LingRoll lite vs 墨传
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LingRoll lite
This app offers a comprehensive reading and listening experience for ebooks. It supports various file formats, allows for customizable text-to-speech narration, and provides robust file management and annotation tools.
- Supports multiple ebook formats (TXT, EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
- Advanced text-to-speech with customizable voices and playback
- Flexible reading layouts and font customization
- File management with import/export and cloud sync
- Annotation and bookmarking tools
- Format conversion between ebook types
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LingRoll brings reading and listening together with flexible ebook layouts, rich TTS tools, and practical file management. 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 • 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 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 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 Lite vs. Pro: The following features require Pro: • Microsoft Azure/Edge and MiMo TTS • Narration/dialogue detection and separate voices • Language-aware voice selection • TTS audio export • Offline TTS duration stats • Optimized long-paragraph playback • Automatic trailing-silence skip • Custom listening background music • Line-by-line highlights and sentence underlines • Font import and installation • TXT-to-EPUB conversion • Chinese conversion (Simplified, Traditional, Hong Kong, Taiwan) • Text translation and Tencent Translation • Reading statistics • Password and Touch ID/Face ID protection • WebDAV sync and file management • Backup/import of reading history, personal settings, theme colors
墨传
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让 Kindle 传书更简单。 墨传是一款为 Kindle 用户设计的本地传书工具。你可以先在 App 中添加书籍文件,然后让 iPhone 与 Kindle 连接到同一 Wi‑Fi,或由 iPhone 开启热点供 Kindle 连接。启动传输后,墨传会生成一个本地访问地址,使用 Kindle 浏览器打开该地址,即可在网页中查看书籍列表并点击下载。 无需数据线,无需复杂配置,让电子书传输更直接、更方便。 功能特色: - 在 App 中添加和管理书籍文件 - 支持 iPhone 与 Kindle 连接同一 Wi‑Fi 进行传输 - 支持通过 iPhone 热点与 Kindle 建立连接 - 启动本地传输服务,生成可访问的书籍页面 - 使用 Kindle 浏览器打开页面后即可下载书籍 - 适合日常阅读、学习资料整理与个人书库管理 使用方式: 1. 在墨传中添加书籍 2. 让 iPhone 与 Kindle 连接到同一网络,或让 Kindle 连接 iPhone 热点 3. 在 App 中启动传输服务 4. 用 Kindle 浏览器打开指定地址 5. 在网页中点击书籍并下载 温馨提示: 请确保 Kindle 与 iPhone 处于同一网络环境,且可正常访问 App 提供的本地地址。文件下载与打开情况可能因 Kindle 设备型号、系统版本及文件格式而有所不同。 使用条款(EULA):https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LingRoll lite at 79% against 墨传's 0%. 墨传's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | LingRoll lite | 墨传 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yipeng Huang | 鹏 魏 |
Customer experience
LingRoll lite
墨传
In-app purchases
LingRoll lite
No in-app purchases
墨传
No in-app purchases









