Comparison

LingRoll lite vs LeafRead

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

LeafRead

This app provides a distraction-free reading experience for your local TXT, EPUB, and Markdown files. It offers text-to-speech functionality with system and AI voices, customizable reading themes, and advanced text formatting options. Enjoy your books offline without any ads or account requirements.

Highlights
  • Offline TXT, EPUB, and Markdown support
  • Text-to-speech with system and AI voices
  • Customizable themes, fonts, and spacing
  • Page turn animations and auto-read
  • Chapter navigation and full-text search
  • Bookmarks, highlights, and notes
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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LeafRead is a focused, no-nonsense local reader that turns the books you already own into a comfortable reading experience. No account, no ads, and no internet needed to read — just import a file and go. FORMATS YOU CAN OPEN • TXT plain text with automatic encoding detection; even huge novels open quickly • EPUB e-books with chapters, images and layout preserved • Markdown (.md) documents, auto-split into chapters by heading • Import from Files, the share sheet, or send files from a computer browser over your local Wi-Fi LISTEN TO YOUR BOOKS • System voices start instantly and match the language of the text • Download optional AI voice models that run on your iPhone — your text never leaves the device • Keeps reading on the Lock Screen, in the background and in Picture in Picture • The spoken sentence is highlighted and pages turn automatically • Adjustable speed and a sleep timer for bedtime listening IMMERSIVE READING • Page turns: realistic curl, slide, vertical scroll, fade and more (some Pro) • Auto-read with smooth continuous scrolling at your pace • Day / Night / Eye-care themes, plus your own background images and fonts (Pro) • Fine-tune font size, line and paragraph spacing, margins, indent and blank-line compression • Two-column reading on iPad and iPhone Duo (Pro) THOUGHTFUL DETAILS • Reading position is saved automatically — pick up exactly where you left off • Jump via the chapter list and full-text search • Bookmarks, text highlights and notes (categories & export are Pro) • Reading time and word-count stats • Home Screen widgets show the page you are reading and can turn pages; Lock Screen widgets too • Bookshelf groups, search and multi-select PRIVACY FIRST • Your books stay on your device; reading needs no connection • No reading data collected, no sign-in needed • iCloud library sync and cover lookup are optional Pro features, off by default Upgrade to LeafRead Pro to unlock every theme and font, advanced page-turn animations, unlimited bookmarks with categories, text annotations and export, full reading stats, two-column reading, custom backgrounds and fonts, and iCloud sync. Download LeafRead and give yourself a quiet place to read.

Screenshots

LingRoll lite4 screens
LeafRead4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: LeafRead at 5.0 against LingRoll lite's 4.0. LeafRead also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). LingRoll lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. LeafRead sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LingRoll lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LeafRead holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of LingRoll lite's written reviews are positive against 83% of LeafRead's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LingRoll lite ships an update weekly, LeafRead every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LingRoll lite versus LeafRead: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLingRoll liteLeafRead
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYipeng Huang献慧 陈

Customer experience

LingRoll lite

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

LeafRead

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

None

LingRoll lite

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

LeafRead

One-time1
  • LeafRead Pro Lifetime Unlock$1.99

Questions

Is LingRoll lite free?
LingRoll lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LeafRead free?
LeafRead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LingRoll lite or LeafRead?
LeafRead is rated higher. LingRoll lite averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while LeafRead averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do LingRoll lite or LeafRead have ads?
Neither LingRoll lite nor LeafRead shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LingRoll lite or LeafRead?
LingRoll lite ships an update weekly, and LeafRead every 2 days. Most recently, LingRoll lite was updated on November 5, 2026 and LeafRead on November 5, 2026.

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