Comparison

Comic Book Viewer vs KomiX

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

Head to head
About

Comic Book Viewer

A fast and user-friendly application for viewing digital comic books and PDF files. It supports various comic archive formats and common image types, offering library management and metadata display.

Highlights
  • Supports CBT, CBZ, CBR, CB7, and PDF formats
  • Recognizes PNG, JPG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, and WebP images
  • Import/export comics via iTunes or third-party apps
  • AirDrop support for sharing between devices
  • Displays metadata (CoMet, ACBF, Comic Rack, ComicBookInfo)
  • Library search functionality
Features
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Comic Book Viewer is a lightweight, fast and easy to use reader for your favorite comic books in cbt, cbz, cbr, cb7 or pdf format. Recognized image formats include png, jpg, gif, tiff, bmp and webp. Import and export your comics via iTunes or simply by sharing them in any third-party app on your device. Send them to other devices via AirDrop. Comic Book Viewer supports and shows metadata in CoMet, Advanced Comic Book Format, Comic Rack or in ComicBookInfo format and allows you to search your library. Comics seen in screenshots © 2014-2025 by Ctrl+Alt+Del Productions. Courtesy of Tim Buckley, http://www.cad-comic.com. Comics not included.

About

KomiX

Organize and read your digital comic collection with features like thumbnail views, customizable stacks, and in-comic page navigation. Supports CBR, CBZ, and PDF formats, with options to edit pages and export comics.

Highlights
  • Thumbnail collection view
  • Customizable comic stacks
  • In-comic page navigation
  • Supports CBR, CBZ, PDF
  • Page editing and rearrangement
  • Comic database with search
  • Persistent zoom option
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KomiX makes organising your comics as fun as reading them! Features - *See your collection as thumbnails, pinch to zoom making the thumbnails as large or small as you like. *Create “stacks” of comics, in which you can drag and drop sets of comics. *Create “stacks” within stacks, for example you can create a Spider-Man stack, and inside that create a stack for the Amazing Spider-Man, and a stack for the Spectacular Spider-Man, and so on! *Currently reading panel shows you the comic you were last reading so you can jump straight back into it with a tap! *In comic reading view if you tap in the center the HUD will appear, with a thumbnail of each page. You can tap a page to jump to it. *Reads most Comic Book files - cbz, cbr, pdf. *A trash can - drag and drop comics onto the trash can icon to delete them. *An exporter - drag and drop comics onto the exporter icon to package comics to send them to other devices. When comics are packed ready to send the icon will display the number of comics ready, just tap the icon to display the list of ready comics and then tap the export button. *A 'take out of stack' icon - drag comics you want to take out of their current stack and drop them on this icon. *Comic Database feature - can create a Database of all your comics in KomiX, all entries fully editable. You can even add your' physical copy' comics to the Database. The Database has great search features. *Persistent zoom - you can turn on persistent zoom in the settings, good if you use a smaller device (iPhone), and not an iPad to read your comics. *Edit pages - you can now rearrange pages, or delete unwanted or duplicate pages. Tip - you can easily drag more than one comic at a time - start a drag by touching a comic for a second until it 'pops out' then drag it across the screen - don't let go! Now you can tap other comics with a free finger - these will be added to the drag list. Now you can drag the comics to a stack, or the trash, or another App! I hope you enjoy the App! I am a huge fan of comics, so I made this App because I wanted features that other Comic Readers didn't have. Please let me know of any features you'd like via my FaceBook page (reachable in the App).

Screenshots

Comic Book Viewer2 screens
KomiX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Comic Book Viewer at Free against KomiX's $1.99. Comic Book Viewer also leads on rating (3.8 vs 2.8) and ratings volume (135 vs 4). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Comic Book Viewer is free to download; KomiX costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Comic Book Viewer holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Comic Book Viewer has 135 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Comic Book Viewer's written reviews are positive against 67% of KomiX's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Comic Book Viewer ships an update every 3 months, KomiX every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Comic Book Viewer versus KomiX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComic Book ViewerKomiX
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.8 (135 ratings) — better2.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews71.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings135 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSebastian BoettcherJason Santos

Customer experience

Comic Book Viewer

All ratings135 ratings
Positive70.4%
Neutral8.9%
Negative20.7%
Written reviews217 reviews
Positive71.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative17.1%

KomiX

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Comic Book Viewer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Slider not working after recent update
  • Pages randomly skipping ahead when switching orientation
  • Inability to import some comic file formats

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to rename/reorder comics
  • Implement vertical scrolling mode
  • Provide more customization settings
  • Improve library management with folders/collections

KomiX

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Comic Book Viewer

No in-app purchases

None

KomiX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Comic Book Viewer free?
Comic Book Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KomiX free?
KomiX costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Comic Book Viewer or KomiX?
Comic Book Viewer is rated higher. Comic Book Viewer averages 3.8 out of 5 from 135 ratings, while KomiX averages 2.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Comic Book Viewer or KomiX have ads?
Neither Comic Book Viewer nor KomiX shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Comic Book Viewer or KomiX?
Comic Book Viewer ships an update every 3 months, and KomiX every 2 months. Most recently, Comic Book Viewer was updated on September 23, 2026 and KomiX on June 2, 2026.

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