Comparison

Live Comics vs Auto

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

Head to head
About

Live Comics

Experience comic books like never before with narrated speech, sound effects, and guided panel-by-panel viewing. Import your own digital comics or stream classic titles. Designed for all readers, including those who are blind or visually impaired.

Highlights
  • Audio comics with character voices
  • Panel-by-panel guided view
  • Sound effects and music per panel
  • Audio descriptions for art
  • Import CBR/CBZ files
  • Offline reading
  • Curated classic comic library
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Live Comics turns comic books into audio comics. Every speech bubble is read aloud in character, every panel gets its own sound effects and music, and the page glides from panel to panel like a movie. Press play, read along, and let the issue carry you. COMICS READ ALOUD, PANEL BY PANEL • A guided panel-by-panel view, like a movie cut of the page • Male and female voices for the characters and the narrator, matched to who is speaking • Sound effects and soundscapes under every panel: gunfire and explosions on the battlefield, creaking doors in a haunted house • Subtitles that follow the narration, word for word AUDIO DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ART • Turn on audio descriptions and hear what each panel shows, between the spoken lines • Made for blind and low-vision readers, and for anyone who would rather listen YOUR OWN COMICS • Import your own CBR and CBZ files on the web, then read them on your phone, tablet, or computer • Western comics, manga, and manhwa all supported • Your library, shelves, and reading progress follow you across devices • Download issues to read offline CLASSIC COMICS TO STREAM • A curated shelf of Golden Age comic books, ready to play • Horror, war, sci-fi, and adventure from the 1940s, 50s, and early 60s • New issues added regularly MADE FOR LISTENING • Pick your narrator voices • Adjustable pacing and audio mix • Great on the nightstand or in your hands Live Comics works with your livecomics.to account. Sign in and your library is waiting. SUBSCRIPTIONS Optional plans renew automatically until you cancel in your Apple ID settings, at least 24 hours before the period ends. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://livecomics.to/privacy

About

Auto

Features
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Auto-Reader reads your books, PDFs, comics and manga aloud in a natural, on-device voice so you can "read" while your hands are busy driving, walking, at the gym, or commuting. Check-out the deep-voice number 10 ON YOUR APPLE WATCH • Play, pause and skip from your wrist, or pick a book from the Library — the phone can stay in your pocket, locked • Your music keeps playing softly under the voice; pausing the book pauses the music too • Raise your wrist for the time, the chapter and page — and, with Premium, every word as it is read • Sleep Check: a gentle "still listening?" before you drift off, and the book goes back to where you last answered AUDIO BOOKS YOU KEEP • Export any book as an audio book, with passage markers, and send it to your TV, speaker or Apple Watch • Audio shelves on the home screen, and background sound (rain, hum, fire) under the voice WHY AUTO-READER • Hear any of your books while your hands are busy or commuting and utilize that time. By hearing book in most natural voice on-device. As our devices have gotten a lot smarter and faster. • Hands-free manga: it narrates panel by panel, in reading order, zooming as it goes • 31 languages, with on-device translation • Private by default — works offline, no account, your books never leave your phone • Lifelike text-to-speech that runs entirely on your device • Opens EPUB, PDF, comics (CBZ) and manga — no converting A LIBRARY TO START FROM — FREE AND BUILT IN Browse 300+ free classics and open-licensed books by shelf and add them in a tap — no account, no card. Every one narrates aloud. MADE FOR HOW YOU READ • Follow the highlighted line as it's read • Pick from real, distinct voices — male and female, per language • Adjust speed on the fly; instant page turns while listening • Snap a photo of a page and have it read back to you • Pick up exactly where you left off, across your whole library • Back up your library and restore it on another device Optional cloud AI features are available if you want them — the app is fully usable without any of them, and nothing is sent anywhere unless you turn them on and ask. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ · Privacy Policy: https://auto-reader.com/privacy

Screenshots

Live Comics4 screens
Auto4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Live Comics at every 3 days against Auto's every 2 weeks. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Live Comics sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.00 per month and Auto sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 2 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Live Comics ships an update every 3 days, Auto every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Live Comics versus Auto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLive ComicsAuto
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB188 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSmooby, LLCRakan Al-Ghunaim

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Live Comics

Subscriptions5
  • Collector$3.001 Month
  • Reader7 Days trial$20.001 Month
  • Collector (yearly)$30.001 Year
Show 2 more
  • Enthusiast7 Days trial$60.001 Month
  • Power7 Days trial$100.001 Month
One-time4
  • 1,000 Credits$10.00
  • 2,800 Credits$25.00
  • 6,000 Credits$50.00
Show 1 more
  • 12,000 Credits$100.00
3 purchases

Auto

Subscriptions2
  • لا محدود$1.992 Months
  • بلا حدود$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Auto-Reader: AI قارىء كتب$4.99

Questions

Is Live Comics free?
Live Comics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Auto free?
Auto is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Live Comics or Auto have ads?
Neither Live Comics nor Auto shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Live Comics or Auto?
Live Comics ships an update every 3 days, and Auto every 2 weeks. Most recently, Live Comics was updated on October 25, 2026 and Auto on October 24, 2026.

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