MANGA Plus by SHUEISHA

MANGA Plus Review: Every Jump Chapter Free Once, Then $1.99 a Month

First Read Free: one pass per chapter, spent when you close it

The first three and newest three chapters of every series stay free to reread, and a finished series keeps its last three or six chapters open for 30 days after the finale. Since January 2022, First Read Free has let app users open every other chapter of ongoing English and Indonesian simulpub series exactly once; the pass is used up the moment the reader closes. A crash triggers a reread prompt, but Shueisha's help center says used tickets cannot be refunded. Google Play reviews from February 2025, with 908 helpful votes, and September 2026 describe losing chapters to an accidental back swipe or a page that never loaded. The offer is app-only, and one-shots become Deluxe-only 90 days after publication.

Reading Direction, split spreads and two comments a day

Chapters go live at 12:00 AM Japan Standard Time, and the home screen lays the week out as a Monday-to-Sunday release calendar. Inside the reader, Reading Direction switches between horizontal and vertical scrolling. Shueisha's help center notes that vertical mode cuts double-page spreads into upper and lower halves, so horizontal is the way to see them joined. Play reviews with 1,548 and 112 helpful votes say panning a zoomed page flips to the next one. Under each chapter, comments sort by likes or recency, and each reader may post at most two per chapter per day. A Content Ratings page under My Shelf settings explains the rating icon shown on every series page.

MANGA Plus MAX: $1.99 Standard or $4.99 Deluxe, English titles only

In the US, Standard costs $1.99 a month, with the first month free for first-time subscribers, and covers 100+ ongoing titles and 8,000+ chapters; a series that ends drops out of Standard after a while. Deluxe costs $4.99 and covers 440+ titles and 23,000+ chapters, adding completed runs such as Dragon Ball, NARUTO and BLEACH plus older one-shots. Prices vary by region and can change. Both plans are advertised as ad-free, though the official plan page footnotes that select ads may still appear. Plans include English titles only and are not sold in Japan, China or South Korea. Shueisha gives no refunds. VIZ's Shonen Jump membership, by comparison, costs $3.99 a month for 20,000+ chapters.

No downloads, and no account that moves from iPhone to Android

Every chapter streams: the help center confirms manga cannot be downloaded, paid plan or not. Reviews dating back to 2020 ask for an account that syncs across devices, and Shueisha confirms that user data and subscriptions cannot cross between iOS and Android; switching means cancelling, subscribing again and recreating your username. Support is English-only, through a ticket portal that needs its own account, and Shueisha posted a service disruption notice on September 12, 2026. The Google Play Data safety form lists approximate location collected partly for advertising and offers no way to request deletion. Some 2026 reviews criticize translation quality, and a September 2026 user survey asked readers their view of AI translation.