Comparison

Comic Star HD vs Comic Movie Maker

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

Head to head
About

Comic Star HD

Easily create comic strips using your own photos. This app offers a variety of layouts, special effects, stickers, and fonts to bring your comic ideas to life. Share your finished creations with others.

Highlights
  • Create comic strips from photos
  • Multiple layouts
  • Special effects
  • Sticker library
  • Font selection
  • Share creations
Features
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Create Amazing Comic Strips With Your Own Photos! **** The Best Comic Strip Creator On The App Store. **** FEATURES -> Easy To Use -> Lots of Layouts -> Lots of Special Effects -> Lots of Stickers -> Lots of Fonts To Choose From -> Share Your Comic Strips

About

Comic Movie Maker

Easily transform your photos and videos into comic book style creations. Design custom grids, add subtitles with various fonts and chat bubbles, and export your unique comic movies. Offers a fun way to present everyday moments.

Highlights
  • Design custom comic grids
  • Select and place photos
  • Edit comic subtitles with custom fonts
  • Add multiple chat bubbles
  • Save and export comic files
  • Convert photos and videos to comics
Features
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It's so easy to make comics with photos from your life: 1. Design comic grid, Do what you want without any restrictions. 2. Select a photo from the photo library. 3. Place photos on the grid 4. Edit comic subtitles All fonts installed on your iPhone/iPad can be used. Multiple chat bubbles can be used. The tail of the chat bubble can be anywhere. 5. Save and export comic files. The well-designed and efficient image processing engine can convert your photos and videos into comics, adding fun to your life. Photos can be presented in the form of caricatures. Instant photos can be presented in the form of comics or comic book movies. This movie could be presented as a comic book movie. This app using the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Comic Movie Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Comic Star HD at none against Comic Movie Maker's shown. Comic Star HD also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 50%) and ratings volume (39 vs 4). Comic Movie Maker's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Comic Star HD sells 15 one-off in-app purchases and Comic Movie Maker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Comic Star HD holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Comic Star HD has 39 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Comic Star HD's written reviews are positive against 50% of Comic Movie Maker's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Comic Star HD versus Comic Movie Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComic Star HDComic Movie Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (39 ratings) — better3.5 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews68.2% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings39 — better4
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS7.1 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB5 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperIconic DigitalMing-hua Wu

Customer experience

Comic Star HD

All ratings38 ratings
Positive63.2%
Neutral10.5%
Negative26.3%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive68.2%
Neutral18.2%
Negative13.6%

Comic Movie Maker

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Comic Star HD

One-time15
  • Comic Sounds 2$1.99
  • Comic Sounds 3$1.99
  • Speech Bubbles$1.99
Show 12 more
  • Badges Pack$1.99
  • Weather Pack$1.99
  • Poster Pack$1.99
  • Smooth Reality Pack$1.99
  • Sepia Pack$1.99
  • Christmas Pack$1.99
  • Sketch Pack$1.99
  • Sunglasses$1.99
  • Badges 2 Pack$1.99
  • Facial Hair$1.99
  • Abstract Pack$1.99
  • Black and White Pack$1.99
3 purchases

Comic Movie Maker

Subscriptions3
  • Spatial comic movie 1 month3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Spatial comic movie 6 month$24.996 Months
  • Spatial Comic Movie 12 month$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Comic Star HD free?
Comic Star HD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Comic Movie Maker free?
Comic Movie Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Comic Star HD or Comic Movie Maker?
Comic Star HD is rated higher. Comic Star HD averages 3.7 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while Comic Movie Maker averages 3.5 from 4 ratings.
Do Comic Star HD or Comic Movie Maker have ads?
Comic Movie Maker shows ads; Comic Star HD does not.

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