Ink&Echo vs Tamdok
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ink&Echo
Manage your personal ebook and audiobook collection in a single, organized library. Read various file types and play audiobooks locally, with progress syncing across your devices. Customize your library with metadata editing and sorting options.
- Unified library for ebooks and audiobooks
- Local import for personal media
- Read text, PDF, and EPUB files
- Play imported audiobook files locally
- Organize with filters, folders, and sorting
- Edit metadata and replace covers
- Synced reading and listening progress
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Import your own books, organize them in one place, and move naturally between reading and listening. Ink & Echo includes a polished dark editorial interface, local import flows, provider-driven search, local playback for imported audio, and in-app reading for text, PDF, and EPUB files. It also supports metadata editing, cover replacement, library filters, folders, sorting, and saved progress across your experience. Key features: • Unified library for ebooks and audiobooks • Local import for personal media • Read text, PDF, and EPUB files in-app • Play imported audiobook files locally • Search across enabled providers • Organize with filters, folders, sorting, and view modes • Edit metadata and replace covers • Keep reading and listening progress synced in one place
Tamdok
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Tamdok is a manga reader for iPhone, built around catalogs you install — not a locked-in store. The name comes from 탐독: to devour a book. The app is made for people who want a real library, a serious reader, and catalogs they can add, update, and even write themselves. CATALOGS Install source extensions from a registry URL you choose. Tamdok's first-class format is JavaScript (.tamdok): easy to write, share, and update. Browse home layouts, listings, search, and filters from each catalog. LIBRARY Save titles, sort them into categories, and see unread chapters at a glance. Switch between grid and list views. Pull to refresh, or get notified about new chapters in the background. Search across your library and installed catalogs. READER Paged left-to-right, right-to-left, or continuous webtoon. Crop, pillarbox, tap zones, and automatic reading mode. Progress is saved so you continue from the last page. OFFLINE & BACKUPS Download chapters to read without a connection. Back up your library manually or automatically and restore it later. PRIVACY & PERSONALIZATION Incognito mode stops saving reading history and read marks. Lock the app with Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode. Theme, accent color, and alternate app icons are yours to change. Tamdok does not bundle a manga catalog. You add the registries and extensions you want to use. Catalog availability and content are determined by those extensions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tamdok at none against Ink&Echo's 1. Tamdok also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly). Ink&Echo's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. Ink&Echo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tamdok asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ink&Echo ships an update weekly, Tamdok daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ink&Echo | Tamdok |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (21 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Gary Zhuo | Aleksandr Shumilov |
In-app purchases
Ink&Echo
- Lifetime Premium Unlock$10.00
Tamdok
No in-app purchases









