Comic Book Viewer vs BDGest Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
BDGest Mobile
Manage your comic book collection from anywhere, anytime. Add, organize, and track your albums, follow series for release alerts, and discover new titles. Access your collection and wishlist offline.
- Add comics via search or scan
- Organize and filter collection
- Track series for new releases
- Edit album details and add comments
- Mark albums as read
- Manage wishlist
- Discover new comics and previews
- Offline access to collection
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Compagnon de BDGest Online, la référence de la gestion de collection de bandes dessinées, BDGest Mobile vous suit partout : votre collection, votre wishlist, vos séries suivies et vos bibliothèques, toujours dans votre poche. VOTRE COLLECTION, PARTOUT Retrouvez chaque album en un geste : recherche instantanée par titre, auteur ou éditeur, index alphabétique, vue liste ou grille. Vos séries, vos derniers ajouts et les albums qui vous manquent, consultables même hors ligne. AJOUTEZ EN UN SCAN Scannez le code-barres d'un album : l'album est reconnu et rejoint votre collection ou votre wishlist. Un album que vous possédez déjà est signalé. CHAQUE ALBUM DANS LE DÉTAIL Édition, dépôt légal, état, cote, prix d'achat, date d'achat, dédicace, étagère, etc. : tout ce dont un collectionneur a besoin, avec vos propres photos de dédicaces. MES STATISTIQUES La valeur de votre collection selon l'état de vos albums, vos éditeurs, vos styles, vos dépenses par année, vos auteurs et vos séries les plus fournies. Chaque chiffre ouvre la liste des albums concernés. MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE Décrivez vos meubles, leurs colonnes et leurs étagères, rangez-y vos albums et sachez toujours où se trouve chacun d'eux, comme sur BDGest Online. SÉRIES SUIVIES ET NOTIFICATIONS Suivez vos séries préférées et recevez une notification dès qu'un nouvel album paraît. SYNCHRONISÉ AVEC BDGEST ONLINE Tout ce que vous faites sur le téléphone se retrouve sur BDGest Online, et inversement. La synchronisation ne transfère que ce qui a changé. BDGest Mobile nécessite un compte BDGest Online.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BDGest Mobile at 5.0 against Comic Book Viewer's 3.8. Comic Book Viewer's advantage is ratings volume (135 vs 1) and review sentiment (71% vs 54%). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BDGest Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Comic Book Viewer has 135 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Comic Book Viewer's written reviews are positive against 54% of BDGest Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Comic Book Viewer ships an update every 3 months, BDGest Mobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Comic Book Viewer | BDGest Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (135 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.0% of reviews — better | 54.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 135 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sebastian Boettcher | BDGest |
Customer experience
Comic Book Viewer
BDGest Mobile
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
BDGest Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Comic Book Viewer
No in-app purchases
BDGest Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Comic Book Viewer free?
Is BDGest Mobile free?
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