Comic Life vs Booma
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Comic Life
Create comic books and graphic novels from your photos. Add speech balloons, captions, and sound effects to tell your stories. This version is for volume purchase program customers and will not receive further feature enhancements.
- Create comic books
- Add speech balloons
- Add captions
- Add sound effects
- Use photos
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*** If you've already purchased Comic Life you can now upgrade at a discount *** *** by purchasing the Comic Life 3 Upgrade Bundle. You will receive credit for *** *** your Comic Life purchase. *** * Please note: Due to an App Store limitation, App Store Bundles do not work with the Volume Purchase Program for Education. * This version is being provided for volume purchase program customers in order to fulfill their outstanding orders. No further feature enhancements are planned for this version.
Booma
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Loop any video — repeat it up to 10 times, or turn it into a boomerang that plays forward then backward. Pick a clip, choose how it loops, and save it to Photos or share it anywhere. No ads. No subscription. Pay once and loop forever. Other loop apps charge $5.49 a month — and then charge you again to remove the ads. Booma doesn't: one small payment unlocks unlimited loops, forever. • REPEAT 2–10× — loop any clip back-to-back, as many times as you like. • BOOMERANG — play it forward, then reversed, for that classic bouncing loop. • FULL QUALITY — export at the original resolution, with no watermark. • SAVE & SHARE — straight to Photos, to Files, or to any app. • 100% PRIVATE — everything happens on your iPhone. Your videos are never uploaded. • NO ADS, NO SUBSCRIPTION — pay once. No weekly fee, no ad before every export. Perfect for jumps and mid-air moments, confetti bursts, pets shaking off water, dance moves, product shots, and anything worth watching again and again. Note: boomerangs are exported without sound, so the bounce stays smooth. The app tells you whenever this happens. Repeat loops keep the original audio. Pick a video, choose Repeat or Boomerang, save. Done.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Booma at Free against Comic Life's $4.99. Comic Life's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On update cadence and ads 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
Booma is free to download; Comic Life costs $4.99 up front. Booma sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Comic Life asks for nothing beyond the download.
Comic Life ships an update every 6 weeks, Booma monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Comic Life | Booma |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.6 (46 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 194 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | plasq LLC | Jhomar Maravillas |
Bugs and requests
Comic Life
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on opening/editing
- Text/image manipulation issues
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
- Unreliable saving and loading of projects
Requested features
5 requests- More templates and layouts
- Ability to import/export to desktop version
- Higher resolution export options
- Customizable fonts and text formatting
- Improved alignment and snapping tools
Booma
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Comic Life
No in-app purchases
Booma
- Unlock Unlimited$4.99









