Transition-metal-substituted manganese ferrites, Mn 0.95 M 0.05 Fe 2 O 4 (M: Co, Cu, and Zn), synthesized by the combustion method exhibit a single-phase cubic spinel structure. A maximum specific surface area (SA BET ) of 125 m 2 g −1 and a controlled pore size distribution (1.0 and 3.6 nm) and pore volume (0.17 cm 3 g −1 ) were estimated for Mn 0.95 Zn 0.05 Fe 2 O 4 . All of these ferrites are used as active electrode materials for electrochemical supercapacitor applications. The best specific capacitance (C sp ) and areal capacitance (C ar ) in nonaqueous electrolytes, i.e., 0.1 M lithium perchlorate/propylene carbonate (LiClO 4 /PC), were estimated for Mn 0.95 Zn 0.05 Fe 2 O 4 . Further, in order to understand the effect of redox additive electrolytes, the C sp and C ar for Mn 0.95 Zn 0.05 Fe 2 O 4 were measured in 0.1 M lithium perchlorate/propylene carbonate/tetraethylammonium tetrafluoroborate/ potassium iodide (LiClO 4 /PC/TEA-BF 4 /KI) along with non-redox-active electrolytes (LiClO 4 /PC). The electrodes were fabricated using Mn 0.95 Zn 0.05 Fe 2 O 4 with optimized mass and exhibited high C sp and C ar of 829 F g −1 and 1277 mF cm −2 , respectively, in a redox-active electrolyte as compared to lower values of 452 F g −1 and 696 mF cm −2 , respectively, at 1 mV s −1 , in a non-redox-active electrolyte. A symmetric pouch cell supercapacitor device (SPCSDR) fabricated using Mn 0.95 Zn 0.05 Fe 2 O 4 with a redox-active electrolyte (LiClO 4 /PC/TEA-BF 4 /KI) provides high energy (E) and power (P) densities of 77.5 W h kg −1 and 900 W kg −1 , respectively, at 0.5 A g −1 . The SPCSDR has demonstrated stability up to 8000 charge−discharge cycles with an initial C sp retention of ∼80% and high Coulombic efficiencies of ∼97−100%, at 2 A g −1 .