Pay per chapter · no subscription
Pay-Per-Chapter Manga Translator
A pay-per-chapter manga translator charges for each chapter you translate instead of a monthly subscription. LingoManga is $4.90 per chapter, one payment, no subscription and no credit pack. You see every page as a free preview first and pay only when you download the clean full-resolution ZIP.
Translate one chapter for $4.90
Real output, not a mock-up
Public-domain scan from パックの冒険 (1930s, Wikimedia Commons). The English page is the pipeline output; nothing was re-lettered by hand.
Processing, privacy and refunds
| Processing | Usually 1–3 minutes per chapter. Pages are processed one at a time, and the page count is shown before the job starts. |
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| Privacy | Uploaded pages are used only to produce your chapter, and files are deleted after 7 days. Previews and downloads are private links; there is no public gallery. |
| Refunds | A chapter that cannot be delivered can be refunded on request. Refunds are not automatic for a translation you simply dislike — the free preview exists so you can judge before paying. |
| Policies | Privacy policy · Terms · Refund policy |
What you pay
| Price | $4.90 per chapter, one payment |
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| Subscription | None. Nothing renews and nothing is charged monthly. |
| Credits or packs | None. You do not buy a balance in advance. |
| Free part | Every page of the chapter as a low-resolution preview with a watermark |
| What $4.90 unlocks | The clean full-resolution ZIP of that chapter, in the original page order |
| Pages per chapter | 3–60 pages, up to 25 MB compressed, JPG, PNG or WebP |
| Output languages | English, Spanish, Portuguese (BR), French, Italian or German |
| Delivery | Private link to the ZIP, available for 7 days |
| If a chapter fails | Pages are retried; an undeliverable chapter can be refunded on request |
Pay per chapter vs a subscription
A subscription translator charges every month whether you read one chapter or none, and many credit systems make you buy pages in advance. Pay-per-chapter pricing matches how people actually read raw manga: chapter by chapter, when a new chapter comes out, sometimes months apart.
| What matters | LingoManga (pay per chapter) | Monthly subscription |
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| Cost when you read one chapter | $4.90 | A full month of billing |
| Cost in a month you read nothing | $0 | Full price |
| Unused balance | None to lose | Credits can expire |
| Cancelling | Nothing to cancel | Must cancel before renewal |
How a chapter is charged
- Upload one chapterA .zip or .cbz with 3–60 pages, up to 25 MB. The page count is shown before anything runs.
- Read every page freeThe whole chapter is translated as a low-resolution preview with a watermark, so you can judge the lettering before spending anything.
- Pay $4.90 once, if you want itOne payment unlocks the clean full-resolution ZIP for that chapter. No subscription is created.
- Download and keep readingPages come back in the original order, ready for any comic reader. The link stays private and expires after 7 days.
Model, data and honest limits
Built on a frontier image model and wrapped in our own manga pipeline: text detection, translation, bubble-fit lettering and a quality gate tuned on real chapters — not a generic image generator with a prompt box. Uploaded files are used only to produce your chapter and are deleted after 7 days. The pipeline redraws each page to place the new lettering in the bubbles, so fine line art and screentones can shift slightly — that is why the free preview is the same pipeline as the paid download.
- Japanese is the best-tested source. Korean, Chinese and other sources may be less reliable.
- Check the free preview before paying; what you see there is what you download.
- You must own the manga or have permission to translate it. See the terms for details.
More detail on the pipeline is on the AI manga translator page, and the free preview is explained on free manga translator preview.
Questions
Is there a subscription?
No. LingoManga has no monthly plan, no credit pack and no minimum purchase. You pay $4.90 once for each chapter you choose to download, and you can stop after any chapter.
How much does one manga chapter cost?
One full chapter is $4.90, one payment. That covers every page in the chapter, from 3 to 60 pages, in one of six output languages, delivered as a full-resolution ZIP in the original page order.
Do I pay before or after seeing the translation?
After. Upload a chapter and read every page as a free low-resolution preview with a watermark. You only pay when you want the clean full-resolution download of that chapter.
Do I pay per page or per chapter?
Per chapter. A chapter of 3 pages and a chapter of 60 pages cost the same $4.90, as long as they are within the 3–60 page and 25 MB limits.
Do unused chapters expire or roll over?
There is nothing to expire. Payment happens per chapter at the moment you unlock it, so there are no credits sitting in an account and no balance to lose.
What happens if a chapter fails?
Failed pages are retried. If a chapter still cannot be delivered, it is marked for retry instead of being passed off as complete, and a chapter that cannot be delivered can be refunded on request.