Comic Day vs Comikai
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Comikai
Transform your story ideas into comic-style artwork with AI. Describe characters, continue their adventures, and explore various visual styles. No drawing skills or signup required, making it easy to bring your manga concepts to life.
- One-line manga creation
- AI-suggested story starters
- Custom character creation and saving
- Continue and reuse characters
- Multiple visual styles
- Auto-saved library
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Comikai - AI Manga Generator Got a story in your head, or a character you want to see in a comic? Open Comikai, write one sentence, and turn the idea into comic-style artwork. Choose different visual styles, save favorite characters, continue their stories, and reuse them in new creations. Core Features • One-Line Manga Creation → Write an idea and see it become comic-style art • Story Starters → Stuck? Let AI suggest a fun opening • Create Characters → Describe their look and personality, then save a reference image • Continue Stories → Bring favorite characters back in later chapters • Reuse Old Characters → Save characters from existing comics and use them again • Multiple Visual Styles → Choose color comics, black-and-white lineart, and more • Auto-Saved Library → Your generated comics are saved for easy review Our Promise • No signup required, open and create • Core features free to try • Zero drawing skills needed • Clean interface, focused on creation • Continuous updates with more styles and features Perfect For • Turning story ideas into pictures • Making fun content for social media • Finding visual references for characters or scripts • Telling original stories as a comic or manga fan Turn your stories into manga, starting with just one line. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://comikai.suanquai.net/#/pages/privacy/privacy?lang=en
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Comic Day at none against Comikai's shown. On price, update cadence, 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. Comic Day sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Comikai sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.49 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Comic Day | Comikai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | cloud dream, llc | Hangzhou Suanqu Workshop Technology Co., Ltd |
In-app purchases
Comic Day
- Starter$6.991 Month
- Pro$14.991 Month
- 20 Credits$4.99
- 60 Credits$10.99
- 150 Credits$23.99
Comikai
- Weekly7 Days trial$5.497 Days
- Yearly$149.991 Year
- 100 credits$1.99
- 300 credits$4.99
- 600 credits$9.99
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- 1200 credits$19.99








