Comparison

Comic Book Viewer vs StreamZine

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

StreamZine

Features
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Turn open archives and forum topics into your own library of comics, magazines and books. FIRST AND THE ONLY READER WITH NATIVE SUPPORT FOR StripZona, THE ex-YU vintage comics site. IMPORTANT • The app includes no content • You can read only what the sources hold; some need a (free) account on their own site • This is an independent reader, with no connection to those sites and no endorsement from them. SOURCES • Ex-YU: StripZona (forum topics, need free account), RetroSpec (computer magazines and books), Stripovi.com (free Croatian web comics), PopBoks (Džuboks, Ritam) • Comics: ComicBook+ (public domain, free account to download), BatCave • Vintage computer press: BombJack (Commodore, Amiga, Atari, MSX and more), Spectrum Computing (Sinclair), Atarimania (Atari), Vintage Apple (Byte, Macworld, MacUser, books and manuals) • Archive.org: import any item straight from its own page • Sources are switchable so you can hide the content and/or language you are not interested in • Local files support (USB, AirDrop, app Import) MANAGING CONTENT • Indexed sources are switchable • Forums: use Import to sign in and fetch metadata • Download individually, delete individually or in a group. THE LIBRARY • A grid of covers or a list view • Sort by: recently open, date added, title, series, hero, number, size • Search and filter by: downloaded, read, in progress. READING • Portrait turns page by page; landscape fits to screen width, scrolls like a web page • Smart Zoom trims blank margins so the artwork fills the screen • A scrubber, a thumbnail grid, remembers where you stopped. PRIVACY • No analytics, tracking, ads. The app has no account of its own • You sign in on each site's own form; the app cannot see your username or password. - - - - - StreamZine pretvara arhive i forumske teme u vašu biblioteku stripova, časopisa i knjiga. PRVI I JEDINI ČITAČ KOJI DIREKTNO PODRŽAVA STRIPZONA FORUM • Pipnite Import, izaberite StripZona • Prijavite se sa vašim nalogom (aplikacija ne vidi username i lozinku) • Lajkujete temu sa linkovima na stripove • Pipnite Import i aplikacija ce uneti podatke o svim stripovima sa te teme u biblioteku • Vratite se u glavni ekran (Done) i onda sa Download skidate stripove • Download je dugme (u listi naslova) ili drzite prst na naslovnici da se pojavi meni sa Download opcijom VAŽNO • Aplikacija ne sadrži nikakav sadržaj — biblioteka je na početku prazna. • Čitate samo ono što imaju arhive ispod; za neke treba (besplatan) nalog na njihovom sajtu. • Ovo je nezavisan čitač, bez veze sa navedenim sajtovima i bez njihove podrške. ARHIVE • Ex-YU: StripZona (teme sa foruma, treba besplatan nalog), RetroSpec (računarski časopisi i knjige), Stripovi.com (besplatni hrvatski web stripovi), PopBoks (Džuboks i Ritam). • Stripovi: ComicBook+ (javno vlasništvo, treba besplatan nalog) i BatCave. • Računarska štampa: BombJack (Commodore, Amiga, Atari, MSX i desetak drugih mašina), Spectrum Computing (Sinclair), Atarimania (Atari), Vintage Apple (Byte, Macworld, MacUser, knjige i uputstva). • Archive.org: uvoz bilo koje stavke direktno sa njene stranice. UČITAVANJE • Indeksirane arhive su tu čim ih upalite u Settings. • Za forume: upotrebite Import da se prijavite i preuzmete naslovnice, naslove, ediciju, izdavača i brojeve kao i linkove za skidanje. • Preuzimate i brišete pojedinačno ili grupno. • Ako se nešto ne učitava sa StripZone, javite mi. PREGLED BIBLIOTEKE • Kao tabela naslovnica ili lista naslova • Sortiranje: nedavno otvarano, datum, naslov, edicija, junak, broj, veličina • Pretraga i filteri: skinuto, pročitano, započeto. ČITANJE • Uspravno: strana po strana. Vodoravno: slika se raširi na širinu ekrana i skroluje. • Smart Zoom odseca prazne margine da crtež ispuni ekran. • Klizač, mreža sličica i pamćenje gde ste stali. PRIVATNOST • Nema analitike, praćenja, reklama; aplikacija nema nikakve svoje naloge. • Prijave (ako treba) idu na formama samih sajtova; aplikacija ne vidi vaša korisnička imena ni lozinke.

Screenshots

Comic Book Viewer2 screens
StreamZine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: StreamZine at every 4 days against Comic Book Viewer's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Comic Book Viewer ships an update every 3 months, StreamZine every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Comic Book Viewer versus StreamZine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComic Book ViewerStreamZine
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (135 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings135 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB17 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSebastian BoettcherMihailo Despotovic

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

StreamZine

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Comic Book Viewer

No in-app purchases

None

StreamZine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Comic Book Viewer free?
Comic Book Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StreamZine free?
StreamZine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Comic Book Viewer or StreamZine have ads?
Neither Comic Book Viewer nor StreamZine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Comic Book Viewer or StreamZine?
Comic Book Viewer ships an update every 3 months, and StreamZine every 4 days. Most recently, Comic Book Viewer was updated on October 13, 2026 and StreamZine on September 30, 2026.

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