Comparison

MangaPeek vs Neko Translator

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” 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: โ€ข 40 translation target languages, including Turkish, English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, Persian, Ukrainian and Vietnamese โ€ข Search languages by their names and native names โ€ข Source image languages based on your device's text-recognition support โ€ข Standard and manga reading profiles โ€ข Copy translations, hear them spoken and save words โ€ข Optional account-scoped local translation history โ€ข Private browsing and favorite pages โ€ข Share images and links to a local inbox โ€ข Account token balance and transaction history โ€ข 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

Neko Translator

Features
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Neko Translator - A professional AI-powered tool for automatically translating manga/comic images โ€” from extracting dialogue, to summarizing each page's context with a multimodal model, to fine-grained translation by a large language model. Run the whole pipeline automatically in batches, or refine it box by box manually, then export or read with a single tap. Automated translation pipeline: Text-box detection โ†’ text recognition (OCR) โ†’ scene-context parsing โ†’ translation. All four steps are independently controllable, and each can be skipped or re-run as needed. Text-box detection / OCR: Automatically outlines dialogue and text regions in the image, with support for manually adding boxes, running OCR individually, reordering, and more. Fine-grained LLM translation: Translates with scene context taken into account, and supports a proofreading workflow for easy human refinement. Bring your own AI provider: Compatible with the OpenAI API, so you can connect a local Ollama, OpenRouter, and more. Model, concurrency, rate limits, and retries are all customizable, and your API key is stored only in your device's secure local storage. Glossary support: Keep character names and proper nouns translated consistently, with "do not translate" and "banned terms" options to ensure consistent wording throughout the book. Scene-context analysis: Parses the image content and uses the source text and summaries of adjacent pages as context, so the AI keeps dialogue coherent from page to page. Batch processing: Select multiple pages and chapters at once for automatic queued processing, with real-time progress and automatic retries on failure. Built-in reader: Horizontal / vertical layouts, paged / continuous scrolling โ€” the reading direction is fully customizable. One-tap export: Export to LabelPlus TXT, or package everything together with the original images as a ZIP, making the follow-up typesetting work easy.

Screenshots

MangaPeek4 screens
Neko Translator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Neko Translator at none against MangaPeek's 3. Neko 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 ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MangaPeek ships an update every 7 months, Neko Translator every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
MangaPeek versus Neko Translator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMangaPeekNeko Translator
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS18.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size13 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEgehan Karakose็ฆน ๆข

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

Neko Translator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MangaPeek free?
MangaPeek is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Neko Translator free?
Neko Translator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MangaPeek or Neko Translator have ads?
Neither MangaPeek nor Neko Translator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MangaPeek or Neko Translator?
MangaPeek ships an update every 7 months, and Neko Translator every 3 weeks. Most recently, MangaPeek was updated on October 28, 2026 and Neko Translator on October 31, 2026.

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