased
Downloaded items don't show in downloaded area
More titles area doesn't show full content available
Search does not find all relevant titles
Previous comics are gone
Carousel scales all over other elements
Browse/library interface limits filtering
Removes sorting by time
Truncated descriptions
Reading comics is painfully slow with occasional jumping of pages
Only half of library shows up
Have to log in EVERY SINGLE TIME
Doesn't save reading progress
Reader crashes after twenty pages
Woefully unreliable
App is dire
Have to sign out/in, hard close and/or ‘restore purchases’ at least once a week
Frequently get a ‘failed to download content’ message
Sort by read doesn't work
App won't let me download old purchases
Purchase goes through but stuck on 'purchase' for hours
Says 'queued' for several more hours
App took money but issue won't download and doesn't show up as a purchase
App zooms in then gets stuck and is unresponsive
App is utterly unreliable
App is poor
Doesn't reflect subscriptions paid in comics available
Every attempted download gets an instant error message
Can't download content paid for
Locked out of weekly comic
Purchasing and downloading is unreliable
No one responds to support requests
Constantly getting blank thumbnails
App says I don't have a subscription
Can't download issues
Downloads forgotten
Perpetually stuck on pending
Green screen halfway through a book
Doesn't have a single place to see all purchases
Multiple instances of issues refusing to load
Fails to successfully register a purchase
Purchasing an issue requires multiple steps and sometimes prompts to buy again
New issues only appear after returning to main screen
Constantly signing out
No subscription recognized
Won't download
Account page times out
Store page does not show subscriptions
Shows only a grey square where product graphic should appear
Pricing often does not appear
Keeps losing bookmarks
Slow, unresponsive, difficult to navigate, prone to freezing
Forgetting who I am, what I've purchased, not being able to download, unsyncing purchases
Doesn't work on Amazon tablets
Subscriptions going missing, paused or queued downloads, blank screens
App either not telling you or not knowing it logged you out
Navigation is terrible
Trying to find owned comics is horrendous
Reading on smaller than 10 inch iPad is impossible
Logs out constantly
Blank screens
When it works it's fine
Subscription issue not showing
Screen going Tharg green
Refusing to restore purchases
No comic at all this week
Previous years' comics gone
Logs me out every time I quit the app
Queues all issues even when only one is selected
Doesn't download any issues
Have to delete and reinstall to download one issue
Subscription issue fixed by deleting and reinstalling
Double page viewing (or lack of it)
Slow and unresponsive on iPad
Tapping buttons randomly highlights text instead
Regularly signing me out
Regularly saying I'm not subscribed
App borders on unusable
Have to log in and out several times to download new issues
Setting screen to maximum brightness
Randomly ordering issues in library
Subscription asks to pay for issues already included
Takes forever to load
Often won't let me buy specials because price doesn't come up
Unresponsive when tapping links
Prog itself takes forever to load
Often unresponsive to page turns
Freezes when enlarging sections
Starts with a starting logo not loading
Interface is clunky
New content a pain to find
Can't get the app to load to the open screen
Clunky, slow, pages take forever to load
Crashes occasionally
Unupdated for Retina
Unable to download purchases (server issues)
Doesn't automatically detect double page spreads
Pairing of pages goes wrong
Doesn't preload pages
Lost place when switching apps
iPad has frozen up
Bug ridden, inconsistent reader app
Download problems, purchase issues
No T&C, no sign up

Requested features

32 requests

Option to download from the app
Better organization/filing system for collections
Search function for unread material
Marking read content
Guided view for easier reading on smaller screens

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Dark mode option
Folder for all purchased and downloaded content
Ability to sort library by date
Persistent login
Fixing subscription recognition issues
Rollback to previous stable version
Search function
Guided-view like ComiXology
Folder for all purchased and downloaded content
Mark what you've read
Fix subscription recognition issues
Fix green screen issue
Fix subscription not showing issue
Fix double page viewing
Fix login/ID process
Fix app crashing
Fix pages not loading
Fix unresponsive buttons
Fix loss of bookmarks
Fix issues with double page spreads
Fix issues with page pairing
Fix preloading pages
Fix losing place when switching apps
Fix iPad freezing
Fix download problems
Fix purchase issues
Fix terms and conditions rendition

In-app purchases

34 purchases

IDW Digital Comics Experience

One-time34

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
Sonic the Hedgehog #68$3.99
Sonic: Blade of Courage: Chapter 3$3.99
Sonic: Blade of Courage: Chapter 1$3.99
Sonic the Hedgehog #78$3.99
Sonic the Hedgehog #77$3.99
Sonic the Hedgehog #76$3.99
Sonic the Hedge.... 1: Fallout$3.99
Sonic the Hedgehog #74$3.99
Sonic the Hedgehog #73$3.99
Sonic the Hedgehog #72$3.99
Sonic the Hedgehog #71$3.99
Sonic the Hedgehog #70$3.99
Sonic the Hedgehog #90$4.99
Sonic the Hedgehog #89$4.99
Sonic the Hedgehog x Godzilla #2$4.99
Sonic the Hedgehog #88$4.99
Sonic the Hedgehog #87$4.99
Sonic the Hedgehog: Sonic Racing$4.99
Sonic the Hedgehog #79$4.99
Sonic the Hedgehog: Chaotix's 30th$5.99
Sonic the Hedgehog #75$6.99
Sonic: 35th Anniversary Special$7.99
Sonic the Hedgehog Annual 2024$7.99
SonicTheHedgehog: TheIDW Vol1$9.99
Locke and Key: Welcome to Lovecraft$11.99

113 purchases

2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd

Subscriptions6

Judge Dredd Megazine$6.991 Month
2000 AD Subscription$10.991 Month
Judge Dredd Megazine$18.993 Months

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2000 AD Subscription$31.993 Months
Judge Dredd Megazine$62.991 Year
2000 AD Subscription$117.991 Year

One-time107

2000 AD Prog 2359$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2361$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2364$1.99

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2000 AD Prog 2365$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2503$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2494$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2492$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2491$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2490$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2486$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2485$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2472$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2466$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2461$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2462$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2455$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2449$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2444$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2439$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2433$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2432$1.99
2000 AD prog 2431$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2429$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2430$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2427$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2428$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2426$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2425$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2422$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2423$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2421$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2420$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2418$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2417$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2416$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2415$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2414$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2413 Christmas 24$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2412$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2411$1.99
2000 AD prog 2410$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2407$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2408$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2405$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2406$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2404$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2403$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2402$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2401$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2399$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2398$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2397$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2396$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2395$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2394$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2393$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2392$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2391$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2388$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2385$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2386$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2383$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2384$1.99
2000 AD Prog 2362 Christmas 23$2.99
Monster Fun Manic Movies!$2.99
2000 AD Prog 2500$2.99
2000 AD Prog 2487$2.99
2000 AD Prog 2450$2.99
2000 AD Prog 2438$2.99
40th Anniversary Prog [Digital$2.99
2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2024$2.99
Judge Dredd Megazine 464$3.99
2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2026$3.99
Judge Dredd Megazine 492$3.99
Judge Death Mega Special 2025$3.99
Judge Dredd Megazine 477$3.99
Battle Action 24 Mini issue 6$3.99
Judge Dredd Megazine 476$3.99
Battle Action 24 Mini issue 5$3.99
Judge Dredd Megazine 475$3.99
Scream! 40th Anniversary Spec$3.99
Judge Dredd Megazine 473$3.99
Battle Action 2024 issue 2$3.99
Judge Dredd Megazine 472$3.99
2000 AD Prog 2400$3.99
Misty 2024 Special$3.99
Judge Dredd Megazine 470$3.99
Judge Dredd Megazine 495$4.99
Judge Dredd Megazine 485$4.99
Judge Dredd Megazine 494$4.99
Judge Dredd Megazine 493$4.99
Judge Dredge Megazine 484$4.99
Zombo: Can I Eat You Please?$4.99
Judge Dredd: Case Fi6 variants$9.99
Strontium Dog: S/D A$9.99
Rogue Trooper: Tales$9.99
Battle Action: volume 2$9.99
Judge Dredd Case Files 43$9.99
Sláine: Horned God$9.99
Judge Dredd: The Complete Case$9.99
Judge Dredd: Case Files 47$9.99
Zenith: Phase 01$9.99
Judge Dredd: A Better World$9.99
ABC Warriors: The Me$9.99
2000 AD Annual 2025$9.99
Rogue Trooper: Blighty Valley$9.99
Judge Dredd: The Cur$9.99

Questions

Is IDW Digital Comics Experience free?

IDW Digital Comics Experience is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Is 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd free?

2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Which has better reviews, IDW Digital Comics Experience or 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd?

IDW Digital Comics Experience is rated higher. IDW Digital Comics Experience averages 3.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd averages 3.0 from 7 ratings.

Do IDW Digital Comics Experience or 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd have ads?

Neither IDW Digital Comics Experience nor 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd shows ads.

Which is updated more often, IDW Digital Comics Experience or 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd?

IDW Digital Comics Experience ships an update every 6 weeks, and 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd monthly. Most recently, IDW Digital Comics Experience was updated on October 26, 2026 and 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd on October 29, 2026.