My Comic Books vs Panel Flow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Track comic book collection
- Create wishlists
- Add custom notes
- Organize by title and issue number
- Share lists via email
- Share lists via Twitter
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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!
Panel Flow
This app offers a unique comic and manga reading experience, automatically detecting panels and speech bubbles to guide you through the story. It supports various file formats, offers text-to-speech narration and translation, and syncs your library across Apple devices.
- Panel and speech bubble detection
- Text-to-speech narration
- Speech bubble translation
- iCloud sync across devices
- Supports CBZ, CBR, CB7, CBT, and PDF files
- Customizable themes
- New chapter alerts
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Panel Flow is a comic and manga reader that follows the story panel by panel. Version 3.0 brings it to iPhone, iPad and Mac, with your library synced through iCloud. Bring your own collection: import CBZ, CBR, CB7, CBT and PDF files, or browse your own comic servers (OPDS-compatible). Panel Flow organizes it all and keeps your place. GUIDED READING - Panel and speech bubble detection: Panel Flow finds the panels on each page and moves through them in reading order, zooming in on one panel at a time. - Steady focus that reframes when you rotate the device and respects Reduce Motion. - Left-to-right, right-to-left for manga, and vertical scroll for long-strip comics. LISTEN AND TRANSLATE - Text-to-speech reads the speech bubbles aloud, and guided reading can move along with the voice, bubble by bubble. - Speech bubble translation shows the translated text right on the page. - On supported devices with Apple Intelligence, ask for an on-device description of the current page. YOUR LIBRARY, ON EVERY DEVICE - iCloud sync, once you turn it on: collections, reading progress and metadata follow you across iPhone, iPad and Mac. Downloaded pages and imported files stay on each device. - A personal reading shelf, collections, search, sorting and a metadata editor. - New chapter alerts: turn them on and Panel Flow checks your series from online sources in the background and lets you know about new chapters (your own comic servers are not included). - One Activity Queue for downloads and image enhancement, with several chapters downloading at once. - A Storage screen shows what each publication uses and frees space by type, chapter or publication. - Optional progress tracking with anime and manga tracking services. MADE TO FIT YOU - Themes from manga to noir, with accessible contrast in every one. - Shortcuts and Siri: Open Library and Continue Reading. - VoiceOver, Dynamic Type and Reduce Motion support. - Available in English, Spanish and Portuguese, with an original sample comic to try first. PRIVACY Anonymous usage analytics are off by default; you choose whether to turn them on in Settings > Privacy.
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Verdict
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) and device support (3 vs 1). My Comic Books's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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
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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for My Comic Books against 5.0 for Panel Flow. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
My Comic Books ships an update every 7 months, Panel Flow every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My Comic Books | Panel Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 136 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Russell Shannon | Tap4Mobile do Brasil |
Customer experience
My Comic Books
Panel Flow
In-app purchases
My Comic Books
No in-app purchases
Panel Flow
No in-app purchases









