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The verdict on

Shonen Jump Manga & Comics

65
User verdict / 100 High confidence Divided

Shonen Jump Manga & Comics offers a vast library of manga for a low subscription price, but many users are frustrated by the limited free content and persistent technical bugs.

4.9★ lifetime (255,286) Free + in-app purchases since 2013 by Viz Media iOS updated 1.9 mo ago recent negative 10% 120 reviews across 4 regions
Subscription Model Technical Bugs Content Library Account/Subscription Issues
5★652
4★149
3★89
2★22
1★74
recent reviews across 4 regions, vs the 4.9★ lifetime average

The Shonen Jump app provides a large selection of manga, including popular ongoing series, at an affordable subscription cost. However, a significant number of recent reviews express dissatisfaction with the paywall for most content and report various bugs affecting the reading experience.

What users like

  • Offers a vast selection of popular manga series.R1R8R5R20
  • Subscription is considered a great value for the amount of content.R1R11R19R52
  • Allows reading new chapters before print versions are released.R27R340

What users complain about

  • Most manga chapters require a paid subscription to read beyond the first few.R16R25R37R212
  • The app frequently resets to page one when leaving the app or changing screen orientation.R23R136R168
  • Users report issues with creating accounts, especially related to date of birth validation.R9R187R32
  • Some users experience crashes, loading issues, and general unresponsiveness.R41R207R436
  • Certain M-rated manga cannot be read in the app and require using a less functional website.R117R229R374
  • The manga catalog is perceived as limited, missing some popular titles or older series.R7R191R373R423
  • Issues with subscription management, including auto-renewal when turned off or failed transactions.R210R271R375R431

Latest update · v5.6.13

What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):

- Bug fixes

Recurring themes

Subscription Model mixed
Many users are frustrated that most content is locked behind a paywall, allowing only the first few chapters for free. However, subscribers generally find the price to be a good value for the extensive library.R16R25R1R11
Technical Bugs negative
Frequent complaints about the app resetting progress when leaving the app or changing orientation, along with general unresponsiveness, crashes, and loading issues. This contradicts the developer's notes of 'bug fixes'.R23R41R136R168
Content Library mixed
While the app is praised for having a wide selection of popular Shonen Jump titles, some users wish for more older series, specific popular titles (e.g., Blue Lock, Saiki K), or a broader range of genres. M-rated manga being off-app is also a common complaint.R7R191R229R373
Account/Subscription Issues negative
Users report difficulties creating accounts due to date of birth validation errors, and problems with subscription renewals, failed transactions, or inability to subscribe through the app.R9R187R210R271

Who it's for

This app is for dedicated manga readers who are willing to pay a monthly subscription to access a large library of Shonen Jump titles R1R19. It's particularly good for those who want to keep up with ongoing series and prefer digital reading over physical copies R27R340. It is not for users who expect to read extensive manga content for free R16R37 or those who are easily frustrated by technical glitches like progress resets and loading issues R23R207.

Evidence note: The recent reviews skew negative, primarily focusing on the subscription model and technical bugs. This contrasts with the high lifetime rating, suggesting a recent decline in user satisfaction or an influx of users expecting free content. The developer's release notes mention 'bug fixes', but recent reviews indicate that many bugs, especially related to page resets and general unresponsiveness, persist R207R136.

Frequently asked

Is the Shonen Jump app free to use?
The Shonen Jump app is free to download, but most manga chapters require a paid subscription to read beyond the first three, or sometimes the first and last three, chapters R16R17R37R47.
What is the subscription price for Shonen Jump?
The subscription price is generally low, with reviews mentioning prices around $1.99 to $4.99 per month, offering a good value for unlimited reading R1R11R13R218.
Does the app save my reading progress?
Many users report that the app frequently fails to save reading progress, often resetting to page one of a chapter when leaving the app, switching apps, or changing screen orientation R23R41R136R168.
Are all Shonen Jump manga available on the app?
While the app has a great selection of popular titles, some users note that certain series are missing, including older manga, specific popular titles like 'Blue Lock' or 'Saiki K', and M-rated manga which are often redirected to a website R7R117R191R229.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R1] 5/5 · US Great for readers: I know a lot of us would prefer free sites, but at the low subscription price, it’s not a bad deal and you save yourself from sketchy sites.
  2. [R8] 3/5 · US Good app: The app overall is good, lots of options for reading material. It’s unfortunate that you have to pay for a membership to read more than the first three chapters of a book, but it’s still good content. Overall not bad I just wish I didn’t have to pay money to read further.
  3. [R5] 5/5 · US I Love It: I Love This App Cause I Can Read My Favorite Mangas
  4. [R20] 5/5 · US Love this app.: This App has it all. It’s easy to use and very user friendly and awesome plus Kagurabachi is amazing. Plus many,many more incredible tittles.
  5. [R11] 5/5 · US LOVVVVE THIS: This is the best manga app ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is soooo many good chapters and different mangas. There is a small downside: in order to read volumes instead of chapters you have to buy them and the only way to read all the chapters of a series is to buy the membership………. I really don’t care though… I bought the membership and it’s only a few bucks a month. Download now and be
  6. [R19] 5/5 · US The perfect app: I say this with all honesty, this is seriously the perfect app if you want to read manga on your phone. Super cheap, and you get your bang for your buck. For me it's a no brainer to stay subscribed to it. Only down side is that it can get tiring to read on your phone at times, as the text can get small depending on what series you're reading, but with that being the only downside,
  7. [R52] 5/5 · US So worth it.: Biggest steal on the App Store. So much value for so little.
  8. [R27] 5/5 · US Review: I found this app a few years ago, only because a friend recommended it to me but since then I never went back. Getting to read material before being made into an anime is the icing on the cake for me, can’t get enough of it either
  9. [R340] 3/5 · GB Great app, BUT!!: Great app, allows me to keep up with my fave manga before the print version comes into the shops. But what’s happened to One Punch Man? Nothing from February, kept us waiting for months, then all of sudden it’s back but it’s skipped a huge amount of chapters and not included any of the redrawn chapters! Luckily I can see them elsewhere, but I would prefer to be able to see them
  10. [R16] 1/5 · US Can’t read anything unless you have the subscription: So I was really excited to get this app to read demon slayer, one piece, and one punch man until I realized you can only read the first three chapters of practically every single book! Only good if you know how to read every single other chapter!
  11. [R25] 1/5 · US Stop making us pay so much: This app is just bad because it makes us pay a subscription for everything because some of us can’t afford or don’t wanna pay the subscription and those people are only able to read three volumes of a certain manga so shonen jump if you are reading this please remove the subscription because it is ruining the app experience
  12. [R37] 1/5 · US Bad u have to buy it to read he whole story: Sucks I thought it was free
  13. [R212] 1/5 · US Please see this: 1/5 you have to pay for almost all of the chapters
  14. [R23] 3/5 · US Restarts at page 1 when you leave the app: It’s annoying that if you leave the app running in the background, when you open it again it brings you back to page 1 of the chapter you were on. Then you have to find your page again. Please fix this!
  15. [R136] 2/5 · US Not Remembering Pages: If you swap to another app and go back to Shonen Jump you will lose whatever page you were on, even for a brief 30 seconds. If you close the app it will reset the page you were on back page 1. If you rotate your phone to better view a full page panel spread it will reset you back to page one. ADDRESS THIS
  16. [R168] 3/5 · US Great app with some bugs that really bog it down: Honestly I love the app and use it all the time BUT there is one thing that really ruins the app for me. Whenever I rotate my phone to view a double page spread, I get sent back to page one. Then when I turn back to vertical…. I go back to page one.
  17. [R9] 4/5 · US Good !!: I have been on this app on my other phone it works very good!but when I try to make a account it said to make a valid DD ? And didn’t let me sign in but overall the app is good!
  18. [R187] 1/5 · US Absolute TRASH: Before I decided to read any manga, I wanted to make an account to read the full manga so I was trying to create an account and no matter what I done it would not let me put my date of birth so I couldn’t make the account and NO I’m not under age i’m not gonna say my real birthdate, but I will say I was born in sometime in the early 2000s
  19. [R32] 4/5 · US Glitch?: Whenever I try to log into Shonen Jump (because I can’t buy One Piece manga IRL) and put in my DoB, it says that it is invalid, and that I have to “Put in a valid DoB” which is confusing me. What would be a valid DoB to be able to log into this app exactly? Idk if this is a glitch or a bug or something but I think it needs to be looked into. But other than that, this app if great. 4/5 be
  20. [R41] 1/5 · US Buggy: Forgets my place in a chapter all the time and I encounter bugs all the time.
  21. [R207] 2/5 · US Really glitchy in 2026: This app used to be rock solid, but lately, it crashes between chapters, has annoying hangups on the pages, and won't save positions in chapters the way it used to. Really frustrating to see. Please fix it!
  22. [R436] 3/5 · GB General in responsiveness: While I’m happy with my subscription and the quality of the manga therein, I am not happy with how unresponsive the app can be! Sometimes when switching apps it will just become unresponsive for several seconds at a time completely dragging down the user experience. This also seems to happen when continuing onto the next chapter also! Such a pain!
  23. [R117] 3/5 · US Need an age gate option!: Love this app for how easy it is to stay on top of all my favorite or new shonen mangas! But all of the MA rated mangas being on a different platform under the same paid subscription can be annoying. I’d like to read titles like fire punch or golden kamuy just as seamless as other titles.
  24. [R229] 1/5 · US Can’t read the rated M manga on app: They don’t want the app to have an M rating so they’re hiding series that I’m paying for behind a worse reader in browser. Don’t even get me started on how annoying navigating the website is. If I got to the series page it only shows manga volumes that you can buy. It’s a scummy, greedy way to make reading the chapters harder
  25. [R374] 3/5 · GB good manga reading app: i dont like how i cant read m rated manga in app i have to buy it off website
  26. [R7] 4/5 · US more options: super good app ! i use it everyday but i just wish more series were on here like saiki k, soul eater, kimi ni todoke, death note etc
  27. [R191] 1/5 · US Catalogue is so limited: UI is good but catalog sucks. Pay for the membership but the only perk is I can read immediately. Was looking forward to reading some older mangas but they were silently removed from what I have found... please add more to the app. And what is the point of having some mangas web based? Whole point of the app is ease of use.
  28. [R373] 3/5 · GB N: So far it’s not a bad website it’s just not got the series I was hoping to read such as “steel ball run” the seventh part of jojos bizzare adventure, as it was my main goal to read that series when getting this app
  29. [R423] 3/5 · GB More titles: If we’re gonna pay you should have the titles we want. Like hells paradise. BLUELOCK. Solo level.
  30. [R210] 1/5 · US They auto renewed when I had it turned off: Pretty much title. It’s kinda wild,
  31. [R271] 1/5 · GB Literally Unusable: I can’t even subscribe to the app. When I try it asks for payment verification and then opens an account management tab that crashes. I’ve tried subscribing on every device I have and you can’t subscribe through the website for whatever reason. You’d think the one part that would work would be the part that gives them money
  32. [R375] 1/5 · GB Subscription transaction failed.: Subscription transactions failed , but apple credit has been deducted twice.
  33. [R431] 1/5 · GB Can’t subscribe through app: It never lets me subscribe through the app. I’ve tried several methods including uninstalling and reinstalling the app, but there’s just an eternal loading screen whenever I try to purchase a membership.
  34. [R17] 3/5 · US Mid: You can only read the first three chapters and sometimes the last three chapters but it does have a lot of mangas so you can only read 3-6 chapters a manga
  35. [R47] 1/5 · US They lied: To anyone looking at this it’s NOT free you can only read like 2 or 2 chapters nothing else, the rest u have to subscribe to the app if I could rate this in the negatives I would. DONT TRY THIS!!
  36. [R13] 5/5 · US Great manga app: Has extra chapters of manga that other apps don’t have. Great monthly price!! Big fan!
  37. [R218] 3/5 · US I guess it’s good I didn’t read anything: I think it’s a great app for people who have extra money but if Im spending my money I want a physical copy of the books I know it would cost more. The first review i read it said $2.99 the second $1.99 I got on it was $4.99

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store