Comparison

Haiku vs sudo xkcd

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

Head to head
About

Haiku

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Enjoy and share your favourite topics through a haiku's lens. Traditional poetry brought to you by the latest technology. Requires Apple Intelligence feature available and enabled on your device. Haikuโ€ขfy is offered for free, with the option to upgrade to premium features. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

sudo xkcd

Access and enjoy all xkcd comics offline with this free app. Browse, search, and favorite comics, with features like alt-text viewing and smooth zooming. It provides a clean interface for a seamless reading experience.

Highlights
  • Offline access to all comics
  • Search by title/keywords
  • Favorites list
  • Random comic button
  • View alt-text
  • Smooth zooming and panning
  • Link to explainxkcd
Features
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All xkcd comics are *property of Randall Munroe* and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. This app simply displays the comics that are already viewable for free on his website. This app is *free of charge* and *does not collect any data* from its users. It exists purely for the love of xkcd. General Features โ€“ Offline access to ALL 3000+ xkcd comics (uses only a couple hundred megabytes) โ€“ Browse chronologically โ€“ Search by title/keywords โ€“ Favorites List โ€“ Button for viewing a random comic โ€“ Download new comics by pulling down the browse list or refreshing the app. โ€“ Clear, minimal, dark design Features within each comic โ€“ View comic title, comic number, and release date โ€“ Quickly view Alt-Text โ€“ Add to Favorites List โ€“ Swipe left and right to navigate or use arrow buttons โ€“ Smooth zooming and panning (up to 10x scale) โ€“ Link to "explainxkcd" (non-affiliated, community-run Wiki that attempts to explain and provide transcripts for each comic) โ€“ Full-screen horizontal view (rotate iPhone or iPad)

Screenshots

Haiku4 screens
sudo xkcd4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: sudo xkcd at none against Haiku's 1. sudo xkcd also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Haiku sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. sudo xkcd asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
Haiku versus sudo xkcd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHaikusudo xkcd
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsโ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
Monetizationโ€”Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB1 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperPalomino Software LimitedConnor Avery Shafran

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Haiku

One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$1.99
None

sudo xkcd

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Haiku free?
Haiku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is sudo xkcd free?
sudo xkcd is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Haiku or sudo xkcd have ads?
Neither Haiku nor sudo xkcd shows ads.

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