The Best Tachimanga Alternative for iOS in 2026 (It Also Translates)

If you’re hunting for a Tachimanga alternative on iOS, here’s the short answer: Madomi is a source-based manga reader that works with the same Mihon extension repos, imports Mihon-style backups, connects to your Komga server, and does the one thing Tachimanga can’t do at all: translate raw manga while you read it.

Tachimanga earned its reputation. When Tachiyomi shut down in early 2024 and Mihon carried on as Android-only, it became the app iPhone users actually landed on. So if it’s working for you, great.

But if you’re reading this, something about it isn’t. Usually it’s one of four things, and Madomi has an answer for each of them.

Why people go looking for a Tachimanga alternative

1. The free tier got tighter. Tachimanga is free to download, but the free version caps you at around 10 chapter downloads a day, and the comfortable experience sits behind Premium ($1.99 a month, $9.99 a year, or $24.99 lifetime). If you were expecting the old free-and-open Tachiyomi deal, it stings.
2. Sources break. Any source-based reader inherits this, but when a source dies mid-series you start wondering what else is out there.
3. App Store anxiety. iOS reader apps in this category have a history of vanishing, and nobody wants to rebuild a 200-series library from scratch in whatever app comes next.
4. The series you want isn’t translated. This is the big one, and the one no reader app solves. If your manga only exists in raw Japanese, or the manhwa is 80 chapters ahead in Korean, a different reader shows you the same page you can’t read.

Meet Madomi: the Tachimanga alternative that also translates

Madomi is a manga translator that works as a browser extension on Chrome and Firefox, and as a native app on Android and iOS. Open any raw manga chapter, activate Madomi, and it reads the Japanese text inside every speech bubble using OCR built for manga fonts, then overlays the translation in your language as you scroll. It handles Korean manhwa and Chinese manhua the same way.

Here’s the part most people don’t know: on iOS, Madomi is also a full Tachiyomi-style reader, not a translator bolted onto a browser.

• Sources from Mihon extension repos. Paste a repo’s index URL and install sources, the exact flow you already know from Tachimanga.
• Mihon-style backup import. Bring a .tachibk backup and your library, categories, and reading progress come over intact.
• Tracking built in. Sync your progress to AniList and MyAnimeList.
• Your own library. Open CBZ, PDF, and ZIP files, or connect a self-hosted Komga server.
• Reads manga sites directly too, with translation overlaid in place.

It’s rated 4.8 out of 5 from 270+ Chrome Web Store ratings with 10,000+ active users, the highest-rated manga translator extension. The free plan gives you free translation credits every month at 1 credit per translated image, and Madomi Premium makes it unlimited.

Tachimanga vs Madomi

	Tachimanga	Madomi
Source-based (Mihon repos)	Yes	Yes
Mihon-style backup import	Yes	Yes
Komga + your own files	Yes	Yes
AniList / MAL tracking	Yes	Yes
Translates raw manga	No	Yes
Also on Android + browser	No, iOS/Mac only	Yes, one account everywhere

The bottom two rows are the whole story. Feature for feature, Madomi covers the Tachimanga workflow. Then it adds the thing no reader in this category has ever done: it turns a raw Japanese, Korean, or Chinese page into something you can actually read, automatically, as you scroll. And the same account works in the browser and on Android, so you’re not paying twice to read on your phone and your laptop.

The language wall is the real problem anyway

Be honest about why you’re switching. If every series you follow has an English release, almost any reader can show it to you. The pain starts with everything else: the manhwa that never got licensed, the manga running a year behind the raws, the series your scanlation group dropped mid-arc.

That’s the gap Madomi was built for. We’ve written full walkthroughs if your untranslated backlog is Korean manhwa or Chinese manhua, and a broader look at the state of iOS manga readers if you want the full landscape.

Switching from Tachimanga takes a few minutes

1. Get Madomi on the App Store. Free, no card, no sign-up wall.
2. Add your extension repo: paste the same Mihon repo index URL you used in Tachimanga and install your sources.
3. Have a Mihon-style .tachibk backup? Import it and your library walks over.
4. Using Komga? Point Madomi at your server and your collection is just there.
5. Open the series you’ve been stuck on in raw form and watch it come out in your language.

Stop waiting on translations

A Tachimanga alternative that only changes the UI doesn’t fix anything. Madomi keeps the source-based workflow you came for and knocks down the one wall no reader ever could. Grab it on the App Store and try it on a raw chapter tonight.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Madomi source-based like Tachimanga? Yes. Madomi installs sources from Mihon extension repos using the same paste-a-repo-URL flow, and it imports Mihon-style .tachibk backups. The difference is that Madomi also translates raw chapters as you read.

Is Madomi free? The app is free, and the free plan includes translation credits every month (1 credit per translated image). Madomi Premium removes the limit. There’s no paywall on the reader itself.

Is Tachimanga the same as Tachiyomi? No. Tachiyomi was an Android app, discontinued in early 2024 (Mihon is its Android successor). Tachimanga is a separate iOS app inspired by it. Madomi brings the same Mihon-repo source system to iPhone, with translation on top.

Does Madomi work on iPad and Mac? Yes, the iOS app covers iPhone and iPad, and Madomi also runs as a Chrome or Firefox extension on any desktop, plus a native Android app. One account works across all of them.

Can I move my library from Tachimanga to Madomi? If you have a Mihon-style .tachibk backup, import it directly. Otherwise, add the same extension repos in Madomi and re-add your series, and a Komga library carries over by just connecting the server.