ComicShare - Streaming Reader

Name: ComicShare - Streaming Reader
Rating: 4.4 (48 reviews)
Author: yoshitaka haneda

by yoshitaka haneda

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 31 Jul 2026

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Price: $3.99
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4.4 48 ratings · App Store

4/5Great Comic Reader
I’ve used most of the comic readers available, but just recently discovered ComicShare. I think it’s a great reader, and in my opinion, has the potential to be one of the best available. The first thing that stands out is that it does offer streaming (meaning you can read books from your PC or server, etc without having to download them to your iPad). It also has nice filters so that your books looks great when you are reading. There are a ton of options, which can be daunting at first (some of the translated descriptions of what the options do aren’t very clear), but once you experiment with them a bit you can really customize your setup. It also offers customizable tap regions for your screen, so that you can change what taps in certain areas do, and even change the size of the tap regions. There are a couple things that could use a bit of work, which is why I rated four stars. The main one would be that refreshing your folders so that you can see new books you have added to your server does not refresh sub-folders… meaning you have to go in each individual folder and refresh to see new material. This was the biggest problem I had… it would be great if the sub-folders refreshed and if, in fact, the whole thing just auto-refreshed without having to click a refresh button. There are also a couple features I would like to see added: - There is an option to remove the iPad homebar as you read, but it keeps coming back each time you turn a page. Would love it if that could be permanently hidden. - The biggest feature I would like to see added is a tab under “sharing” that will show the most recently added books to your server. There is an option to sort your shared library by date, but if you have things in sub folders, this doesn’t work very well, and it is still hard to locate books you have just added as you have to hunt through sub-directories (I have a sub-folder for each letter of the alphabet). It would be great to see all those new books on one tab. - I don’t use OPDS, but I know a lot of comic reader guys would like to see support for this, ubooquity, etc… This reader is very good… I’m looking forward to seeing how it develops in the future.

Drybonz99 · 31 Jul 2026
5/5Amazing Application
So many features, and very customizable for whatever books you are reading. Something that would be nice to have is Apple Pencil support on iPad, or at least a highlighter feature. I like to highlight things for future reference or for the purpose of looking up things later. Also, a highlighter is good so you can easily keep your place on a page for the times when you’ve had to stop reading. There are ways in the app you can do this like putting in notes for a bookmark you create but I believe a highlighter has more utility. Thank you for this great app at a reasonable price.

Kugatsu99 · 31 Jul 2026
4/5Wrong start page
This is a great app. Love the ability to stream through WebDAV. But some comics start in the middle of the book, instead of at the cover page. The cover page is displayed toward the end of the book. And the thumbnail shows the corresponding start page instead of the cover page. Any help from the developer?

Marky Watts · 31 Jul 2026
5/5Very good experience for comic reading
ComicShare is very powerful in comic reading, and can fit for different types of comics. I like it. The only problem I encountered is when CBZ file containing folders with non-English characters in the folder name, ComicShare cannot recognize them correctly. It should be a problem associated with encoding. I wonder which coding system does ComicShare use when it unzip files? I use utf8 in zipping the files.

Mo0Gu · 31 Jul 2026
5/5The best streaming comic reader
I've been using ComicShare to stream CBR/CBZ comics from a local NAS for a few years now. It works wonderfully and renders the comics quickly. Reading comics on an iPad with this app is a joy. There are tons of settings to tweak the experience and the coder is very responsive to questions. The app is updated often. This app should be on the top of the lists for comic streamers.

Grayswandir1 · 31 Jul 2026

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7.4
Added support for jxl files (iOS17 or higher) Fixed some bugs
7.4.2
Fixed some bugs
7.4.3
Fixed some bugs
7.4.4
Fixed some bugs
7.4.5
Fixed some bugs
7.4.6
New function - Added random to file list sorting Fixed some bugs
7.4.7
OneDrive is compatible with iOS13 or higher Fixed some bugs
7.4.8
Fixed some bugs
7.5
New Features ・The Anime4K and Waifu2x(iOS16+) upscaling functions have been added to the image processing. ・Added image processing preview screen. ・Pinch-in/pinch-out to change the height of rows in the shared, local, and library file list screens.(iOS16+) ・Tag settings can now be made on the file details screen of the shared and local file list screens. Also, browsing history information has been added. ・The sort button on the file list screen has been changed to the list settings button. ・The function to standardize the size of the cover of the file list screen has been added.(iOS16+) ・The function to set the rounded corners of the cover unified by the height/width ratio of the cover has been added.(iOS16+) ・Added display name, rating order, and manual sorting(iOS16+) to the shared and local file list screens. To manually change the sort order, tap and hold the file you want to reorder when pressing the Edit button in the upper right corner, and then drag and drop the file. ・The number of columns in the file list screen can be changed.(iOS16+) ・A function to narrow down the display of tags on the file list screen. ・The number of files, total size, etc. are displayed in the header of the file list screen. ・The option to download all rar files that exist on the server before browsing them has been added (guaranteed sorting order). ・Added the option to use or not use the quick open header for rar5. ・Added search function in the long-press menu for text and Epub. ・Added a confirmation dialog when a file with the same name already exists when downloading. ・Separated the storage area of the cover page for compressed files and image files. ・Added search by equal sign, less than or equal to, and greater than to the star refinement in the library. ・Added filter settings (AND/OR) for title, genre, etc. in the library. Bug Fixes
7.5.35
Fixed some bugs
7.5.36
Fixed some bugs
7.5.37
Fixed some bugs
7.5.38
Fixed some bugs
7.6
New Features - Automatically Retrieve Folder Images (Local, SMB, FTP, WebDAV, SFTP) Settings → Bookshelf (List) → Auto cover get → Automatically Retrieve Folder Images Default value is OFF. - For GoogleDrive and OneDrive, folder images will be automatically obtained if they exist on the cloud server - Function to fix display position when zooming in scroll mode (iOS17 or later) Some Bug fixes
7.6.2
Fixed some bugs
7.6.3
Fixed some bugs.
7.6.4
Fixed some bugs.
7.6.5
Added a feature to keep the search bar fixed in place. (Local, Server, Library, iOS16+) Settings -> BookShelf(List) -> Pin Search Bar Fixed some bugs
7.6.6
Added search functionality when downloading and moving files. Several bug fixes.
7.7
New Features -Show text only in list view -Add “Right edge” and “Left edge” options for the spine image position -Prioritize displaying the file extension for files with the same name on the server -Add saturation to image processing -Save and restore presets for individual settings(Add to submenu)
7.7.17
Some bug fixes
7.7.18
Fixed some bugs
7.7.19
Fixed some bugs.
7.7.20
Fixed some bugs.
7.7.21 · 3 Apr 2026
Fixed several bugs.

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