A CBZ manga reader that reads right to left
A good CBZ manga reader reads right to left, fits a phone screen and keeps your place. LiveComics does all three for the manga volumes you already have as CBZ or CBR files. Add them once in the app or in any browser, pick Manga as the reading type, and read each volume page by page or one panel at a time, right to left, on iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows or a Mac. Adding volumes and reading them in Panel view is free.
How do I read manga CBZ files?
Add the volumes to your library once, and they follow you to every screen you sign in on.
- Make a free account at livecomics.to, or get the app from the App Store, Google Play or the Microsoft Store.
- In your library, open the Manga tab, press + Add Manga and pick the volumes. You can pick a whole series at once, or use From a link to paste a Google Drive or Dropbox share link.
- Choose Pages only, Panel view or Voiced, then pick Manga as the reading type and press Add.
- Adding a whole series? Tick Use these choices for the other files too, and every volume after the first is added the same way.
Each file can be up to 2.6 GB. A free account holds 1 GB with no card, about two manga volumes, and imports 30 comics a month.
Does it read manga right to left?
Yes. Pick Manga as the reading type and Panel view puts the panels on every page in manga order, right to left and top to bottom, the way the volume was printed. Taps and arrow keys follow it too: in a manga, the left side of the screen and the Left arrow go forward. If your thumb keeps reaching for the right, set Next panel side to Right in the reader's settings. For whole pages, the Double layout shows two pages side by side with the earlier page on the right, like an open book.
Can I read manga one panel at a time on my phone?
Yes. Panel view finds each panel and fills the screen with it, so you tap from panel to panel in reading order instead of pinching and dragging around a page. It is free on every volume. Panels and their order are worked out automatically, so an unusual layout can come out wrong, and the whole page is always one switch away.
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Is there a CBZ manga reader for iPhone, Android and PC?
Yes. LiveComics is in the App Store for iPhone and iPad, on Google Play for Android and in the Microsoft Store for Windows, and it runs in Edge, Chrome or Firefox on any PC or Mac with nothing to install. Your volumes and your place belong to your account, so a volume you start on your phone opens at the same panel on your computer.
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How do I keep a manga series in order?
Name each volume with the series and its number, the same way every time: Series Name v01.cbz, Series Name v02.cbz. Volumes that share a name stack into one tile on the Manga tab, sorted by volume number, with the next volume's cover on top and a count of how many you have read. Press Continue on the stack to open the next one. If a volume went in as the wrong type, choose Type: Manga in its menu.
Can I open a CBZ manga without an account?
Yes, to look inside it. Drop a CBR or CBZ file on the Read CBR and CBZ online page and it opens page by page in your browser, with no account. The file never leaves your device. That quick viewer shows whole pages only, so for manga panel order, a library and your place on every device, add the volume to a free account.
Can it read my manga aloud?
Yes, with Voiced. Every speech balloon is read in order by two synthetic narrators matched to each speaker, with the drawn sound effects and a soundscape under every scene, and an English volume is read in English. Voices come with a monthly plan or a top-up, and you see the price in credits before you press Add.
How many manga volumes can I store?
A free account holds 1 GB with no card. A manga volume of 200 pages or more usually takes a few hundred MB here, so that is about two volumes. Collector is $3 a month for 50 GB, room for around a hundred volumes, and it lifts the import limit of 30 comics a month. Deleting a volume you have finished frees its space right away.
Does it keep my CBZ files?
It keeps the pages, not the file. Once a volume is added, LiveComics stores its page images so it can show them, and there is no button to download the CBZ back. Keep your own copy of your files on a drive or in a cloud folder.
Straight answers
What is the best CBZ manga reader?
One that reads right to left, fits a phone screen and keeps your place. LiveComics reads CBZ and CBR volumes in manga order, as whole pages or one panel at a time, on iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows and in any browser, with your place kept on all of them.
Is there a CBZ manga reader for PC?
Yes. On Windows, LiveComics is in the Microsoft Store, and on any PC or Mac it runs in Edge, Chrome or Firefox with nothing to install.
Is there a CBZ manga reader for iOS?
Yes. LiveComics is in the App Store for iPhone and iPad. Add volumes from your files, or paste a Google Drive or Dropbox share link.
Can I read CBZ manga online?
Yes. Sign in at livecomics.to in any browser and add your volumes, with nothing to install. To look inside one file without an account, drop it on the Read CBR and CBZ online page.
Does it read CBR manga too?
Yes. CBR, CBZ, PDF and EPUB volumes all import, and each file can be up to 2.6 GB. A PDF takes a few minutes longer to prepare.
Can I read manga offline?
Yes. Choose Download for offline reading on a volume in your library, and that copy stays on the device until you remove it.
Is it free?
Yes, to add your volumes and read them. A free account holds 1 GB, about two manga volumes, with no card, and Panel view is free on every volume. Voices come with a monthly plan or a top-up.
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