LingRoll vs Readur

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

Readur turns anything you want to read into something you can listen to. Paste a link, share an article from Safari, import an EPUB or a PDF, scan a printed page with the camera, or just paste text. Readur pulls out the actual writing — no navigation, no cookie banners, no comment sections — and reads it aloud in a voice you choose. NINE NEURAL VOICES, RUNNING ON YOUR IPHONE Most reading apps hand you the same robotic system voice. Readur offers nine downloadable neural voices that sound close to a person: Heart, Thea, Nora, Nicole, Wren, Iris, Michael, Elliot and Silas. They run entirely on your device. No streaming, no server, no account — once a voice is downloaded it works on a plane, on the Tube, anywhere. Each voice lists its measured reading pace, from 101 to 174 words per minute, so you can pick one that suits the book rather than guessing. That number was measured, not estimated. BUILT FOR ACTUALLY LISTENING • Background playback, lock screen and AirPods controls • A sleep timer that fades out rather than cutting off • Speed from 0.8x to 2x • Follow along with the text as it is spoken, line by line • Pick up exactly where you stopped, in every document • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and a Live Activity while you listen • Teach it how to say names and jargon it gets wrong YOUR READING STAYS YOURS There is no account and no sign-up. There are no analytics and no third-party tracking of any kind. Nothing you add to Readur and nothing it reads aloud is ever sent anywhere — speech is synthesised on your iPhone. The only two times Readur uses the network are when you give it a link to fetch, and when you choose to download a voice. That is the whole list. EVERYTHING IS FREE Every voice, every feature, no subscription, no unlock, no ads.