RuneManga vs Mangra: manga translators compared
Mangra, the iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android app, next to RuneManga: offline mode, files, AI models, text removal, prices and privacy. Checked November 2026.
Short answer
Mangra is a reading app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android: it opens your own ZIP, CBZ, RAR or PDF files or websites in its browser and translates offline for free on the device; Pro adds cloud AI models, whole chapters and, on iOS, removal of the original lettering. Your images stay on the device, and only the recognized text goes to the cloud. RuneManga runs in the browser and as a browser extension instead, with no app to install, erases the lettering on every plan, Free included, and has a colorizer.
| Feature | RuneManga | Mangra |
|---|---|---|
| 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. Mangra is an app for iPhone, iPad, Mac (Apple silicon), Apple Vision and Android. It opens ZIP, CBZ, RAR, CBR and PDF files and photos, and exports translated chapters as CBZ. |
| 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. | No browser extension. The app has its own browser; translating whole chapters there while you scroll is a Pro feature. |
| 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 55 target languages with cloud AI, 20 in offline mode, from about 20 source languages including Japanese, Korean, Chinese and English. |
| 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. | With Pro on iOS, a second AI model erases the original lettering and the translation is drawn back into each bubble, with an Edit Mode for corrections. Its site lists text removal as not available on Android yet. |
| 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 or App Store listing. |
| 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). | Offline: Apple's on-device translation on iOS, Google's on Android. Cloud, with Pro: Gemini, GPT, Grok, DeepSeek or Qwen on iOS, one default model on Android. |
| 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. | Free: unlimited offline translation, one page at a time. Pro on the US App Store is $4.99 a week, $9.99 a month or $49.99 a year; Google Play shows a local price. Pro also removes the Mangra watermark. |
| 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. | Images and files are not uploaded: bubble detection and text recognition run on the device, and in cloud mode only the recognized text goes to the chosen AI provider. Mangra says it stores no files or translations and does not train its own models on your data. |
| Sign-up needed | Yes for the WebApp: a free sign-in with Google, Discord or an emailed link, no card. | No account. A Pro subscription is tied to your Apple ID or Google account, separately on each platform. |
When RuneManga is the better fit
- You read on a computer in Chrome, Edge, Opera or Brave and want pages translated on the sites you read, with no app to install.
- You want the old lettering erased and the background filled in on the Free plan, on any device with a browser.
- You want to colorize black-and-white pages, or download a translated chapter as a ZIP or one PDF.
When Mangra is the better fit
- You read on an iPhone, iPad or Mac and want an app with its own reader and library.
- You want to translate offline, free and without limits, on the device.
- You prefer that your images never leave your device: only the recognized text goes to the cloud, and only in cloud mode.
- You read RAR or CBR archives.
Questions
Does Mangra work offline?
Yes. Its free mode translates on the device with Apple's or Google's translation; its site says the quality is good for English and weaker for Japanese, Korean and Chinese. RuneManga needs a connection, since its models run on its own servers.
Do both erase the original text?
RuneManga does on every plan. Mangra does with Pro on iOS; its site lists text removal as not available on Android yet.
Do I need an account?
Mangra needs none. RuneManga's WebApp needs a free account, made with Google, Discord or an emailed link, with no card.
Sources
Facts checked on November 8, 2026 from each tool's own pages and store listings. Something out of date? Write to [email protected].