xkcd - comics viewer

Jienan Zhang

About this app

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.

Ratings and reviews

The XKCD browser I used for years doesn't seem to be available for my new phone (Pixel 9 foldable) so I tried this. It has some cute features, but I don't seem to be able to zoom, so the comics are hard for me to read without glasses. Putting the rollover text before the comic is an odd choice too. I'm not sure I'll keep this app.

Have used the app for 15 minutey, already absolutely love the it. I will change to 5 stars as soon as there is a random button (shaking is very akward). Another idea: dark mode for comics as well: map the white background to dark grey and the black to light gray (not just invert the comics). Also I am missing an option to download all comics for offline access. Edit: maybe move the date to the middle and put a shuffle button to the left to keep the symmetry. Otherwise fair point.

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.

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