ComicInk vs Custom Comic Books
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ComicInk
Transform your stories into professional comic books with AI. Describe your idea, and the app generates scripts, characters, and artwork in various styles. Own and share your creations without restrictions.
- AI story and script generation
- AI-powered comic artwork
- Character design and portraits
- Script editing and customization
- Multiple art style options
- Publish and share comics
- Comic reader with text overlay
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Create professional comic books with AI — from idea to published comic in minutes. ComicInk turns your stories into beautifully illustrated comic books using AI-powered image generation. Just describe your story, and ComicInk generates the script, characters, and artwork automatically. HOW IT WORKS 1. Describe your comic idea — genre, theme, and art style 2. AI generates a complete script with dialogue and panel descriptions 3. Review and edit the script to your liking 4. Generate stunning artwork for every page 5. Share or publish your comic for the world to read KEY FEATURES • AI Story Generation — Full scripts with dialogue, narration, and panel layouts generated from your idea • AI Artwork — Professional-quality comic pages in multiple art styles • Character Creator — Design consistent characters with descriptions and AI-generated portraits • Script Editor — Review and customize your AI-generated story before artwork generation • Comic Reader — Beautiful swipe-through reader with text overlay mode • Multiple Art Styles — Manga, superhero, noir, watercolor, and many more • Multi-Language Support — Generate dialogue in multiple languages • Publish & Share — Share your comics via link, WhatsApp, or save as PDF • Browse Gallery — Discover comics created by other users YOU OWN YOUR CONTENT Everything you create with ComicInk is 100% yours. Download, print, sell, or share your comics however you like — no restrictions, no royalties. CREDIT SYSTEM ComicInk uses a simple credit system. New accounts receive free credits to get started. Additional credits are available as one-time purchases — no subscriptions required. Questions or feedback? Contact us at superhero@comicink.ai
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 ratings volume: ComicInk at 32 against Custom Comic Books's 1. On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. ComicInk sells 3 one-off in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for ComicInk against 5.0 for Custom Comic Books. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ComicInk has 32 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ComicInk ships an update every 5 days, Custom Comic Books every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | ComicInk | Custom Comic Books |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Sanjoy Ghosh | Nicholas Kelley |
Customer experience
ComicInk
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In-app purchases
ComicInk
- Plus Pack$9.99
- Mega Pack$29.99
- Ultra Pack$59.99
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
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