XKCD vs Meme 8
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
XKCD
Access and read a popular Q&A blog offline. Get notified of new posts and enjoy articles on a larger screen. Remove ads with an in-app purchase.
- Offline reading mode
- Push notifications for new posts
- iPad version support
- In-app purchase to remove ads
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This app is for offline reading of the wonderful Q&A blog by Randall Munroe. Features include: * Offline Reading Mode * Push notifications for new posts * iPad Version, enjoy the articles on the big screen * In-App purchase, no more ads if you don't want them
Meme 8
Get answers to your yes or no questions with a customizable magic 8 ball. Shake your device or tap the screen to reveal a response, with options to add your own answers, change the fluid color, and adjust the ball's demeanor. Includes a vast library of memes for fun, unpredictable results.
- Customizable answers
- Adjustable fluid color
- Set 8-Ball demeanor
- Meme integration
- Special meme mode
- Multiple answer set options
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A magic 8 ball generator of epic proportions. Now with iOS stain fighting power! Simply ask a yes or no question and tap the screen, or shake the phone to get the Meme 8 Ball's magical answer, both visually and verbally. • Add your own answers for yes, no, and unsure responses! • Adjust the color of 8 Ball fluid! • Set the demeanor of 8-Ball! (Default, Neutral, or Pessimistic) • Decide how often memes show up! • Includes 94 memes! • Special meme mode for certain comic book fans! • Helps with answering true/false questions on school tests!* (*not really... well it may help... But might not be correct) But wait! There's more! You can also limit the type of answers to: • Just the classic 20 Magic 8-Ball answers! • Classic + extended Magic 8-Ball answers! • Just the custom answers you've added! • Or go wild and use all of them!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Meme 8 at none against XKCD's 4. Meme 8 also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%). XKCD's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. XKCD sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Meme 8 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Meme 8 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of XKCD's written reviews are positive against 100% of Meme 8's.
XKCD ships an update monthly, Meme 8 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | XKCD | Meme 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (22 ratings) | 4.5 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dimitry Grekov | Sinime |
Customer experience
XKCD
Meme 8
Bugs and requests
XKCD
Reported bugs
24 issues- Data does not load
- Text won't scroll
- Too many glitches
- Footnotes with non-ASCII text, footnotes with footnotes, and footnotes with math formatting are broken
- Links inside footnotes don't work right
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- Image alt-text is often truncated
- Footnotes are out of order
- Links are broken
- Missing half a paragraph and an image in at least one article
- App is consistently unusable with iOS 9
- Scrolling is broken, unresponsive at times
- App freezes
- Buttons are disabled during loading
- App doesn't update
- Lack of numbering makes finding place difficult
- Numbers like '3 x 10^12' show up as 'I'
- Reference text bleeds into normal text
- Chronological order of articles not apparent
- Images in articles do not show up
- Formulas do not display
- Formulas are not fixed on older devices
- Text is unnecessarily spaced apart
- New What If? articles are un-openable
- App asks to be reviewed too often
Requested features
13 requests- Update app more frequently
- Add 'weird and worrying questions from the what if inbox'
- Add date of publication to articles
- Improve formatting on tablets
- Fix issues with footnotes
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- Fix issues with math formatting
- Fix image alt-text truncation
- Fix missing paragraphs and images in articles
- Add a refresh option for content
- Improve chronological order of articles
- Add clear column separators
- Add visual hints about article ordering
- Remove ads or offer a paid ad-free version
Meme 8
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
XKCD
- Bronze Level$0.99
- Silver Level$4.99
- Gold Level$9.99
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- Platinum Level$19.99
Meme 8
No in-app purchases
