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Marvel Unlimited with Multiple Devices & Users

November 9, 2014 by Dave 8 Comments

Once you’ve started enjoying the gift of Marvel Unlimited, one of your first instincts will be to share the finding with your friends and family. Well… your first instinct will be to lock yourself in a dimly lit room with your comics for the next three months. But after that, assuming we haven’t been hit by a zombie apocalypse or the curse of Yorrick, you’ll want to share. Can multiple people use the same Marvel Unlimited account across multiple devices?

In my experience, you can have multiple log-ins on the same Marvel Unlimited account. Personally, I am logged in across a phone, tablet, mini tablet and desktop at basically all times. This tells me two things: 1) I have too many devices and 2) there’s no reason that couldn’t be four separate people logged in across individual devices like that.

Unlike Netflix, Marvel Unlimited doesn’t provide unique, personalized log-ins for different users, and in fact has no language around whether or not they intend to support this feature. So the short answer here is that you can share your log-in with friends and family, and that they should be able to use your Marvel Unlimited account.

Fun for everyone!
Fun for everyone!

A caveat I would add here is that when I first started using Marvel Unlimited I shared with my brother and every time he was reading I would get logged out of the service. This was two years ago now (#romney2012) and it’s not a problem I’ve had lately. Nonetheless, I mention it because this is an unsupported option and you are susceptible to whatever bugs plague Marvel Unlimited at the moment. I’ll reiterate that it has not been a problem across both my personal and a test account within the last 6 months.

So if all that is true, why wouldn’t you just pay for one Marvel Unlimited and share it across the globe? There are two primary reasons.

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The first is that I have no idea how many users can use the same Marvel Unlimited account all at once. There is very likely a bandwidth limit here, if not actual alarm bells sounding when Marvel’s Unlimited squad detects one account with 45 users across 45 unique IPs. On the test account that I use for 5-10 people, I was completely unable to load almost any comics last night. Could this be device, wi-fi, or android streaming update specific? Absolutely. Could it also be that two users were already using the account and it was bogged down? I’m not ruling it out.

The slightly less anarchist reason against sharing without bounds is that offline reading and library selections have – to date – been at the account level. So if Johnny in Pittsburgh maxes out the twelve issue offline reading limit with Rick Remender’s Uncanny X-Force (good pick, Johnny), Big Phil on the island of Maui can’t also select Mark Gruenwald’s Squadron Supreme for his offline commuting needs (it’s a long flight inland). If you use Marvel Unlimited away from wi-fi frequently, this limitation is reason enough to check out the service at the extremely reasonable $70 / year price point.

Recently, I’ve noticed for the first time that I was able to select offline reading on my phone separate from the offline reading I had already selected on my tablet. If this isn’t a fluke and holds true (note: at the time of posting this has already reverted; so looking like a fluke for now), this is a tremendously nice new option. I set 12 offline issues on my tablet for my commute to and from work on the train. But then when I get to work, or when I’m traveling with just my phone, I have had those same 12 issues aligned to potential offline reading on my phone.

Thing is, I selected the issues (in this case Exiles) for tablet reading because 1) I wanted to enjoy the series and 2) I didn’t want to have to deal with smart panel reading problems cutting off text. I don’t want to read those issues on my phone, but I am happy to read the final chapter in Superior Spider-Man on a smartphone because I know the smart panel reading will be higher quality (true of really any Marvel NOW or later series).

The ability to set a different set of 12 offline books for each device will be a great addition, and will also reduce the impediments to sharing an account across multiple users. I’ll be keeping a close eye to see how this feature holds, and whether this is an intentional feature of update 2.2, or an unintended side effect.

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  1. Dennis says

    January 5, 2016 at 4:31 pm

    Does anyone have an actual point of contact for marvel regarding this issue? I’m a teacher trying to start a comic book club, to promote literacy, and have to create a budget for my grant proposal. If I have to purchase more than 1 account the money is available, but I don’t want to have 15 iPads logged in on one account and then start experiencing problems.

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  2. Billy says

    January 18, 2015 at 1:03 pm

    I can tell you that, as of today, my wife, brother-in-law, and I are all able to use the same login simultaneously.

    Reply
    • Dave says

      January 19, 2015 at 6:55 pm

      Very nice, thanks for sharing!

      Reply
      • Carlos says

        May 14, 2015 at 8:59 am

        Hi Dave! Can u update on this? U still using the same account over several devices?
        Thanks in advance
        Carlos

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        • Dave says

          May 14, 2015 at 9:02 pm

          I’ve used the same account across at least 3 devices for a while now. Haven’t been logged out in a year, maybe more.

          I’m sure it’s case by case, but that’s my experience.

          Reply
  3. Adil says

    December 26, 2014 at 6:28 am

    I am interested in getting a Marvel unlimited subscription but tablet readers are too expensive. The Kindle Fire device seems cheaper the nexus tablets, is this a good option and is it compatible? Thank you.

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    • Dave says

      January 4, 2015 at 4:01 pm

      The Kindle Fire is not my preferred device for compatibility with Marvel Unlimited. There is not – to date – a Kindle approved version of Marvel Unlimited, meaning you need to sideload through the Play Store. This should work if you’re comfortable with that approach, but it’s potentially offputting for a lot of people.

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      • Dave says

        January 4, 2015 at 4:01 pm

        There’s a good discussion here with more about tablets for reading comics.

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