A PDF comic reader for your phone, tablet and computer
To read a PDF comic, add the file to LiveComics in the app or in any browser, then read it page by page, one panel at a time, or read aloud. A normal PDF app shows a comic as a document, so on a phone you end up pinching and dragging around each page. Here, Panel view frames one panel at a time to fill the screen. Adding a PDF and reading it is free.
How do I read a PDF comic?
Add the PDF to your library once, and it follows you to every screen you sign in on.
- Make a free account at livecomics.to, or get the app from the App Store, Google Play or the Microsoft Store.
- In your library, press + Add Comics and pick the PDF. You can pick many at once.
- Choose Pages only, Panel view or Voiced and press Add.
- Give it a few minutes. Every page of a PDF has to be rendered before it can be read, so a PDF takes longer to prepare than a CBZ.
Each file can be up to 2.6 GB. A free account imports 30 comics a month and holds 1 GB, about 20 single issues, with no card. For a bigger collection, Collector is $3 a month for 50 GB and lifts the import limit.
Can I read PDF comics on my iPhone, iPad or Android?
Yes. LiveComics is in the App Store for iPhone and iPad and on Google Play for Android, and it also runs in your phone's browser. Add the PDF from your files, and your place is kept on every device.
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Can I read PDF comics on Windows or Mac?
Yes. LiveComics runs in Edge, Chrome, Firefox or Safari with nothing to install, and it is in the Microsoft Store for Windows. Press + Add Comics, pick the PDF, and read it in the browser.
Why read a PDF comic one panel at a time?
Because a comic page was drawn for a printed page, not a phone. Panel view finds each panel and fills your screen with it, so you tap to the next panel in reading order instead of zooming and dragging. It is free on every issue, for PDF, CBR, CBZ and EPUB alike.
Can a PDF comic be read aloud?
Yes. Many comic PDFs are scans with no text in them, so a normal read-aloud tool has nothing to read. Voiced reads the speech balloons from the art itself. Every balloon is read in order by two synthetic narrators matched to each speaker, with the drawn sound effects and a soundscape under every scene. Voices come with a monthly plan or a top-up, and you see the price in credits before you press Add.
What won't work?
A PDF with a password is refused, so make a copy without the password and add that. A zip file full of PDFs is refused too: unzip it and add the PDFs themselves. Comics bought inside another store's own app stay in that app. And the instant reader on our CBR and CBZ pages doesn't open PDFs, so a PDF needs a free account.
Is PDF or CBZ better for comics?
If you can choose, pick CBZ. It is a zip of the page images, so it opens right away, and our instant reader opens it with no account. PDF works just as well once it is in your library, and it is often the only format you get. There is no need to convert one to the other.
Straight answers
What is the best app to read PDF comics?
It depends on how you read. Any PDF app shows whole pages. If you want one panel at a time on a phone, or the comic read aloud, use a reader built for comics: LiveComics does both on iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows and in any browser.
Can I read PDF comics online?
Yes. Make a free account at livecomics.to, add the PDF, and read it in any browser with nothing to install. A free account holds 1 GB, about 20 single issues, with no card.
How do I read PDF comics on an iPad?
Install Live Comics: Comic Book Reader from the App Store, or open livecomics.to in Safari, then add the PDF from the Files app. It reads page by page, one panel at a time, or aloud.
How do I read PDF comics on Android?
Install Live Comics from Google Play, or open livecomics.to in Chrome, then add the PDF from your phone's files. Panel view is free and fills the screen with one panel at a time.
Do I need to convert CBR to PDF?
No. LiveComics reads CBR, CBZ, PDF and EPUB as they are, so you can skip the converter and add the file you already have.
Is a PDF comic reader free here?
Yes, to add and read your comics. A free account imports 30 comics a month with 1 GB of storage and no card, Panel view is free on every issue, and voices come with a monthly plan or a top-up.
Are my PDF comics private?
Yes. What you upload lands on your own private shelf and nowhere else, and you can delete any of it at any time. You keep ownership of everything you add.
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