LangCat vs MangaBeam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LangCat
Translate any text on your screen instantly by taking a screenshot. The app seamlessly integrates translated text inline, maintaining the original style. Enjoy private, offline translations for social media, travel apps, and comics.
- Instant inline translation via screenshots
- Supports 16+ languages
- 100% offline and private translation
- Preserves original text style
- Share translated content easily
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LangCat - Easy Screen Translations Ever found yourself staring at an app in a language you don’t understand? Whether you’re exploring social media, navigating an app while traveling, or diving into a foreign comic or manga, LangCat has your back! Simply take a screenshot, and this magical app translates anything—text, UI, images, or whatever’s displayed on your screen—inline. With just a tap, you’ll see the translated text seamlessly integrated, preserving the same style, color, and size as the original. It’s effortless, instant, and completely offline. Your Privacy Matters: All translations happen directly on your device—no data is sent to the cloud. Your screenshots and personal information stay completely private and secure. Why You’ll Love It: • Instant Translation: Select a screenshot, and voilà—translated text appears inline, no more guessing! • Supports 16+ Languages: Translate content across a wide range of languages with ease. • Full Privacy: Translation is 100% offline, ensuring your data stays on your device. • Authentic Look: Translated text mirrors the original font size and color for a natural feel. • Share with Ease: Translate and share directly via the share sheet. Perfect for social media adventurers, globetrotters tackling foreign apps, or manga/comic lovers uncovering new stories, LangCat is your pocket-sized language genius. Download now and translate everything—privately and instantly
MangaBeam
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Read manga beyond the language barrier. MangaBeam is an AI-powered manga reader built for Japanese manga, Korean comics, webtoons, raw scans, and your own local collection. No more taking screenshots, switching to a translator, and jumping back to your manga. MangaBeam brings AI translation directly into the reading experience, so you can spend less time translating and more time reading. AI Manga Translation Translate text directly from manga pages with AI-powered recognition and translation. MangaBeam detects text inside comic panels and helps turn foreign-language manga into a smoother, more immersive reading experience. Read Without Constant App Switching Forget the screenshot → translate → switch back routine. Import your manga, open a page, and translate while you read. Keep following the story without constantly leaving the reader. Multiple Manga Formats Build your own manga library with support for popular comic, image, archive, and document formats. Perfect for manga volumes, downloaded chapters, image collections, scans, and personal comic libraries. Flexible Import Options Bring manga into MangaBeam from Files and other supported apps. Whether you keep your collection locally or receive files from another app, MangaBeam makes importing and organizing your library simple. AI Image Enhancement Old scan? Low-resolution page? Blurry text? Use AI-powered image enhancement to improve image clarity and make lower-quality manga pages easier and more comfortable to read. Made for Manga Reading MangaBeam keeps the interface focused on what matters: your manga. Enjoy a clean library, smooth page navigation, and a reading experience designed around comics rather than generic documents. Great for: • Japanese manga • Korean comics and manhwa • Webtoons • Raw manga and untranslated scans • Manga translation • Image text translation • Local manga collections • CBZ, ZIP and PDF files • Low-resolution manga scans • Readers learning Japanese or Korean MangaBeam — understand less, interrupt less, read more. AI translation and image enhancement results may vary depending on image quality, typography, page layout, and language. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: MangaBeam at 3 against LangCat's 1. MangaBeam also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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. LangCat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MangaBeam sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | LangCat | MangaBeam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UNI HQ LLC | Yoghourt Technology(BeiJing) Company Limited |
In-app purchases
LangCat
- LangCat Plus$5.99
MangaBeam
- MangaBeam M+ Weekly$0.997 Days
- MangaBeam Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
- MangaBeam M+ Quarterly$14.993 Months
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- MangaBeam Pro Monthly$24.991 Month
- MangaBeam M+ Yearly$24.991 Year
- MangaBeam Plus Quarterly$29.993 Months
- MangaBeam Plus Yearly$39.991 Year
- MangaBeam Pro Quarterly$69.993 Months
- MangaBeam Pro Yearly$99.991 Year









