MangaBox vs Chunky Comics Reader

MangaBox lets you enjoy your personal manga and comic collection with a smooth, high-quality reading experience. Designed for use with your Komga server, MangaBox focuses on reading, not management, delivering a clean, elegant interface optimized for touch controls. Experience authentic two-page spreads with paper-like effects, light and dark themes, quick library filtering, offline reading and global search. Read seamlessly with thumbnail previews, smooth animations, and customizable reading direction. Features - Connect easily to your Komga server - Beautiful two-page reading with paper-style visuals - Smooth page transitions and thumbnail previews - Light and dark themes with custom color highlights - Download books for offline reading - Quick filtering by language, read status, and direction - Global search for series and volumes - Touch and gesture support for tablets and phones MangaBox — your collection, beautifully presented.

Chunky is a fast, thoughtfully designed comic reader for CBZ, CBR, and PDF files. It is made for people who read a lot and want an organized library on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. READ YOUR WAY • Automatic or manual two-page spreads, with covers displayed on their own • Read left to right or right to left for manga, per comic or as your default • Separate page-turn styles for taps and swipes: slide, instant, or fade • One-handed reading with dedicated tap zones • Automatically crop white page borders • Automatically correct tint and contrast on yellowed or faded pages • Upscale low-resolution pages • Choose Fit Page or Fit Width, separately for single and double pages • Select and share a single panel without the rest of the page • Adjust brightness with a two-finger gesture while reading A LIBRARY THAT STAYS ORGANIZED • Grid or list view, with automatic grouping by series • Reading status (unread, reading, finished) and favorites • Keep New and Now Reading sections close at hand • Import folders of loose images and automatically turn them into comics ICLOUD SYNC • Keep your library in sync across all your devices • Sync Folder: drop comics into an iCloud Drive folder and find them in Chunky, without importing them again • Smart downloads with a real progress indicator CONNECT TO YOUR SOURCES • WebDAV accounts for NAS devices, Nextcloud, ownCloud, and shared folders • OPDS accounts for servers such as Calibre or Ubooquity • Wi-Fi upload server: drag comics from a browser on the same Wi-Fi network, with no cables or cloud account PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Parental lock with a securely protected passcode and Face ID or Touch ID unlock • No tracking and no required account • Anonymous, optional crash reports stored locally only Chunky is made for reading, not configuring: open a comic and it adapts to the way you read.