Comparison

Comics AI vs DotShin

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

Head to head
About

Comics AI

This app empowers you to create unique comic strips and comic books with AI assistance or manual tools. Choose from diverse art styles, customize panels, add text, and export your work as a PDF. It's a comprehensive tool for digital comic creation.

Highlights
  • AI-assisted comic generation
  • Multiple comic art styles
  • Built-in drawing and sketch-to-image tools
  • Customizable panel layouts and text bubbles
  • Meme creation
  • Comic book PDF export
  • Creative filters and stickers
Features
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FEATURES: - Describe a scene and AI draws the comic panel in seconds - or go full DIY with the built-in tools. - 200+ ready-made characters: heroes, sci-fi rebels, fantasy legends, everyday people, kids, animals and more. - Consistent characters: pick up to 4 heroes for a scene and they keep the same face, hair and outfit in every panel. - Create your own hero: describe them in words, or start from a photo - they stay recognizable in every story you make. - 16 art styles: Anime, Manga, Webtoon, Pop Art, Noir, Gekiga, 90s Anime, Vintage, Classic, Futuristic, Shojo Manga, Graphic Novel, Kids Book, Kids Illustration, Newspaper and Realistic. - Draw to comic: sketch with your finger or Apple Pencil right on the canvas and let AI finish the art. - Sketch to image: snap a photo of any drawing and turn it into polished comic art. - Free-form panel canvas: split pages into grids or custom layouts, resize panels, zoom and pan artwork inside frames. - Drop in your own photos and mix them with AI art. - Speech bubbles, thought clouds, caption bars, comic fonts and POW-style stickers - drag, resize, rotate and layer them all. - Pro layer system: reorder, hide, lock and organize every bubble, text and bar from one panel. - Finishing filters for every artwork: Halftone, Crosshatch, Webtoonify, Posterization, Dot Matrix and more. - Auto-save: close the app mid-page and everything is right where you left it. - Comic book PDF export: assemble multi-page books, save them to your library, combine them, and export in Original, A4 or Comic Book size. - Customize everything: gutters, window and border colors, panel spacing. - Meme maker for quick laughs. - Credits never expire - what you buy stays yours. - No account needed - just download and create. - Made for iPhone and iPad, with new styles and features landing all the time. We made Comics AI for people who have stories in their head but not the time (or the pen skills) to draw every frame by hand. Give it five minutes and you'll have your first page - we'd love to see where you take it. CONTACT: contact@comicsAI.com Links for more info: - Terms of Use: https://www.comicsAI.com/terms - Privacy policy: https://www.comicsai.com/privacy - Link for more info: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT202039

About

DotShin

Transform photos into manga characters with AI, create your own comic series, and read thousands of AI-generated stories. No art skills required to bring your manga ideas to life.

Highlights
  • AI photo-to-manga converter
  • Multiple manga art styles
  • AI manga panel generation
  • Publish full comic chapters
  • Read AI-generated manga stories
  • Personalized recommendations
Features
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Turn a photo into a manga character. Turn one idea into a finished chapter. DotShin is an AI manga maker for storytellers who can't draw. Create original characters, write your script, generate real manga pages, then publish your series and build an audience - all in one app. Manga, manhwa, webtoon or classic comic. Black & white or full colour. Your story, your style. PHOTO TO MANGA CHARACTER Upload a selfie and become the main character. - Turn any photo into an anime or manga character - AI anime avatar maker - Design original characters (OCs) from a description - Heroes, villains, rivals and side cast - Manga, manhwa, webtoon, chibi and semi-realistic styles - Your characters keep the same face on every page - Save everything to your character library AI STORY WRITER One idea in, a full script out. - AI story generator for manga and comics - Build chapters, arcs and cliffhangers - Natural dialogue and narration - Shonen, shoujo, seinen, josei and isekai - Romance, fantasy, sci-fi, horror, action, slice of life - Rewrite any scene until it lands AI MANGA GENERATOR Your script becomes finished pages. - AI manga generator and comic maker - Professional panel layouts and page composition - Speech bubbles, dialogue and sound effects - Vertical webtoon scroll or classic manga pages - Screentone black & white, or full colour manhwa - Regenerate any panel you don't like PUBLISH YOUR OWN SERIES Go from reader to creator. - Publish chapters to a live audience - Run an ongoing manga or webtoon series - Grow followers and get reader feedback - Track views and engagement with creator analytics - Earn from the stories you make READ FREE MANGA Discover something new every day. - Free manga, manhwa and webtoons from independent creators - Browse by genre and follow your favourite artists - Recommendations that learn what you like - Your library and reading progress sync across devices WHAT MAKES DOTSHIN DIFFERENT Most AI art apps hand you a single picture. DotShin gives you a whole workflow - character, script, panels, published chapter, readers. It's built for people making a series, not a one-off image. And it's a two-sided app. Every chapter you publish lands in a real reader feed, and every series you read was made by someone using the same tools you have. You're not creating into an empty room. WHO IT'S FOR Aspiring mangaka. Webtoon and manhwa creators. Fanfic writers who want their scenes drawn. Worldbuilders with more ideas than drawing hours. Anyone who has ever wanted to make manga and couldn't hold a pen steady enough. Start free. No drawing skills, no tablet, no art school. From one idea to an entire manga universe.

Screenshots

Comics AI4 screens
DotShin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DotShin at 100% against Comics AI's 43%. DotShin also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Comics AI's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (296 vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Comics AI sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and DotShin sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $15.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DotShin holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Comics AI has 296 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Comics AI's written reviews are positive against 100% of DotShin's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Comics AI ships an update weekly, DotShin every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Comics AI versus DotShin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComics AIDotShin
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (296 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings296 — better4
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB48 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperStanislav CekunovSaurabh Mahavarkar

Customer experience

Comics AI

All ratings296 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral5.4%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive43.2%
Neutral6.8%
Negative50.0%

DotShin

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Comics AI

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App not working at all
  • New border system is a nightmare
  • Older auto-select size was easier
  • Not even working properly
  • Can't even make a square
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  • Trial enterprise expired after 3 days
  • Can't generate gore content
  • Everything generates as NSFW
  • Can't see NSFW content clearly
  • Lag in app
  • Speech bubbles not in English
  • Can't repeat character in two panels

Requested features

9 requests
  • More free options or a one-time purchase option
  • Allow for old way to be an option (auto-selected sizes)
  • Option to turn on blood and related content (NSFW)
  • More panel setups
  • More filters like genre and page layout
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  • More free genres
  • More options for AI generation (e.g., anime)
  • Ability to repeat the same character in two panels
  • Allow for auto-selected sizes of square or rectangular panels

DotShin

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Comics AI

Subscriptions5
  • Weekly$3.997 Days
  • PRO Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Monthly$7.991 Month
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  • PRO Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time3
  • 300 Credits$4.99
  • 700 Credits$9.99
  • 1600 Credits$19.99
8 purchases

DotShin

Subscriptions4
  • Plus(Monthly)$15.001 Month
  • Pro(Monthly)$30.001 Month
  • Plus(Yearly)$143.991 Year
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  • Pro(Yearly)$314.991 Year
One-time4
  • Starter$4.99
  • Pro$11.99
  • Elite$19.99
Show 1 more
  • Legendary$49.99

Questions

Is Comics AI free?
Comics AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DotShin free?
DotShin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Comics AI or DotShin?
DotShin is rated higher. Comics AI averages 4.5 out of 5 from 296 ratings, while DotShin averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Comics AI or DotShin have ads?
DotShin shows ads; Comics AI does not.
Which is updated more often, Comics AI or DotShin?
Comics AI ships an update weekly, and DotShin every 11 days. Most recently, Comics AI was updated on October 27, 2026 and DotShin on October 24, 2026.

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