MackinVIA vs Kung Fu Robot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MackinVIA
Access your school's digital library, including eBooks and audiobooks. This reader app provides instant access to your checked-out materials, notes, and favorites, with powerful tools for annotation and offline reading.
- Offline access to downloaded resources
- Bookmarking and note-taking
- Highlighting and search within books
- Customizable text and audio controls
- Integrated dictionary and citation tools
- Table of Contents and page view options
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Explore your school’s eBooks, audiobooks, and other digital resources with the MackinVIA Reader, an easy-to-use app that’s fully integrated with your MackinVIA Backpack. The MackinVIA Reader gives you instant access to your favorites, checkouts, and notes, and you’re always one tap away from searching your school’s MackinVIA for more titles. Features include: -Bookmarks -Note-taking -Highlighting -Search within the book -Citations -Merriam-Webster™ dictionary -Customizable text size and font -Text-to-speech -Audio controls -Table of Contents -Single or dual page view -Download resources for offline access To get started, simply enter your school’s name along with your MackinVIA Backpack username and password.
Kung Fu Robot
An interactive comic book adventure for children featuring a robot who loves kung fu. Explore an original storyline with engaging animation, action-packed mini-games, and a fun soundtrack. A free preview includes issue #1 and mini-games, with additional issues available for purchase.
- Interactive comic book interface
- Original storyline and animation
- Action-packed mini-games
- Soundboard with sound effects
- Free preview of issue #1
- Additional issues available for purchase
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He’s the Unicycle Champion of the 3rd Northern District, the world record holder for “ice cream sandwiches eaten in one sitting,” the reigning champion of continuous nunchucking and once won a bronze medal for simultaneous stomach rubbing and head patting. Meet KUNG FU ROBOT. In this first adventure, titled “How to Make a Peanut Butter, Jelly & Kung Fu Sandwich,” KUNG FU ROBOT blends a robot’s love of kung fu, a conscientious sidekick’s fear of getting in trouble, android ninjas, a crazy chicken bent on world domination and the pursuit for the perfect peanut butter and jelly sandwich into an engaging adventure for children of all ages. KUNG FU ROBOT is an immersive experience brought to vivid life by an original storyline, engaging animation, action-packed mini-games and a soundtrack that will have toes tapping. The FREE preview of this interactive comic book is designed to engage young readers. It includes issue #1, a soundboard that allows users to mix “nunchuck attacks” and “kung fu splats” against a track-by-track breakdown of beats, and the “Whack-A-Ninja” mini-game, bashing android ninjas with a broom as they pop out of kitchen drawers and cabinets. Issues #2, #3 and #4 complete the story with more ninja attacks, more ka-blams, and more hieeyahs, featuring eight additional story chapters and five mini-games. And yes...that angry chicken is even angrier than before. FEATURES: - Original character art and story by illustrator Jason Bays - Original music and sound design by Noel Selders (Substream Music & Sound Design) - Comic book-style “swipe and read” interface - Issue #1 is included for FREE - Issues #2 through #4 are available TOGETHER via a one-time in-app purchase ISSUES: - Issue #1 (FREE): includes three story chapters, the “Super Mega Action Sound Effects” soundboard and “Whack-A-Ninja” mini-game. - Issue #2: continues the story with three additional chapters, the “Clean Up on Aisle 9” mini-game and the “Unicycle Race” mini-game. - Issue #3: includes three additional chapters and the “Rocket Ride” and “Disarm the Death Ray” mini-games. - Issue #4: concludes the adventure with two action-packed chapters and the "Monster Tag Dodgeball" mini-game. For more information, visit http://kungfurobot.com. KUNG FU ROBOT on Facebook: http://facebook.com/kungfurobot KUNG FU ROBOT on Twitter: @whatthekungfu
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MackinVIA at none against Kung Fu Robot's 4. MackinVIA also leads on ratings volume (161 vs 12). Kung Fu Robot's advantage is review sentiment (76% vs 56%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Kung Fu Robot sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. MackinVIA asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.4 for MackinVIA against 3.5 for Kung Fu Robot. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MackinVIA has 161 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of MackinVIA's written reviews are positive against 76% of Kung Fu Robot's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MackinVIA | Kung Fu Robot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (161 ratings) | 3.5 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 76.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 161 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 727 MB | 571 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Mackin Book Company | Propaganda3, Inc. |
Customer experience
MackinVIA
Kung Fu Robot
Bugs and requests
MackinVIA
Reported bugs
20 issues- Not logging in
- Sent back to App Store during sign-in
- App not loading
- School not appearing in sign-in options
- App immediately says user doesn't have it after getting off
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- Cannot download update from iTunes
- App gets stuck opening to a white screen
- Cannot access downloaded books on other devices
- Keeps signing out
- App crashes before sign-in window on older iPads
- Audio freezes, glitches, or bugs out
- Audio skips around and freezes
- App crashes when trying to read a book
- Cannot get into a book due to 'on another device' error
- Resource downloaded to another device error
- App crashes after latest update
- Downloaded books cannot be opened (corrupted file)
- Active session error prevents usage
- Newest update has made the app glitchy
- Login doesn't work after logging in from school
Requested features
10 requests- Add more book series
- Add graphic novels/manga
- Make books unlimited
- Add voiceover support
- Improve turning pages motion
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- Improve font adjustment
- Add a section to see checked-out books
- Improve advanced search functionality
- Allow bookmarks to stay in place
- Fix issues with downloaded books on multiple devices
Kung Fu Robot
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MackinVIA
No in-app purchases
Kung Fu Robot
- Volume 2$0.99
- Volume 3 Part 1$0.99
- Volume 3 Part 2$0.99
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- Buy All$1.99
Questions
Is MackinVIA free?
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