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Comic Life 3 app for iPhone and iPad


4.2 ( 1792 ratings )
Photo & Video Education
Developer: plasq LLC
4.99 USD
Current version: 3.5.7, last update: 5 years ago
First release : 23 Sep 2014
App size: 101.47 Mb

The Most Powerful Photo Comic Creation App Available.

"Of the comic book apps I’ve used, Comic Life, [...], has the most features and works best on an iPad because of the bigger screen... I love the way the app allows you to edit tiny details, from the shape and style of word bubbles to the size and placement of each story cell." - Kit Eaton, The New York Times

- Introducing an integrated Script Editor*, next generation image filters and built in Instant Alpha tool.
- New graphics features include speedlines, halftones, updated stroke options and more!
- Dozens of fully customizable templates.
- Everything you need at your fingertips: speech balloons, photo filters, comic lettering, templates, shapes, shadows and effects.

Download Comic Life 3 to create dynamic comics with your photos.

Packed with fonts, templates, balloons, captions, and lettering art, Comic Life is a fun, powerful and easy-to-use app that makes creating comics easier than ever. And now you can build your comics anywhere you like!

Easily go from taking photos to creating full comics all on one device with full page templates and panel layouts. Create original stories with the integrated Script Editor then drag and drop your words to the comic page when youre done.

Bring in photos from your photo library or access web photos via Flickr integration, and the app’s powerful editing and design tools to get exactly the look you want.

When your work of art is complete, use the integrated reader to review pages on your device. Or share with your friends and family. Choose from Facebook, Twitter, email or open your comic in another app as a PDF.

New Tools and Features in Comic Life 3

Script Editor* that recognizes elements as you type
17 Advanced parametric image filters
Dozens of full templates with hundreds of panel layout options.
Instant Alpha tool built in so you can knock out image backgrounds
Speedlines, halftones, and textures
Fully customizable fill and borders for balloons, lettering, captions, panels and shapes
New balloon variety slider for even more customization
Customizable gradient builder
Draw shapes
Over 60 font options
Load photos directly from photo library
Integrated camera feature to instantly add photos to your comic
Supports multi-page comics

Using Comic Life you can:

- Read your comics with the integrated e-reader.
- Create photo comics in the full featured comic editor.
- Share your comics on Facebook, Twitter, via Mail, AirDrop and iTunes File Share.
- Transfer your comics to Mac or Windows and keep working with Comic Life 3 on your desktop or laptop.
- Send your comics to a printer on your wireless network.
- Choose from full page layouts including panels, titles and captions along with complimentary styles for a high end look.
- Drag and Drop elements anywhere in your comic page.
- Easily add photos from your library with the Place Photo button in panels.
- Curve and place balloon tails precisely with advanced tail controls.
- Resize and rotate images, clip them in panels along with balloons, captions, and lettering.
- Create multilayered color gradients to design the perfect style for lettering, captions or background.
- Use smart shapes to add common shapes and the free form shape drawing tool to create any line or shape you can imagine.
- Work without worry of losing your creation as documents are automatically saved whenever a change is made.


* This feature is available on iPad only

Pros and cons of Comic Life 3 app for iPhone and iPad

Comic Life 3 app good for

Its a pleasure to work with the App. It offers a stable possibility for mobile working. Thats a great step forward. I also use the Win-Program and with both parts combined Im more than satisfied. The workflow and new options stand for themselves. Great work plasq!
Id say it was a good investment...I love the easy interface. Both process and product have exceeded any expectations I might have had...& customer service is responsive ...5
Very good app! I use it in schools with kids to create comics from drawings with Doxie scanner. I would like to be able to resize borders without rescaling image inside, like version 2.
I use this on my iPad mini and it works perfectly with no lag :) It is great... Gives you a ton of options and I sometimes even use this as a photo editor... I recommend it to anyone and everyone :) Very satisfied
This used to be a great comic book app. However, after spending a lot of time with it I cant say that anymore. Its super buggy. The will crash more often than it works. Also, when it freezes its impossible to get your comic back. Until these and many other bugs are addressed I will stick with Comics Head. Update: I love all the new templates! And they seemed to have addressed most of the bugs. However, there is still a major bug with the old newspaper template. It often crashes and students lose all their work. Also, the app needs a simplified menu for younger students.

Some bad moments

Good program but keeps crashing. Lost two projects i spent a lot of time on. Would like a refund please.
Im running it on mac and iPad. Under os8 it makes a lot of problems. I hope you find a way to stop the problems.
The Dropbox integration was seamless in previous version. While its still available in a convoluted way, bit of a disappointment for a full price upgrade
The older version was a lot easier to use, Im very disappointed
Save to another app crash. Import from Desktop App crash. Too unstable to enjoy or trust for work. I have lost work twice due to reinstalls. Needs a lot of stabilizing work. Another app rushed to market before it was ready.
No way to edit files between platforms now that Dropbox support is gone.