Comparison

Komic vs Sutra

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

Head to head
About

Komic

This app provides a seamless comic and manga reading experience, connecting to your Komga server. It supports various file formats and offers advanced reading features with progress tracking and offline capabilities.

Highlights
  • Komga Server Integration
  • Multi-server Support
  • CBZ, CBR, PDF, EPUB Support
  • Advanced Reading Experience
  • Progress Tracking
  • Offline Reading
Features
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Komic is an elegant, feature-rich iOS app that delivers the best comic and manga reading experience with your Komga or Kavita server. Features: - Komga & Kavita Integration: Seamlessly connect to your Komga and Kavita servers to access your entire library. - Multi-server Support: Connect to multiple servers and switch between them effortlessly within the app. - Wide Format Support: Enjoy comics and manga in CBZ, CBR, PDF, and EPUB formats. - Advanced Reading Experience: Smooth, intuitive reader with zoom, multiple reading directions, and tap navigation. - Progress Tracking: Sync and track your reading progress across all your devices. - Offline Reading: Download your favorites and read anywhere, even without an internet connection. Note: Komic does not provide any media and requires a Komga or Kavita instance. Read our privacy policy and terms of use: https://pruizlezcano.github.io/komic/privacy/ https://pruizlezcano.github.io/komic/terms/

About

Sutra

Access your entire book collection from various sources in one beautiful app. Enjoy a customizable reading experience with synced progress, bookmarks, and highlights across devices. Organize your library with series info, search, and collections.

Highlights
  • Connect Kavita, Calibre, and OPDS servers
  • EPUB and PDF reading with page-curl effect
  • Rich typography and reading themes
  • iCloud sync for progress, bookmarks, and highlights
  • Offline downloads
  • Highlighting and search functionality
  • Series grouping and collections
Features
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Sutra is a warm, thoughtful home for every book and comic you love. Bring together your self-hosted library, your manga, your classic EPUBs, and those “just one more chapter” reads in one beautifully calm reader. Connect Kavita, Komga, or Calibre; explore any OPDS catalogue; or discover a new favourite from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks. READ YOUR WAY • Enjoy EPUB, PDF, CBZ, MOBI, fixed-layout comics, and manga in one place • Move through comics panel by panel, or take in the whole page • Read right-to-left manga and beautiful iPad two-page spreads • Make the page yours with fonts, text size, spacing, themes, auto-scroll, page turns, and Sutra-only brightness control A LIBRARY THAT FEELS LIKE HOME • Browse dedicated Series and Collection views, with Favorites always close by • Sort by Recently Read, Title, Author, or Date Added while staying in a familiar cover grid • Let Sutra recover missing Calibre series details and keep your library beautifully organised • Pick up where you left off with dependable progress and finished-book sync for Kavita and Komga BUILT FOR SELF-HOSTERS • Connect Kavita, Komga, Calibre, Grimmory, or another OPDS server • Stream comic pages from Kavita and Komga when available, or download for offline reading • Keep your highlights and reading progress with you across your Apple devices Sutra is free to enjoy for EPUB and PDF reading, with no ads and no subscription. Unlock unlimited CBZ, MOBI, and Komga reading once, and keep it forever.

Screenshots

Komic4 screens
Sutra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Komic at 4.8 against Sutra's 4.4. Komic also leads on ratings volume (48 vs 14). Sutra's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (85% vs 60%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Komic sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Sutra sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Komic holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 48 and 14 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Komic's written reviews are positive against 85% of Sutra's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Komic ships an update every 2 weeks, Sutra weekly. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Komic versus Sutra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKomicSutra
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (48 ratings) — better4.4 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews84.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings48 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPablo RuizKoustav Dasgupta

Customer experience

Komic

All ratings48 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative15.0%

Sutra

All ratings14 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Komic

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Annual$8.991 Year
One-time4
  • Buy me a coffee$0.99
  • Buy me lunch$3.99
  • Buy me a pizza$8.99
Show 1 more
  • Lifetime$22.99
4 purchases

Sutra

One-time4
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
Show 1 more
  • Sutra Pro$6.99

Questions

Is Komic free?
Komic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sutra free?
Sutra is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Komic or Sutra?
Komic is rated higher. Komic averages 4.8 out of 5 from 48 ratings, while Sutra averages 4.4 from 14 ratings.
Do Komic or Sutra have ads?
Neither Komic nor Sutra shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Komic or Sutra?
Komic ships an update every 2 weeks, and Sutra weekly. Most recently, Komic was updated on October 17, 2026 and Sutra on October 17, 2026.

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