Everything you might want to know about the MangaLens AI manga translator — how it works, what it costs, which sites it supports, and how we handle your data.
Install the MangaLens Chrome extension, open any manga, manhwa, or manhua site, and click the Translate button. Our AI detects every speech bubble on the page, runs OCR on the text, translates it into your chosen language, and overlays the translation cleanly on top of the original bubble — no copy-paste, no tab switching.
MangaLens works on Google Chrome and any Chromium-based browser — Microsoft Edge, Brave, Arc, Opera, and Vivaldi. There is also an iOS app for reading on mobile.
Yes. MangaLens works on any site that displays manga images — MangaDex, Rawkuma, Comic Days, Webtoon, MangaPlus, Kakao, Bilibili Comics, and hundreds of others. If you can read the page in your browser, MangaLens can translate it.
We use state-of-the-art OCR and translation models tuned for manga-style text (vertical Japanese, stylized fonts, hand-drawn bubbles). Results are great for understanding the story — close to professional fan-translations for most series. For dense literary works or wordplay-heavy manga, treat translations as a strong first pass.
65+ languages including Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Arabic, Turkish, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Hindi, Malay, Tagalog, Polish, Dutch, and 40+ more — including underserved South Asian, Eastern European, and African languages.
$4.99/month or $49.99/year (save 17%). Both plans give you unlimited translations on every supported site. There is a free trial when you install the extension. See our pricing page for details.
Yes — install the extension and you get a free trial right away. No credit card required to start. The trial lets you experience the full product before deciding to subscribe.
Yes — cancel anytime from the extension popup. One click, no questions, no fees. If you cancel during your billing period you keep access until it ends.
Yes. We offer a 14-day money-back guarantee on the yearly plan. If MangaLens isn't right for you within the first two weeks, email help@mangalens.app for a full refund.
Absolutely. Images are processed on our secure server and immediately discarded after translation. We never store your manga images or your reading history. We do not sell or share your data with third parties. See our privacy policy for the full picture.
No. Fan translators and scanlation groups produce polished, culturally-aware editions that MangaLens cannot match for craft. MangaLens is for the cases where no translation exists, or where you can't wait for one — the latest raw chapter, a manga that was never licensed in your language, or a series the scanlation group has dropped.
Google Translate is a generic web translator — it can't see speech bubbles, so it produces broken layouts and skipped text. Mokuro is a manga-specific OCR tool but it's a self-hosted Python CLI that requires technical setup. MangaLens is the only zero-setup option built specifically for manga bubbles, with 65+ languages and unlimited use on every site. See our comparison vs Google Translate and comparison vs Mokuro.
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Install the Chrome extension and start translating manga in 30 seconds — no credit card needed for the trial.