Simple Comic AlternativesComic and Manga Readers and other similar apps like Simple Comic

Simple Comic is described as 'Specialized comic viewer that can display images stored in a variety of formats. Includes quicklook preview and thumbnail generation plugin for CBR and CBZ files' and is a comic and manga reader in the news & books category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Simple Comic for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPad apps. The best Simple Comic alternative is Evince, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Simple Comic are YACReader, OpenComic, CDisplay Ex and STDU Viewer.

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  1. Evince icon

    Evince

     455 likes
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    Evince (or GNOME Document Viewer) is a document viewer for multiple document formats: PDF, Postscript, djvu, tiff, dvi, XPS, SyncTex support with gedit, comics books (cbr,cbz,cb7 and cbt) and others. See Supported Document Formats for details.

    115 Evince alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    Evince screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Minimalistic
    3.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  PDF annotation
    2.  Invert colours
    3.  Multiple languages
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Portable
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  No registration required
    9.  No Tracking
    10.  Handwriting recognition
    11.  Windows Compatible

    Evince VS Simple Comic

     

    • Evince is the most popular Linux alternative to Simple Comic.

    • Evince is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Simple Comic.

    • Evince is Free and Open SourceSimple Comic is also Free and Open Source
    • Evince is Lightweight and Privacy focusedSimple Comic is not according to our users
  2. YACReader icon

    YACReader

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    YACReader is a comic reader and comic manager with support for cbr cbz zip rar comic files.

    58 YACReader alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • ES flagSpain
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    YACReader screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Simple installation
    2.  Read Manga
    3.  Integrated PDF Viewer
    4.  Portable
    5.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Built-in viewer
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  No Tracking
    10.  No registration required

    YACReader VS Simple Comic

     

    • YACReader is the most popular Windows, Mac, iPhone & iPad alternative to Simple Comic.

    • YACReader is Free and Open SourceSimple Comic is also Free and Open Source
  4. OpenComic icon

    OpenComic

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    OpenComic is a free and open-source comic and manga reader for Windows, Mac and Linux, written with Node.js and using Electron.

    66 OpenComic alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    OpenComic screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Electron based
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Cloud Sync
    7.  Portable

    OpenComic VS Simple Comic

     
  5. CDisplay Ex icon

    CDisplay Ex

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    CDisplayEx is a light, efficient CBR Reader, and it is also the most popular comic book reader. It is able to read all comic book formats (.cbr file, .cbz, .pdf, etc..) and Manga. Everything is designed to give you the best comic reading experience, it load comic books...

    50 CDisplay Ex alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    CDisplay Ex screenshot 1
    Bundleware

    The installation may contain adwares: the EULA states that you are agreeing to install OpenCandy

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Built-in viewer
    2.  Adaptive Backgrounds

    CDisplay Ex VS Simple Comic

     

    • CDisplay Ex is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Simple Comic.

    • CDisplay Ex is Freemium and ProprietarySimple Comic is Free and Open Source
  6. STDU Viewer icon

    STDU Viewer

     93 likes
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    Are you tired from many viewers one for each document? Do you want to have, one program for all your technical documentations, scientific books and so on? Do you want to have program, which fast opens files, fast loads pages and fast renders page to screen? And all of this in fre.

    90 STDU Viewer alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Windows
    STDU Viewer screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 1.6.375, released in April 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Portable
    3.  Tabbed interface
    4.  Support for regular expressions

    STDU Viewer VS Simple Comic

     
  7. Mcomix icon

    Mcomix

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    MComix is an user-friendly, customizable image viewer. It is specifically designed to handle comic books, but also serves as a generic viewer. It reads images in ZIP, RAR, 7Zip or tar archives as well as plain image files.

    50 Mcomix alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xfce
    Mcomix screenshot 1

    Mcomix Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Fast motion

    Mcomix VS Simple Comic

     
  9. CDisplay icon

    CDisplay

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    CDisplay is a free sequential image viewer utility for Windows used to view images one at a time in the style of a comic book. CDisplay was written to easily view JPEG, PNG and static GIF format images sequentially.

    34 CDisplay alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    CDisplay screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Last version, 1.8, was released on April 2004. It can be downloaded from the official site.

    CDisplay VS Simple Comic

     
  10. Comix icon

    Comix

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    Comix is an image viewer specifically designed to handle comic books. It reads ZIP, RAR and tar archives (also gzip or bzip2 compressed), as well as plain image files. It has a simple and user-friendly GUI using PyGTK.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    Main Window
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated; this is the reason the Mcomix icon Mcomix fork was started. Last version of Comix, 4.0.4, released in April 2009, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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  11. C.B.R. - Comic Book Reader icon

    C.B.R. - Comic Book Reader

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    Comic Book Reader is the viewer you need to enjoy all your electronic publication. It is available both as Desktop and Windows 8 Metro UI for PC and tablets.

    96 C.B.R. - Comic Book Reader alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Ribbon UI
    Discontinued

    The last update is from October 2017.

    C.B.R. - Comic Book Reader Features

    1.  Built-in RSS reader
    2.  Integrated PDF Viewer

    C.B.R. - Comic Book Reader VS Simple Comic

     
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    Xee

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    Xee is an streamlined and convenient image viewer and browser. It is similar to macOS's Preview.app, but lets you easily browse the entire contents of folders and archives, move and copy image files quickly, and supports many more image formats.

    81 Xee alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • UA flagUkraine

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Xee screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Image browser
    2.  Fullscreen support

    Xee VS Simple Comic

     
    Comments about Xee as an Alternative to Simple Comic
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    Xee is a general image viewer, not a comic book archive viewer.

    Simple Comic Icon
    Xee icon

    • Xee is the most popular commercial alternative to Simple Comic.

    • Xee is Paid and ProprietarySimple Comic is Free and Open Source
    • Xee is LightweightSimple Comic is not according to our users
  13. Komik icon

    Komik

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    Komik is the first comic/manga viewer and collection manager designed specifically for Android tablets and phones. I would love to hear any suggestions from you.

    56 Komik alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    Komik screenshot 1

    Komik VS Simple Comic

     
  14. GonVisor icon

    GonVisor

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    GonVisor is a viewer of pictures, comics, magazines, books, images in electronic format. Created to view image sequences, fitting them to the proper size, and to create and open cbr/cbz/cba/zip/rar/ace files of images.

    33 GonVisor alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
    GonVisor screenshot 1

    GonVisor Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Multiple languages
    3.  Magazines

    GonVisor VS Simple Comic

     
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