Disney Comics
Huge portal of fun reads featuring favorite characters.
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Disney Comics
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A Lot or a Little?
The parents' guide to what's in this app.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Disney Comics is a comic-reading app that encourages and relies upon in-app purchases. The app itself comes with no comics installed, but five classic comics (featuring Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and the usual Disney characters) are available to download for free to get users started. From there, they'll have to buy what they want -- including additional Mickey comics or those tied to more modern Disney properties. Parents should also know that the characters in the comics are not like the one on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Mickey's less a kindly uncle here and more an instigator -- as well as more action-prone. It's true to the character, but not to how many people (especially kids) view him today.
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Is It Any Good?
Comics are a big part of Disney's empire, so their entry into the eComic market was inevitable. Thankfully, they added a Disney touch to DISNEY COMICS, making it useful and entertaining. Readers can flip through the comics at their own pace or enable a slideshow that focuses on one frame at a time, letting people see enlarged images and words. Some comics come with sound effects, as well. And the controls let people set the pace of the slideshow -- as well as choose whether they want to hear sounds.
The selection of free comics is minimal, but they're meant as an appetizer. The selection of comics that can be purchased inside the application is decent, but not complete. Disney plans to add two books per week, it says. Some users have complained about bugs and other errors, but updates to the app are intended to address this. It's a good comic app with plenty of reasonably priced comics -- though the ones at $2.99 and $3.99 are harder to justify.
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
- Release date: July 5, 2011
- Category: Books
- Publisher: Disney
- Version: 1.1
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 3.1 or later
- Last updated: August 22, 2016
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