Comparison

LingRoll vs 听见有声

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 brings reading and listening together with flexible ebook layouts, rich TTS tools, and practical file management. 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 • WebDAV: Reading progress sync and remote files 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 • Portrait and landscape layouts, rotation controls, and a page-curl option 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 • Browse WebDAV folders; upload from your library or iCloud; download to a chosen folder • Batch download/delete, rename, and move remote items 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 • Add multiple WebDAV accounts and choose the active account • Sync the latest 100 reading records; choose a sync frequency or manual sync • Prompt to jump to a newer reading position from another device • Reading sync excludes books; transfer them with WebDAV file management

About

听见有声

A versatile audiobook player designed for personal media libraries. It allows users to connect to services like Emby and Audiobookshelf, manage local audio files, and enjoy offline listening with progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Connects to Emby, Audiobookshelf, LEELAA, TingReader
  • Supports local playback and import
  • Chapter download and offline listening
  • Playback progress and resume
  • Unified management of server and local audio
Features
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听见有声是一款面向个人媒体库的有声书播放器,适合将有声书保存在 Emby、Audiobookshelf、LEELAA、TingReade、Music DL中的用户。 你可以在同一个应用里浏览书架、切换章节、继续收听,并把下载内容和本地音频统一管理,让私人有声书体验更简单、更稳定。 核心功能: • 支持连接 Emby、Audiobookshelf、LEELAA、TingReader • 支持本地播放与本地音频导入 • 支持章节下载与离线收听 • 支持播放进度记录与续听 • 适合 NAS / fnOS 等私人媒体库场景 适合人群: • 使用 NAS 搭建个人有声书库的用户 • 使用 Emby / Audiobookshelf 等应用管理音频内容的用户 • 希望统一管理本地音频和服务器内容的用户

Screenshots

LingRoll4 screens
听见有声4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: LingRoll at 86% against 听见有声's 60%. LingRoll also leads on chart position (#99 vs unranked). 听见有声's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $4.99). On update cadence, 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

LingRoll costs $4.99 and 听见有声 $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
LingRoll versus 听见有声: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLingRoll听见有声
Price$4.99$1.99 — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.4% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#99 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYipeng Huang尚泰 蒋

Customer experience

LingRoll

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

听见有声

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

LingRoll

No in-app purchases

None

听见有声

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LingRoll free?
LingRoll costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 听见有声 free?
听见有声 costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do LingRoll or 听见有声 have ads?
Neither LingRoll nor 听见有声 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LingRoll or 听见有声?
LingRoll ships an update weekly, and 听见有声 weekly. Most recently, LingRoll was updated on October 21, 2026 and 听见有声 on October 12, 2026.

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