Comparison

My Comic Books vs Panel Flow

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

Head to head
About

My Comic Books

Easily manage your comic book collection digitally. Track owned issues, create wishlists, and add custom notes for each title. Share your organized lists with others via email and Twitter.

Highlights
  • Track comic book collection
  • Create wishlists
  • Add custom notes
  • Organize by title and issue number
  • Share lists via email
  • Share lists via Twitter
Features
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Throw away that piece of paper that you use to keep track of your comic book collection! This app allows you to track what comics are in your collection, as well as what comics you want to buy. The open text areas allow you to mix words, issue numbers and any notes you might want to make about a title. Write your list your way. Share your lists with friends using email and Twitter!

About

Panel Flow

Features
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Read comics and manga like never before. Panel Flow uses artificial intelligence to automatically detect panels and speech bubbles in your comics, delivering a guided, immersive, and accessible reading experience. No more pinching and zooming. Just tap to move between panels in the correct reading order — AI does the heavy lifting for you. Features - AI-Powered Guided Reading — Automatic panel detection with smart zoom. Tap to navigate frame by frame. - Speech Bubble Translation — Read comics in any language. AI recognizes bubble text and translates it right on the page. - Text-to-Speech (TTS) — Listen to your comics read aloud. Perfect for accessible reading or multitasking. - CBZ & CBR Support — Easily import your comic file collection. - Reading Modes — Western (left-to-right) and Manga (right-to-left). - Minimal Interface — Clean design that keeps the focus on reading. - SwiftData Integration — Organized library with automatically saved reading progress.

Screenshots

My Comic Books4 screens
Panel Flow3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Panel Flow at Free against My Comic Books's $0.99. Panel Flow also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Panel Flow is free to download; My Comic Books costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Comic Books ships an update every 7 months, Panel Flow every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
My Comic Books versus Panel Flow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Comic BooksPanel Flow
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB158 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperRussell ShannonLuciano Bastos Nunes

In-app purchases

None

My Comic Books

No in-app purchases

None

Panel Flow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Comic Books free?
My Comic Books costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Panel Flow free?
Panel Flow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do My Comic Books or Panel Flow have ads?
Neither My Comic Books nor Panel Flow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Comic Books or Panel Flow?
My Comic Books ships an update every 7 months, and Panel Flow every 2 weeks. Most recently, My Comic Books was updated on September 25, 2026 and Panel Flow on September 29, 2026.

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