The Tachiyomi of iOS: Madomi Is the Mihon Alternative for iPhone

If you want Tachiyomi on your iPhone, Madomi is the app you’re looking for. Same extension repos, same sources, and it restores the .tachibk backup you already have. It reads on iOS and Android, it’s free, and it translates raw chapters as you scroll.

That last part is worth saying twice. This isn’t a stripped-down substitute you settle for. It’s the extension-based reader you already know, on the platform that never got one, with a translation layer Tachiyomi never had.

Your Tachiyomi setup, rebuilt on iOS

Everything that made Tachiyomi and Mihon worth using is here:

• The same extensions. Madomi installs Mihon and Tachiyomi compatible source extensions, including the Keiyoushi repo, and searches across every installed source at once.
• Your library comes with you. Import your .tachibk backup and your manga, categories, reading progress and tracking all land exactly where you left them.
• A proper reader. Five reading modes, continuous chapter-to-chapter scrolling, offline downloads, AMOLED themes, MyAnimeList and AniList tracking.
• Komga too, if you self-host your own library.
• AI translation built in, which is the part Tachiyomi never had. Open a raw Japanese, Korean or Chinese chapter and Madomi draws the translation onto the page as you scroll, keeping the original art. We have step-by-step guides for reading Korean manhwa without knowing Korean and reading Chinese manhua in English if that’s what you’re after.

The reader is free. Every reading mode, your own files, online sources, downloads and global search, no payment. The free plan also includes AI translation credits every month, and paid plans lift that if you read a lot of raws.

How Tachiyomi became Mihon, and why iOS was left out

Quick context if you’re new to this. Tachiyomi stopped active development on 13 January 2024, after the team received a cease and desist from Kakao Entertainment. Members of the original team regrouped and shipped Mihon eight days later, on 21 January 2024, carrying on with the same look, the same extensions and the same backup format.

Both were Android projects, so iPhone readers watched the whole thing from the sidelines. Madomi is what closes that gap: built the same way, around the same extension ecosystem, and released on iOS from the start.

Set it up in a couple of minutes

Install the app, add the extension repo, install your sources, read.

1. Install Madomi on your iPhone or Android phone.
2. Open the extensions section and add the Keiyoushi repository.
3. Install the sources you want, the same ones you ran on Mihon.
4. Migrating? Import your .tachibk backup and your library rebuilds itself.
5. Open a chapter. If it’s a raw, turn on translation and keep scrolling.

If you’ve only ever done this the manual way, the difference is stark: here’s what translating manga with Google Translate actually involves.

Frequently asked questions

Is Madomi really like Tachiyomi and Mihon? Yes, in the way that matters: it’s an extension-based reader. You add source repos, install the sources you want, and browse and read from them, with your own files and a Komga server alongside if you use one.

Will my Mihon backup work? Yes. Madomi imports Mihon and Tachiyomi .tachibk backups, including categories, reading progress and tracking.

Can I use my existing sources? Yes. The Keiyoushi repo and other Mihon and Tachiyomi compatible repos work, so the sources you already know carry over.

Is Tachiyomi still worth installing? Its development ended on 13 January 2024. Old APKs still circulate, but sources and extensions have moved on since, so a current reader will serve you better.

Is it actually free? The reader is, completely. Translation runs on credits, and you get free ones every month, with paid plans if you need more.

Do I need a computer or a server? No. Everything runs on the phone. A server is only involved if you choose to connect your own Komga library.

Read Your Sources on Your iPhone Today

The reader, the repos, the backup, the sources: it’s all on iOS, and it’s free to start. If you want the wider comparison first, we also wrote about the best iOS manga reader alternatives and the best tools to translate manga.

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