ComicVerse vs Live Comics
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.
Live Comics
Experience comic books like never before with narrated speech, sound effects, and guided panel-by-panel viewing. Import your own digital comics or stream classic titles. Designed for all readers, including those who are blind or visually impaired.
- Audio comics with character voices
- Panel-by-panel guided view
- Sound effects and music per panel
- Audio descriptions for art
- Import CBR/CBZ files
- Offline reading
- Curated classic comic library
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Live Comics turns comic books into audio comics. Every speech bubble is read aloud in character, every panel gets its own sound effects and music, and the page glides from panel to panel like a movie. Press play, read along, and let the issue carry you. COMICS READ ALOUD, PANEL BY PANEL • A guided panel-by-panel view, like a movie cut of the page • Male and female voices for the characters and the narrator, matched to who is speaking • Sound effects and soundscapes under every panel: gunfire and explosions on the battlefield, creaking doors in a haunted house • Subtitles that follow the narration, word for word AUDIO DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ART • Turn on audio descriptions and hear what each panel shows, between the spoken lines • Made for blind and low-vision readers, and for anyone who would rather listen YOUR OWN COMICS • Import your own CBR and CBZ files on the web, then read them on your phone, tablet, or computer • Western comics, manga, and manhwa all supported • Your library, shelves, and reading progress follow you across devices • Download issues to read offline CLASSIC COMICS TO STREAM • A curated shelf of Golden Age comic books, ready to play • Horror, war, sci-fi, and adventure from the 1940s, 50s, and early 60s • New issues added regularly MADE FOR LISTENING • Pick your narrator voices • Adjustable pacing and audio mix • Great on the nightstand or in your hands Live Comics works with your livecomics.to account. Sign in and your library is waiting. SUBSCRIPTIONS Optional plans renew automatically until you cancel in your Apple ID settings, at least 24 hours before the period ends. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://livecomics.to/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Live Comics at 15.0 against ComicVerse's 17.6. 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
Both are free to download. ComicVerse sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Live Comics sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ComicVerse ships an update every 2 days, Live Comics every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ComicVerse | Live Comics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Oye Collective | Smooby, LLC |
In-app purchases
ComicVerse
- Comic Creator Credits$9.99
- AI Comic Maker Credits$39.99
- Pro Comic Studio$69.99
Live Comics
- Collector$3.001 Month
- Reader7 Days trial$20.001 Month
- Collector (yearly)$30.001 Year
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- Enthusiast7 Days trial$60.001 Month
- Power7 Days trial$100.001 Month
- 1,000 Credits$10.00
- 2,800 Credits$25.00
- 6,000 Credits$50.00
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- 12,000 Credits$100.00









