PanelGen vs Custom Comic Books
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PanelGen
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Bring your character photos to life as a comic you can iterate on. ◆ QUICK WORKFLOW • Build a Character Vault with reference photos • Write your scene (genre + dialogue) • Choose a style: Manga, Manhwa, Webtoon, Comic • Generate pages with panel + speech‑bubble layout ◆ BUILT FOR IDEAS • Storyboarding, pitches, and visual planning • Creators, classrooms, and content ◆ CONSISTENT CHARACTERS Use your reference photos to keep faces and designs recognizable across panels and pages. ◆ PRIVACY & CONTROL • No third‑party ads • Delete characters, comics, or your account anytime Terms of Service: https://panelgen.idkanything.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://panelgen.idkanything.com/privacy
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: Custom Comic Books at every 10 days against PanelGen's every 7 months. 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. PanelGen sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days 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.
PanelGen ships an update every 7 months, Custom Comic Books every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PanelGen | Custom Comic Books |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Gokberk KORKMAZ | Nicholas Kelley |
In-app purchases
PanelGen
- PanelGen Pro (Weekly)$4.997 Days
- PanelGen Pro (Annual)$59.991 Year
- 5 Ink Drops$2.99
- 15 Ink Drops$6.99
- 40 Ink Drops$14.99
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- 100 Ink Drops$24.99
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








