Comic Book Viewer vs Comic Garden
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.
Comic Garden
A social platform for comic enthusiasts. Creators can upload and organize their work, while readers can discover new comics, follow artists, and interact with content. Offers a premium subscription for access to exclusive comics.
- Upload comic panels, pages, and strips
- Organize work into series by issue and page
- Edit and replace uploaded artwork
- Create character profiles
- Discover comics, series, and creators
- Follow creators and save posts
- Interact via likes, comments, and messages
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Comic Garden is a social platform for comic creators and readers. For creators, upload your comic panels, pages, issues, and strips. Organize your work into series sorted by issue, page, and panel number—even when uploads arrive out of order. Edit and replace uploaded panel artwork as your series evolves. Create character profile pages with biographies and artwork. Creator Hub also gives you a referral code you can share with readers. For readers, discover comics, series, creators, and characters. Browse creator profiles, follow creators, save posts, and interact through likes, comments, and messages. Search the library, then stay connected with notifications. The Library Card subscription unlocks premium comics across the library through Apple In-App Purchase. Manage or restore your subscription from the Library Card screen. Comic Garden is a home for sequential art and the worlds built around it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://comicgarden.xyz/terms Privacy Policy: https://comicgarden.xyz/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Comic Garden at 5.0 against Comic Book Viewer's 3.8. Comic Garden also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Comic Book Viewer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (135 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Comic Garden sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Comic Book Viewer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Comic Garden 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.
Comic Book Viewer ships an update every 3 months, Comic Garden every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Comic Book Viewer | Comic Garden |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (135 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 135 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sebastian Boettcher | CHRISTIAN JOSHUA VELASQUEZ ZAVALA |
Customer experience
Comic Book Viewer
Comic Garden
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
Comic Garden
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Comic Book Viewer
No in-app purchases
Comic Garden
- Library Card$4.991 Month
Questions
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