Penguin Viewer: Manga Reader
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Penguin Viewer: Manga Reader

HAEDUN KIM · released 23 Jun 2026 · Open in App Store ↗

Revenue 30d not estimated
Downloads 30d not estimated
Rating 5.00 7 reviews

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South Korea57%45.00
China29%25.00
United States14%15.00
United Arab Emirates<1%0
Afghanistan<1%0
Antigua And Barbuda<1%0
Anguilla<1%0
Albania<1%0
Armenia<1%0
Angola<1%0

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Description

Penguin Viewer is a fast, private reader for the manga, comics, webtoons and novels you already own, with a translator built in that runs entirely on your device. Bring your own files, connect your NAS, and read on iPhone, iPad and Mac. No subscription, no ads, no account, just one optional lifetime purchase for Pro.

COMICS AND NOVELS IN ONE LIBRARY

Drop in your collection and start reading in seconds.

Opens CBZ, CBR, CB7, ZIP, RAR, PDF and image folders

Reads TXT, MD and EPUB novels on the same shelf as your comics

Drag and drop to import, and series are grouped automatically from ComicInfo metadata

A REAL NOVEL READER

Set the font, text size, line spacing, margins and background in Text and Layout, and see every change as you make it

Jump between chapters from the table of contents

Your reading position and bookmarks carry over between devices

See how long is left in the book, calculated from your own reading speed

TRANSLATION THAT STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE

Reading something in a language you do not speak yet? Penguin Viewer recognizes the text and translates it where it sits.

Manga: the translation lands right over the speech bubbles, vertical Japanese included

Novels: translate a sentence or the whole page and read it beside the original, with dictionary lookups for single words

Pre-translate a whole book so every page opens already translated

Download language models ahead of time and translate offline

Runs fully on device, so your pages are never sent anywhere

YOUR NAS IS YOUR LIBRARY

Keep thousands of books on a server and read them anywhere.

Connects over SMB, WebDAV and OPDS, and works with Komga and Kavita

OPDS-PSE streaming reads page by page, no full downloads needed

iCloud keeps your reading position in sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac

READING DONE RIGHT

Single pages, smart two-page spreads, and true right-to-left for manga

Keep spreads in landscape, switch to single pages in portrait

Vertical scrolling for webtoons with hands-free auto-scroll, smooth at 120Hz, and pinch to zoom without leaving the strip

Previous and next volume are one tap away while you read

A draggable bottom page bar with thumbnails shows exactly where you are

Auto Night Theme turns the reader black at the hour you choose

Auto-crop scanned margins, bookmark any page, and fix shuffled pages with Page Order

A SHELF THAT KEEPS ITSELF TIDY

Smart shelves file every book as Unread, Reading or Finished

Multi-level sorting and instant search

Set your own grid: column count, cover size, or just pinch to resize

MAKE READING A HABIT

Reading stats, streaks and milestones

A reading calendar showing which days you read, and how much

Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets on iOS

HONEST PRICING

Nearly everything is free, including translation, server connections and every reading feature. The included library holds 30 books, and sharing the app with a friend raises it to 40. Need more room? A single lifetime Pro purchase unlocks an unlimited library. Pay once, keep it forever. There is no subscription.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN

Local first: your books and your reading data stay on your devices. No account to create, no uploads, no ads.

SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE

The interface is available in 17 languages, including English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese.

Penguin Viewer is a reader. It does not supply any comics or books, so bring the files you already own. Questions or ideas? Novel support came straight from reader requests, and we read everything.