15 best apps to read free comics on Android

Do you like manga, superhero comic books, underground or European comics? If you have a good Android tablet or mobile phone and you are a bit like me, then today’s post will surely interest you.In this week’s top list we review the best applications to read comics completely free . As I always say in this type of rankings, remember that we do not include any application that promotes pirated content. Everything is 100% legal, and in accordance with the law, as they say.

best apps to read free comics on Android

Large American publishers like Marvel and DC still have a lot to learn in order to promote their comics in digital format (it can’t be that almost all of them are paid and worth the same as on paper!). Given the success it is having, it is more than clear that the future lies in initiatives like Shueisha’s…

Sleeve PLUS

Shueisha has revolutionized the comic sector with this application. Manga Plus offers completely free of charge all the mangas that are published in Shonen Jump and the rest of the publisher’s magazines simultaneously with their release in Japan.

If we want to stay up to date with Dragon Ball Super, My Hero Academia, Boruto, One Piece or reread modern classics like Death Note , we cannot overlook the Manga Plus proposal. It currently has a catalog of 56 active publications, with weekly updates and many of them also in Spanish. Without a doubt, the best app to read free and quality manga from your mobile.

Global Comix

Global Comix is ​​an app that allows you to read comic-books from Image, Boom Studios, Top Cow and other American publishers in digital format (there are more than 250). There is also room for independent creators, and in total the platform has more than 5,000 artists.

Many of the comics out there can be read for free, and from what we have seen there is a lot of accessible material. Of course, there is also a subscription for $9.99 per month to support the authors and be able to read all the comics in the catalog.

The truth is that the app is quite good. Some comics have been created to be read vertically on a mobile screen. There are also other comics, such as Invincible, which, although it was originally created on paper, can be read much more comfortably here, since each touch on the screen zooms in on the page and takes us to the next panel or speech bubble. of text automatically. In this sense, the reading experience is much better than that of other leading apps like Manga Plus.

Read me! One Piece

When we say that the Japanese know how to attract new readers we say it exactly because of moves like this. Coinciding with the premiere of the One Piece live-action series on Netflix, the creators of the manga published a website called Read me! One Piece containing the first 100 issues of the manga .

All issues can be read completely free, legally, and in Spanish thanks to the collaboration with the Planeta publishing house (which is the one that publishes One Piece in Spain). It is a web application that works like a comic reader in the browser, so it is not necessary to install any app.

WEBTOON

The big difference between WEBTOON and the rest of the apps that publish comics that also come out on paper is the format. This app only collects comics that were originally intended to be read on a screen, which makes them much easier to digest (fewer panels and speech bubbles per page).

The WEBTOON platform collects more than 7,000 webcomics of various genres , ranging from action, to horror, romance, comedy and everything we can think of. The style is also very varied, with American-style webcomics, manga, manhwa or superheroics. The authors are also top notch, and we found things as interesting as Sarah’s Scribbles by Sarah Anderson. The best application to read comics for free and legally after Manga PLUS.

K MANGA

If you like manga, don’t lose sight of K MANGA , an app similar to Manga Plus developed by Kodansha that premiered in May 2023. For now, the deployment of the platform has been limited only to the United States, leaving the rest of the countries pending. for a future that we hope will arrive soon.

It must be remembered that Kodansha is the publisher of such emblematic mangas as Akira, Sailor Moon, Attack on Titan, Vinland Saga, Ghost in the Shell or Tokyo Revengers, among others. Regarding the app, we can read some comics for free, while for others a points system is used (which we can get by paying money or watching ads).

Tapas – Comics, novels and stories

Another excellent app to read comics and manga from your mobile or tablet screen is Tapas. As these are webcomics, the pages are adapted to mobile format, which makes them much easier to read. There is a lot of light and romantic novel, but it also touches on genres such as horror, fantasy or comedy .

After having given the catalog a good review, I would say that the medium level is a little more amateur than WEBTOON, although it also has titles of great quality. Some of his most popular comics are “ They say I was born a King’s daughter ”, “ Silent Horror Z ” and “ Jack: The American Ghost ”.

WebComics

As its name suggests, an app to read webcomics on Android. It mainly exploits romantic and BL genre manga, with titles like “Somewhere in Time” or “I was XXX by my idol”. It has more than 500 authors and a loyal base of more than 1 million daily active users.

It is a platform very similar to Tapas and WEBTOON, although I personally believe that the comics that are published are a little below these in terms of variety and quality of drawing – with some noble exceptions. In any case, it is still an excellent source of free comics aimed at a fairly well-defined audience (mainly teenagers).

Marvel Unlimited

Let’s not fool ourselves, the Marvel and DC Comics apps are not the best place to go in search of free comics . In the case of Marvel, the company has an app called Marvel Unlimited, which it has been working on for years and is doing quite well today.

It is a subscription service with which we can read all of the publisher’s comics for $9.99 per month, in addition to some exclusive comics created in digital format for the platform. Of course, they offer us a 7-day trial period during which we can read all the comics we want for free.

DC Universe Infinite

In the case of DC Comics, the publisher today has the DC Universe Infinite app, which is a subscription service similar to Marvel Unlimited, with around 25,000 titles available, both new releases and classic stories.

As we say, the service is also premium, but they offer a free 7-day trial period that we can take advantage of to give their catalog a good review. Now, its availability is limited regionally, and in countries like Spain, for example, it is not yet available (nor does it look like it will be available in the short term).

Tappytoon

Free platform for reading comics focused on the romantic genre mixed with touches of action and fantasy . Some of its most popular titles include names like Solo Leveling, Dungeon Reset, The Adventures of a Demon King’s Daughter, Light & Shadow or The Abandoned Empress, among others.

The application allows you to read free comics without even logging in, although if we want to have access to more content we will have to log in. It also has a points system that we can buy or get to support artists or unlock new chapters of our favorite webtoons, comics, manhwas or graphic novels.

Dark Horse Comics

App to buy and read comics on Android practically identical to those of Marvel and DC. What differentiates it from these 2 is that it has a larger catalog of free digital comic-books in several languages ​​(although Spanish is still very little present). It also has some shortcomings such as the absence of images or previews of the comics. It’s nothing to write home about, but overall it’s pretty good.

The American publisher Dark Horse is known for its cartoon adaptations of well-known franchises such as Alien, Battlestar Galactica, James Bond, Stranger Things, Overwatch and many others. In addition, they publish mangas such as Berserk and The Sword of the Immortal, and it is the home of the legendary Hellboy.

Lezhin Comics

Lastly, I wouldn’t like to end this list without mentioning Lezhin Comics, one of the most popular apps for reading webcomics in South Korea . The comics are available in English, so you don’t need to know Korean to enjoy the experience.

It has a credit system to read the content, although it also offers several titles for free. Of course, the focus is mainly on romantic-themed comics, although there are also science-fiction and action series.

Amazon Kindle

Did you know that if you are a member of Amazon Prime you have at your disposal a notable catalog of comics available for free ? You just have to install the Kindle app and you can add a ton of comics to your library and read them directly without leaving the app.

When Amazon bought the Comixology app, many people threw their hands up, and although it is true that many things have been lost along the way, if you have a Prime account you can get a lot out of it thanks to Amazon’s Prime Reading service.