Comparison

TomoTomo vs LIRA Reader

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

Head to head
About

TomoTomo

Seamlessly switch between reading ebooks and listening to audiobooks. Your progress is automatically synced across both formats, ensuring you never lose your place. Enjoy a clean, distraction-free experience with support for standard epub and audiobook files.

Highlights
  • Sync position between epub and audiobook
  • Switch between reading and listening
  • Automatic position carry-over
  • Distraction-free reading
  • Supports standard epub and audiobook formats
Features
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I read fast and listen slow. Some days it’s the other way around. What never changed was how annoying it felt to lose my place every time I switched between the ebook and audiobook of the same story. So I built TomoTomo. The idea is simple: **your ebook and audiobook should feel like one book**, even if you bought them separately. Bring the files you already own, pair them once, and move between reading and listening without starting your search for the right chapter all over again. You don’t need to buy into another library to make your books work together. The hard part is that a place in text and a time in audio are completely different things. TomoTomo connects them in both directions. Read ahead, then press play from your page. Listen on a walk, then open the ebook near the passage you’re hearing. It keeps track through pauses, chapter changes, switching back and forth, and reopening the app. When reliable narration timing is available, Follow Along can highlight the spoken word or passage. When it isn’t, TomoTomo uses the best available match and lets you adjust it. It won’t pretend an estimate is exact. You can also search for a line you remember and use **Play from here** to get back to that part of the story. What it does: - Reads your EPUB and PDF files in a quiet, adjustable reader - Plays your M4B and MP3 folder audiobooks, with lock screen controls, speed settings, and a sleep timer - Pairs matching books and audiobooks automatically, with manual pairing when needed - Carries your place between reading and listening - Follows narration in real time when you want it to - Saves highlights and notes - Keeps imported books available offline There’s an optional companion for talking through a book, and an optional account if you want your place across devices. Neither is needed to read or listen to the files you already have. No streaks. No badges. No login wall between you and your books. Just the freedom to read when you want to read, listen when you want to listen, and keep going.

About

LIRA Reader

Features
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LIRA is a calm audiobook and ebook player for books you already own. Import MP3, M4A, M4B, AAC, and EPUB files from the Files app, then listen or read without a subscription storefront. Your library stays on your device. LISTEN • Resume exactly where you stopped • Playback speed up to 3× • Sleep timer with fade and chapter options • Bookmarks for favorite moments • Lock screen and Control Center controls • Chapters when your file includes them READ • Clean EPUB reader with themes and fonts • Bookmarks for paragraphs you want to revisit READ ALONG • Optional on-device transcription for audiobooks • Follow the text while you listen • Model download happens only when you start transcription Built for people who keep their own library—LibriVox downloads, purchased DRM-free files, and personal archives. No account required to start listening.

Screenshots

TomoTomo4 screens
LIRA Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

TomoTomo and LIRA Reader are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
TomoTomo versus LIRA Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTomoTomoLIRA Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB34 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTyler MulveyTumba Mulamba

In-app purchases

None

TomoTomo

No in-app purchases

None

LIRA Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TomoTomo free?
TomoTomo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LIRA Reader free?
LIRA Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TomoTomo or LIRA Reader have ads?
Neither TomoTomo nor LIRA Reader shows ads.

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