Comic Book Viewer
View your favorite comic books
Free
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.
more • Fixed a bug with the latest iOS release that broke the scrollbar
Sorry for the long delay!
2.22 23/12/2025
• Small fixes and support for iOS 26
2.21 28/09/2025
• Fixed bug where some comics could not be imported due to corruption despite when containing certain macOS-related metadata
2.20 22/10/2024
• Fixed bug where some comics could not be imported due to corruption despite being perfectly fine.
• Allows to zoom in some more.
• Remembers last selected reading order.
2.19 10/08/2024
• Fixed bug where first and last page of a pdf archive would be broken.
• Fixed a crash where an archive containing file names with very large numbers would lead to an integer overflow.
• Brought back feature to not identify the file type by its uti but rather by its magic bytes. This helps if the file is named *.cbz when it is a *.cbr instead.
2.18 15/04/2024
• Fixed a sporadic crashes when opening cbr files
• Fixed a bug that prevents the user from importing comics using the + button
2.17 08/04/2024
• Fixed a crash during startup. Sorry for the inconvenience!
2.16 17/08/2023
• Fixed a bug where an already imported file could not be properly imported again
• Added a new and easier way to import comics from within the app
2.15 14/08/2023
• Fixed a bug where the wrong page would be shown after switching the app
• Fixed an annoying flickering when switching the app or opening a comic
2.14 04/04/2023
• Removed support for opening comics in-place, this lead to too many bugs
• Fixed bugs where pages could be shown in the wrong order
• Page direction can now flipped while reading
• Fixed a bug that could lead to a crash
• Support to import whole folders from the files app
2.13 31/12/2020
• Supports opening comics in-place, without the need to import them into the library
• Fixed a bug where pages could be shown in the wrong order
• Added a setting to toggle the double page display in landscape mode on iPad
• Fixed a bug where selecting or deselecting a group in the library could crash
• Improved stability
2.12 23/12/2020
• Minimum supported iOS 12.4
• Support for OS 14
• Presents the pages in left-to-right or right-to-left reading order, depending on metadata (isManga, Manga, reading-direction, readingDirection)
• Shows two pages on iPad in landscape orientation
• Improved handling of cbr files
• Appearance (dark or light) now can be overridden in the settings
• Various small fixes and improvements
• Now supports metadata in AdvancedComicBook-Format and in CoMet-Format
2.11 08/12/2020
• Improved file import: files having a mismatching compression / extension now can be imported
• Improved handling of cbz and cbr files
• Fixed a bug where pages would be displayed in the wrong order in some cases
• Other small fixes and improvements
2.10 17/06/2020
• Supports sending multiple files via AirDrop (when sending to another iOS device, only files of the same type are supported)
• Improved library: whole groups now can be selected or deselected
• Library now supports grouping by file type (cbz, cbt, cbr, pdf, cb7)
• Dark Mode improvements
2.9 30/05/2020
• Fixed a bug that would prevent the app from opening on iOS 12
2.8 03/03/2020
• Added support for Dark Mode
• Small fixes and improvements
• Support for iOS 13
2.7 16/02/2020
• Added a welcome alert to instruct users that there are options in the settings app
• Improved speed of first launch after app upgrade - upgrades from version 1.x are no longer possible
• Added the ability to rename single or multiple files by changing the issue, the series and/ or the title
• Added grouping by writer, publisher, genre and reading progress
• Comics now show their reading progress by either a badge for new comics, or a pie chart for comics being read
• In the reader view, tapping on the left or right side now navigates to the previous or next page
• Fixed french localisation
• Other bug fixes and stability improvements
2.6 28/11/2018
• Implemented numerous UI improvements
• Added a setting to display large covers in the library. This improves the performance on iPad
• Improved searching - search for all, only new or only read comics
• Fixed a bug with the Spotlight integration
• Fixed a bug where searching for comics could not be cancelled on iPad
Thank you for your feedback!
2.5 10/10/2018
• Unread comics are now marked with a blue triangle
• Support for iOS 12
2.4 20/09/2018
• Fixed a bug that could corrupt custom tags during upgrade
• Added support for archives containing WebP images
• Improved the hints shown when the library is empty
• Various other small improvements
2.3 21/06/2018
• The popup showing the current page is now hidden in fullscreen mode
• Bug fixes and stability improvements
2.2 17/03/2018
• Added support for iPhone X
• Overhauled user interface
• Provides thumbnails for the files app
• Bug fixes and stability improvements
2.1 20/12/2017
• Complete rewrite of the backend to improve performance.
• Added a setting to disable autolock during reading
• Added a setting to keep the zoom factor persistent when switching pages
• Added support to group comics by date
2.0 03/12/2017
• Fixed a crash on startup or when adding certain pdf files.
1.6 21/07/2017
• Improved metadata extraction and display.
• The library now sports an index to quickly scroll through a large amount of comics.
• Support for comics in cb7 format. This format is painfully slow to decode and not recommended.
• Support for older devices (with iOS 9.3.5) came back.
1.5 14/07/2017
• Fixed a bug with the latest iOS release that broke the scrollbar
Sorry for the long delay!
more Version 2.22 23/12/2025
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