ComicInk

Everything runs on one credit balance. According to the pricing page, a comic page or cover costs 50 credits, a character or setting image 10, and these rates are the same on monthly credits and on packs. The homepage prices video at roughly 1,500 credits per ten-second scene, and the terms add that the cost depends on the video model and the length you choose, with an estimate shown before you render. Regenerating a character image costs the same 10 credits again.

Credits granted by a subscription are described as rolling over and, on the homepage FAQ, as never expiring even if you cancel. Sidekick messages on Basic are different: the terms say the 150-message allowance resets each billing period and unused messages do not carry over. One point is unresolved: the homepage, iOS page and pricing FAQ promise 100 free credits without a card, while the pricing FAQ also says a plan is what unlocks the studio. We could not resolve this without creating an account, so treat the free start as stated but unconfirmed.

The homepage says each character, prop and location is fingerprinted once and re-applied to every page, issue and film scene, so a hero keeps the same face and jacket across a series. The same project memory feeds the comic-to-film conversion, which reuses an existing issue’s characters, art style and palette. A script generates up to 16 scenes in one pass, and more can be added by hand.

The consistency claim is the provider’s and was not tested here. The terms themselves warn that video can show mismatched lip movement, garbled or mistimed speech, and variation between renders and scenes, and that credits are spent even on an unsatisfactory result. Plan for re-renders when budgeting.

The terms state that you own all pages, characters, scripts, images, video, audio and synthetic voices, with no royalty or attribution owed, and may sell, license and print them. Three limits sit beside that: the built-in background music is licensed only inside the videos you make, video and audio come from third-party models (such as Google Veo and Alibaba Wan) whose own terms may apply to commercial use, and the terms note that some jurisdictions may not recognise copyright in AI-generated works. ComicInk also keeps a licence to display content you publish in its public gallery.

Content rules are strict for a creative tool: no nudity or sexual content even for fictional characters, no deepfakes, and no likeness or voice of a real identifiable person without consent. Fiction, history, satire and depictions of violence in a story are allowed, and accounts are 18+.

The sell-comics page describes a branded storefront where readers buy single issues and read them in a flipbook, with a 70/30 split in the creator’s favour, payouts through Stripe Connect, and per-issue prices starting at $1.49. The page lists no monthly fee. The sales analytics (views, purchases, revenue) are in the same dashboard. Whether any given comic finds buyers is not something the page claims.

The privacy policy says story prompts, character and world details and, for conversions, text extracted from an uploaded PDF go to Anthropic (with Google Gemini as fallback). The in-editor assistant sends the open script, page text and any page image or attachment through OpenRouter to the current model, named as GPT-5.6 Luna from OpenAI, and the policy says that model may change. Anthropic and Google are described as not retaining the data for training under the API agreements; OpenRouter and OpenAI handle assistant requests under their own terms. Separately, the terms allow ComicInk staff to open unpublished content when you contact support.

Cancelling stops future charges and credit grants, and credits already granted stay in the account. Refunds are narrow: per the terms, unused credits bought on the web may be refunded within 14 days of purchase at ComicInk’s sole discretion, App Store purchases go through Apple, and credits used for generation are not refundable. Credits are restored only when a render fails because of a system error on ComicInk’s side. Banned accounts forfeit their remaining credits.

1. Create a free account and note whether the balance shows 100 credits without asking for a plan or card.
2. Write a two-sentence story about an invented lighthouse keeper and a paper kite, pick one art style, and add one character.
3. Record the credit balance before and after generating the character image and the first comic page.
4. Open the page and check whether the character looks the same on a second page, and whether the credits deducted match the listed 10 and 50.

Accept if the free credits work without a plan, the deductions match the listed rates and the character stays recognisable across pages. Reject if the studio is locked until a plan is bought, or credits are charged for a failed page. No result is recorded here.