KMReader vs Yomu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KMReader
This app provides a native reading experience for Komga libraries across Apple devices. It offers robust features for browsing, downloading, and managing your collection, with advanced reader options and offline capabilities.
- Native readers for multiple formats (DIVINA, EPUB, GIF, WebP, PDF)
- Advanced metadata filtering and saved searches
- Robust offline reading with per-series policies
- Multi-server support and Komga admin tools
- Spotlight indexing and iOS widgets for quick access
- Incognito mode and Live Activities for reading
- Localized UI in multiple languages
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KMReader - Native Komga Client for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV KMReader helps you read, browse, download, and manage your Komga library with native Apple-platform readers, reliable local library storage, and practical offline workflows. IMPORTANT FEATURES - Native readers Read comics and books with DIVINA on iOS, macOS, and tvOS, plus EPUB and PDF on iOS and macOS. Readers support LTR, RTL, vertical, Webtoon, spreads, zoom, page curl or cover transitions, custom EPUB fonts and typography, dedicated EPUB behavior settings, nested EPUB tables of contents, PDF search, keyboard shortcuts, per-book preferences, animated pages, AI upscaling, and a Peek mode that leaves no reading progress behind. Rotate individual pages, crop empty page borders in DIVINA, tune preloading for memory or smoother page turns, keep lightweight progress visible while reading, and choose native PDF presentation modes that adapt cleanly between portrait and landscape. Translate manga pages with downloadable model packs: on-device text detection and OCR render translated text over the original bubbles, including vertical typesetting. Enable it per reading session from the reader menu, with custom AI providers or the system translation fallback. - Browse and discover Use Keep Reading, On Deck, Recently Added, Recently Updated, Read Lists in Progress, reading history, an adjustable pages-read heatmap, saved filters, advanced metadata filters including age rating and release year with all/any matching, optional unread-cover blur, Spotlight indexing, widgets, and Home Screen quick actions. Dashboard sections offer per-section card styles, and ordered read lists can continue like series with reading state synced across devices. One Lists page unifies collections and read lists on every platform, with pinned items first. On supported servers, smart lists evaluate saved searches live and can be created and edited in the app, and reading stats come from the server with current and longest streaks, falling back to on-device data otherwise. Select multiple books and series to mark them read or unread, or add them to a list in one go. iPhone offers dedicated Library, Lists, and Search tabs for content-first browsing. KMReader keeps a local database for responsive browsing, dashboards, logs, and downloaded-library workflows, including large libraries. Dashboard library scopes stay tied to each saved server, and widgets mirror refreshed dashboard content. - Offline and sync Download books for offline reading, set per-series and per-read-list download policies, browse downloaded items with count and storage summaries, queue dashboard sections, keep reading with iOS background downloads and Live Activities, prepare local pages on demand with offline-first reading, and sync progress when you reconnect. Sync missing covers for downloaded books, series, read lists, and collections so offline browsing stays visual. - Multi-server and admin tools Save multiple Komga servers, protect private servers with device authentication, and switch instantly. Sign in with password or API key — the login screen can create a key for you — set up a brand-new Komga server right from the login screen, and manage API keys in the app. Edit metadata, manage libraries and media, find missing posters or duplicates, and browse, export, or clear paginated logs. A Server Info overview reports version, uptime, CPU, memory, disk, and content totals, with live task queue, sessions, and scheduled-task pages, on stock Komga servers too. On servers with the komf integration, Identify, Match, and Reset Metadata fetch metadata without leaving the app. KMReader targets Komga 1.20.0+ and supports API v1/v2. KMReader UI is localized in English, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Russian, and Spanish. Privacy Policy: https://kmworks.date/reader/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Yomu
This app allows users to read manga, manhwa, and webtoons with features like Read Aloud, offline downloads, and page translation. It supports various file formats and server connections, offering a unified library for all your comic and book files.
- Read Aloud with natural voices
- Offline chapter downloads
- Page translation to 27 languages
- Panel-by-panel auto zoom
- iCloud sync across devices
- Support for CBZ, CBR, PDF, EPUB
- WebDAV, SMB, NFS, OPDS server support
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Read manga, manhwa and webtoons in one app, with natural-voice Read Aloud, offline downloads and page translation. Bring your library over from other readers and keep your own CBZ, CBR, PDF and EPUB files. WHO IS YOMU FOR? Readers of manga, manhwa, manhua, webtoons and novels who want one app for all of it: the series you follow, Yomu Originals, translated pages, and your own comic and book files from local storage or a NAS, with Read Aloud when your eyes need a rest. HOW DOES YOMU WORK? Browse, search and read right in the app, with no browser tabs. Yomu also connects to WebDAV, SMB, NFS and OPDS servers, and can use an iCloud Drive folder as a library. Every series page opens with a Preview: a video when there is one, then the first pages of the first chapter. Page Previews can be turned off in Settings. WHEN SHOULD I USE YOMU INSTEAD OF A BROWSER? Yomu downloads chapters for offline reading, syncs progress across your devices with iCloud, and keeps your reading lists up to date automatically. You keep your place across hundreds of series without managing bookmarks. CAN YOMU READ ALOUD? Yes. Read Aloud has Natural Voices in English, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Hindi, downloaded automatically over Wi-Fi. It keeps playing when you switch to another app or lock the screen, with the cover, the chapter and play, pause, next and previous controls on the lock screen, in Control Center and on headphones. Follow Panels zooms the reader to each panel as it is spoken. CAN YOMU TRANSLATE MANGA? Yes. Yomu translates manga into 27 languages, with text wrapped to fit the original speech balloons. Translate an Area turns any part of a page into one balloon, and Circle to Translate does the same when you draw a loop round the lettering. WHAT ARE YOMU ORIGINALS? Comics, novels and voiced Dramas made for Yomu. Premium readers can Watch a chapter as a voiced, animated episode and share a clip. Pages that leave the app in an exported file or a shared page carry a small Yomu Originals mark. Prefer your own library? Turn off Show Yomu Originals in Settings to hide them everywhere. AUTO ZOOM: PANEL-BY-PANEL READING Yomu finds the panels on each page and glides through them one at a time, turning dense manga pages into a cinematic, panel-by-panel reading experience that works especially well on smaller screens. READING · Right-to-left, left-to-right and vertical scroll reading modes · Single and double-page layouts · Download chapters for offline reading · Smart notifications when new chapters drop · Sleep timer for reading before bed · Volume button and Apple Pencil page turning · Drag in from the left edge to close the reader on iPhone and iPad LIBRARY · One library for series, servers and local files · iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac · Automatic reading-list sync · One-tap backup and restore · Incognito mode and Face ID app lock PREMIUM Unlock Read Aloud with Natural Voices, Follow Panels, Auto Zoom, Translation, Watch, Auto-Scroll, reading-list sync, iCloud Sync, server connections, Sleep Timer, Backup & Restore, Incognito Mode, Face ID Lock, and all future premium features. NATIVE APPLE APP Built with SwiftUI: no web views, no wrappers. Fluid, responsive and battery efficient on iOS and macOS. Terms of Use (EULA): https://yomureader.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://yomureader.app/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: KMReader at 100% against Yomu's 50%. KMReader also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.4) and ads (none vs shown). Yomu's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. KMReader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Yomu sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
KMReader holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KMReader has 32 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of KMReader's written reviews are positive against 50% of Yomu's.
KMReader ships an update weekly, Yomu every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KMReader | Yomu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (32 ratings) — better | 3.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 川 彭 | MOBILE ALCHEMY LTD |
Customer experience
KMReader
Yomu
In-app purchases
KMReader
- Monthly Coffee$0.991 Month
- Yearly Coffee$5.991 Year
Yomu
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- 30 Coins$0.99
- 120 Coins$2.99
- Series Pass$2.99
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- 500 Coins$9.99
- 1200 Coins$19.99
- Lifetime$34.99
- 3000 Coins$49.99
- 7000 Coins$99.99









