Short answer: for most people the best manga reader on Android in 2026 is Mihon — Tachiyomi’s maintained successor. Power users graduate to TachiyomiSY; interface fans pick TachiyomiJ2K; anime watchers pick Aniyomi; Kotatsu loyalists pick Doki. Pair any of them with the official apps (MANGA Plus, VIZ) for licensed series. Every app below is free.
The picks
- Mihon (v0.21.2) — the default. Reference implementation, fastest fixes, the backup/extension standard. Download with hashes.
- TachiyomiSY (v1.13.2) — the feature maximalist: recommendations, entry merging, auto webtoon detection. Guide.
- TachiyomiJ2K (v1.8.1) — the design pick: independent fork, Material 3 Expressive rebuild, current extension format. Guide.
- TachiyomiAZ (v8.9.1) — the veteran feature fork, now Mihon-based. Guide.
- Aniyomi (v0.18.2.1) — manga + anime in one app. Guide.
- Komikku (v1.14.1) & Yokai (v1.10.2) — smaller community forks in the Mihon family, worth a look for specific fixes and flavors. Guide.
- Doki — the Kotatsu successor: independent ecosystem, own source system. Explainer.
What they all share (except Doki)
The Mihon-family apps read the same extension repositories and the same .tachibk backups, and all current versions need Android 8.0+. That means this list is not a lock-in decision: install Mihon today, try SY next month, and your library follows you (how backups work).
Do not forget the official apps
For licensed, same-day chapters, the official apps beat every reader on legality and reliability — MANGA Plus even free. Our legal manga apps guide compares them, and Mihon vs official apps explains why most readers end up using both kinds side by side.
Avoid
Anything calling itself Tachiyomi v1.0, Tachiyomi Plus/Pro, or “Mihon Premium”: the real projects are free, versioned as above, and distributed from GitHub. Paid or renamed clones are unofficial and of unknown origin (see the same trap on iOS).
Related: all comparisons · forks & successors hub