If you had told me just as we were about to launch Shrine Comics in Februray last year, that just over a year later we would be launching are very own app, I would have said you are crazy. But here we are. What we have been able to achieve in this past year since launching has been beyond what I could have ever imagined, and that is thanks to you and your excitement and support for what we are trying to achieve. That support and excitement has made our lineup go from the initial 6 series to now 15 ongoing series! And now we are launching an app!

The most common question we’ve received since launching on Februray 21 last year (outside of “How can I join shrine?”) has been if we had any plans to make an app. Answering that was easy, “Yes, we do!” as it was always something we wanted to do one day, but at the time I was thinkng maybe in 3-4 years. But as I thought more and more about it, I begun coming up with potential app designs. If we were to do an app, it would have to be unique and stand out from the crowd. It also had to be accessible, as we wanted as many people as possible to fall in love with the series we publish. And most importantly it had to be fun to use. Next thing I knew, I already had mocked up a working prototype of the app done in Adobe XD. So I pulled the trigger and commisioned some developers to develop the app for us.

A few months later and now we have an app, and I couldn’t be happier with how it has turned out. This is easily the best way to experience what Shrine Comics has to offer. It’s slick, fun and filled with incredible content you can only expereince on the app!

Why don’t we go over some of the features of the app:

• Smooth reading experience with both horizontal page view and vertical scroll.
• Bookmarks so you never lose your place.
• Subscribe to your favourite series and get notifications when they update.
• Use the app to earn expereince and level up!
• Earn or purchase coins to collect in-app stickers and avatars from the gacha machine.
• Tip your favourite creators to help supprt them directly!

We’ve been using this app behind the scenes for a minute now and we have been loving it. We are so glad that finally the public can get their hands on it and experience what Shrine Comics has to offer in the best way possible.

So, where to now from here? Well, we plan to keep on supporting the app of course. We have lots of ideas on how we want it to grow and what new features we would like to add. But first we will be working on making the app as stable as possible, although we have hit the 1.0 version of the app, there may be a few bugs that may have slipped through the cracks during the testing period. We will also continue to polish the expereince to make it slicker and more fun. And we will also be working on the web version, which you can use through your browser. You can already try this out in BETA here: beta.shrinecomics.com Please keep in mind that this is unfinished and things may not work as intended.

If you have any feedback ot suggestions regarding out app please head to our Discord and let us know: https://discord.gg/HSsCMjm

Well, that’s it for now! Thank you so much again for your support and excitement for Shrine Comics. We wouldn’t be here without you. We hope you enjoy using the app and reading our titles!

– Jin Chan Yum Wai (Shrine Comics Founder)