Comparison

LingRoll vs 阅粒读伴

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

阅粒读伴

Features
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阅粒读伴是一款本地优先的 AI 共读应用。你可以导入 PDF、EPUB、TXT、Markdown、网页url文章等内容,在阅读过程中选中原文向 AI 读伴提问、精读、拆解、反思,并把有价值的回答保存成读书笔记。有任何问题可以通过微信群沟通交流,请加微信:yuelibot 拉你入群。 它不是替你读书的总结器,而是陪你把书读厚、读薄、读活的阅读伙伴。 想把书读深一点,又希望书架和笔记留在自己手里?阅粒读伴是一款私有化本地的智能读书应用:你自己导入内容、自己掌握阅读节奏;需要时,十二位风格不同的 AI 读伴围绕当前这本书,陪你提问、拆解与思考。 【阅粒读伴能做什么】 • 本地阅读:支持 PDF、EPUB、MOBI、AZW、TXT、Markdown、HTML 等常见格式,导入后在 iPhone / iPad 上阅读,翻页、目录、笔记与高亮一应俱全。 • 智能 AI 读伴:不是「一个万能 AI」,而是十二位专业读伴人格——按书型智能推荐,每本书独立会话,上下文连贯不串线。 • 先读再聊:你可以安静地读完一段;遇到难句、想理清结构或需要追问时,再打开读伴深聊。 • 阅读与读伴一体:阅读器里选中段落,一键带入读伴继续问;读伴里的好回答,也可长按记入笔记,方便回顾。 • 快捷提问:进入某本书的读伴后,推荐问题会结合当前书籍与对话进度自动更新,点一下就能发问;也支持打字或语音输入。 • 多轮深聊:流式回应、可选朗读读伴回答,通勤路上也能听。 【十二位 AI 读伴】 导读读伴 · 定位阅读目标与重点章节 认知维生素 · 短平快,今天读一点、带走一点 夜读伴 · 安静细腻,适合文学与睡前 原文精读读伴 · 逐段消化难句,适合论文与技术文档 洞察读伴 · 理清结构,看见隐含假设 反思读伴 · 对照自己,看见盲区与情绪 拆书读伴 · 提取框架、原则与方法步骤 研究员读伴 · 理清问题、方法、证据与局限 行动教练读伴 · 把阅读收获落到下一步行动 本质读伴 · 追问本质与底层逻辑 辩思读伴 · 反例与多视角,帮你想得更周全 战略读伴 · 商业、竞争与趋势视角 【怎样把书带进来】 • 导入电子书:从「文件」App 或分享菜单导入 PDF、EPUB 等,打开即读。 • 搜索收藏:先记下想读的书,稍后再找电子版或纸质书。 • 扫码 / 拍封面:逛书店时快速加入书单。 • 收藏好文:把网页文章转成可阅读的文本。 • 网址转电子书:粘贴公开文章链接,整理为可读文本。 • 云端书目检索:搜索书名、作者、ISBN 获取元数据,先建想读清单,再导入正文。 不预装第三方版权书籍。请仅导入你有权阅读的内容。 【三步开始】 1. 把书放进书架 — 搜索、扫码、导入电子书,或收藏一篇文章。 2. 安静地读 — 专注内容本身,按需做笔记与高亮。 3. 和 AI 读伴深聊 — 点推荐问题或自己提问,读伴围绕当前这本书陪你拆解思考。 【隐私与数据】 • 本地优先:导入的电子书、书架、笔记、阅读进度、伴读会话等,默认保存在你的设备,不上传整本电子书文件。 • 最小必要 AI:使用读伴 AI 时需要联网;仅将聊书所需的文字上下文发送至 AI 服务,用于生成回答,不用于出售用户数据。 • 按需联网:读伴 AI、激活与版本检查,仅在你主动使用时按需联网;不使用读伴时,应用仍以本地阅读为主。 • 你来掌控:可在本机查看、编辑或删除书架、笔记与伴读记录;支持导出提问、AI 回复与笔记。 端侧语音、朗读等本地化能力,使用 iOS设备与系统能力 【适合这样的你】 • 想认真读完一本书,而不只是「翻完」 • 读论文、商业书、非虚构或长文时,需要有人帮你看结构、抓重点 • 重视阅读隐私,希望书架和笔记留在自己设备 • 已有 EPUB、PDF 等电子书,想要一个「阅读 + 深聊」一体的工具 阅粒读伴是阅读工具,不提供书城或版权内容下载。AI 读伴基于你提供的上下文作答,请结合原书自行判断;涉及专业、医疗、法律等问题,请以权威来源为准。 首次发布,欢迎体验。如有建议或问题,欢迎通过 App 内「联系我们」或访问 yueli.com 反馈。 —— 阅粒读伴是一款本地优先的 AI 共读应用,支持 PDF、EPUB 和网页文章,陪你边读边提问、批注、拆书、反思,把一本书真正读懂、用上。

Screenshots

LingRoll4 screens
阅粒读伴4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 阅粒读伴 at Free against LingRoll's $4.99. LingRoll's advantage is chart position (#85 vs unranked). 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

阅粒读伴 is free to download; LingRoll costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

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 阅粒读伴. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LingRoll ships an update weekly, 阅粒读伴 every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
LingRoll versus 阅粒读伴: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLingRoll阅粒读伴
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews86.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#85 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYipeng Huang春锋 张

Customer experience

LingRoll

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

阅粒读伴

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

LingRoll

No in-app purchases

None

阅粒读伴

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LingRoll free?
LingRoll costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 阅粒读伴 free?
阅粒读伴 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LingRoll or 阅粒读伴?
LingRoll and 阅粒读伴 are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do LingRoll or 阅粒读伴 have ads?
Neither LingRoll nor 阅粒读伴 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LingRoll or 阅粒读伴?
LingRoll ships an update weekly, and 阅粒读伴 every 5 days. Most recently, LingRoll was updated on October 21, 2026 and 阅粒读伴 on October 1, 2026.

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