Scanlation.Me vs Tachimanga
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!
Tachimanga
Explore a vast manga library with this reader app. It supports popular formats like ZIP/CBZ and EPUB, and can connect to self-hosted manga servers for a personalized reading experience.
- Supports ZIP/CBZ formats
- Supports EPUB format
- Reads from Komga server
- Self-hosted manga server integration
- Full-featured manga reader
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Discover a new world of manga with Tachimanga. - Supports manga in ZIP/CBZ and EPUB formats. - Supports reading manga from Komga, which is a self-hosted manga server. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tachimanga at 76% against Scanlation.Me's 0%. Tachimanga also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.7) and ratings volume (5.5K vs 6). Scanlation.Me's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Tachimanga sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Scanlation.Me asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tachimanga holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tachimanga has 5.5K 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 76% of Tachimanga's.
Scanlation.Me ships an update every 5 weeks, Tachimanga every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scanlation.Me | Tachimanga |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (6 ratings) | 4.8 (5.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 76.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 5.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 222 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ipsilon Developments Inc | Tekbrio LLC |
Customer experience
Scanlation.Me
Tachimanga
Bugs and requests
Scanlation.Me
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Tachimanga
Reported bugs
3 issues- Issues with extensions not working after reinstall
- Chapters not showing up despite being available online
- Unexpected app behavior when switching between sources
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to backup/restore reading progress
- Option to compress downloaded files
- Improved chapter selection and navigation
- Manga/manhwa recommendation system
- Automatic cache management and cleanup
In-app purchases
Scanlation.Me
No in-app purchases
Tachimanga
- Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$9.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$24.99
- Premium Lifetime$29.99
