Comparison

Lancelot vs Calibre Sync

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

Head to head
About

Lancelot

Control VPN clients on your ASUS router running Merlin firmware. Manage connections via the app, home screen widget, or Siri. Automate VPN toggling with shortcuts.

Highlights
  • Toggle VPN clients remotely
  • Home screen widget control
  • Siri integration
  • Shortcuts app automation
  • Check router compatibility
Features
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Lancelot allows you to turn on or off VPN clients on your ASUS router that are running Merlin firmware. As well as controlling your VPN clients from the app, you can also control them from a widget on your Home Screen or use Siri. You can also create shortcuts and turn on or off your VPN clients with automations or shortcuts in the Shortcuts app. You can check if your ASUS router is supported here: https://www.asuswrt-merlin.net

About

Calibre Sync

Access and manage your Calibre ebook libraries from various cloud services or wirelessly connect to your desktop. Browse, search, download, and organize your books on your device. Supports multiple libraries and accounts.

Highlights
  • Access Calibre libraries on cloud services
  • Wireless connection to Calibre
  • Supports multiple libraries and accounts
  • Browse, search, and download books
  • Organize books with filters and sorting
  • Send books to Kindle
Features
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Lifetime support, no extra charge, no subscription fee. Calibre Sync can: - help you access full Calibre libraries on most popular personal cloud services, including Google Drive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, Box, pCloud, MEGA, iCloud, WebDav, Nextcloud, OwnCloud, and TeraBox - simply the most supported for cloud services. - transform your device to a smart device emulator that connects to Calibre wirelessly. It even supports Calibre libraries on your external storage and from Calibre Content Server or Calibre-web with amazing performance. Move your Calibre libraries to your favourite cloud providers and access those libraries via Calibre Sync to browse, sort, search, download and read books on your device. Calibre Sync also supports multiple libraries across multiple Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, pCloud, MEGA, iCloud, WebDav, Nextcloud, OwnCloud, and TeraBox accounts simultaneously. Features: - Unlimited Calibre libraries - Wireless connect to Calibre effortlessly as Smart device - Easy switch between multiple libraries across multiple accounts - Automatic check and update libraries when launching the app - Pull, Refresh or Remove a library from Calibre Sync - Support different book list layouts: List - detailed and simple, Grid, and Carousel - View your library statistics - Send books to Kindle with ease - Search across all of your available libraries - Search books by title, authors, and even in comments and custom columns - Filter books on authors, series, tags, language, publishers, formats and in custom columns - Sort libraries by title, author, ratings, and several Date options - ascending and descending - Filter downloaded books - Configuration for each library download location - Support for custom columns in book details view - Quick access to book download and share via slideable list view - Zoom the book cover - Support "swipe from book to book" in book details view - Email or share a copy of downloaded book - Open downloaded book in your book reader application to read a book - View the file size of each book format - Show book identifiers and link to source (like ISBN, Amazon, Google Books, Goodreads, etc) - Dark/light themes - And many more features... To move your Calibre library to cloud services: 1) Open Calibre on your Laptop/PC/Desktop 2) Select "Switch/create library..." from the Calibre menu 3) Select an empty folder on your Cloud drive in "New Location" drop down 4) Select "Move current library to new location", then press OK 5) Wait for cloud sync to complete. 6) Then you are ready to use Calibre Sync. To move your Calibre library to your phone storage, just copy the library directory to your phone storage. Notes: - Calibre Sync is not a reader app. You must install and use one of the many excellent reader apps available. - Only Microsoft OneDrive for Personal accounts (shared) are supported. Please email us if you observe any inconsistencies. - Due to restriction in Box API, Calibre Sync must acquire write permission in order to download files, download is not a read action on Box. Calibre Sync guarantees that it will not perform any write actions against your data in Box cloud account. - Calibre Sync use WebDav API of Nextcloud and OwnCloud services, and it requires case sensitive file system to work properly. Therefore, you must make sure that your libraries are set up on case sensitive file system (Linux, recent MacOS, Windows NTFS with case sensitive enabled). Please leave your reviews and suggestions to help us improve the app. For more information see https://calibresync.bitbucket.io Calibre is © Kovid Goyal - calibre-ebook.com Drive is © Google LLC. Dropbox is © Dropbox inc. OneDrive is © Microsoft Box is © Box inc. pCloud is © pCloud AG Nextcloud is © Nextcloud GmbH OwnCloud is © OwnCloud MEGA is © MEGA iCloud is © Apple Inc TeraBox © Flextech Inc

Screenshots

Lancelot3 screens
Calibre Sync4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Calibre Sync at 3.9 against Lancelot's 1.0. Calibre Sync also leads on review sentiment (62% vs 20%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 14 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Lancelot costs $4.99 and Calibre Sync $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Calibre Sync holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calibre Sync has 55 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Lancelot's written reviews are positive against 62% of Calibre Sync's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lancelot ships an update every 14 months, Calibre Sync weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lancelot versus Calibre Sync: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLancelotCalibre Sync
Price$4.99$4.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)3.9 (55 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews62.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings155 — better
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB128 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNeil FaulknerDUONG THUY PHAM

Customer experience

Lancelot

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

Calibre Sync

All ratings55 ratings
Positive70.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive62.1%
Neutral6.9%
Negative31.0%

Bugs and requests

Lancelot

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Calibre Sync

Reported bugs

29 issues
  • Popup reappears every launch
  • Calibre version 9 bricked the app
  • Database error
  • Stopped working since Calibre update
  • Error when changing DB
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  • Mega integration does not connect
  • Sync issues with Calibre v9
  • App broken since Calibre v9
  • Deprecated database columns
  • Stopped working recently
  • No longer compatible with Calibre v9
  • Sync fails
  • Failed to download metadata
  • Cannot connect to server
  • Does not work with Dropbox
  • Highlights not saved in PDF
  • Syncing new books stopped
  • Cannot use preferred mail app
  • Cannot automatically send to Kindle
  • Cannot launch preferred app from this app
  • Unable to read most book covers
  • Horrible file finding
  • Does not work on iPad after update
  • App won't find files on local storage
  • Failed to download metadata from Nutstore
  • Cannot connect to server at all
  • Cannot sync Calibre to iPad
  • WebDAV not working
  • SMB not working

Requested features

18 requests
  • More customizability with viewing options
  • Integrated ebook reader
  • Mark books as favorites
  • Calendar feature for reading
  • Use configured mail app
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  • Option for 'automatically send to Kindle'
  • Set preferred reading apps by type
  • Launch preferred app from this app
  • AI services for translation and text-to-speech
  • Display bookshelves
  • Update FAQ and provide YouTube tutorial
  • iCloud integration
  • Support for more cloud services
  • Ability to add book directly to cloud library
  • Mark books as read/unread and sync back
  • Support for multiple libraries
  • Local storage accessible via Files app
  • Virtual view explanation

In-app purchases

None

Lancelot

No in-app purchases

None

Calibre Sync

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lancelot free?
Lancelot costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Calibre Sync free?
Calibre Sync costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lancelot or Calibre Sync?
Calibre Sync is rated higher. Lancelot averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Calibre Sync averages 3.9 from 55 ratings.
Do Lancelot or Calibre Sync have ads?
Neither Lancelot nor Calibre Sync shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lancelot or Calibre Sync?
Lancelot ships an update every 14 months, and Calibre Sync weekly. Most recently, Lancelot was updated on October 3, 2026 and Calibre Sync on October 30, 2026.

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