Join the beta.
Kuma isn't on the App Store yet. You can read on it today through TestFlight, Apple's beta programme.
Join the beta Twenty places for now, so it may fill up.
What you'll need
- An iPhone or iPad running iOS 17 or later.
- TestFlight, free from the App Store. Install it first — the invite link opens inside it.
What Kuma is
A manga reader that keeps your library, your reading progress, and your sources on your own terms. Everything lives on your device — there's no account to make and no server of ours involved.
Kuma ships with no content source. Browsing works straight away because Discover reads AniList's public catalogue, but opening a chapter needs a source you install yourself. Setup asks you to paste an address you already have, or skip it — Kuma suggests none. How sources work.
What to expect from a beta
It's a real, working reader — but it hasn't been through App Review and it hasn't been used by many people yet. Some honest warnings:
- Back up if you care about your shelf. More · Backup · Export. Beta builds can and do change how data is stored.
- Sources are run by other people and go down without notice. Kuma notices and offers to move your titles somewhere that works, but the first sign is usually something failing to load.
- There's no sync yet. Your library lives on one device. Moving to another means exporting a backup and restoring it.
- Expect rough edges. That's what the beta is for.
Telling me what's broken
In TestFlight, take a screenshot and tap Share Beta Feedback — it arrives with your device and iOS version attached, which saves a round of questions. For anything longer, email support@fwrdsms.com.
What helps most: what you were doing, what you expected, what happened instead. Screenshots beat descriptions.
Your data
Kuma collects nothing — no analytics, no accounts, no tracking. The one exception during a beta is Apple's own: TestFlight shares crash reports and basic usage with developers by default, and you can turn that off in TestFlight's settings. Full details in the privacy policy.