Comparison

Comic Day vs Pikakard

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Comic Day

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Turn your everyday moments into comics and illustrated storybooks, with no drawing skills needed. Comic Day is a visual diary and art journal that turns your stories and photos into hand-drawn comics. Describe a coffee with a friend, a weekend hike, or a small thing you don't want to forget, pick an art style, and watch it become a comic you'll want to keep. NEW: STORYBOOKS Turn one idea into an illustrated story of 2 to 6 pages. Your characters stay consistent from page to page, the book is drawn in the background, and every page is saved to your device, ready to read, zoom and share. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Make comics with 1 to 8 panels, in portrait or landscape 16:9 • Choose from 10 art styles: manga, cartoon, webtoon, sketch, chibi, newspaper, doodle, lineart, scrapbook and soft pencil • Build a cast of up to 12 recurring characters (friends, family, pets or your own avatar) from a photo or a simple text description • Keep the same characters looking like themselves in every comic and storybook • Write in any language, and the speech bubbles follow your story • Keep comics and storybooks on separate shelves in your library • Save to Photos or share single pages and whole stories with friends PERFECT FOR • Daily journaling and gratitude logs • Travel diaries and memory books • Bedtime stories and family keepsakes • Photo journals: pair a photo with a scene • Quick personal comics to share with friends PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your finished comics are saved on your device. You don't need to draw or caption anything. Just type a moment and Comic Day handles the rest, giving you a diary that's part scrapbook, part photo journal, part comic. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://comicday.app/privacy

About

Pikakard

Explore tarot with a simple card-drawing app. Choose from classic decks, deal spreads, and discover card meanings at your own pace. Designed for both beginners and experienced readers, it offers a focused and elegant experience.

Highlights
  • Multiple classic tarot decks
  • Single card and multi-card spreads
  • Flip cards at your own pace
  • Full-screen card info view
  • Replace individual cards
  • Share spreads as images
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Pikakard is a card-drawing app for tarot enthusiasts and curious beginners. Choose your deck, deal a spread, flip your cards one at a time, and explore their meanings — beautifully designed for iPhone and iPad. THREE CLASSIC DECKS • Rider-Waite-Smith — the world's most recognized tarot deck • Tarot de Marseille — one of the oldest tarot traditions, with roots in 15th-century France • Standard Playing Cards — for cartomancy or a casual draw FEATURES • Draw single cards or multi-card spreads instantly • Flip cards to reveal them at your own pace • Double-tap any card to open a full-screen info view with meanings and keywords • Replace individual cards without redrawing the whole spread • Share your spread as an image • Smooth, elegant animations throughout • The card you are looking at is displayed on your Apple Watch DESIGNED FOR SIMPLICITY No ads. No subscriptions. No account required. Just open the app, choose your deck, and draw. Whether you're a seasoned reader or just getting started with tarot, Pikakard is the card-drawing companion built for focus and simplicity.

Screenshots

Comic Day4 screens
Pikakard3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pikakard at none against Comic Day's 5. Pikakard also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Comic Day sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Pikakard asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Comic Day ships an update weekly, Pikakard every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Comic Day versus Pikakard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComic DayPikakard
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB30 MB
Age rating9+4+
Developercloud dream, llcTwisted Balloon

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Comic Day

Subscriptions2
  • Starter$6.991 Month
  • Pro$14.991 Month
One-time3
  • 20 Credits$4.99
  • 60 Credits$10.99
  • 150 Credits$23.99
None

Pikakard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Comic Day free?
Comic Day is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pikakard free?
Pikakard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Comic Day or Pikakard have ads?
Neither Comic Day nor Pikakard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Comic Day or Pikakard?
Comic Day ships an update weekly, and Pikakard every 2 days. Most recently, Comic Day was updated on October 20, 2026 and Pikakard on October 17, 2026.

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