Manga Vault started with a duplicate purchase and a spreadsheet that didn't work. It's growing into the platform manga collectors deserve.
I was at my local bookstore, grabbed what I thought was the next volume of a series I was collecting. Got home, pulled it out of the bag, and realized I already owned it.
Every collector has a version of this story.
I tried the usual solutions — spreadsheets, notes apps, MyAnimeList, generic book trackers. None of them worked. Spreadsheets can't tell you what you own while you're standing in the manga aisle. MyAnimeList tracks what you've read, not what you own. And general cataloging apps don't know that Berserk Deluxe Vol. 3 and Berserk Vol. 7 are different products from the same series.
The most-recommended "manga tracker" on Reddit is still a Google Sheet.
Hey — I'm Greg. Marketer by trade, builder by hobby, manga collector by accident.
I got into manga sideways. I was working with a US manga publisher when I got curious about the medium itself — and as a longtime gamer, I started with manga based on games I loved. That was that.
Casual reading became a full collection. And like every collector, I made the same mistakes: duplicate purchases, edition mix-ups, lost track of what I'd lent to friends. Most of those mistakes are now features in this app.
I built Manga Vault to be the tool I wished existed when I started. Simple, beautiful, and made for collectors like us.
Three principles that shape every decision — from feature priority to pricing to what we refuse to build.
We say "collectors" because that's what you are. Every decision — from feature priority to pricing — is made through the lens of someone who owns physical manga and cares about their shelf.
Server-enforced privacy (7 toggles, all enforced server-side — we never send hidden data to the client). Your collection is yours. We never sell your data or show you ads.
Our Discord isn't a marketing channel — it's where features get specced, bugs get reported, and the roadmap gets shaped. Every feature is traceable to the community thread it came from.
Manga Vault is being built with collectors, not just for them. Our Discord is where feature requests become shipped code, where beta testers surface edge cases, and where collectors connect over shared shelves.
