ColourComics vs Comic Book Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ColourComics
A comic book viewer that supports .cbr, .cbz, and .pdf file formats. It offers features like full text title search, saved searches, and automatic bookmarks for an organized reading experience.
- Supports .cbr, .cbz, and .pdf formats
- Full text title search
- Saved searches
- Large icon previews
- Automatic bookmarks
- Large icon scrolling index
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ColourComics is a comic book viewer application supporting .cbr, cbz and .pdf file formats. Additional features include full text title search, saved searches, large icon previews, automatic bookmarks and large icon scrolling index.
Comic Book Viewer
A fast and user-friendly application for viewing digital comic books and PDF files. It supports various comic archive formats and common image types, offering library management and metadata display.
- Supports CBT, CBZ, CBR, CB7, and PDF formats
- Recognizes PNG, JPG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, and WebP images
- Import/export comics via iTunes or third-party apps
- AirDrop support for sharing between devices
- Displays metadata (CoMet, ACBF, Comic Rack, ComicBookInfo)
- Library search functionality
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Comic Book Viewer is a lightweight, fast and easy to use reader for your favorite comic books in cbt, cbz, cbr, cb7 or pdf format. Recognized image formats include png, jpg, gif, tiff, bmp and webp. Import and export your comics via iTunes or simply by sharing them in any third-party app on your device. Send them to other devices via AirDrop. Comic Book Viewer supports and shows metadata in CoMet, Advanced Comic Book Format, Comic Rack or in ComicBookInfo format and allows you to search your library. Comics seen in screenshots © 2014-2025 by Ctrl+Alt+Del Productions. Courtesy of Tim Buckley, http://www.cad-comic.com. Comics not included.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Comic Book Viewer at 135 against ColourComics's 1. Comic Book Viewer also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months). ColourComics's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (80% vs 71%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ColourComics holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Comic Book Viewer has 135 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of ColourComics's written reviews are positive against 71% of Comic Book Viewer's.
ColourComics ships an update every 9 months, Comic Book Viewer every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ColourComics | Comic Book Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.8 (135 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 71.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 135 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LitanySoft | Sebastian Boettcher |
Customer experience
ColourComics
Comic Book Viewer
Bugs and requests
ColourComics
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Comic Book Viewer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Slider not working after recent update
- Pages randomly skipping ahead when switching orientation
- Inability to import some comic file formats
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to rename/reorder comics
- Implement vertical scrolling mode
- Provide more customization settings
- Improve library management with folders/collections
In-app purchases
ColourComics
No in-app purchases
Comic Book Viewer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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