Comparison

MangaPeek vs Torii Image Translator

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

Head to head
About

MangaPeek

Features
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MangaPeek helps you read manga, comics and webtoons in your language. Start from the home screen to browse a page, import a photo or screenshot, or type and paste text. Recognize image text on your device, preview it, and translate when you choose. Translate the visible browser area or a selected image region and view translations over the content. Features: • 40 translation target languages, including Turkish, English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, Persian, Ukrainian and Vietnamese • Search languages by their names and native names • Source image languages based on your device's text-recognition support • Standard and manga reading profiles • Copy translations, hear them spoken and save words • Optional account-scoped local translation history • Private browsing and favorite pages • Share images and links to a local inbox • Account token balance and transaction history • Support for larger text and light or dark appearance Translation requires an account and character tokens. Purchases are consumable character packages. OCR runs on your device; recognized or entered text is sent to the translation service when you request a translation. Images are not sent to the translation server. Image text recognition and speech support vary by device and language. Vertical or stylized text recognition can vary. Check recognized text before translating.

About

Torii Image Translator

Translate text within any image, meme, or PDF directly in your browser. Edit translations with advanced tools, including font customization and text warping. Supports vertical text and offers context-aware translations for a seamless reading experience.

Highlights
  • Instant in-image translation
  • Warp and Photoshop-style editing
  • Vertical and oriented text support
  • Speech bubbles only mode
  • Context-aware translations
  • BYOK and local self-hosting
  • Scanlation and batch tools
Features
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Translate manga, manhwa, webtoons and comics right where you read them in Safari. Torii finds the text in any image on any website, translates it with the AI model of your choice, and typesets the translation back into the speech bubbles. Made by a solo developer, updated almost every week, with an active Discord community of 2,000+ readers and scanlators. WHAT YOU CAN DO • One-tap translation: translate any image on the page, or switch on auto-translate for the whole page • Bulk translate a full chapter, then download every page as a ZIP or PDF • Choose the AI model you prefer from the leading providers, or bring your own API key • Japanese, Korean and Chinese to English, plus 120+ other languages • Context sharing across pages keeps names and terms consistent through a chapter • Custom prompts to steer tone, honorifics and terminology your way • Translation history: browse and reopen everything you've translated A REAL EDITOR, RIGHT IN SAFARI Edit the translated page in place: • Move, resize, rotate and restyle every text box, with your own custom fonts • Erase, paint and AI-inpaint to clean the original text away • Find and replace across pages, multi-select, keyboard shortcuts, undo everything • Export layered PSD files for further work in Photoshop A FULL SCANLATION WORKSPACE ON THE WEB For bigger jobs, open toriitranslate.com in Safari for a complete project workspace with the same editor: • Upload whole chapters or volumes at once: images, ZIP archives, PDFs or saved Torii projects • Organize pages into folders, then translate everything with one tap • Import and export the original and translated scripts, and crop pages • Save the project and pick it up later, or download it all as ZIP, PDF, PSD or a Torii project file ON MAC, IPAD AND IPHONE Use Torii in Safari on all your Apple devices with one account and one credit balance. GETTING STARTED After installing, turn on Torii in Safari's extension settings and allow it on the sites you read. Torii includes a free trial; continued use requires credits on your Torii account. Questions or ideas? Join the Torii Discord. I read and reply to every message.

Screenshots

MangaPeek4 screens
Torii Image Translator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Torii Image Translator at none against MangaPeek's 3. Torii Image Translator also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and ads 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

Both are free to download. MangaPeek sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Torii Image Translator asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MangaPeek ships an update every 7 months, Torii Image Translator every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MangaPeek versus Torii Image Translator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMangaPeekTorii Image Translator
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.3 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEgehan KarakoseAntony Kaloferov

In-app purchases

3 purchases

MangaPeek

One-time3
  • 100,000 Characters$2.99
  • 350,000 Characters$7.99
  • 1,000,000 Characters$19.99
None

Torii Image Translator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MangaPeek free?
MangaPeek is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Torii Image Translator free?
Torii Image Translator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MangaPeek or Torii Image Translator have ads?
Neither MangaPeek nor Torii Image Translator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MangaPeek or Torii Image Translator?
MangaPeek ships an update every 7 months, and Torii Image Translator every 3 weeks. Most recently, MangaPeek was updated on October 28, 2026 and Torii Image Translator on October 28, 2026.

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