Comparison

Romance Gold vs Orient Reader

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

Head to head
About

Romance Gold

Features
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Fall in love with your next story. Romance Gold is a free novel reader app with thousands of werewolf, billionaire, and fantasy romance stories. Browse novels by genre, read chapter by chapter, and pick up where you left off with auto-bookmark. Switch to offline voice playback when you want to listen instead of read. Browse by Genre Find werewolf, billionaire, fantasy, and young adult romance novels all in one place. Read Chapter by Chapter A clean reading interface made for long sessions. Dark mode included for comfortable reading at any time. Listen Offline Voice playback with natural English voices. Download chapters and listen without an internet connection. Your Personal Library Save your favorite novels, track reading progress, and pick up where you left off across devices. New chapters and novels added every day. Download Romance Gold for free and start reading.

About

Orient Reader

Features
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Every book, an audiobook. Read aloud any book you own. Orient Reader turns your EPUB, PDF and ebooks into an audiobook with natural text to speech, and lights each word as it is spoken. It is made for people who love to listen, and for the books that never got an audiobook: the classic nobody narrated, the novel in your second language, the PDF a friend sent you. BEAUTIFUL TO FOLLOW β€’ Each word lights up in time with the voice, so you never lose your place β€’ Follow along on the page, or put the phone away and just listen β€’ Four reading themes: Paper, Sepia, Dark and Midnight, or follow your phone YOUR BOOKS, YOUR VOICE β€’ Reads EPUB, MOBI, PDF, plain text and Markdown, or anything you paste in β€’ Natural AI voices in dozens of languages; hear a sample before you choose β€’ Downloadable voices read offline, with no internet at all β€’ The text to speech (TTS) voices already on your phone work too β€’ No account, no sign-up. Your library lives on your phone MADE FOR LONG LISTENING β€’ Plays with the screen off, with controls on the lock screen β€’ Sleep timer by the minute, or at the end of the chapter β€’ Speed from 0.5Γ— to 2.5Γ— β€’ Opens where you stopped, with chapters and bookmarks β€’ Car mode: four controls, each big enough for a glance β€’ Audio it has already made is kept, so hearing a chapter again needs no connection HOW PEOPLE USE IT β€’ Listen to an EPUB or PDF book on a walk, in the car or in bed β€’ Hear a book read aloud in the language you are learning, and follow every word β€’ Give tired eyes a rest, or let text to speech make reading easier with dyslexia β€’ Turn a long PDF from work or school into something you can listen to Books in many languages, each read aloud in its own language. The app itself speaks English, Polish, German, Spanish and Korean, and follows your phone's language. A quiet app: no ads, no streaks, no noise. Open a book, press play, and hear it read aloud.

Screenshots

Romance Gold4 screens
Orient Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Orient Reader at none against Romance Gold's 3. Romance Gold's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Romance Gold sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Orient Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Romance Gold versus Orient Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRomance GoldOrient Reader
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 β€” better15.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size234 MB36 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperδΈ°θ”š ι‚ΉDamian Sowa

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Romance Gold

One-time3
  • 500 Coins Pack$4.99
  • 1000 Coins Pack$9.99
  • 2000 Coins Pack$19.99
None

Orient Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Romance Gold free?
Romance Gold is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Orient Reader free?
Orient Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Romance Gold or Orient Reader have ads?
Neither Romance Gold nor Orient Reader shows ads.

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