xkcd: Open Source 17+

Almost perfect

There’s a bunch of XKCD apps in the app store and numerous ways to read it online. This is the version I need, largely because it has Alt and Explain. Handy, but not necessary for me is rolling a die to go to a random strip, and the favorite heart is good for collectors.

In case you aren’t clued in to the charming extras Alt and Explain, Alt is simply the sub or alternate title you’d see online by hovering over the strip and Explain links to the XKCD wiki. I really felt like I was missing out when I used apps that didn’t include everything, even Alt.

Before you get your hopes up too high about the wiki, be forewarned that it’s both the wiki and discussion. Unless you’re a rare newbie, you know how well discussions can work, especially when there are, surprisingly, in this forum, members who are dumb as a stump. At least the conversations can be entertaining now and then and get me out of my bubble.

I said this is almost perfect. What’s missing is something I’ve been seeing too often lately and that’s the opportunity to link to anything outside the app.

By far the best way to browse XKCD. Even over PC!

I used to read XKCD pretty much every day. Then, I stopped because I was tired of navigating the difficult-to-use website on my phone. I am never in the mood to browse XKCD when I'm on my computer. This app has allowed me to rediscover the humor that I loved. The interface is easy to use. I especially like that it shows the text that appears when your mouse hovers over the comic when you're on PC. Thank you for making this ad free. Thank you for making this app so easy to use. Thank you for the image descriptions. This app is amazing. Download it now. It's free and ad free. What is there to lose?

Developer Response ,

I greatly appreciate the feedback!

This app is so amazing

For the longest time, I haven’t found a good app for xkcd on iPhone. Just did. I like that it’s open source, though I don’t have a Mac so it doesn’t matter much. Reading the comics is so easy and the link to explain is great if I don’t understand references. When I get iOS 12 I’ll even be able to see how much time I waste with webcomics. It would be cool if others (Dinosaur Comics) would be added, but I understand how much work that would be. Again, open source though so not nearly as hard as other clients could make it.