Comparison

Tonspur vs Lecturameter

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

Head to head
About

Tonspur

Listen to your personal audiobook collection with this companion app. Enjoy features like adjustable playback speed, a sleep timer, and easy chapter navigation. Download books for offline listening and sync your progress across devices.

Highlights
  • Variable playback speed
  • Sleep timer
  • Offline listening
  • Chapter navigation
  • Progress syncing
  • CarPlay support
  • Multi-library support
Features
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Listen to your personal audiobook collection with Tonspur, the companion app for Audiobookshelf. Tonspur makes it easy to enjoy the audiobooks you own. Adjust playback speed to match your preference, set a sleep timer for bedtime listening, and jump between chapters with a simple tap. Download books to listen offline, and sync your progress across all your devices including iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and CarPlay. Connect to multiple libraries and switch between them effortlessly. Whether you're at home, in the car with CarPlay, or on the go, your audiobooks are always ready when you are. FEATURES: * Support for podcasts and eBooks * Variable playback speed and automatic sleep timer * Download books for offline listening * Easy chapter navigation * Multi-User Support * Easily switch between libraries * CarPlay support * Automatic progress syncing * Statistics * Widgets * Pinned Genres and Playlists * Integrated Equalizer

About

Lecturameter

Features
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Lecturameter is your reading journal. Log what you read, see how you read, and discover your streaks : no social feed, no ads, no forced account. Books, comics, manga and audiobooks Every format counts the same. Add by ISBN, by search, or with the camera. Photograph spines and edges for your own edition. Visual analytics - A heatmap of your reading days, in the style you already know. - Pages and minutes read per day, week and month. - Monthly summary and yearly Wrapped with your strongest months, your streaks and your books of the year. - Stats by saga, author and genre. Reading habit - Configurable reading challenges: books per year, pages per day, minutes per day. - Reading sessions with a timer and Pagi, your reading companion. - Clear shelves: reading, finished, paused, dropped and wishlist. - Sagas and collections so you never lose the thread. Visual themes A light mode, a dark one, and Ocaso : a premium theme with blue-to-orange gradient accents made for late-night reading. Your data is yours - Everything works locally. Manual backup or your own cloud (Drive/iCloud). - No ads. No ad trackers. No AI "summarizing" your books. - Full export whenever you want. 7-day trial 7 days of every Pro feature, no card required. Then decide if you keep Pro (Ocaso theme, widgets, unlimited challenges and more) or stay on the free version. Optimized for iPhone Duo, folded and unfolded. Write to us at lecturameter.app@gmail.com : we always reply.

Screenshots

Tonspur4 screens
Lecturameter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Lecturameter at every 2 days against Tonspur's every 3 weeks. Lecturameter also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). Tonspur's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Tonspur sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Lecturameter sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tonspur ships an update every 3 weeks, Lecturameter every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tonspur versus Lecturameter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTonspurLecturameter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB232 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTim OlbrichVictor Parra Cruz

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tonspur

One-time1
  • Downloads$8.99
2 purchases

Lecturameter

One-time2
  • Pro free trial (7 days)Free
  • Lecturameter Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Tonspur free?
Tonspur is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lecturameter free?
Lecturameter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tonspur or Lecturameter have ads?
Neither Tonspur nor Lecturameter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tonspur or Lecturameter?
Tonspur ships an update every 3 weeks, and Lecturameter every 2 days. Most recently, Tonspur was updated on November 4, 2026 and Lecturameter on November 10, 2026.

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