Smart Comic Reader Reviews

by NJacuguy

For some reason, new downloaded comics can’t be opened in Chunky, so didn’t wanna pay for another comic reader, so found this. No brightness options or automatically grouping by title or author, but could live with those. However, simple page turning is REALLY CUMBERSOME. You can’t page turn by a simple swipe as in Chunky, have to tap. Worse, unless you like reading only in the default zoom percentage, the tap won’t work. After having to zoom and zoom out for every page after just one issue, I’m done. Wasted hours downloading new comics. You get what you pay for

by Prunch

SmartComicReader is great. I love that I put make collections within collections so my library doesn’t become convoluted with spin-offs and tie-ins. The panel by panel navigation is broken, however. Makes it difficult to read on a phone. The error I’m getting is
“Error detecting panels. Unable to load model” followed by what looks like a directory location. I’m happy to send a screenshot if there is an email I can use for you. Thanks!

by FabioMaia

I really like SmartComicReader , it’s miles away from the competition. The only thing missing for me (and I don’t know if there’s some way of doing it and I haven’t figured it out) it’s the ability to move folders inside other folders so I can get everything in order. But that’s the only thing so far that bugged me.

by Crozz19

Is a really good reader, is fast so i can transfers tons of comics at once through itunes and has complete iCloud integration which makes transfers really comfortable. the only thing i see missing is the ability to reorder comics manually. right now they only rearrange themselves in alphabetical order which can be a pain if you need to read more than one comic in sequence

by Tha Sim

Wish ratings had decimals so I could give it a 4.5/5 or heck, even a 4.9/5.

SmartComicReader is AWESOME! The UI is great, very minimal and clean. The panel-to-panel reading is so cool and I love how it integrates with iCloud so you can pick up your reading on other devices. If other services get supported like Google Drive, this will be a 5/5. Great job!

by SwordsandWolves

I had tried out Panels and found it wouldn’t reliably zoom into individual panels of the comic I had downloaded. I figured it was because the comic was an “older style”, so maybe the less defined panel borders were harder for it to pick up on; I just muscled through.
I decided to try SmartComicReader and lo and behold it immediately did what I wanted, label zoomed into individual panels reliably, in order, and rotated wide panels for optimal viewing. Not to mention it didn’t lag in page transitions.
SmartComicReader is truly the best, it is exactly what I needed, look no further.

by Pattheaux

I’ve tried several iPad comic readers and this one is the best. The panel to panel reading works better really well. I wish that the Marvel Unlimited reader worked as well as this one.

by Tazgodx

The auto zoom to panels works so well, it makes reading on an iPhone so easy and nice!

by Phoenix-88

I don’t write reviews, but the greater of SmartComicReader deserves every positive review. I have seen paid apps with worse features then this. Awesome work.

by Oníonbooty

App is butter. Super satisfying to read comics with. Love the iCloud sync and easy to import for offline viewing. How is this free?? Thank you! Please add ability to manually arrange order, and also a tip jar.

by NarwhalBurrito

limited ads, perfectly smooth scrolling and detecting panels, unlike any other comic reading app I’ve used.

by Bulls2go

The auto panel detection has been really good so far. Currently reading comics from the 60s with more strict panels. Will update when I get into more modern comics with more complex panels.

by Hungry4therich

Can you add page animations please?
Also, the ability to change the background from black to white while reading?

Thank you.

by Steevil13

LOVING your app so far.
Best option is it created folders with my PD comics on my iCloud DRIVE & it syncs both ways.
(NO other app does this)... Drop PDF in App & it uploaded to comic folder on iCloud Drive. Dropped PDF Comic in iCloud Drive folder & it sync’d automatically into my app..,

Would like to see option within my collections folders to see a LIST view that would show more of the title name with a smaller view of the cover.

Keep up the great work...

by RetroReef

As someone who’s been reading comics digitally for a decade now. The ability to use panel-to-panel reading with your own comics is huge! I can’t even express how much I’m loving SmartComicReader. I always wished that this technology existed and to randomly stumble on SmartComicReader a few days ago and discover that we have already arrived in this amazing future… my mind was blown. So happy with it. Honestly the happiest I’ve ever been with a new app.

by Itslitfam16

Amazing job, only thing I can ask for is native Google Drive support with the ability to directly “stream” comics instead of importing and downloading. Will definitely pay and support you for that

by Richr0ll

Ive been reading comics on my ipad for years using various cbr readers and this is the one that finally meets the mark and fulfills all my prerequisites for a great comic reader. Excellent! Im surprised at how under the radar it is, this deserves to be the number 1 comic reader on SmartComicReader store!

by M.a.N.T

It zooms in automatically and you can scroll through the panels. You won’t have to squint your eyes or manually zoom in to read the text. The only app that does this so far.
I just wish I could turn off the rotate feature

by Ectiwana

I like to read fleetway sonic comics online. It’s convenient, but some of the page is usually not readable. THIS is where this amazing app comes to use. It supports cbr, cbz, and best of all, Pdf files. I can read comics clearly without any struggle easily. This is the best comic reader for ios, and I definitely recommend it.

by BImreviewer

Does everything you would want. Double page when in horizontal view, zoom mode that follows from panel to panel. Continues to the next comic in a series folder without having to leave the current comic . It also does a reasonable job of folder management, my only suggestion would be the ability to attach thumbnails to folders so it isn’t as visually jarring from single issues. But overall fantastic app.

by Laugher0021

If you don’t have the money to buy other Readers this is the best option!