BeeJoy vs MangaBox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BeeJoy
This app acts as a versatile local video player, supporting various network protocols and media servers. It offers advanced features like HDR/DV display and Dolby Atmos for an enhanced viewing experience, along with IPTV playlist integration.
- WEBDAV/SMB/FTP/SFTP/NFS support
- Emby/Jellyfin/Plex/fnOS integration
- IPTV playlist playback
- HDR/DV original image display
- Dolby Atmos support
- Remote/local Blu-ray ISO playback
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- Support WebDAV / SMB / FTP / SFTP / NFS - Support Emby / Jellyfin / Plex / fnOS - Support IPTV Playlists - Support HDR / Dolby Vision original image display - Support Dolby Atmos - Support remote or local playback of Blu-ray ISO files and BDMV folders - More useful features waiting for you to discover...
MangaBox
Enjoy your personal manga and comic collection with a high-quality reading experience. Connect to your Komga server for seamless browsing, offline reading, and customizable themes. Optimized for touch controls on phones and tablets.
- Connect to Komga server
- Two-page spread reading
- Offline reading support
- Light and dark themes
- Global search functionality
- Touch and gesture support
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MangaBox lets you enjoy your personal manga and comic collection with a smooth, high-quality reading experience. Designed for use with your Komga server, MangaBox focuses on reading, not management, delivering a clean, elegant interface optimized for touch controls. Experience authentic two-page spreads with paper-like effects, light and dark themes, quick library filtering, offline reading and global search. Read seamlessly with thumbnail previews, smooth animations, and customizable reading direction. Features - Connect easily to your Komga server - Beautiful two-page reading with paper-style visuals - Smooth page transitions and thumbnail previews - Light and dark themes with custom color highlights - Download books for offline reading - Quick filtering by language, read status, and direction - Global search for series and volumes - Touch and gesture support for tablets and phones MangaBox — your collection, beautifully presented.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BeeJoy at 84% against MangaBox's 67%. BeeJoy also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 3) and device support (6 vs 3). MangaBox's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
MangaBox holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of BeeJoy's written reviews are positive against 67% of MangaBox's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BeeJoy ships an update fortnightly, MangaBox every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BeeJoy | MangaBox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (13 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.2% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 伟锋 李 | Paolo Zago |
Customer experience
BeeJoy
MangaBox
In-app purchases
BeeJoy
No in-app purchases
MangaBox
No in-app purchases
