Comparison

YACReader vs MangaKakalot

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

YACReader

Easily read and manage your digital comics, manga, and webtoons on your device. Supports various file formats and offers seamless synchronization with cloud storage and desktop versions. Customize your reading experience with advanced features and filters.

Highlights
  • Supports CBZ, CBR, PDF, and more
  • Cloud sync (Dropbox, Box, OneDrive)
  • Desktop sync and remote reading
  • Folder organization
  • Automatic scroll and panel-by-panel reading
  • Manga and webtoon modes
  • Image filters editor
Features
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YACReader offers you the best way to read and manage your digital comics and mangas. Enjoy your collections anywhere. YACReader supports all the common digital comic formats, such as: cbz, cbr, zip, rar, rar5 or pdf. Importing your comics into your iPad or iPhone has never been easier. You can use your Dropbox, Box and OneDrive account for synchronizing your comics with YACReader. YACReader supports iTunes/Finder File Sharing to copy comics between your computer and YACReader. You can also browse, import ,remote read (stream) and sync back the digital comic collections stored in your computer using the desktop version of YACReader (totally free)*. Import comics from any place in your device thanks to the integration with Document Picker. Organize your comic library creating folders and copy, cut, paste or delete comics and folders. YACReader has the easiest method for selecting multiple comics and folders and organize them. Using a tap gesture is all you need to read your comics from start to finish thanks to the built-in YACReader automatic scroll. Enjoy reading comics and do not worry about anything else. Do you like Manga? YACReader supports Manga mode for reading right to left and it also support continuous vertical scroll for webtoon. Configure your reading experience with various fit modes, single or double page mode, continuous scroll, automatic margins trimming, several ways to setup the hot areas in the screen and more. YACReader offers guided reading, you can zoom in any panel and then continue reading panel by panel from there. It also includes settings to personalize the experience. This is a feature continuously developed thanks to all the feedback coming from the users. On iOS 18+ devices, YACReader lets you translate comics in real time. It uses on-device OCR and translation on the current page, with no internet connection required, and lets you configure the language, colors, and font. YACReader can also detect the color of the text and speech bubbles and use the same colors as in the original comic, making the experience as pleasant as possible. This is an experimental feature and depends heavily on image quality. It fully respects your privacy; to use it, you will need to download the dictionaries for the languages you want. Supported languages depend on what iOS supports natively. You can also enhance you comics with a full featured image filters editor, filter settings can be synchronized through YACReaderLibrary across any device that supports the new filters. YACReader is kept updated to support the latest iOS features, such as Widgets, Dark Mode or Split Screen. YACReader for desktops has been downloaded more than 2 million times since 2009, every update counts with hundreds of thousand downloads. Now, you can also enjoy YACReader on your iOS device. The best feature YACReader has to offer is its customer support, if you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me. Visit the web site at http://ios.yacreader.com or get support at ios@yacreader.com *Visit the web site of YACReader for computers at http://www.yacreader.com - YACReader for computer is FREE and is available for all major computer platforms. Find other users and help at: http:www.yacreader.com/forum - Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/YACReader , Twitter - http://twitter.com/yacreader or the YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/yacreader.

About

MangaKakalot

Explore a vast library of manga and comics with a simple, professional interface. Discover popular titles, track new releases, and enjoy a personalized reading experience with various viewing modes and genre selections.

Highlights
  • Unlimited manga content
  • Popular manga discovery
  • Newest, Top, Completed, Ongoing status
  • Regular chapter updates
  • Variety of genres
  • Quick search functionality
  • Favorites list with notifications
  • Multiple reading modes
Features
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There are many manga and comics applications on the App Store now, so you can choose any app to use. But how long will you keep it??? Understand almost inconvenence user cases, MangaKakalot is released to bring the interesting entertainment time. Why that??? Yes, with the unlimited content is showing on the simple and professional interface, it will make all users get the absolute satisfied. As you can see: • It's very easy to approach the Popular Manga at the top of screen. They are valuable over time. • 4 regular status are: Newest, Top view, Completed, Ongoing. They will bring a great experience like never before with rich and diverse content of each genre. • If you are a fan of comics, we are ready to meet the latest manga chapters that are released regularly every minute, every hour. • There is nothing more convenient than sharing, if you just open the application, you are suggested to continue reading the previous chapters of the story that you are following. • Variety of genres we have: Action, Comedy, Drama, Manhua, Mature, Romance, Tragedy, Webtoons,... Each genre is selected with a series of comics with the same aspect, ready to serve absolutely every user's taste. • It's quick to read a comic with the search feature to save time, just 1 keyword, no need to be exact, the application will display all relevant results for you to choose from. • Make any manga to favorites, then read it later. Every time a new chapter is released, it is marked with a prominent color to attach the attention of users, helping not to miss the interesting content that is following. • MangaKakalot supports users from all over the world, each user in a country has a different habit of reading story mode. No problem, the app has 4 modes available for your: Left to Right, Right to Left, Vertical, Webtoons. You can completely set the default mode, but for stories of the webtoons genre, this smart application will automatically turn on the webtoons mode to help you access the best and easiest content. • This is a free manga reader application, so there are ads. To avoid annoying, you can remove it by paying a very small fee, and enjoy the ad-free app forever. Wish you have a great experience with this application. Please share with all relatives and friends, this will bring a lot of positive energy to the development team Finaly, we sincerely thank you! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

YACReader4 screens
MangaKakalot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: YACReader at 82% against MangaKakalot's 29%. YACReader also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). MangaKakalot's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99). On update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

MangaKakalot is free to download; YACReader costs $4.99 up front. MangaKakalot sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. YACReader asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

YACReader holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.6K and 581 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of YACReader's written reviews are positive against 29% of MangaKakalot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

YACReader ships an update fortnightly, MangaKakalot every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
YACReader versus MangaKakalot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYACReaderMangaKakalot
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (2.6K ratings) — better4.1 (581 ratings)
Positive reviews82.0% of reviews — better29.5% of reviews
Number of ratings2.6K — better581
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#31 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB23 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLuis Ángel San MartínAnh Nguyen

Customer experience

YACReader

All ratings2,560 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews289 reviews
Positive82.0%
Neutral7.3%
Negative10.7%

MangaKakalot

All ratings581 ratings
Positive76.1%
Neutral7.4%
Negative16.5%
Written reviews1,490 reviews
Positive29.5%
Neutral15.0%
Negative55.5%

User reviews

YACReader

From 2.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent comic and manga reader
  • 🚀 Seamless import and sync from PC
  • 👍 Easy to understand and use
  • 👍 Many features
  • 👍 Responsive and open to suggestions

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Confusing navigation gestures
  • 🐛 Folder import issues
  • 🐛 Crashes and performance issues
  • 🐛 Lack of automatic right-to-left reading mode
  • 🐛 Clunky UI and file management

MangaKakalot

From 581 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Wide variety of manga/manhwa
  • 👍 Easy to use interface
  • 💡 Frequent updates
  • 🚀 Convenient reading experience

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Chapters/pages not loading properly
  • 🐛 App crashes/freezes
  • 💸 Too many ads
  • 🐛 Reading progress not saved/synced

Bugs and requests

YACReader

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Unreliable cloud sync and import
  • Folder import issues
  • Compatibility problems with older devices

Requested features

7 requests
  • Automatic right-to-left reading mode
  • Improved folder management and organization
  • Cloud sync and backup options
  • Epub support
  • Continuous vertical scrolling
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  • More customization options
  • Improved performance and stability

MangaKakalot

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Chapters not loading or displaying X's
  • App crashing when accessing favorites
  • Duplicated chapters appearing
  • Recent updates breaking core functionality

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to mark chapters as read/unread
  • Automatic next chapter navigation
  • Cloud sync for favorites and reading progress
  • Better search and filtering options
  • Offline reading mode

In-app purchases

None

YACReader

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

MangaKakalot

Subscriptions1
  • MangaKakalot Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$19.99

Questions

Is YACReader free?
YACReader costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MangaKakalot free?
MangaKakalot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, YACReader or MangaKakalot?
YACReader is rated higher. YACReader averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.6K ratings, while MangaKakalot averages 4.1 from 581 ratings.
Do YACReader or MangaKakalot have ads?
MangaKakalot shows ads; YACReader does not.
Which is updated more often, YACReader or MangaKakalot?
YACReader ships an update fortnightly, and MangaKakalot every 2 weeks. Most recently, YACReader was updated on September 22, 2026 and MangaKakalot on September 24, 2026.

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