# Manga by Crunchyroll

> Digital manga reader with instant access to Japanese releases. (iPhone/iPad app by Crunchyroll, LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/manga-by-crunchyroll/id617048063 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Crunchyroll, LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/329913457)
- Category: Entertainment, Books
- Price: Free
- Rating: 3.80/5 from 16,875 App Store ratings · 50 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 9.0 · 24 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2013-07-04
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/manga-by-crunchyroll/id617048063/reviews.md

## What is Manga by Crunchyroll?

Get the hottest Manga titles directly from Japan with the Crunchyroll Manga App!
As soon as it hits newsstands in Japan, you can read the latest from hit titles like Attack on Titan, Fairy Tail, Coppelion, and Space Brothers.

With a Premium Membership:
• View the entire series catalog anytime, anywhere!
• Acquire full mobile support, including 'Koma-View,' which allows maximum scale per panel. 
• Unlimited reading access.
• Read the latest manga immediately as it becomes available in Japan!

This will be the Manga enthusiasts' one-stop-shop for all their Manga needs. 

Not available in select territories. Thanks for your understanding.

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## Key features

- Instant access to new manga releases
- Full series catalog access
- Unlimited reading
- Koma-View panel scaling
- Mobile-optimized reading

## What do users think of Manga by Crunchyroll?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 🚀 Smooth reading experience
- 📚 Good selection of manga titles
- 👍 Easy to navigate and use

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and connection issues
- 🔒 Login problems and authentication loops
- 📉 Incomplete manga collections
- 💤 Outdated and neglected app

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Inability to stay logged in
- Chapters not loading properly
- Incompatibility with newer phones

**Most requested features**

- Offline reading mode
- Improved manga discovery and organization
- Better support for newer devices and screen sizes
- More frequent updates and bug fixes

## Recent user reviews (10 of 50)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/manga-by-crunchyroll/id617048063/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Would be great if it didn’t crash

*2022-08-03, version 4.4.0*

Fairly large catalogue with a bunch of different genres to choose from, but riddled with bug problems. It flat out refuses to keep an account logged in regardless of your status(i.e premium or standard) and crashes every other time you open the app. If you fully close out of the app, you have to re-enter your information. Every. Single. Time. 
I can confirm all other reviews about the lack of a fitted look on your phone screen with newer phones or softwares, however that’s strictly when searching/browsing in the app. Reading any actual manga is ok, HOWEVER, it has to be an unbroken stream of reading. The second you lock the screen, change to another app, or I’ve even noticed when listening to music there are moments of glitchy behavior that eventually lead to a crash a reset of the app/sign in. 
I understand that the developers are ridiculous busy with the upkeep of both the Funimation and Crunchyroll streaming services and other app underneath their umbrella, but if there’s sometime to come back and give this gem some TLC, it’d really be one of the best apps for reading manga on here when there are so few quality options.

### 2/5 — Nice to read but forgets login constantly

*2022-07-26, version 4.4.0*

I like the app in general, good gui and works great until it forgets you’ve logged in.
This happens about EVERY. SINGLE. CHAPTER. ….  It is so freaking annoying to have to re-sign in just to keep going.  I’ve tried everything including signing in and closing the app, restarting etc to try to get it to remember me.  It’s all no good because it forgets who I am and make me 100% sign back in again before long.  It’s so frustrating I’ve almost uninstalled it.  The app presents others stories which are of course great, if the designers of the app made the stories though I fear they would forget the main characters part way through and worse.  Come on, sign ins should be easy, I don’t pay monthly for this level of accessibility, let me stay signed in.

### 3/5 — One step forward, two steps back

*2022-06-21, version 4.4.0*

So on the one hand, after many years they finally fixed the problem where the app would completely break and have to be reinstalled.
On the other hand, it signs you out every time you use it and stores no memory of your account. So every single time you want to use it, you have to go through the full name and password.
At the same time, Crunchyroll recently started aggressively acquiring the licenses to tons of manga. Sounds great, right? Well they’ve actually just been sitting on the licenses with no intention of using them. They released like 3 chapters of a bunch of long-running manga several months ago, and nothing since. The plan seems to be to prevent others from acquiring the licenses first, without having the personnel to actually make use of them. An extremely scummy and anti-consumer move.

### 1/5 — Absolutely abysmal

*2022-04-21, version 4.4.0*

This app is by far the worst manga reader I’ve used, it’s been in service for a while now and after crunchyroll’s slow roll in taking over or shuttering other anime services all we’re left with is an app that even after close to ten years it still has the same issues and bugs that it has today. No matter how many times I am on a stable wifi connection or just on data it’ll log me out after each chapter. So I’ll have to be forced to kill the app, restart it and expected to log back into the app if I want to continue. For. Each. Chapter. I. Read. 

I seriously don’t understand how this can continue to be an issue when it’s very clearly how this app was built and what CR’s servers feed to the app

I was forced to move to this platform due to their merger but honestly if this is how bad they’re going to treat any customers especially paying ones; I’d be better off spending a year off and just digging around the internet for the whole physical set than I am paying for a service that won’t spend the money to by their workers to make the serve better

### 1/5 — Outdated

*2022-03-08, version 4.4.0*

Since I was already a Crunchyroll subscriber was starting to see hope when I seen this app. Already  have so many subscriptions as is that’s why I was hoping this had One Piece, My Hero, Boruto, Dragon Ball Super, Kaguya Love is War & Girlfriend Girlfriend manga, lol no it had none of them. It had Attack On Titan Manga but only Chapters 1 to 13 is available might as well watch the anime also Eden Zero there surprisingly it had all the chapters and Fairy Tail was there to but only a couple of chapters. This was a big epic Failed this app was my last hope since I already have a Crunchyroll Subscription now idk where else to look & I’m not gonna get another subscription for Viz or Shonen Jump manga already at my limit of subscriptions I can afford. Also forgot to mention this app look like it hasn’t been updated for a long time Crunchy roll refuses to touch this app anymore. It had potential if Crunchy Roll put in the time on this App but it seems like they don’t bother with it anymore.

### 1/5 — When was this app last updated?

*2022-03-03, version 4.4.0*

The app is extremely outdated. As soon as you open the app, you are hit with the small app size. It does not take full use of more modern smartphone sizes and seems like it would still look off on an iPhone 5. Something to add to this is when you tap on the description of any manga, the resolution zooms out so the text goes from huge to very small.

Also, the service itself needs some improvements. Why do some manga like Fairy Tail, which is promoted in the app description, have chapters 1-22.5, and skip all the way up to 165? To top that off, it’s not like a premium exclusive. All of those chapters are premium exclusive. The missing chapters must be super premium or something. Fairy Tail isn’t the only series that skips chapters. Some series even have a few chapters spread throughout (meaning, not only the latest chapters) being premium only, which is weird.

### 5/5 — Out of date

*2021-12-12, version 4.4.0*

The app is great and you can read some good stuff but I have just one complaint that has taken it down to a three star the way it looks is as if it has not been updated within the last decade there is weird black borders and the keypad when it pops up looks like the one from the iPhone 6 some may like this older style of look but I do not please update it so it can at least fill the screen instead of having weird black borders thank you

### 1/5 — Horrible Manga App…

*2021-09-22, version 4.2.0*

So, I was prompted to rate this app when I opened it up today, and I was very eager to share my opinions on it. However, even as I attempted to write my review, the apps constant bugging and server issues prevented me from doing so. This happens most of the time I open this app; it has some sort of connectivity issue and won’t open.

Even if it did open, there are still many issues that could be fixed. I hate having to scroll all the way down from the most recent chapter to get to the ones I’m actually reading. The app does a poor job of tracking my place in the manga I am reading, and often loses track of it. You have to start from the beginning of a chapter each time you begin reading. And half the time I try to open up the next chapter, I run into that same server issue I mentioned earlier.

Please fix this app Crunchyroll! So many great series are trapped here, never to be read by those seeking to avoid the frustrations of this hellish manga reader.

### 2/5 — Crashing Bug Kills Otherwise Fantastic App

*2021-09-11, version 4.2.0*

Glad to see I’m not the only one with the issue. When the app works, it’s fantastic. It’s not the best, but it works well enough that it’s comfortable to find and read what it has available, especially with how you can bookmark specific pages of a chapter and such. The primary reason for my 2-Star rating though is that the app has a very bad bug that makes it completely useless unless you uninstall and reinstall it, and it happens at least once a week for me. It gets stuck authenticating when launching and then it’ll stay that was indefinitely until it is then deleted and reinstalled and then you have to go through the hassle of logging back in again and rinse and repeat. This app would easily be a 4-Star rating from me if not for that one major issue.

### 1/5 — For AoT fans. (No spoilers)

*2021-09-02, version 4.2.0*

I got this app for AoT and to my surprise, the manga does start at Chapter 1 but skips Chapters 2-114 and begins again at Chapter 115-end. Needless to say, I immediately deleted the app. 

Apart from the 100 missing chapters, I was legitimately surprised and a bit taken back when I saw how outdated and horrendous the user interface was. Compared to the regular Crunchyroll app that everyone has come to love, this sorry excuse of an iPhone app was nothing less of an abomination. The app was updated last in 2020 (as of the time of this review) but it looks like this app’s existence hasn’t been acknowledged since 2010. This app straight up looks like something you would have on your iPhone 5, maybe even on your flip phone. From the terrible resolution to the ancient iPhone keyboard layout the app makes you use to type in the name of your anime, this app was nothing less of an atrocity. 

Only gave it a one star because you can’t give apps a zero star. What a shame.

## Frequently asked questions about Manga by Crunchyroll

### What is Crunchyroll Manga?

Crunchyroll Manga is an application that provides access to the latest manga titles directly from Japan. It allows users to read popular series as soon as they are released in Japan, offering a comprehensive catalog for manga enthusiasts.

### What are the benefits of a Premium Membership?

A Premium Membership grants unlimited reading access to the entire series catalog, immediate access to the latest manga as it becomes available in Japan, and full mobile support including 'Koma-View' for optimized panel scaling.

### Is Crunchyroll Manga free to use?

The app offers some content for free, but a Premium Membership is required to access the full series catalog, unlimited reading, and immediate availability of new releases. This makes it a freemium model.

### What devices is Crunchyroll Manga compatible with?

The description mentions full mobile support, implying compatibility with smartphones and tablets. Specific operating system requirements are not detailed but it is designed for mobile use.

### What are some popular manga titles available?

Popular titles mentioned include Attack on Titan, Fairy Tail, Coppelion, and Space Brothers. The app aims to be a one-stop-shop for manga enthusiasts, offering a wide range of hit series.

## Version history (last 1 release)

### 4.4.0 — 2021-12-08

Bug fixes and performance improvements.

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