Comparison

Texidium vs Manga Dogs

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

Head to head
About

Texidium

Access digital textbooks and course materials anytime, anywhere, both online and offline. Enhance your study experience with features like note-taking, highlighting, and a read-aloud option. Collaborate with peers and instructors by sharing your annotations.

Highlights
  • Online and offline textbook access
  • Chapter and page navigation
  • Color-coded highlights and notes
  • Share notes and highlights
  • Read Aloud feature
  • Add links to notes
  • Adjustable font sizes
Features
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Your textbooks, your way. Study smarter with Texidium – the solution that provides you with anytime, anywhere access to your digital textbooks and course materials. Key Features: - Access your textbooks online and offline, whenever and wherever you are. - Sort and search through your books with built-in chapter and page navigation. - Personalize highlights and notes by color-coding and categorizing key information. - Collaborate with classmates and professors by sharing notes and highlights. - Listen to textbooks and learn on the go using the Read Aloud feature. - Add links to videos, online quizzes, and other websites to your notes. - View your reading history to see where you left off at home or in class. - Adjust textbook font sizes for easier reading. Get the most out of your textbooks and excel in school with the Texidium Reader.

About

Manga Dogs

Discover, read, and organize thousands of manga from multiple sources and languages. Get updates on your favorite series, track your reading progress, and enjoy a customizable reading experience with features like night mode and background downloads. Sync your progress across all devices with a single account.

Highlights
  • Discover manga from 20+ sources
  • Organize favorites and track history
  • Receive update notifications
  • Customizable reading modes
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Night mode for eye protection
Features
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Follow your favorite manga and discuss with manga fans. Will get notification when your following manga updated. Record reading page place. Night model protect your eyes. One account applies to all devices! Discover, Bookshelf, Read and Download thousands of manga. The whole experience is easy and fast! DISCOVER - Browse thousands of manga from 20+ sources, in 6 languages - Get recommended manga based on what you read - See what others are reading and what is popular on Manga Online - View related manga of the current manga you are reading Bookhelf And History - Follow your favorite books - Notification when your favorite books updated! - One account for all your iPhone, iPad,iTouch device! READ - Specially-made viewer deliver the best manga reading experience - 2 reading mode: Horizontal, Vertical - Advanced Settings accessible right in the viewer for deep customization - While reading online, the next page will automatically be downloaded in the background - Smart speed optimizer to save battery & data usage Features - Push Notification: get instantly notified when your favorite manga has new chapters - Favorites: Manage manga that you love - History: Pick up where you left off from your reading history - Continuous Reading: Start on one device, finish on another seamlessly - Manga Dogs Cloud: backup & restore all your data for multi-device usage The auto-renewing subscription to read books without ads and unlimited to download - You can pay $5.99/Year to read following books without ads • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Privacy Policy: https://www.mangadogs.com/policies.html Terms of Use: http://www.mangadogs.com/termsofuse.html DISCLAIMER Due to copyrights, not all manga are available for users!

Screenshots

Texidium4 screens
Manga Dogs4 screens

Verdict

The call

Texidium and Manga Dogs both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 52% of Manga Dogs's written reviews are positive against 13% of Texidium's. Manga Dogs also leads on ratings volume (1.8K vs 26) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Texidium's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. Manga Dogs sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 3 months. Texidium asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Texidium against 4.1 for Manga Dogs. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Manga Dogs has 1.8K ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 13% of Texidium's written reviews are positive against 52% of Manga Dogs's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Texidium ships an update every 3 months, Manga Dogs every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Texidium versus Manga Dogs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTexidiumManga Dogs
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (26 ratings) — better4.1 (1.8K ratings)
Positive reviews13.0% of reviews51.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings261.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB81 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTexidium Solutions Inc.爽 邹

Customer experience

Texidium

All ratings26 ratings
Positive80.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative19.2%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive13.0%
Neutral5.6%
Negative81.5%

Manga Dogs

All ratings1,786 ratings
Positive76.1%
Neutral5.1%
Negative18.8%
Written reviews290 reviews
Positive51.7%
Neutral11.4%
Negative36.9%

Bugs and requests

Texidium

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Manga Dogs

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Manga chapters not loading properly
  • Accounts and reading lists being lost after updates
  • Incompatibility issues with newer devices or OS versions
  • Repeated login prompts and account access problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to customize reading order and layout
  • Improved bookmarking and reading history features
  • Offline reading mode
  • Better notification system for updated manga
  • More language and source options

In-app purchases

None

Texidium

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Manga Dogs

Subscriptions2
  • Read manga no ads three month$8.993 Months
  • Remove ads one year$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Manga reader no ads forever$39.99

Questions

Is Texidium free?
Texidium is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Manga Dogs free?
Manga Dogs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Texidium or Manga Dogs?
Texidium is rated higher. Texidium averages 4.2 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Manga Dogs averages 4.1 from 1.8K ratings.
Do Texidium or Manga Dogs have ads?
Manga Dogs shows ads; Texidium does not.
Which is updated more often, Texidium or Manga Dogs?
Texidium ships an update every 3 months, and Manga Dogs every 3 weeks. Most recently, Texidium was updated on November 1, 2026 and Manga Dogs on November 6, 2026.

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