LingRoll lite vs AnyRead
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
AnyRead
This app offers a pure reading experience for TXT novels with smart bookshelf management and customizable reading settings. It allows for offline reading, chapter navigation, and personalized themes. Secure your private books with a PIN or biometric lock, as all data is stored locally.
- TXT novel reader
- Smart bookshelf management
- Offline reading
- Customizable reading themes
- Adjustable font and spacing
- PIN/biometric security lock
- Local data storage
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ReadAnytime – A truly pure TXT novel reader. Smart Bookshelf Management Import TXT files and they are automatically added to your bookshelf, with support for batch multi-file imports Automatically sorted by reading progress; pull down to refresh and update instantly Set custom covers for your books so you can find what you want to read at a glance Ultimate Reading Experience Automatically detects chapter structure with one-tap navigation to previous/next chapter 8 reading themes: Day, Night, Eye Care, Greenery, Paper, Grey Blue, Ink, and Coffee Freely adjust font size, line spacing, and letter spacing to find your most comfortable reading posture Perfectly supports both landscape and portrait reading on iPhone and iPad Your Books, Your Rules Set a PIN code or Face ID / Touch ID security lock for private books All data is stored locally on your device and never uploaded to any server One-time purchase, permanent access to all features – no subscriptions, no recurring fees. ReadAnytime lets you truly immerse yourself in the world of novels.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LingRoll lite at none against AnyRead's 1. AnyRead's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 79%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. AnyRead sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LingRoll lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
LingRoll lite ships an update weekly, AnyRead every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LingRoll lite | AnyRead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yipeng Huang | 上海深维探索科技有限公司 |
Customer experience
LingRoll lite
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In-app purchases
LingRoll lite
No in-app purchases
AnyRead
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