ComicVerse vs Custom Comic Books
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ComicVerse
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Read your comics free, with no ads and no subscription. ComicVerse is a comic reader for iPhone and iPad that works with your own server. Connect Komga, Kavita, Codex, Stump, Calibre-Web or any OPDS catalogue and read straight from your library, or open CBR, CBZ, CB7, CBT, PDF and EPUB files from your device. No account needed. And when you want to make your own, describe a scene and ComicVerse draws it. READING COMICS • Reading is free: no ads, no subscription, no account needed. Credits are only for making comics. • Komga, Kavita, Codex, Stump, Calibre-Web or any OPDS catalogue: browse and search your server, stream an issue straight away, or download it for somewhere with no signal. With Komga and Kavita, your place stays in step with the server. • CBR, CBZ, CB7, CBT, PDF and EPUB files, read properly: smooth page turns, a panel-by-panel mode that finds the panels for you, and a scrubber for skipping ahead. • Single page, continuous scroll or two-page spreads, and right-to-left for manga. • On iPhone Duo, open it up for two-page spreads. • Live Text lifts the lettering off a page, so you can copy a line, look a word up or translate a bubble. • Big files open quickly and stay that way. • Your library sorts itself into series, so issue 4 sits next to issue 3. • Bring in files from the Files app or from Dropbox. MAKING COMICS Say who's in it, where they are and what happens, and you get back a comic page: panels laid out, characters drawn, the words already sitting in the speech bubbles. The comics you make end up in the same library as the ones you read. • Write a scene, get a finished page back. Pick an art style if you have one in mind, or leave it and the app will choose something that suits the story. • Any page you don't like, rewrite and regenerate. You're never stuck with the first attempt. • Easier to show than explain? Sketch the layout on the canvas and generate from your sketch. • Put a cover and interior pages together as one issue. Your characters keep the same face throughout. • Export a finished comic and do what you like with it. WORTH KNOWING • On iPad you get a sidebar and a reader built for the bigger screen, not a stretched phone app. • The Home screen keeps track of what you've been reading and what you've been making. • Sign in with Apple and your place in every comic syncs between your iPhone and iPad, free. • Nib, our mascot, turns up here and there. Needs iOS 17 or iPadOS 17, on iPhone or iPad.
Custom Comic Books
Transform yourself into a superhero with AI-generated comic book adventures. Upload your photo, choose a plot and superpowers, and let the AI create a personalized story. Save digital issues or order physical copies.
- AI face mapping for character consistency
- Select comic styles and plots
- Generate comic covers
- Physical comic book printing
- Personalized superhero stories
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STAR IN YOUR OWN COMIC BOOK Custom Comic Books turns you, your kids, your friends, even your pet into the heroes of a fully illustrated comic book. Answer a few simple questions, add a photo, and watch your story come to life. Then order it as a real printed comic book, delivered to your door. LOOKS LIKE YOU, PAGE AFTER PAGE - Your hero is drawn from your own photo to match your face, hair and skin tone - Built to keep your hero's face and outfit the same from the cover to the last panel, with every page checked - Works on pets too, so your dog or cat can be the hero or the sidekick - Bring family and friends: start from a group photo, or add a co-star and a sidekick or pet one by one - Pick your favorite drawing of your hero before any page is drawn, or ask for new drafts with your own notes A REAL STORY, MADE FOR YOU - Answer one simple question at a time; no writing or drawing skills needed - Every story is planned with a clear beginning, a big problem and a satisfying ending - Tell us your own story idea, or pick a ready-made plot: origin story, team-up, great heist, time paradox, zombie apocalypse and more - Pick a hero type: superhero, supervillain, anti-hero, sidekick, mentor, mage, cyborg, alien and more - Six art styles: pop art, Silver Age, Golden Age, manga, indie and noir - Every comic gets its own illustrated cover starring your heroes, with your title on it READ IT AND MAKE IT YOURS - The reader opens on your cover, with big, borderless pages - Narration boxes that tell the story, plus speech bubbles you can add, move and write yourself - Export your comic as a PDF to keep and share HOLD IT IN YOUR HANDS - Order a real printed comic book in true comic size, shipped to your door - Choose a classic stapled comic or a square-spine graphic novel, with a gloss or matte cover - Add a printed coloring book of your story, with every page redrawn as line art - Add a printed sticker sheet of your heroes - A one-of-a-kind gift for birthdays, holidays and grandparents MORE FROM EVERY COMIC - Collectible trading cards of your heroes - Turn your hero stickers into GIFs and memes to share in chats and stories HOW IT WORKS - The app is free, and so is a preview of your first comic: the cover and first 4 pages, with a watermark - Your free preview is drawn in pop art. Credit packs draw the rest of your first comic and every comic after it, unlock the other art styles and ready-made plots, and pay for stickers. Credits never expire. - The optional Custom Comic Books Pass is an auto-renewing subscription that removes watermarks from your comics and PDFs. Payment is charged to your Apple ID, and you can cancel any time in your App Store account settings. - Without the Pass, comics you start with credits show a watermark on screen and in PDFs. Terms of Use: https://customcomicbooks.com/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://customcomicbooks.com/legal/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ComicVerse at every 2 days against Custom Comic Books's every 10 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. ComicVerse sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Custom Comic Books sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ComicVerse ships an update every 2 days, Custom Comic Books every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | ComicVerse | Custom Comic Books |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Oye Collective | Nicholas Kelley |
In-app purchases
ComicVerse
- Comic Creator Credits$9.99
- AI Comic Maker Credits$39.99
- Pro Comic Studio$69.99
Custom Comic Books
- Custom Comic Books Pass2 variants$2.991 Month
- Extra Pages — +2$1.99
- Extra Pages — +5$4.99
- Comic - Up to 8 Pages$24.99
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- Comic - 9 to 12 Pages$29.99
- Comic - 13+ Pages$34.99








