Ice Comic vs PixComic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ice Comic
This app allows you to read various digital book and comic formats locally on your device. It supports numerous file types, offers organizational tools like customizable folders, and includes features for a smoother reading experience such as auto-scrolling and progress saving.
- Supports EPUB, PDF, MOBI, ZIP, RAR, and more
- Organize with customizable folders
- Automatic reading progress and bookmark saving
- Auto-scrolling for hands-free reading
- Import via Share, iTunes, Wi-Fi, WebDAV
- AI image enhancement
- Manga translation
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Supports importing and parsing files in EPUB, PDF, MOBI, ZIP (CBZ), 7Z, RAR (CBR), TAR, and more. Also supports nested compressed files, automatically categorizing multiple resources into folders. Features bookshelf customization, allowing you to create and manage folders freely. Automatically records reading progress and bookmarks so you can return to your favorite moments anytime. Supports auto-scrolling, freeing your hands for effortless reading. Key Features: • Local Manga Reading: Enjoy your manga anytime, anywhere without an internet connection. • Photo Storage & Browsing: Not just a bookshelf, but also a private photo album. • Multiple import methods: Supports importing files via Share, iTunes, Wi-Fi transfer, WebDAV, and more. • Wide File Format Support: Compatible with EPUB, MOBI, ZIP, RAR, 7Z, CBZ, CBR, PDF, JPEG, PNG, etc. • AI Image Enhancement with Multiple Models to Choose From • Bookshelf Management: Organize your collection with customizable folders. • Manga Translation: Read foreign-language manga with ease. • Supports Nested Compressed Files: Read directly without manual extraction. [Lifetime Membership] Lifetime Membership: $5.99 Lifetime Membership: $9.99 [About Subscriptions] Auto-renewing Monthly Plan: $0.99/month Prices may vary by region. The subscription fee will be charged to your iTunes account and will automatically renew 24 hours before the end of each billing period. To cancel auto-renewal, go to “Settings” → “iTunes & App Store” → tap your “Apple ID” → “View Apple ID” → “Subscriptions” → Cancel the subscription. Membership Terms: https://www.icereading.com/membership Privacy Policy: https://www.icereading.com/privacy If you have any questions or need support, feel free to contact us through: • Leaving a review on the App Store • In-app feedback • Email: luk22728@gmail.com
PixComic
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PixComic is a local comic reader. It does not provide any comics — it reads the archives you already own, and it reads them fast. WI-FI TRANSFER, NO CABLE Start the server on your phone, open the address it shows in your computer's browser, and drag your files in. Uploads are chunked and resumable, so a multi-gigabyte archive survives a dropped connection, a locked screen or a closed tab — it picks up where it left off. The same page lets you browse what is on the device, pull a book back to your computer, delete one, and check free space. Importing from the Files app, AirDrop and "Open in" from other apps all work too. EVERY FORMAT, NO MOJIBAKE CBZ / ZIP, CBR / RAR, PDF, and plain folders of images. Scan releases from Japan and Greater China routinely store filenames in Shift-JIS or GBK rather than UTF-8, which turns into garbage text in most readers. PixComic detects the encoding automatically, and sorts chapters naturally — page 2 comes before page 10, not after it. THREE READING MODES · Manga: right-to-left, automatic two-page spreads in landscape, cover on its own page so the spreads line up the way print does · Standard: left-to-right · Webtoon: seamless vertical scrolling, pinch to set the page width A wide double-page scan can also be split into two screens, so spreads are comfortable to read on a phone held upright. BUILT TO STAY SMOOTH Every image is decoded off the main thread and downsampled to your screen, with pages preloaded in both directions. Page dimensions are measured once in the background — you can read the whole time it runs — and cached, so reopening the same book skips the rescan, the "Analyzing pages" strip along the bottom, and the one relayout that lands when it finishes. FOUR THEMES Standard, Sci-fi, Pixel and Paper. Not just a tint — corners, borders, typeface and light/dark all change together. ALSO Double-tap for a quick zoom and pinch all the way to native pixels (6x at most on very large scans), thumbnail navigation, bookmarks, a scrubber with page preview, automatic border trimming, screen-awake and brightness lock. PixComic is free and ad-supported: a banner on the shelf and an occasional interstitial before a book opens — never while you are reading.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PixComic at none against Ice Comic's 4. Ice Comic's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price and device support 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. Ice Comic sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. PixComic asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Ice Comic | PixComic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (35 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 玉莹 王 | PIXDYNE PTY LTD |
In-app purchases
Ice Comic
- Monthly$0.991 Month
- Lifetime$4.99
- 永久会员$5.99
- 永久会员$9.99
PixComic
No in-app purchases









