Comparison

LingRoll vs 静静听书

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

Head to head
About

LingRoll

This app offers a comprehensive reading and listening experience for e-books. It supports various file formats, provides high-quality text-to-speech synthesis with customizable playback, and features advanced customization for the reading interface. Manage your library efficiently with powerful file management tools.

Highlights
  • Supports TXT, EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, PDF formats
  • High-quality TTS with Azure/Edge/Mimo engines
  • Customizable reading interface and themes
  • Advanced file management and import options
  • Background playback and widget support
  • Note-taking and bookmarking
  • Reading statistics and habit tracking
Features
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LingRoll is an all-in-one reading app built for people who love both reading and listening. It supports multiple ebook formats and advanced TTS features, giving you a smooth, flexible, and detailed reading experience. Core Features • Format support: TXT, DOC, DOCX, EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, PDF • Smart listening: System TTS, Azure/Edge TTS, and MiMo TTS • Professional layout: Fully customizable reading interface • File management: Folder-based library, sorting, search, and recent imports • Statistics: Track reading and listening habits Detailed Features 1. File Support • Supports TXT, DOC, DOCX, EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, PDF. DRM-protected files are not supported • Auto-detects text encoding and supports manual encoding selection • Extracts encrypted or unencrypted RAR, ZIP, and 7Z archives • PDF text extraction and OCR for scanned documents • Import via iTunes File Sharing, iCloud Drive, or WiFi transfer 2. Listening • Built-in iOS TTS voices • Azure/Edge TTS and MiMo TTS neural voices • Natural language recognition with voice matching for Azure/Edge TTS • Narration and dialogue detection with separate voices • TTS text replacement for pronunciation, terms, and symbols • Long-paragraph optimization for smoother playback • Auto skip trailing silence • Custom background music, speed, pitch, and volume • Sleep timer • Listen while reading, scroll freely, or follow the playing paragraph • Home screen display during background playback • Progress styles: highlight, underline, line-by-line highlight, sentence underline • Headphone controls and custom lock screen display • Pre-download full-book audio • Offline TTS audio duration statistics 3. Reading • System fonts and custom font installation • Adjustable spacing, margins, first-line indent, hanging indent, and more • Custom background image with optional scroll-follow effect • Custom themes with RGBA colors • Chinese conversion between Simplified, Traditional, Hong Kong Traditional, and Taiwan Traditional • Tencent Translation API support • Auto scroll/auto page turn with adjustable speed • Auto reading modes: pixel scroll, line-by-line display, sentence underline • TOC parsing for TXT, EPUB, MOBI, and AZW3 • Original annotation display for EPUB/MOBI/AZW3 4. Bookmarks and Notes • Categorized bookmarks • Notes with underline, wavy line, dashed line, double strikethrough, redaction line, border, and background color • Custom color for each note • Tap bookmarks or notes to jump • Export notes as Markdown or TXT 5. File Management • Real folder-based book management • Sort by name, size, date, type, or reading duration • Pin files and set folders to top, bottom, or hidden • Read covers from EPUB/MOBI/AZW3, or update via web search/photos • Rename files using built-in book titles • Search files, folders, and full text while reading • Recent imports for quick access 6. Format Conversion • Convert EPUB/MOBI/AZW3/PDF to TXT • Convert TXT to EPUB • Supports Chinese conversion and encoding selection • Preserves original TOC structure 7. Statistics • Daily reading/listening duration • Reading heatmap • Book progress • Offline TTS audio duration 8. Security • Password and Touch ID/Face ID protection 9. Migration and Sync • Export/import reading history and personal settings • Export single or multiple themes

About

静静听书

This app allows you to read and listen to your local TXT and EPUB files. Enjoy customizable reading settings, offline text-to-speech with adjustable speed, and immersive multi-character audio experiences with custom voices for subscribers. Your data is saved locally.

Highlights
  • Import TXT and EPUB files
  • Offline text-to-speech
  • Adjustable reading settings
  • Multi-character voice customization
  • Local data storage
Features
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静静听书是一款本地书籍阅读与听书应用,支持导入你自行持有或合法使用的 TXT、EPUB 文件。导入后自动保存到书架,在同一应用中完成阅读、章节浏览与听书播放。 应用支持离线语音合成听书,可调节语速,并从上次进度继续。你也可以根据自己的习惯调整字体、字号、阅读背景和夜间模式,获得更舒适的阅读体验。订阅后,还可开启引语角色归属识别,并为不同角色自定义语音,让听书体验更沉浸。 应用提供自动续费订阅,用于解锁高级功能。当前提供月订阅和年订阅两种订阅周期。订阅价格和结算规则以 App Store 中显示的实际价格为准。订阅将在每个订阅周期结束时自动续费,除非你在当前周期结束前至少 24 小时取消订阅。你可以在购买后前往 Apple账户设置中管理或取消订阅。 你导入的书籍内容和阅读数据默认保存在设备本地;如果你在使用中遇到问题,或有改进建议,可以通过应用内“设置 - 帮助与反馈”联系我们。 隐私政策:https://book.nature-lang.cn/privacy 服务条款:https://book.nature-lang.cn/terms

Screenshots

LingRoll4 screens
静静听书4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 静静听书 at Free against LingRoll's $4.99. LingRoll's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (86% vs 71%). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

静静听书 is free to download; LingRoll costs $4.99 up front. 静静听书 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. LingRoll asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for LingRoll against 5.0 for 静静听书. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of LingRoll's written reviews are positive against 71% of 静静听书's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LingRoll ships an update weekly, 静静听书 every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
LingRoll versus 静静听书: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLingRoll静静听书
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews86.4% of reviews — better70.6% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
Best chart rank#73 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.1
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB289 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYipeng Huang文豪 魏

Customer experience

LingRoll

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive86.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative9.1%

静静听书

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral17.6%
Negative11.8%

In-app purchases

None

LingRoll

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

静静听书

Subscriptions2
  • 月订阅3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • 年订阅3 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • 永久会员2 variants$12.99

Questions

Is LingRoll free?
LingRoll costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 静静听书 free?
静静听书 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LingRoll or 静静听书?
LingRoll and 静静听书 are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do LingRoll or 静静听书 have ads?
Neither LingRoll nor 静静听书 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LingRoll or 静静听书?
LingRoll ships an update weekly, and 静静听书 every 11 days. Most recently, LingRoll was updated on October 17, 2026 and 静静听书 on October 18, 2026.

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