ComicStow
The ComicStow app icon: a manga character peeking up under a speech bubble that reads ComicStow.

Your comics, on your phone.

ComicStow is a comic reader for iPhone. It opens the files you already have and reads them offline, with no account to make.

Coming to the App Store. Needs iOS 26 or later.

Your library
The ComicStow library: a grid of comic covers with titles and pages read, and Import, Organize and Select buttons.
Vertical scroll
A comic chapter read as one continuous vertical strip, with the page counter showing 5 of 14.
Reading settings
The Reading Settings sheet over a comic page, with the Standard, Vertical Scroll and Fill Screen presets.

Pages or scroll

Turn pages or scroll one long strip, left to right or right to left. Save your settings as a scheme for each kind of comic.

Reads what you have

CBZ, ZIP, CBR, RAR, PDF, EPUB, MOBI, AZW3 and folders of images, imported from the Files app.

Keeps your place

Every comic opens on the page you left it.

Library and collections

Search and sort your comics, mark favorites and group them into collections.

Private Library

Keep some titles behind Face ID, a PIN or a pattern. They're hidden whenever the app goes to the background.

Backup and restore

Export your library to a file you choose, then restore it on another iPhone. Your comics are never uploaded to us. Privacy policy

In English, 简体中文 and 繁體中文. DRM-protected books and encrypted archives aren't supported, and compatibility depends on each file's contents.

Comic in the screenshots: Pepper&Carrot by David Revoy, CC BY 4.0.