Comparison

Jane Austen's novels, quotes vs Herman Melville's works

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Jane Austen's novels, quotes

Read and listen to Jane Austen's classic novels with synchronized narration. Follow along as words are highlighted while listening, and easily switch between reading and audio. Features include bookmarking, customizable text, and background audio playback.

Highlights
  • Synchronized narration
  • Read and listen modes
  • Highlighting text
  • Bookmark books
  • Adjustable font size and style
  • Night and day reading modes
  • Background audio playback
Features
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This app combines Jane Austen's famous novels with professional human narration. You can both read and listen to your favorite novels. The app will highlight the words being narrated so that you can follow along as the words are read aloud. Thanks to sync narration feature, you can change from reading to listening or vice versa easily. Jane Austen's novels: - Pride and Prejudice - Sense and Sensibility - Emma - Persuasion - Mansfield Park - Northanger Abbey - Lady Susan Benefits of sync narration feature: โ–ช a valuable tool for people affected by reading disorders and dyslexia โ–ช a useful tool for kids to learn reading or for people to learn a foreign language โ–ช allowing everybody to enjoy their favourite novels by reading, listening or reading+listening โ–ชโ–ชโ–ช Long press a word and tap "Play" to activate sync narration โ— main features: - bookmark a book - change font size and style - night and day reading mode - highlight text - Audio play in background (you can listen to the audio, while using other apps) โ— If you want to give feedback or suggest a novel, please use the feedback feature in the settings

About

Herman Melville's works

Explore the complete works of Herman Melville, including novels, short stories, and poems, enhanced with professional human narration. Enjoy a synchronized read-along experience with highlighted text and audio, or choose to listen exclusively. Customize your reading with adjustable fonts, night mode, and a built-in dictionary.

Highlights
  • Full collection of novels, short stories, and poems
  • Professional human narration
  • Synchronized read-along feature
  • Adjustable font size and style
  • Night mode
  • Built-in dictionary
  • Voice search
Features
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This app combines Herman Melville's novels, short stories and poems with professional human narrations. It enables read-along feature: highlighted text synced with human narration. With read along feature, you can enjoy your favorite books by reading or listening or both reading and listening. Long-press a word and tap 'Play' to activate read-along feature. โ— Novels - Moby-Dick; or, The Whale - Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life - Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas - Mardi: and a Voyage Thither - Redburn: His First Voyage - White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War - Pierre; or, The Ambiguities - Bartleby, the Scrivener - The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles - Benito Cereno - The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade - Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War - Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land - Billy Budd, Sailor โ— Short Stories - The Piazza - The Apple-Tree Table - The Bell-Tower - The Chase - The Lightning-Rod Man - Rounding Cape Horn โ— Poems - 63 selected poems from "Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War" and "John Marr and Other Sailors" โ— Herman Melville's quotes - Herman Melville's famous quotes - Read 10 quotes daily - Bookmark feature - Share a quote โ— Other features: - Read-along feature: highlighted text synced with human narration - You can read the book and play the audio along or you can play the audio only - Night mode - Adjust font size, font style - Search feature - Voice search - Bookmark feature - Built-in dictionary

Screenshots

Jane Austen's novels, quotes4 screens
Herman Melville's works4 screens

Verdict

The call

Jane Austen's novels, quotes and Herman Melville's works are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters โ€” price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Jane Austen's novels, quotes costs $1.99 and Herman Melville's works $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jane Austen's novels, quotes ships an update every 80 months, Herman Melville's works every 40 months. Both last shipped on September 21, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Jane Austen's novels, quotes versus Herman Melville's works: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJane Austen's novels, quotesHerman Melville's works
Price$1.99$1.99
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 80 monthsEvery 40 months โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size105 MB88 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThuy DuongThanh Nguyen

Customer experience

Jane Austen's novels, quotes

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Herman Melville's works

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Jane Austen's novels, quotes

No in-app purchases

None

Herman Melville's works

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jane Austen's novels, quotes free?
Jane Austen's novels, quotes costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Herman Melville's works free?
Herman Melville's works costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Jane Austen's novels, quotes or Herman Melville's works have ads?
Neither Jane Austen's novels, quotes nor Herman Melville's works shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Jane Austen's novels, quotes or Herman Melville's works?
Jane Austen's novels, quotes ships an update every 80 months, and Herman Melville's works every 40 months. Most recently, Jane Austen's novels, quotes was updated on September 21, 2026 and Herman Melville's works on September 21, 2026.

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