Comparison

MangaCut vs Narrative

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

Head to head
About

MangaCut

Easily animate manga panels on your phone with AI-powered body part detection and a multi-track timeline. Create dynamic animations with custom effects and export them for social media.

Highlights
  • AI body part detection
  • Rigging and skeleton building
  • Multi-track timeline with keyframes
  • Customizable velocity graphs
  • Liquify and wind effects
  • MP4 export in various aspect ratios
  • On-device processing
Features
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MangaCut is the fastest way to animate manga on your phone. Built for MMV and manga edit creators who are tired of cutting body parts by hand in CapCut or Alight Motion. THREE STEPS, ONE APP MASK. Import a panel and let on-device AI detect body parts instantly. Refine with lasso, brush, exclude mode and fill. Repaint hidden areas directly in the app, with a one-tap green screen to check your edges. RIG. Build a skeleton: set pivots, link parts as parent and child, reorder layers. Move the torso and the arms follow, so you never adjust every part on every keyframe again. ANIMATE. Multi-track timeline with keyframes, presets and a custom velocity graph with overshoot. Bend limbs along curves, sculpt shapes with the liquify brush, and add realistic wind to hair and clothes. You choose where the wind starts and how strong it blows. EXPORT ANYWHERE Render MP4 in 9:16, 16:9, 1:1 or the original size, with your own audio track, ready for TikTok, Shorts and Reels. MADE FOR MANGA • Segmentation runs on your device: your panels never leave your phone. • Snapping timeline, copy and paste keyframes, undo everywhere. • Free to use. Effects like wind and liquify unlock by watching a short ad, or go ad-free with MangaCut Pro. Questions? Our Discord and the in-app tutorial chapters walk you through every step. MANGACUT PRO SUBSCRIPTION MangaCut Pro is an auto-renewable monthly subscription. It removes ads and unlocks every effect without watching a video. The price is shown in the app and on this page before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mangacut.com/privacy

About

Narrative

Describe your desired video edits in plain language, and this AI-powered tool will automatically cut footage, build a timeline, and generate a draft. You can then further refine the edit by hand or with additional AI prompts.

Highlights
  • AI-powered video editing
  • Text-based edit descriptions
  • Automatic timeline generation
  • Multi-track editing
  • Hand editing and AI refinement
  • Supports video, text, graphics, transitions, and music
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Narrative is an AI video editor. Describe the edit you want in plain words and Narrative cuts your footage, builds the timeline and hands back a finished draft you can still prompt and change.* HOW IT WORKS 1. Import clips straight from your camera roll. 2. Tell Narrative what you want: "make a 30 second highlight reel," "add captions and a title," "tighten the pacing and drop the dead air."* 3. Watch the edit land on your timeline, then tweak anything by hand or ask for another pass.* BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO POST Narrative was made for creators who edit on their phone and post often: sports highlights, montages, short-form edits, talking-head clips. You get a real multitrack timeline with video, text, graphics, transitions and music, not a template you have to fit your footage into. If you have ideas or questions, email us at team@usenarrative.ai. *TIMELINE EDITING, AI EDITING, AND EXPORTS REQUIRE A NARRATIVE SUBSCRIPTION. TERMS: https://usenarrative.ai/terms PRIVACY POLICY: https://usenarrative.ai/privacy

Screenshots

MangaCut4 screens
Narrative4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Narrative at 4.8 against MangaCut's 4.0. Narrative also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (378 vs 20). MangaCut's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (50% vs 39%). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Narrative sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. MangaCut asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Narrative holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Narrative has 378 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of MangaCut's written reviews are positive against 39% of Narrative's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MangaCut versus Narrative: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMangaCutNarrative
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (20 ratings)4.8 (378 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better39.3% of reviews
Number of ratings20378 — better
Update frequencyDailyDaily
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB86 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFIZE--BOUVAT REMY BENJAMIN ALAIN DANIELNarrative AI Inc.

Customer experience

MangaCut

All ratings20 ratings
Positive65.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral21.4%
Negative28.6%

Narrative

All ratings282 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral1.4%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive39.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative53.6%

In-app purchases

None

MangaCut

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Narrative

Subscriptions4
  • Narrative Plus Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Narrative Pro Monthly3 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Narrative Plus Annual3 Days trial$49.991 Year
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  • Narrative Pro Annual3 Days trial$99.991 Year

Questions

Is MangaCut free?
MangaCut is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Narrative free?
Narrative is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MangaCut or Narrative?
Narrative is rated higher. MangaCut averages 4.0 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Narrative averages 4.8 from 378 ratings.
Do MangaCut or Narrative have ads?
MangaCut shows ads; Narrative does not.
Which is updated more often, MangaCut or Narrative?
MangaCut ships an update daily, and Narrative daily. Most recently, MangaCut was updated on October 31, 2026 and Narrative on October 31, 2026.

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