xkcd - comics viewer v2.8.3

Jienan Zhang

About this app

Developer Description

Kudos to Randal. Best xkcd and what if viewer for me and all xkcd lovers.

Kudos to Randall, glory to all xkcd lovers.

This is yet another xkcd comics and what if articles viewer, while I'm refining it to become the best one, an easy and lite app with best in-app browsing experience^{[citation needed]}.

This app has so far:
- the best support to all those large xkcd comics. e.g. No. 657, 1040, and the toughest No. 980.
- native support for interactive comics like 1608, 2198, etc
- the best experience to read what if articles on mobile screen.
- the most fantastic list to browse xkcd archive.
- the quickest and most convenient way to check Explainxkcd, just hold and tap.
- the adorable favorite and thumb-up feature to your beloved comics and articles.

I am actively improving this app and related services, and it is fully open-sourced for every aspect of code on Github.

What's New

- Support interactive comic #2712, #2765
- Add settings for notification
- Improve extra puzzle #1 experience

Full release note on https://is.gd/xkcd_app

Version Information

Version: 2.8.3
Downloads: 10K+
Updated on: Aug 25, 2023
Released: Mar 12, 2018
Requires: Android 4.1

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xkcd - comics viewer users say on Google Play

★★★★★

A Google user

Here's what's in this free app: no ads, dark mode, very fast loading, intuitive controls, solid search, useful options with no unnecessary bloat...this is a case study in excellent app design. Sure, it's a simple task, but it does its humble job flawlessly and that's surprisingly hard to find. Well done, author - keep up the good work! Maybe give some pointers to the companies spending millions to make much shittier apps.

★★★★

sriki

Clean app and easy to use. But wish the developer adds a way to sort the comics from newest to oldest and scroll through it fast without loading the images

★★★

A Google user

EDIT: Immersive xkcd reader app with lots of interesting features which, taken as an individual technical achievement, is exceptional. However my personal use-case is that I just want to see the latest comic and then be shown a random selection of comics when I'm waiting for a bus or on the loo, therefore the lack of a "random" button is a problem for me (shaking is a cool function, but awkward in practice). I suspect this may be an issue for other users too, hence this review and feedback.

★★

Jim Boivin

lost its mojo only showing reload button. this problem happens more and more. it has run on the Samsung S25 ultra , but now just shows a reload widget in the screen, for all comics. this issue persisted with a reinstall.

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