Reader for Watch

By: 磊汪

Books on Your Wrist

Features & Capabilities

Reader for Watch turns your Apple Watch into a focused reader for your own EPUB and TXT books. Import books from the Files app on iPhone, send them to your paired Apple Watch, then keep reading from your wrist even when your iPhone is not with you.

Built for short breaks, commutes, and quiet moments away from your phone, the app prepares books for the small screen with chapter parsing, reading progress, bookmarks, and a clean watch library.

Key features:

Import EPUB and TXT files from the iPhone Files app
Send one book or your whole local library to Apple Watch
Read offline on Apple Watch after transfer
Automatic chapter parsing for supported EPUB and TXT books
Smooth auto-scroll for hands-free reading
Continue Reading widget and watchOS control for fast resume
Adjustable font size, themes, colors, and text alignment
Pin books, track progress, and manage finished books
Archive local copies on iPhone after sending to Watch
No account required; the app does not collect your data

Reader for Watch is made for people who already have their own books and want a simple, private way to read them on Apple Watch.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App

By:

磊汪

Rating:

3.00

(21)

Version:

26.5.18 Last updated: 2026-05-19

Version code:

885770412

Creation date:

2023-03-22

Compatible devices:

Size:

15.76MB

Price:

1.99

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-05

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 330,364 ▼ 1,544

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Developed by:

磊汪

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reader-for-watch/id6446140905

User Reviews

Across reviews, readers praise Reader for Watch for smooth scrolling, readability, and overall usefulness as a compact watch reader, with many noting it works well after initial bugs were fixed. However, multiple users report installation/compatibility issues on certain Apple Watches, difficulties transferring or syncing books to the watch, and missing features like bookmarking or saving your place. Some also wish for better chapter navigation (links to chapters, complete chapter display) and basic navigation enhancements. Overall, it's highly capable but not universally reliable and lacks some core features.

Pros

Smooth text scrolling and readability on Apple Watch.
Reliable performance after fixes; bugs have been addressed.
Powerful, easy-to-use watch reader with strong overall usefulness.

Cons

Installation/compatibility issues on certain Apple Watches.
Difficulties transferring, sending, or syncing books to the watch.
Missing bookmarking/save-place feature.
Chapter navigation/display issues (next-chapter bug, incomplete chapters).

Recent reviews

Only shows the fist page of the chapter and scroll to the bottom and it only has a button for the next chapter. What happened to the rest of the current chapter I’m on?

by er*****, 2026-04-26

Overall your the best epub watch app. Great work on fixing the next chapter bug. No other epub app is as good as this on watch. The text scrolls really smoothly too. Hopefully one day hyperlinks that link to various chapters can be supported or images can be supported. But if not this app is great regardless.