Which Mature Manga Sites Have Mobile Apps For Android Or IOS?

I’ve recently been trying out a few different apps to read more mature manga. ComiXology and Kindle (on both Android and iOS) are great for a wide selection of the more mainstream titles, and for longer, more canon-heavy stories. BookWalker is the best way to read Japanese e-books and light novels on the go, while Lezhin and Tappytoon are great for reading serialized manga, many of which are romance or drama-focused and geared towards an adult audience.

Pixiv/pixiv MANGA is also crucial to me reading lots of one-shot works and doujinshi, albeit mostly non-explicit. This tends to be mostly restricted to iOS versions of such apps but even so, many Japanese e-book stores prefer to have their wares sold via their mobile websites for adult material, and some even restrict download to PC/Mac for such. For Android, I have at times joined reader app ecosystems that pull in various feeds of interest, which is a lot of work but the diversity of output is worth it; I tend to keep a couple of official publisher apps, and go to their stores for the best selection of specific types of mature manga when I am in the mood for them.

I'm excited to share with you some legitimate mobile apps for reading more mature manga. Most of these options are available for reading on Android and iOS devices, but some have restrictions or region locking within their platforms.

Big players like ComiXology (in the Apps Store as well as Amzaon Kindle Reader for Android) offer many titles of mature manga, especially gritty seinen. The Android and iOS apps offer very polished offline reading, organized collections and purchases tied to your ComiXology account. I highly recommend BookWalker (the app for Kadokawa’s eBook store) which often has plenty of mature titles, especially light novels. Apps for serialized content – sold per episode, or even in packs of episodes – that pay creators well for adult-leaning titles, have full-featured apps for Android and iOS. Lezhin, Tappytoon, and others require users to confirm they are of age to read explicit content.

On the Japanese side, eBookJapan and Pixiv (pixiv MANGA) offer mobile apps for reading manga, including many adult-oriented titles. However, their catalogs are often region-locked and (on iOS) censored due to the restrictive App Store guidelines. That said, most vendors offer to sell you the same exact titles via their mobile web storefront, even if they are not sold through their apps (and you will have to go through an age verification process before being able to read the mature content). In the end, I find it’s easiest to mix and match the official apps for the convenient purchasing experience they afford, and the individual publisher’s websites for the more rare and esoteric titles, all the while supporting the creators of the work, and keeping your phone-based library organized.

When I’m looking for quick, portable access to long, mature series, I use a variety of apps.

For main stream titles published by companies, I read on ComiXology or Kindle on Android or iOS. A lot of Seinen/Josei titles are offered through these two platforms. For more on the indie side, like web comics or more romance/BL oriented comics that trend towards mature, I read on Lezhin and Tappytoon. Both of these sites enable small packet payments and are extremely mobile friendly. The Pixiv app is also good for finding individual authors and short comics (some of which are R-rated). However, the content on Pixiv that is R-rated can sometimes be blocked on iOS through App Store policies, so I end up going to the mobile site for that content.

I also have Tachiyomi set up on my Android. Most of the things I read through it are provided through the app’s aggregation of different sources and all of the reader plugins (some of them are strictly for scanlation, so I use legal plugins where possible). There is a version available for download but it’s not on the Play Store. It requires some setup but can be very customizable for reading whatever you like. (Just check region availability and verify the minimum age to purchase for any given service, as there is a lot of variation in how different services handle mature content.)