Comparison

LingRoll lite vs 静静听书

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

静静听书

This app allows you to read and listen to your own local book files like TXT and EPUB. It offers offline text-to-speech with adjustable speed and reading customization. Premium features include character voice recognition and custom voices for an immersive audio experience.

Highlights
  • Import TXT and EPUB files
  • Offline text-to-speech
  • Adjustable reading settings
  • Customizable character voices
  • Automatic progress saving
Features
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静静听书是一款本地书籍阅读与听书应用,支持导入你自行持有或合法使用的 TXT、EPUB 文件。导入后自动保存到书架,在同一应用中完成阅读、章节浏览与听书播放。 应用支持离线语音合成听书,可调节语速,并从上次进度继续。你也可以根据自己的习惯调整字体、字号、阅读背景和夜间模式,获得更舒适的阅读体验。订阅后,还可开启引语角色归属识别,并为不同角色自定义语音,让听书体验更沉浸。 应用提供自动续费订阅,用于解锁高级功能。当前提供月订阅和年订阅两种订阅周期。订阅价格和结算规则以 App Store 中显示的实际价格为准。订阅将在每个订阅周期结束时自动续费,除非你在当前周期结束前至少 24 小时取消订阅。你可以在购买后前往 Apple账户设置中管理或取消订阅。 你导入的书籍内容和阅读数据默认保存在设备本地;如果你在使用中遇到问题,或有改进建议,可以通过应用内“设置 - 帮助与反馈”联系我们。 隐私政策:https://book.nature-lang.cn/privacy 服务条款:https://book.nature-lang.cn/terms

Screenshots

LingRoll lite4 screens
静静听书4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: 静静听书 at 5.0 against LingRoll lite's 4.0. LingRoll lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, 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

Both are free to download. 静静听书 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. LingRoll lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

静静听书 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of LingRoll lite's written reviews are positive against 75% of 静静听书's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LingRoll lite ships an update weekly, 静静听书 every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
LingRoll lite versus 静静听书: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLingRoll lite静静听书
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB304 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYipeng Huang文豪 魏

Customer experience

LingRoll lite

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral14.3%
Negative7.1%

静静听书

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

None

LingRoll lite

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

静静听书

Subscriptions2
  • 月订阅3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • 年订阅3 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • 永久会员2 variants$12.99

Questions

Is LingRoll lite free?
LingRoll lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 静静听书 free?
静静听书 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LingRoll lite or 静静听书?
静静听书 is rated higher. LingRoll lite averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while 静静听书 averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do LingRoll lite or 静静听书 have ads?
Neither LingRoll lite nor 静静听书 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LingRoll lite or 静静听书?
LingRoll lite ships an update weekly, and 静静听书 every 10 days. Most recently, LingRoll lite was updated on November 5, 2026 and 静静听书 on November 9, 2026.

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