Comparison

Ink&Echo vs Tamdok

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Tamdok

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Ink&Echo4 screens
Tamdok4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Ink&Echo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tamdok asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ink&Echo ships an update weekly, Tamdok daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ink&Echo versus Tamdok: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInk&EchoTamdok
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB97 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGary ZhuoAleksandr Shumilov

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ink&Echo

One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium Unlock$10.00
None

Tamdok

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ink&Echo free?
Ink&Echo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tamdok free?
Tamdok is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ink&Echo or Tamdok have ads?
Neither Ink&Echo nor Tamdok shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ink&Echo or Tamdok?
Ink&Echo ships an update weekly, and Tamdok daily. Most recently, Ink&Echo was updated on November 5, 2026 and Tamdok on November 6, 2026.

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