Parrity

Name: Parrity
Rating: 3.8 (1009 reviews)
Author: Eric Reedy

By: Eric Reedy

A Web Browser for your Watch

Features & Capabilities

Parrity is a Web Browser for Apple Watch. It renders rich web content on your watch by leveraging your paired iPhone, so you can interact with sites live or keep pages cached for later. Features include a compact, operable browser UI, voice and Scribble input via Siri, and support for sharing from Safari, multi-engine search, and a watch face complication.

Key capabilities include page caching with forward/back navigation, history, tap-based interactions, and pre-loading pages from your iPhone to the watch. Quirks include the need to launch the iPhone app after install to avoid white pages, occasional redirects, and limited support for lazy-loaded content, with no horizontal scrolling or text field input.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

Eric Reedy

Rating:

3.80

(1,009)

Version:

1.3.4 Last updated: 2020-03-31

Version code:

835305422

Creation date:

2019-01-08

Compatible devices:

Size:

26.28MB

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-30

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 63,895 ▼ 61

Other rankings

#87 in web page keyword 56 ▲ 7

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Developed by:

Eric Reedy

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/parrity/id1448208309

User Reviews

Parrity is praised for enabling on‑watch browsing and being free, with users appreciating quick, convenient searches and a few UI niceties. However, repeated issues undermine utility: unstable watch‑to‑phone connectivity, input limitations on the watch, extremely slow page loads or blank screens, and missing features like PDFs and YouTube support. The app is seen as a novel, watch‑friendly workaround but often impractical due to stability and feature gaps.

Pros

Web browser on Apple Watch enables on‑watch browsing (core feature mentioned across reviews)
Free to use (noted as a positive by users)
Convenience for quick searches on the watch without pulling out the iPhone
Perceived as better than other watch browser options
Tap-target UI feature that helps you see where you’ve tapped

Cons

Flaky connectivity between Apple Watch and iPhone (waiting for connection, could not connect, stopped connecting)
Keyboard/input and URL typing limitations on the watch (keyboard not available on newer iOS versions; cannot type a URL)
Severe performance issues (very slow loading, white screen, need frequent refresh)
Missing or limited features (PDFs not supported; YouTube not working; some actions like sending a page to the watch don’t work)
Navigation friction (many taps required to follow links; some links don’t work)

Recent reviews

Can't interact with websites without having to be asked to redirect ㅁ ㅠ ㅁ

by ㅁ *****, 2026-05-16

I’m the 1k reviewer!

by Ms*****, 2026-03-04

On the instructions, it says that you have to press hard on the screen then It says close tabs, but I do that and it won’t work. I’m not sure if I’m doing it wrong or it is broken but if anyone reads this and knows how to do it please tell me.