Guides to reading comics and manga on your phone or tablet

• Open CBZ and CBR files

  What comic archives are, why phones cannot open them, how to read them on iPhone, iPad and Android, and what to do with the few that will not open.

  5 min read

• Read comics from Google Drive, Dropbox or OneDrive

  Import from Google Drive, Dropbox or OneDrive, keep a Dropbox or iCloud Drive folder as a live library, and read it all offline.

  5 min read

• Panel by panel comic reading

  Guided view for the comics you already own: how panels are found on the device, the controls, Hide Surrounding Panels and right-to-left manga order.

  5 min read

• Organise a digital comic collection

  Name the files well, let metadata do the sorting, then use libraries, folders, reading lists and tags for everything else.

  5 min read

• A Komga app for iPhone, iPad and Android

  Connect to your own Komga server, read with progress kept in step both ways, and download books for offline reading.

  5 min read

• A Kavita app for iPhone, iPad and Android

  Connect with a Kavita Auth Key, read series, volumes and chapters, and keep progress in step with the server.

  4 min read

• Read Calibre and OPDS catalogs on your phone

  Connect Calibre’s Content Server or any OPDS catalog, search and filter it, and read or download comics on your phone.

  5 min read

• Read comics from a NAS or network share

  Attach a NAS or PC shared folder as a live library, read in place, and keep comics offline for trips.

  5 min read

• Transfer comics over Wi-Fi

  No cable, no cloud account: open a page in your computer’s browser and drop the comics in. Limits, security and the USB alternatives.

  6 min read

• Read comics from a folder, drive or SD card

  Point the app at a folder and read the comics where they are. Import versus live library, permissions, and what happens when files change.

  5 min read

• Read comics offline

  What is already on your phone, what needs downloading, how Keep offline works, and a checklist to run before you lose signal.

  4 min read

• Read manga on iPhone, iPad and Android

  Right-to-left reading, the Manga preset, spreads that pair up correctly, webtoons in a continuous scroll, and what to do with untranslated pages.

  5 min read

• Read comics on an iPad or Android tablet

  Spreads in landscape, single pages in portrait, the right page fit, a background that suits the art, and page turns from a keyboard or controller.

  5 min read

• Translate comics and manga

  Select the text in a speech bubble to copy, share or translate it, or have translations drawn over the bubbles as you read. All on the device.

  5 min read

• Make scanned comics look better

  Grain, moiré, soft line art, wide margins and yellowed paper: what each image filter and colour setting fixes, and how to keep the fix.

  5 min read

• Read comics privately

  Incognito reading that leaves no history, a passcode for the comics and folders you choose, and a privacy screen for the app switcher. What each one does and does not do.

  5 min read

• Convert CBR to CBZ

  Extract, re-zip, rename: the lossless fix for RAR5 comics that will not open, on Windows, macOS or the command line.

  5 min read

• Make a CBZ file

  Turn a folder of scans or images into a proper comic archive: naming, image formats and sizes, and a minimal ComicInfo.xml.

  4 min read

• ComicInfo.xml explained

  The small file inside a CBZ that holds series, issue number and creators: the fields that matter and how to add them.

  4 min read

• Read PDF and EPUB comics

  Fixed-layout versus reflowable EPUB, PDF comics, DRM, fit modes, and what to do with a file that will not open.

  5 min read

• Free, legal comics to read

  Public-domain archives, Creative Commons webcomics, free Substack posts, and where to buy comics as files you actually keep.

  4 min read

• How to choose a comic reader app

  Formats, sources, reading modes, offline, privacy and pricing: an honest checklist, with a printable table.

  5 min read

From the TritonApps blog

• TritonPanels 2.0: every comic you own, wherever it livesTritonPanels news and release notes
• TritonPanels 1.3: a panel detector that reads real comicsTritonPanels news and release notes
• Reading comics one panel at a timeTritonPanels news and release notes
• TritonPanels is live: a premium comic readerTritonPanels news and release notes

Read your comics with TritonPanels

A comic and manga reader for iPhone, iPad and Android. CBZ, CBR, CB7, CBT, PDF and image-based EPUB from your device, your cloud, a network share or your own Komga, Kavita or OPDS server — single page, spreads, continuous scroll or Panel by Panel. No ads, no account. 14-day free trial, then a monthly or yearly subscription.

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Your own files: TritonPanels reads comics you already have. It does not sell, host or supply comics, and it cannot open copy-protected (DRM) purchases that are locked to another store’s app. Komga, Kavita, Calibre, Dropbox and the other names on this page belong to their owners, who do not endorse TritonPanels.