Comparison

YACReader vs Bang

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

Bang

This app offers a premium reading experience for comics, manga, and webtoons with features like instant translation, automatic sorting, and secure access. Organize your collection, pick up where you left off, and import content easily.

Highlights
  • Instant comic translation
  • Optimized mobile UI for web pages
  • Automatic series sorting
  • Collection organization
  • Fast search by title and tags
  • App and series security (FaceID/TouchID)
  • Automatic bookmarking
Features
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A Lightweight Application, but still has the best reading experience and powerful features. • Instantly translate comics in your language • Optimize web page to friendly mobile app UI (only for some supported web pages) • Automatically sorts comics into their series. • Organize your collection how you want. • Fast search by comic title and tags. • Security your app or just some series with faceID or touchID. • Support multitasking on your iPad. • Continue reading from where you left off with automatic bookmarking. COMIC IMPORT • Finder (macOS) via USB. • AirDrop from a Mac. • iOS Files Comics used in the screenshots: • Action Comics, Batman - The Knight, Detective Comics, Black Adam © 2022 DC Entertainment. • A.X.E. - Judgment Day, Deadly Neighborhood Spider-Man © 2022 MARVEL * Privacy policy: https://tinyman.company/privacy * Terms of Use: https://tinyman.company/terms

Screenshots

YACReader4 screens
Bang4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bang at Free against YACReader's $4.99. YACReader's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for YACReader against 4.7 for Bang. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: YACReader has 2.6K ratings behind it against 73, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of YACReader's written reviews are positive against 61% of Bang's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

YACReader ships an update fortnightly, Bang every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
YACReader versus Bang: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYACReaderBang
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (2.6K ratings) — better4.7 (73 ratings)
Positive reviews82.0% of reviews — better61.1% of reviews
Number of ratings2.6K — better73
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#36 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB27 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLuis Ángel San MartínHuy Nguyen

Customer experience

YACReader

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

Bang

All ratings73 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.7%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive61.1%
Neutral5.6%
Negative33.3%

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

Bang

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

YACReader

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Bang

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is YACReader free?
YACReader costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bang free?
Bang is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, YACReader or Bang?
YACReader is rated higher. YACReader averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.6K ratings, while Bang averages 4.7 from 73 ratings.
Do YACReader or Bang have ads?
Bang shows ads; YACReader does not.
Which is updated more often, YACReader or Bang?
YACReader ships an update fortnightly, and Bang every 3 weeks. Most recently, YACReader was updated on September 22, 2026 and Bang on August 6, 2026.

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