Comparison

iCollect Comic Books vs PulpShelf

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

Head to head
About

iCollect Comic Books

Manage your comic book collection with this comprehensive inventory app. Catalog your comics, track their value, and organize your collection with detailed information and multiple photo storage. Syncs across devices and offers extensive customization options.

Highlights
  • Comic book inventory management
  • Barcode scanning and database search
  • Cloud backup and cross-device sync
  • Store multiple photos per comic
  • Track purchase details and estimated value
  • Customizable fields and layouts
  • Import from other collection apps
Features
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iCollect Comic Books is the #1 app on the Apple App Store for managing your comic book collection and inventory, whether at home, work, or school. This app works on all device sizes and syncs directly with our iPhone, iPad, Mac apps, as well as our apps on other platforms. Scan in or search within our database for any comic you own or want and add them to your lists. Full of incredible features! • Manage and inventory any comic book from publishers such as Marvel, DC, Image, IDW, Dark Horse, Boom Studios, Dynamic Entertainment, Titan, and more! • Loaded with millions of comics from around the world in our database. • Full barcode scanning and database search. • Cloud Backup • Sync across multiple devices, including iPad, iPhone, Mac, and more. • Supports input in any language and allows selections of any country and currency. • Filters, sorting, and importing. • Three different custom layouts. • Exporting • Multi-level sorting • Shake to Select • Default Field Data • Customize which fields are displayed • Section Counts • Share your comic collection with friends or on social media like Facebook and Twitter. • Format your Titles with A, An, or The removed. • Extra features like colored Themes, Dark Mode support, and more. • Every field is editable. • Store up to four pictures per comic, including front, back, and inside images of comics. • Personal details per comic including Loaned, Purchase Price, Purchase Date, Date Added, Personal Rating, Storage Location, Opened, Notes, Estimated Value, and more. • Index bars and search for quick access in large comic collections. • Works with CGC and CBCS graded comics This app is a completely new collecting experience, written from the ground up for iOS 18, the latest devices like iPhone 16, 16 Pro, 16 Pro Max, SE 2, iPad Pro, and full Universal iPhone/iPad support built-in and syncs directly to our Mac app. Our app was created with a cloud database backend designed specifically to allow each item to be stored with its own individual attributes. We can import your comic book collection from nearly anywhere: CLZ Comics, Delicious Library, Key Collector Comics, Comics Price Guide, GoCollect, and much more. Just send us your import file and we'll get you rolling. Note: Large collections require an in-app purchase to unlock unlimited storage. You will be prompted when you reach the limits of your selected collectible type. Data provided by Amazon, Google, eBay, and users like you. ------- PRIVACY INFO ------- All of these are OPTIONAL when using our app. Email Address: We only collect this if you enable Cloud Sync as a login user ID. Contacts: We only use your contacts if you want us to for "Loaned To" fields. Photos or Videos: We only use photos that you choose for your item details. Camera: We only use this for barcode scanning. None of your data is sold. See our Privacy Policy URL for details. We do use Google Firebase and Facebook SDK's for analytics and crash data. See their policies for additional details on what they may track about your device. ------- TERMS OF USE: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ PRIVACY POLICY: https://www.icollecteverything.com/privacy-policy/

About

PulpShelf

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PulpShelf is the catalog for pulp magazine collectors. Pulp magazines — the adventure, detective, western, horror, and science fiction periodicals of the 1890s–1950s — predate barcodes and standard identifiers. PulpShelf fills that gap with a complete, browsable database of the pulp era and a permanent Universal Periodical Number (UPN) for every single issue. BROWSE THE COMPLETE CATALOG • 676 pulp titles and more than 42,000 individual issues • Cover images for nearly every issue • Full-text search across titles and issues — including renamed titles, so searching “Ka-Zar” finds the magazine it became • Publisher histories, format changes, and title genealogies • Every issue carries its permanent UPN reference number TRACK YOUR COLLECTION — FREE, NO ACCOUNT NEEDED • Mark issues as owned straight from the issue grid • Collection stats per title and overall • Works fully offline — your collection is stored on your device • Export your collection anytime FOR SERIOUS COLLECTORS PulpShelf Premium members additionally get cloud sync across devices, per-copy condition tracking, notes and photos of their own copies, want lists, scarcity ratings, and QR scanning of PulpShelf inventory labels. Built by a collector, for collectors. The stacks are open.

Screenshots

iCollect Comic Books4 screens
PulpShelf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PulpShelf at none against iCollect Comic Books's 6. PulpShelf also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. iCollect Comic Books sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year. PulpShelf asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iCollect Comic Books ships an update monthly, PulpShelf every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
iCollect Comic Books versus PulpShelf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriCollect Comic BooksPulpShelf
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews35.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.1K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB42 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperiCollect Everything, LLCMatthew Moring

Bugs and requests

iCollect Comic Books

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Deleted user collections without notice
  • Frequent crashes and data loss
  • Barcode scanning not working properly
  • Search function not returning accurate results

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to add comics in bulk
  • Integration with online comic databases
  • More sorting and filtering options
  • Automatic value estimation for comics

PulpShelf

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

iCollect Comic Books

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited Comic Books$29.991 Year
  • Pro User - Yearly$79.991 Year
One-time4
  • 50 AI Identification Scans$9.99
  • 250 AI Identification Scans$44.99
  • Add Unlimited Comic Books$49.99
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  • 500 AI Identification Scans$79.99
None

PulpShelf

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iCollect Comic Books free?
iCollect Comic Books is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PulpShelf free?
PulpShelf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iCollect Comic Books or PulpShelf have ads?
Neither iCollect Comic Books nor PulpShelf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iCollect Comic Books or PulpShelf?
iCollect Comic Books ships an update monthly, and PulpShelf every 9 days. Most recently, iCollect Comic Books was updated on November 6, 2026 and PulpShelf on October 28, 2026.

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