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RuneManga vs Immersive Translate for manga

Immersive Translate's manga mode or RuneManga: supported sites, extensions, languages, engines, free pages, plans and privacy. Checked November 2026.

Updated November 9, 20265 min read

Short answer

Immersive Translate is a widely used translation extension for web pages, PDFs and video, for Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari plus mobile apps, and its manga mode sets translations inside the speech bubbles on supported manga sites, with engines such as DeepL, GPT-4o, Claude and Gemini. Logged-in free users get 100 manga pages a month; beyond that, manga is a Pro or Max feature. RuneManga is made only for comics: it translates pages on the sites you read, takes images, ZIPs, CBZs and PDFs in the WebApp, erases and re-letters each page and has a colorizer.

Feature	RuneManga	Immersive Translate
WebApp upload	Yes. Add images, a folder, a ZIP, a CBZ or a PDF (50 to 500 pages at once depending on the plan, 20 MB each), correct the result in Edit mode, and download single pages, a ZIP or one PDF.	No chapter upload for manga. Manga translation runs in the browser extension and the mobile apps; the extension can also translate a single image from a web page or your computer.
Browser extension	Yes, in the Chrome Web Store (Chrome, Brave, Opera), Edge Add-ons and Firefox Add-ons. It translates pages right on the sites you read: an R button per page, Auto mode while you scroll, show original, Translate an area, Edit image and a ZIP of the page's translations.	Yes, for Chrome (about 3 million users), Edge, Firefox and Safari, with apps for iPhone and Android. On a supported manga site, a manga button under its floating ball turns translation on; its manga page names Pixiv and MANGA Plus among more than 100 sites.
Languages	From Japanese, Korean, Chinese, English and six more languages (or auto-detect) into 93 languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, French, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Arabic and Thai output is experimental.	More than 20 languages for manga, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Arabic and Thai; over 100 language pairs across its other features.
Bubble-aware typesetting	Yes. Lettering in speech bubbles, caption boxes and text on the art is erased, the background filled in and the translation fitted in its place. Sound effects stay as drawn. Edit mode, in the WebApp and the extension, lets you move, restyle and rewrite the text.	It says the translation is set inside the speech bubbles with the layout kept, fonts matched to the original style and sound effects translated. Its pages do not say how the original lettering is removed.
Colorize	BetaYes, our own AI colorizer for black-and-white pages, in the WebApp and the extension, on every plan. It keeps the line art, screentone and lettering; the colors are its guesses, so results vary. 1 credit a page, 2 together with Translate. A page already in color comes back as it is, and its color credit is given back.	Not mentioned on its pages.
Translation engine	RuneLingua, our own AI translator for manga dialogue, on every plan, Free included. A few languages it does not cover well yet use another translation service. You can also connect your own AI key (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, xAI or OpenRouter).	More than ten engines to switch between, such as DeepL, GPT-4o, Claude, Gemini, Google Translate and Microsoft Translator; Premium unlocks the most accurate models. Your own API keys work too.
Pricing	Credits: 1 a page to translate or to colorize, 2 for both. Free at $0: 20 credits a day, claimed on the site. Supporter ($2.99, 1,000 a month), Pro ($4.99, 2,500) and Ultimate ($9.99, 5,000) are on sale now. Credit packs never expire. See the pricing section for the available packs.	Logged-in free users get 100 manga pages a month. Its manga page shows Pro at $9.99 a month and Max at $19.99 ($119.88 and $239.88 a year), with a 3-day free trial; its membership terms list $14.99 and $39.99 for monthly billing.
Privacy and retention	Pages are processed on RuneManga's servers; only the text found on the page goes to the translation engine. Jobs are deleted about an hour after they finish and are not used for training.	Its security page says only the text that needs translating goes to the translation service and no translation logs are kept; its official services do not train on your content, while third-party services and your own API keys follow their own terms. Manga images are not covered specifically.
Sign-up needed	Yes for the WebApp: a free sign-in with Google, Discord or an emailed link, no card.	Yes for the free manga pages: they need a logged-in account.

When RuneManga is the better fit

You read on a site outside Immersive Translate's list of supported manga sites.
You want to upload a chapter as images, a ZIP, a CBZ or a PDF and download it translated.
You want 20 free credits a day, plus 30 at sign-up, and a colorizer, Colorize (a Beta), for black-and-white pages.

When Immersive Translate is the better fit

You already use Immersive Translate for web pages, PDFs or video and want manga in the same extension.
You read in Safari, or in its iPhone and Android apps.
You want to pick the engine, such as DeepL or Claude, for your manga.

Questions

Does Immersive Translate work on every manga site?

No. Its manga mode works on a list of supported sites, more than 100 according to its manga page, and you can ask for others. RuneManga's extension translates pages on the sites you read, with a button on each page and an Auto mode.

Is Immersive Translate's manga translation free?

Logged-in free users get 100 manga pages a month; beyond that it needs a Pro or Max subscription. RuneManga's Free plan gives 20 credits a day, one per page.

Do both erase the original text?

RuneManga erases the lettering, fills in the background and sets the translation in its place. Immersive Translate says it sets the translation inside the bubbles with the layout kept, without saying how the original text is removed, so try the same page in both.

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Facts checked on November 8, 2026 from each tool's own pages and store listings. Something out of date? Write to [email protected].