LingRoll vs EarMemo

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

EarMemo is an offline audio player for iPhone and iPad, made for the DRM-free MP3 and M4B audiobooks, lectures, and downloaded podcasts you already own. It remembers where you stopped and lets you save notes at exact timestamps. Jump between embedded audiobook chapters. Tap a bookmark or note in EarMemo to revisit that moment. With EarMemo Pro, export your timestamped notes as Markdown files and manually add them to Obsidian or another Markdown editor. No account, ads, or subscription. EarMemo stores your audio and notes on your device and does not upload them. —— Built for long-form audio · Continue Listening keeps every book and episode right where you left off · Audiobooks with chapters (M4B and more) show their table of contents; skip by chapter, and see progress and time left for the chapter or the whole book · Bookmarks and notes are anchored to exact timestamps · Import an entire folder while preserving its subfolder structure · Drag files in from any desktop browser over local Wi-Fi — no cable, no iTunes · Bring in local audio files: MP3, M4A, M4B, AAC, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, and CAF · Import MP4, MOV, or M4V recordings and listen to their audio tracks · Works with DRM-free files; copy-protected purchases can't be imported · A calm, reading-inspired interface designed for long listening sessions Remember what you hear · Drop timestamp markers while listening · Keep your phone in your pocket: in Settings → Headphone Controls, set Next or Previous (AirPods Pro: press twice or three times) to Bookmark Here, and a press on your headphones marks the moment with a short chime · Add notes to the moments that matter · Tap any note to return to the original audio · After revisiting a note, pick up right where you left off · Export timestamped notes as Markdown files for Obsidian or another Markdown editor (Pro). Merged files group notes by episode, and by chapter for books with chapters, with whole-book times next to chapter times. · Keep your notes even after removing the original audio Made for iOS · Sleep timer that can stop at the end of a chapter, shown as a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and, on supported iPhones, in the Dynamic Island · Siri and Shortcuts for play, pause, skip, and bookmarking · Lock Screen, AirPlay, and Bluetooth controls · VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, and Dark Mode Free to start. One-time unlock. Importing, resume playback, sleep timer, speed control, search, and note-image sharing are available for free. The free version lets you listen to 1 album and try up to 10 audio tracks in total. Timestamp markers are unlimited, and 5 of them can include written notes. A single one-time purchase unlocks unlimited albums, unlimited written notes, and Markdown export. No subscription. Your audio is yours · Fully offline playback · No account required · No feed, no algorithm · Your audio and notes aren't uploaded · No tracking · Free download, one-time unlock, no subscription