# Emaki - Manga & Image Viewer — Translate bubbles & read aloud

> Translate bubbles & read aloud (iPhone/iPad app by Masashi Kanamori.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/emaki-manga-and-image-viewer/id6808069044 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Masashi Kanamori](https://appshunter.io/developer/6808069316)
- Category: Books, Photo & Video
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 37 MB
- Languages: American English, Danish, Filipino, French (France), German (Germany), Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål and 8 more
- Released: 2026-09-10
- Data updated: 2026-10-26

## What is Emaki?

iPhone/iPad: Try the first 20 pages per book free. All pages require a one-time in-app purchase. No monthly fees. For archives, PDFs and image folders.

Manage your own files and ebook metadata from ebookjapan, DMM, Kindle, BOOK WALKER, Rakuten Kobo and BookLive. Review before adding; prevent duplicates and preserve existing covers. Resume interrupted updates or run a full recheck.

New in-app online entries: Kobo (kobo.com), verified with a free book in a Rakuten ID-linked Japan/English library; Kindle (Amazon.com), verified with a free book. Both were tested through import, re-import and official reader text display. Other countries, including UK, and large/multi-page overseas shelves are unverified. New overseas entries exclude Safari Sharing, extensions and general saved HTML. Keep the login screen/text across app switches; use standard Paste. Shortcuts can open/search the shelf and be disabled in settings. Spine recognition, Japanese Siri AI and Google Play Books are deferred.

Use cover or list views, search/filter tags, add whole-book notes and organize series across stores, including manual merge/separation. Each purchase retains its own reading link. Send candidates from supported shelves displayed in Safari using the share sheet.

Japanese page OCR runs on-device. Use a correctly read ISBN to request NDL title-correction candidates and compare them with existing metadata. The replacement title starts unselected; only selected fields are staged in the editor, and existing metadata changes only when you save. Search terms/ISBNs are sent to NDL; ISBN cover requests use openBD.

Universal purchase scope
The universal unlock removes reading limits on Mac, iPhone and iPad with the same Apple Account. It does not add another OS's exclusive features. The iOS unlock covers iPhone/iPad; adding Mac requires an active iOS unlock plus Upgrade to universal. Universal and legacy full-reading purchases can be restored.
Mac Creator Tools (saving corrected images, batch export, eyedropper, etc.) is a separate purchase, not included in the reading unlock; it does not unlock reading by itself. Direct licenses, books, external-service fees and DRM removal are not included. Restoring purchases does not copy book files.
Comparison: https://piktoo.com/emaki-ios/support-en#platform-differences

Free limits and purchases
Photos, videos, connections and bookshelf browsing are free. Read Aloud allows about 12,000 characters per text book before purchase. The one-time reading unlock covers app functions, not books or third-party content.

Supported formats

ZIP / CBZ, RAR / CBR (RAR4/5; WinRAR 7: unencrypted, single-volume, dictionary up to 256 MiB), 7z / CB7, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, HEIC, WebP, AVIF, and more.

Speech bubble translation

Translate speech bubbles on-device with Apple frameworks. Images/text are not uploaded. Machine translation may miss handwriting or sound effects. Try the first 20 pages free.

Support
Piktoo Studio is an independent developer. Contact support@piktoo.com in English or Japanese. We reply in turn.

Privacy

No Emaki account, ads, usage analytics, or tracking. Reading history and connection details are stored on your device. When Sync Across Devices is on, viewing history, favorites, and bookmarks are stored in your iCloud and are not sent to the developer's servers. Komga integration syncs reading progress to the server you specify. Purchases and restoration use Apple In-App Purchase.

Online shelves open provider links without importing book files or bypassing DRM.


About the screenshots

Screenshots show a self-made sample, "Give My Regards to Black Jack" by Shuho Sato (free secondary-use permission), and public-domain "Hokusai Manga" and "Choju-jinbutsu-giga." Books are not bundled.

Saved pages and text

Open WebScrapBook folders, HTZ and MAFF files. Read HTML and text in full for free. Long-press a folder > Open as Web Page for index.html/index.htm. Separate from Web Bookshelf links.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Unlock all pages | $9.99 | one-time |
| Mac Creator Tools | $9.99 | one-time |
| iPhone & iPad Reading Unlock | $2.99 | one-time |
| Upgrade to Mac and iOS | $5.99 | one-time |


## Is Emaki safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Emaki.

## Is Emaki legit?

Emaki - Manga & Image Viewer has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Emaki is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.16.4 — 2026-10-25

• Added in-app online import for Kobo (kobo.com) and Kindle (Amazon.com). Verified with free books: Kobo's Japan/English library using a Rakuten ID-linked account, and an Amazon.com Kindle library. Review before adding, re-import without duplicates, preserve existing covers, and open the official reader.
• Keep the login screen and typed text when switching apps, with a standard Paste control.
• Open/search the bookshelf using Shortcuts; turn these actions off in settings. Removed the link badge from covers.
Other country accounts, including the UK, and large/multi-page overseas libraries remain unverified. New overseas support is limited to in-app online import, excluding Safari Sharing, extensions and general saved HTML. Existing Japanese entries remain. Automatic spine recognition, Japanese Siri AI integration and Google Play Books remain deferred. Prices, free limits and existing purchases are unchanged.

### 1.16.3 — 2026-10-24

• Read WinRAR 7 compression: non-encrypted, single-volume RAR archives with dictionaries up to 256 MiB. Larger dictionaries, encrypted and multi-volume archives are unsupported. RAR creation is not included.
• Import Japanese/English Pepper & Carrot episode lists from Safari Sharing, review candidates, then open the official episode pages.

Candidate review, duplicate prevention and existing-cover protection remain. Purchases and free limits are unchanged. Automatic spine recognition remains deferred.

### 1.16.2 — 2026-10-23

• Simplified the Bookshelf + menu to make adding books easier to find.
• Combined online, Safari sharing and saved-file imports in one screen.
• Unified single-book and batch searches with tabs. Your input and acquired results are retained when switching tabs.
• Improved DMM owned-volume checks with a limited reload for lists stuck loading and clearer acquisition progress.

Review candidates before adding. Duplicate prevention and protection of existing covers remain in place. Existing purchases and free reading limits are unchanged.

### 1.16.1 — 2026-10-22

• Each new Safari share now replaces the pending candidates, so older batches do not reappear. The source site and received date are shown.
• Fixed missing purchased volumes when sharing a BookLive shelf from Safari. Candidate review, duplicate prevention and preservation of existing covers remain in place.

• A first-launch guide explains the free first 20 pages, one-time full-page unlock and no monthly fees.
• Choose Try for free without purchasing.
• Access unlock details, current pricing and purchase restoration.

Existing purchases, free reading limits and bookshelf data are unchanged.

### 1.16.0 — 2026-10-21

• Unified bookshelf for your own files and purchased e-books
• Direct import and batch updates from six stores, with saved progress and resume
• Candidate review, duplicate prevention and preservation of existing covers
• List view, tag search/filtering and whole-book notes
• Cross-store series grouping and manual organization
• Import candidates from Safari’s share sheet
• Compare NDL title suggestions using an ISBN read by Japanese OCR; explicit selection and saving are required
• Improved OCR file access after app updates relocate stored books

Book content and DRM are not imported. Existing purchases and free reading limits are unchanged.

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