Easy xkcd

Name: Easy xkcd
Rating: 4.68 (1210 reviews)
Author: tomanders

By: tomanders

Easy xkcd is an Open Source reader for xkcd, inspired by Material Design

This app was removed from Google Play Store on 2025-05-21

Features & Capabilities

Easy xkcd offers a sleek, material design-inspired interface to enjoy your favorite xkcd comics effortlessly. It features an intuitive comic browser with offline mode, favorites, search by title or transcript, alt text display, and Reddit thread access. Users can share comics easily and benefit from support for large images.

The extension also fully supports the "What If?" articles with features like offline reading, footnotes, formulas, and quick search. Customizable themes, auto night mode with color inversion, and smooth animations enhance the user experience. As an open source project, Easy xkcd is free with optional donations, providing a comprehensive and beautiful way to explore xkcd content.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Entertainment Open Source

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Version:

8.4 Last updated: 2023-10-01

Version code:

193

Creation date:

2015-07-24

Permissions:

android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE Low risk
android.permission.INTERNET Low risk
android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS Low risk
android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED Low risk
android.permission.WAKE_LOCK Low risk
com.android.vending.BILLING Low risk
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE Safe
android.permission.VIBRATE Safe
de.tap.easy_xkcd.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Size:

14.81MB

Email:

ea*****@gmail.com

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Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2025-05-21

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Developed by:

tomanders

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.tap.easy_xkcd

Email:

ea*****@gmail.com

User Reviews

Easy xkcd is a great app for reading xkcd and What If? comics with features like dark mode, offline access, and reliable notifications. However, users report recurring issues with widgets not updating, the random button cycling through limited comics, occasional crashes, and lack of support for special comics. Interface usability could improve, particularly navigation and marking read comics. Overall, it provides a good reading experience backed by responsive developer support.

Pros

Intuitive and easy way to read xkcd and What If? comics on mobile devices
Dark mode and material design enhance user experience
Ability to save favorites and download comics for offline viewing
Developer is responsive and actively addresses user issues
Reliable notifications for new comics

Cons

Widget issues: random comic widget often doesn't update or work properly
Random button cycles through a limited set of comics repeatedly
App sometimes crashes or gets stuck during caching/updating
Special comics (animated/interactive) are not handled properly or not viewable
User interface unintuitive in some areas, e.g., tab navigation and back button behavior
Some bugs like unread comics not marked as read until app restart, and occasional symbol display errors in alt text

Recent reviews

Worked as expected when first installed but now the widget doesn't update to the latest one unless I delete it and recreate. Still a great way to view a great comic.

Ke*****, 2024-12-09

Easy xkcd is stellar. I like the dark mode implementation and the ability to save favorites. Notifications are unusually reliable as well. My only complaint is that zooming is quite sensitive on my device, but YMMV.