MangaFuru vs Halftone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MangaFuru
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MangaFuru is a manga reader built for iPhone and iPad. Choose your sources, organize your collection, and settle into a good read. From page-by-page manga to vertically scrolling webtoons, find the reading style that suits you. BUILD A LIBRARY AROUND YOUR FAVORITES Add supported manga sources, connect your own Komga server, or import local comics, EPUBs, and PDFs. Save titles to your library, organize them with custom categories, and add your next reads to a watchlist. Keep ongoing series and completed stories you want to catch up on easy to find. MATCH THE READER TO THE STORY Choose paged, vertical scrolling, or right-to-left reading to suit the comic's layout and your preferences. Zoom in on the artwork or use page thumbnails to revisit an earlier scene. Your progress is saved automatically, so you can pick up where you left off. MAKE MORE TIME FOR READING Find recent reads in your reading history and save chapters that support downloading for later. If you have a compatible backup, import it to restore the collection and reading data it contains. MANGAFURU PREMIUM A one-time purchase permanently unlocks more convenient features: • Background and concurrent chapter downloads • Automatic next-chapter downloads • Automatic iCloud backups • Smart cache cleanup • An alternate app icon See the app for full feature and purchase details. CONTENT AND PRIVACY MangaFuru provides reading and collection-management tools, with no manga content included. Add sources and files you own or are authorized to use. Availability and supported features vary by source. No separate MangaFuru account is required. Individual sources or Komga servers may require a login. Analytics collection can be turned off in Settings. Privacy Policy: https://mangafuru.github.io/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Halftone
This app provides a seamless reading experience for comics and manga from various sources like Komga, Kavita, and cloud storage. It features unique zoom controls for comfortable one-handed reading and supports multiple file formats.
- Connects to Komga, Kavita, and other OPDS catalogs
- Hold Zoom for one-handed reading
- Page-level progress sync
- Supports various file formats (CBZ, CBR, PDF)
- Webtoon mode for long-strip scrolling
- Privacy features like Incognito reading
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The reader your comic and manga server deserves — and the comfiest way to read on a phone. Now on the Mac too: one Premium purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac, and your place syncs through Komga, Kavita or iCloud. Halftone connects straight to the places you already keep comics: Komga and Kavita (native, not just OPDS), Audiobookshelf, any OPDS catalog, SMB shares on your NAS, WebDAV, Dropbox, OneDrive, and the files on your device. No account with us. No middleman server. No ads. PANEL VIEW Read one panel at a time, in the right order — manga's right-to-left included. Tap or swipe to step through the page, hold to peek at the whole thing, and pick Overlay or Fade to dim everything but the panel you're on. HOLD ZOOM Press and hold anywhere to magnify, then pan with the same finger — one-handed, for dense pages and small lettering. Rest your thumb at a screen edge and the page keeps moving. YOUR SERVER, FIRST-CLASS • Komga and Kavita: native API clients — series, collections, page-by-page streaming • Audiobookshelf: your server's comics, with its covers and progress • Two-way, page-level progress sync — stop on your iPhone, and the server's web reader opens on the same page • OPDS for everything else: Codex, Ubooquity, Calibre-Web, Stump, and more • SMB and WebDAV — your NAS, found automatically • Dropbox, OneDrive, iCloud Drive, and any Files-app folder • Stream page by page without importing (CBZ, PDF, ePub and most CBR/RAR), or pin chapters for offline with one tap • Synced folders: point Halftone at a folder on your NAS or cloud drive and it mirrors the whole tree • iCloud sync carries your place to your other devices through your own iCloud — for imported comics and every source with no sync of its own A READER BUILT FOR COMICS • Apple Books–style page curl that folds at the spine — or a classic slide • Double-page spreads that pair themselves, with spine shadow and paper margins • True right-to-left for manga: page order, tap zones, curl, and scrubber all follow • A proper webtoon mode: smooth long-strip scrolling, detected automatically • AI Upscale: low-resolution scans are sharpened on-device as you read • Crop Borders trims scanned margins so the art fills the screen, and can drop credit strips • Tap zones your way: Left-Right, L-Shaped, Top-Bottom, or off • Match Page backgrounds: margins take the page's own color, or a soft blur of it A LIBRARY THAT KEEPS UP • Built for thousands of files: search down to the single comic, collections, merge and move • Folders for loose comics, so one-shots and odd issues stay together • Reads ComicInfo.xml on import: real series names, correct chapter order, right-to-left detected • Wi-Fi transfer from any computer's browser • Bookmarks and a farthest-read marker — re-read an earlier chapter without losing your place • One-tap backup to a folder you pick; export as standard CBZ with ComicInfo.xml • Privacy tools: Incognito reading, Face ID app lock, hidden comics READS EVERYTHING CBZ/ZIP, CBR/RAR, CB7/7z, PDF, image-based ePub (DRM-free), and plain folders of images. FAIR PRICING, NO DARK PATTERNS Free is genuinely free: your whole local library, no series limit, full quality, spreads, right-to-left, webtoon scrolling, Hold Zoom, and the Panel View preview — and it never expires. Premium adds the connected half — servers, cloud drives, streaming, synced folders, iCloud sync, backup, privacy tools — plus the full reader: Panel View, AI Upscale, page curl, Crop Borders, spine shadow, and Match Page. Try it free for 24 hours. Lifetime unlock, or a small subscription. Nothing you imported or downloaded is ever deleted if you stop paying. SAMPLE ARTWORK IN SCREENSHOTS "Pepper&Carrot" by David Revoy (CC-BY 4.0, peppercarrot.com) · "Give My Regards to Black Jack" by Shuho Sato (author's free-use declaration) · US public-domain Golden Age comics. Privacy Policy: https://halftonereader.app/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://halftonereader.app/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Halftone at 16.4 against MangaFuru's 18.6. 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. MangaFuru sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Halftone sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MangaFuru | Halftone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 187 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zongxi Li | Bony Yousuf |
In-app purchases
MangaFuru
- MangaFuru Premium$24.99
Halftone
- Premium Monthly3 Days trial$1.491 Month
- Premium Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Lifetime Unlock$19.99









