Comparison

NIUHI vs VerseDB

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

Head to head
About

NIUHI

Discover, purchase, sell, and translate high-quality indie manga and comics. This platform delivers fresh, hot independent manga from around the world with free reading options.

Highlights
  • Discover indie manga and comics
  • Purchase manga
  • Sell manga
  • Translate manga
  • Free reads available
  • Next-gen platform
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The next-gen manga platform from KOMODO. Delivering fresh hot indie manga from around the world with free reads and more. On NIUHI, you can discover, purchase, sell, and translate high-quality indie manga and comics. NIUHI: New Manga Now!

About

VerseDB

Manage your comic book pull list, track your entire collection, and discover new series. Organize issues, monitor reading progress, and find local comic shops. Join a community of fans to share reviews and recommendations.

Highlights
  • Pull list management
  • Collection tracking
  • Reading progress tracker
  • Custom list creation
  • Comic discovery
  • Comic shop locator
  • Community reviews
Features
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Scan a comic, know what you are holding, and keep track of every issue you own. VerseDB is free to use, with no limit on how many comics you track. Scan the barcode Point your camera at a comic and it is in your collection in seconds. VerseDB reads the extra digits printed beside the barcode, which are what tell issue 3 of a run from issue 30, so a scan lands on the exact issue rather than the series. Scan a stack in one go and confirm each book before it is added. No barcode? Scan or upload the cover and Pro's cover recognition finds the issue. Scan also tells you when a comic is already in your collection. Your last 12 scans stay a tap away under Recent scans. Photograph a CGC, CBCS, PGX or PSA slab and Pro fills in the grader, grade and cert number for a graded copy. Know what is worth something First appearances, deaths and origins are flagged on the issue itself, so a long box stops hiding its best books. See what your whole collection is worth, free. With Pro, see estimated values low, mid and high, prices by grade, values by variant cover, and graded census data. Pro also charts your collection's market value over time and suggests a value for each copy at its grade. Stop buying it twice Check what you already own while you are standing at the back issue bins, and see which issues are still missing from the runs you collect. If you have been keeping your collection in a spreadsheet, this replaces it. Widgets, Apple Watch and Siri Your pull list on your wrist, with a complication for the watch face. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for iPhone and iPad. Ask Siri what your next release is, whether you own an issue, or to add a series to your pull list. Your series turn up in Spotlight too. Never miss new comic day Browse upcoming releases week by week, filter by publisher or format, and add a series to your pull list with one tap. Live crowdfunding campaigns show up on the series, issues and publishers they belong to, with a screen of every campaign that's live, and once a campaign ends its series still shows whether it funded. The whole catalog Over 1 million issues, 154,000 series, 168,000 characters and 87,000 creators from 9,800 publishers, major and independent. Western comics, manga, manhwa, manhua and bande dessinée, from single issues to omnibuses. Series pages show manga serialization and every series a magazine ran. Track your reading Mark an issue read with one tap, work through a run or a crossover, and set a reading goal for the year. Each series you read gets its own stats, and Pro adds your year in review. Lists, reviews and collectors Build your own lists, keep a wishlist of what you are hunting with its order cutoffs and release dates, and browse reading orders from other collectors. Rate any issue from half a star to five and see what people thought before starting a new series. Like and discuss what other collectors are up to in the community feed. Find a comic shop 5,000 shops across 31 countries on a map, with hours, directions and the ones you save. Plus comic cons near you, and podcasts worth following. What Pro adds Market values by issue and grade, collection and reading statistics, smart lists that build themselves, cover recognition, and the VerseAI assistant. Everything above is free. Built by collectors, because the details matter: the variant cover, the first appearance, the issue you still need. Privacy Policy: https://versedb.com/policy/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

NIUHI4 screens
VerseDB4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: NIUHI at none against VerseDB's shown. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. NIUHI sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and VerseDB sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NIUHI against 5.0 for VerseDB. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NIUHI ships an update every 2 weeks, VerseDB every 6 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
NIUHI versus VerseDB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNIUHIVerseDB
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings56 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size382 MB81 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperNIUHIReggio Digital LLC

Customer experience

NIUHI

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

VerseDB

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

NIUHI

One-time1
  • Book Price Point 2$1.99
2 purchases

VerseDB

Subscriptions2
  • VerseDB Pro Monthly$6.001 Month
  • VerseDB Pro Yearly7 Days trial$60.001 Year

Questions

Is NIUHI free?
NIUHI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VerseDB free?
VerseDB is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NIUHI or VerseDB?
NIUHI and VerseDB are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do NIUHI or VerseDB have ads?
VerseDB shows ads; NIUHI does not.
Which is updated more often, NIUHI or VerseDB?
NIUHI ships an update every 2 weeks, and VerseDB every 6 days. Most recently, NIUHI was updated on November 5, 2026 and VerseDB on November 5, 2026.

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