Comparison

LingRoll lite vs Koham

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 experience for e-books and audiobooks. It supports various file formats, provides advanced text-to-speech capabilities, and allows for extensive customization of the reading interface. Users can manage their library efficiently, take notes, and track their reading habits.

Highlights
  • Supports multiple e-book formats
  • High-quality AI text-to-speech
  • Customizable reading interface
  • Efficient file management
  • Note-taking and bookmarking
  • Reading statistics
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

Koham

Engage in deep conversations with your books using AI. Import your EPUBs and explore their content through interactive dialogue, fostering self-understanding. The app also features a calm EPUB reader and remembers your discussion history.

Highlights
  • AI-powered book conversations
  • Import personal EPUB collections
  • Real-time voice interaction
  • EPUB reader with customization
  • Discussion memory and editing
  • API key configuration for AI
Features
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After you finish a book, how much of it actually stays with you? Koham offers a different path: talk to your books instead of merely reading them. Import a book. Start a conversation. Back and forth, unhurried, like a late-night walk or an intimate chat in a quiet study. Koham will not help you speed-read, nor will it help you memorize more. It does one thing: it lets you converse with your books through AI, so that in the exchange, you come to know yourself. When true understanding arrives, you never forget. What you seek, you already are. --- Core Experience • Talk to Books: Ask any book what truly matters to you. Every response is grounded in the text. • Realtime Voice: Like calling an old friend. Speak, listen, interrupt, or simply pause in silence. • Your Bookshelf: Import your personal collection. Every book feels like an old friend. • Calm Reading: A quiet EPUB reader. Customize fonts, themes, and brightness as you like. • Thought Continuity: It remembers past discussions so you can pick up next time. View, edit, or delete memories anytime. --- Please Note • Koham does not include books. Please import your own EPUB files. • AI conversations require configuring your own API key in Settings, with step-by-step guidance in the app.

Screenshots

LingRoll lite4 screens
Koham4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Koham at 5.0 against LingRoll lite's 4.0. LingRoll lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Koham sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LingRoll lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Koham holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
LingRoll lite versus Koham: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLingRoll liteKoham
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYipeng Huang统伟 陈

Customer experience

LingRoll lite

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

Koham

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

LingRoll lite

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Koham

One-time1
  • Koham Supporter$6.99

Questions

Is LingRoll lite free?
LingRoll lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Koham free?
Koham is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LingRoll lite or Koham?
Koham is rated higher. LingRoll lite averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Koham averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do LingRoll lite or Koham have ads?
Neither LingRoll lite nor Koham shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LingRoll lite or Koham?
LingRoll lite ships an update weekly, and Koham weekly. Most recently, LingRoll lite was updated on October 24, 2026 and Koham on October 24, 2026.

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