Scanlation.Me vs Paperback
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scanlation.Me
This app allows you to extract, translate, and replace text within images and PDF documents. It supports multiple languages and can process various image formats, making it ideal for translating comics and other rich media.
- Extract text from images and PDFs
- Translate text in 6 languages
- Replace extracted text
- Supports JPEG, PNG, WebP, and PDF
- Batch processing of multiple files
- Export as individual images or zip
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Scanlation.Me is a new app, that allows you to extract, translate and replace text in any image or PDF document!. Supporting up to 6 languages, you can make a selection at any place of an image. Our OCR engine (image recognition to text) will cut that section, extract the text and present it to you ready to be translated. You can then define the new text that will be inserted in the selection area, as replacement! -> Ideal for translating manhua, manga, foregein comics and more rich media! -> Select any amount of images (jpeg, png, webp) or PDF files to process and merge them together! -> Automatic words and letter detection to text! -> Support of 6 languages including English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese Traditional and Simplified plus Korean! -> Export as individual images or packed in a zip file -> Edit or delete generated pages for your final document in the editor. Perfect app to translate easily any rich media as comics, manhua, manga into the desired language!
Paperback
This app provides an ad-free reading experience for comics and manga from a Komga server. It offers extensive customization through a scripting API, allowing users to extend its functionality with TypeScript or JavaScript.
- Ad-free reading
- Komga server support
- TypeScript/JavaScript scripting API
- Extensible functionality
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An Ad-Free Komga client for iOS. Supports an extensive scripting API using TypeScript/JavaScript to extend the app functionality.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Paperback at 54% against Scanlation.Me's 0%. Paperback also leads on rating (4.3 vs 1.7) and ads (none vs shown). Scanlation.Me's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Paperback holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paperback has 569 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Scanlation.Me's written reviews are positive against 54% of Paperback's.
Scanlation.Me ships an update every 5 weeks, Paperback every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scanlation.Me | Paperback |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (6 ratings) | 4.3 (569 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 53.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 569 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ipsilon Developments Inc | Faizan Durrani |
Customer experience
Scanlation.Me
Paperback
Bugs and requests
Scanlation.Me
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Paperback
Reported bugs
3 issues- JSON token errors when interacting with server
- Inability to add/remove manga from library
- Disappearing navigation UI elements
Requested features
4 requests- Bookmark/resume reading feature
- Panel-by-panel/smart panel reading mode
- Sync reading progress across devices
- Better documentation and support resources
In-app purchases
Scanlation.Me
No in-app purchases
Paperback
No in-app purchases
