Paper Comic Reader is a fast, private, native reader for your CBZ comics.
No account, no cloud, no ads, no tracking — just your comics, on your device.
BUILT FOR READING
• Open CBZ (ZIP) comic archives instantly.
• Full-screen, paged reader tuned for smooth, high-frame-rate page turns on ProMotion.
• A signature paper reading mode — warm paper texture, grain and show-through you can dial in.
• Double-page spreads in landscape, pinch to zoom, tap or swipe to turn.
• Jump anywhere from a page grid.
YOUR LIBRARY
• Discover and Recents carousels put the comic you reach for next front and centre.
• Bookmark any page — each bookmark keeps a thumbnail so you find it at a glance.
• Reads ComicInfo.xml metadata: series, issue, credits and a story index in a clean detail view.
• A home-screen widget brings back the comic you read last.
• Light and dark mode.
BRING YOUR OWN COMICS
• Import from anywhere the Files app can reach — your device, iCloud Drive, or a file server.
• Point it at a folder and every comic shows up; each downloads when you open it, and a download can be removed again to save space while the entry stays.
• See your CBZ covers as thumbnails right in the Files app.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No sign-in, no analytics, no data collection. Everything stays on your device.
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- New home-screen widget: the comic you read last, one tap from where you left off. In Small, and on iOS 27 in Extra Large with title and reading progress.
- Paper Comic Reader now speaks German and Italian.
- Portrait reading, reimagined: your pages sit side by side in one strip. Read page by page or turn on Continuous Scrolling, and double-tap or pinch to switch between full height and screen width.
- Turn your device and reading carries on with the same page in the landscape double-page view, and back again.
- In landscape, a swipe down now closes the comic too.
- Settings are now grouped into Appearance, Page Turning, Portrait and Landscape.
Version 1.4.1
The developer, Ulf Schuster, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Accessibility
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