Shonen Jump Manga & Comics

Shonen Jump App Review: A 20,000-Chapter Vault, Minus the Mature Series

Free chapters versus the $3.99 Shonen Jump Membership

Without paying, you can read the latest chapters of many running series on the day they come out in Japan, and VIZ keeps the newest three chapters of each ongoing series free. Reviewers in 2026 add that a series' first three chapters are free too. Everything in between sits in the vault of more than 20,000 chapters, open to members for $3.99 a month in the US; regional prices differ and can change. New members get one free week, one trial per person. The fee has risen twice: from $1.99 to $2.99, announced in December 2022, then to $3.99 in August 2025, by which point the old cap of 100 chapters a day had been lifted.

Offline downloads: 100 chapters that expire after seven days

You can save chapters for reading without a connection, up to 100 at a time, and a July 2025 reviewer notes that the cap counts across all your devices. Each download expires after seven days. Engadget reported in 2019 that read chapters are not removed automatically, so a full queue has to be cleared by hand, and a 2024 Play review confirms the seven-day expiry still applies. In August 2026, another reviewer found several chapters stuck on Waiting when queued together and had to download them one at a time. Landscape mode shows two-page spreads on tablets, but reviews from August and September 2026 say a recent update stopped unfolded foldable phones from showing them.

Mature series on viz.com only, and sign-ups only in the app

Part of the vault never reaches the app. When readers could not find Golden Kamuy there in 2019, VIZ explained that because the series is rated Mature, its vault chapters can be read only on the VIZ website, and Play reviews from 2025 and September 2026 still ask for an in-app option. Billing works the other way round: VIZ's FAQ says the website no longer sells new memberships, so you subscribe through Apple or Google inside the app. An October 2025 reviewer whose card had expired could not rejoin after switching to a flip phone. The service also runs in ten countries only: the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, the Philippines, Singapore and India.

MANGA Plus MAX and VIZ Manga compared, plus what the app collects

Shueisha's own MANGA Plus sells MAX Standard at $1.99 a month for 100+ ongoing titles, and Deluxe at $4.99 for 440+ titles and 23,000+ chapters including completed series, at US prices. VIZ Manga, the publisher's second app, covers Shogakukan series such as Frieren for $1.99 a month across 10,000+ chapters, and ICv2 noted in 2023 that the two VIZ catalogs do not overlap. On Android, the Data safety form lists crash logs, device IDs and app interactions collected for analytics, with nothing shared with third parties. Apple's label shows email, IDs and purchase history linked to you for VIZ's own marketing, with no tracking declared.