DotShin - AI Manga Comic Maker
Photo to Manga, Read & Publish
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Create your own manga with AI — design characters, generate panels & publish chapters. Now with in-app Help & Support chat and a smoother reader.
Turn a photo into a manga character. Turn one idea into a finished chapter.
DotShin is an AI manga maker for storytellers who can't draw. Create original characters, write your script, generate real manga pages, then publish your series and build an audience - all in one app.
Manga, manhwa, webtoon or classic comic. Black & white or full colour. Your story, your style.
PHOTO TO MANGA CHARACTER
Upload a selfie and become the main character.
- Turn any photo into an anime or manga character
- AI anime avatar maker
- Design original characters (OCs) from a description
- Heroes, villains, rivals and side cast
- Manga, manhwa, webtoon, chibi and semi-realistic styles
- Your characters keep the same face on every page
- Save everything to your character library
AI STORY WRITER
One idea in, a full script out.
- AI story generator for manga and comics
- Build chapters, arcs and cliffhangers
- Natural dialogue and narration
- Shonen, shoujo, seinen, josei and isekai
- Romance, fantasy, sci-fi, horror, action, slice of life
- Rewrite any scene until it lands
AI MANGA GENERATOR
Your script becomes finished pages.
- AI manga generator and comic maker
- Professional panel layouts and page composition
- Speech bubbles, dialogue and sound effects
- Vertical webtoon scroll or classic manga pages
- Screentone black & white, or full colour manhwa
- Regenerate any panel you don't like
PUBLISH YOUR OWN SERIES
Go from reader to creator.
- Publish chapters to a live audience
- Run an ongoing manga or webtoon series
- Grow followers and get reader feedback
- Track views and engagement with creator analytics
- Earn from the stories you make
READ FREE MANGA
Discover something new every day.
- Free manga, manhwa and webtoons from independent creators
- Browse by genre and follow your favourite artists
- Recommendations that learn what you like
- Your library and reading progress sync across devices
WHAT MAKES DOTSHIN DIFFERENT
Most AI art apps hand you a single picture. DotShin gives you a whole workflow - character, script, panels, published chapter, readers. It's built for people making a series, not a one-off image.
And it's a two-sided app. Every chapter you publish lands in a real reader feed, and every series you read was made by someone using the same tools you have. You're not creating into an empty room.
WHO IT'S FOR
Aspiring mangaka. Webtoon and manhwa creators. Fanfic writers who want their scenes drawn. Worldbuilders with more ideas than drawing hours. Anyone who has ever wanted to make manga and couldn't hold a pen steady enough.
Start free. No drawing skills, no tablet, no art school.
From one idea to an entire manga universe.
What's new in DotShin:
• Help & Support chat — have a question or found a problem? Message our team directly and get replies right inside the app.
• Smoother reading — the chapter reader and series pages have been redesigned for a cleaner, faster experience.
• Better creator tools — improved character creation, pose workflow and manga page generation.
• Notifications, reviews and community feedback screens are easier to read and use.
• Plenty of bug fixes and performance improvements.
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The developer, Saurabh Mahavarkar, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Saurabh Mahavarkar
- Size
- 50.7 MB
- Category
- Graphics & Design
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Japanese
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Profanity or Crude Humor
Horror/Fear Themes
Contains
Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Top Up 2 $18.00
- Weekly $8.00
- Top Up 4 $60.00
- Top Up 3 $32.00
- Top Up 1 $10.00
- Yearly $75.00
- Monthly $15.00
- Pro(Yearly) $314.99
- Pro(Monthly) $30.00
- Plus(Yearly) $143.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 DotShin