Novel Comix vs Chek
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Novel Comix
Discover and read digital comics in high quality. Organize your favorite titles and authors in a personal library. Access your collection anywhere, anytime.
- Buy and read digital comics
- Personal comic library
- Follow favorite editors and authors
- High-quality comic display
- Access comics anywhere
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Novel is a free App to buy and read digital comics, you’ll find inside many comics and you’ll have your library in your hand everywhere. You can follow your favourite editors and new talented authors, all at the best quality higher than FullHD. Take your comics everywhere you want, enter in Novel!
Chek
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Chek is a reader for your books and comics, wherever you keep them. READ YOUR OWN FILES Open EPUB, PDF, CBZ and CBT comics, MOBI, AZW3, FictionBook, plain text and Markdown files from Files or the share sheet. Each book opens where you left off. No account needed, and everything works offline. CONNECT YOUR LIBRARY SERVER Connect a Chek server you run to read its libraries on all your devices. Your reading place follows you between iPhone and iPad. Follow a series to hear when a new chapter is out, and download chapters to read offline. TRY IT FIRST Tap Try the Demo to browse a sample library of public-domain and Creative Commons books and comics, with no setup. BUILT FOR READING Paged and scrolling layouts, right-to-left manga reading, themes, and a reader built for both books and comics. PRIVATE Chek has no ads, analytics or tracking. Your files stay on your device, and server sign-ins go only to servers you add.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chek at none against Novel Comix's 10. Chek also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Novel Comix's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Novel Comix sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Chek asks for nothing beyond the download.
Novel Comix ships an update every 2 months, Chek fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Novel Comix | Chek |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | AL Develop | Aryakumar Jha |
In-app purchases
Novel Comix
- Ink & Bullets - 01 - Ink & Bullets - Vol. 1Free
- Keiseki - 01 - Keiseki - Vol. 1Free
- L'occhio - 01 - In una notte buiaFree
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- Cappuccetto Rosso - 01 - Cappuccetto RossoFree
- Blackout - 06 - Blackout Vol. 6Free
- La Tilda - 07 - PsichedeliaFree
- La Tilda - 11 - True Detective 02Free
- Fuga da Salinas - 01 - Parte unoFree
- Fuga da Salinas - 02 - Parte dueFree
- Freak - Episodio ZeroFree
Chek
No in-app purchases
