VEX vs ComicPad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VEX
Transform your story ideas into professional-grade comics, manga, and manhwa with AI-powered tools. Create visually striking panels, develop consistent characters, and adapt art styles without needing drawing skills. Bring your imagination to life page by page.
- AI-powered comic generation
- Automatic panel layout creation
- Consistent character and scene generation
- Multiple comic art styles (Manga, Manhwa, Western)
- Customizable characters and stories
- Intuitive interface for beginners and pros
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Your Story. Your Universe. Drawn by AI. VEX is an AI-powered comic book creation studio designed for storytellers, creators, and dreamers who want to turn ideas into visually striking comics, manga, and manhwa — without needing drawing skills. From epic battles to emotional character arcs, VEX transforms your story into professional-grade comic panels, page by page. Whether you’re creating a short comic, a full graphic novel, or experimenting with new ideas, VEX gives you the tools to bring your imagination to life. Create Comics in Multiple Styles Explore a wide range of comic and storytelling styles. Choose your genre and let VEX adapt the visuals to match your vision: • Manga Style – Dynamic action, intense emotions, and dramatic paneling • Manhwa Style – Clean layouts, vertical storytelling, and modern aesthetics • Comic Book Style – Superheroes, action scenes, and classic western comics • Seinen & Dramatic – Mature themes, deeper emotions, and cinematic storytelling Genres include shonen, isekai, romance, rom-com, fantasy, sci-fi, slice of life, leveling, system stories, superhero, graphic novel, indie, and more. AI-Powered Comic Generation VEX uses advanced AI to turn your story ideas into structured comic narratives: • Automatically generates panel layouts • Creates consistent characters and scenes • Adapts art style based on genre and mood • Builds sequential storytelling with visual flow You focus on the story — VEX handles the art. Personalized Characters & Stories Become the creator of your own universe: • Add custom characters • Define gender and key traits • Watch AI transform them into comic characters • Create original stories or fan-fiction worlds VEX is your personal comic builder canvas — flexible, creative, and powerful. Seamless Creation Workflow Designed for both beginners and experienced creators: • Simple and intuitive interface • Fast generation process • High-quality visuals every time • Create, edit, and expand your comic projects effortlessly Who Is VEX For? • Aspiring comic writers • Manga & manhwa fans • Storytellers without drawing skills • Creators looking to prototype ideas • Anyone who wants to build a visual story universe Subscription Information To generate comics, a VEX Pro subscription is required. • Weekly subscription • Annual subscription Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account upon confirmation. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. Legal Privacy Policy: https://www.notion.so/Privacy-Policy-for-VEX-30f3debffec280798eeafbfd5c5f39f9 Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
ComicPad
Create stunning AI-powered comics and share them with a creative community. Generate comics in seconds, follow other creators, and build your own fanbase. Explore different game modes and endless customization options for your stories.
- AI-generated narrative and visuals
- Multiple art styles and genres
- Story, God, and Play game modes
- Community engagement and following
- Public and private comic sharing
- Customizable character uploads
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Turn your photo into a comic book hero. Upload a selfie, pick a story and an art style, and ComicPad's AI writes and draws a full comic starring you — page by page, in seconds. THREE WAYS TO PLAY • Story Mode — sit back and read. A complete 20-page adventure, plotted from hook to finale. • God Mode — you write what happens next and the AI draws it. • Play Mode — a Dungeon Master story with choices. Pick a universe, choose your path, and live with the consequences. YOU ARE THE HERO Add your photo (and a friend, a partner or a pet as your companion) and you are drawn the same on every page. No photo? The AI invents a hero for you. 8 ART STYLES American Comic, Manga, Manhwa / Webtoon, Manhua, Seinen, Cyberpunk, Oil Painting and Caricature — plus single-panel, multi-panel and cinematic page layouts. HEAR YOUR STORY Turn on the narrator and every page is read aloud, with a different voice for each character. Choose the voices with previews, and add background music that follows the mood. QUICK CARICATURE Upload a photo and get a funny one-panel caricature with a punchline in seconds — perfect for sharing. LIVE COMICS Watching a ComicPad stream on Kick or Twitch? Enter the code from the stream, vote on what happens next, appear in the story with your photo, or spin the chaos wheel. SHARE AND DISCOVER Download a page as an image or the whole comic as a PDF, share a link, build series, follow creators and explore trending comics in Discover. WRITE IN YOUR LANGUAGE Speech bubbles and narration in English, Turkish, Spanish, German, French, Japanese and Korean. YOUR ACCOUNT, EVERYWHERE Save your account with email and continue on the web at comic-pad.com or on a new phone. Your comics and tokens stay with you. TOKENS New accounts start with free tokens. Each page, cover or caricature uses a few tokens; get more with token packs in the app or by inviting friends. PRIVACY Your photos are only used to draw your characters. Delete your account any time from your profile and your comics, photos and tokens are removed. Terms of Use: https://comic-pad.com/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://comic-pad.com/legal/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: ComicPad at free with in-app purchases against VEX's subscription. ComicPad also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). VEX's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On price, ratings volume, 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. VEX sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and ComicPad sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
VEX holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
VEX ships an update every 6 months, ComicPad every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VEX | ComicPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Orvin Studio | Berat Olekli |
Customer experience
VEX
ComicPad
In-app purchases
VEX
- Weekly Subscription$5.997 Days
- Yearly Subscription$29.991 Year
- VEX Small IAP$4.99
- VEX Medium IAP$12.99
- VEX Diamond IAP$39.99
ComicPad
- 40 Tokens$3.99
- 190 Tokens$14.99
- 380 Tokens$24.99








