Reader for Watch
Reader for Watch generates an estimated $50–$1k/month in revenue from 80–400 downloads/month on the App Store, according to AppCurrents estimates (updated 2026-08-02).
| Est. revenue / month | $50–$1k |
|---|---|
| Est. downloads / month | 80–400 |
| Estimate confidence | medium |
| Pricing | Paid $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.08 ★ (24 ratings) |
| Category | Utilities |
| Best chart rank | #97 Utilities Paid |
| Released | 22.03.2023 |
| App last updated | 19.07.2026 |
| Platform | iOS |
Modeled monthly estimate · rating velocity · medium confidence
About
Reader for Watch turns your Apple Watch into a fully standalone EPUB & TXT reader. Import books from your iPhone Files app, send them to your paired Apple Watch, then read offline or listen with Read Aloud (TTS) anytime—completely phone-free! Perfect for workouts, commutes, running, or leaving your phone behind. The app beautifully adapts your books for the watch screen with auto-scroll, chapter…
Trends & analysis
Chart rank trend
US · categoryWhy it's surfacing
Scout 15Ratings & velocity
★ -0.01 in windowRating distribution
55% positive · 22 ratingsGeographic reach
best rank · 10 storefrontsRevenue & downloads trend
ARPU $1Update history
5 updates tracked- v26.7.1816d ago
What's new in this version: • Added a Share Extension: You can now quickly and seamlessly import EPUB and TXT files into your library directly from the Files app or other apps. What's new recently: • Added the ability to hide or show the navigation bar with a single tap when viewing images. • Improved app performance and reliability when returning to the app from the background. • Fixed an issue where watch face complications and widgets might display stale reading progress. • Added full support for displaying images in EPUB books on Apple Watch, bringing a richer and more complete reading experience to your wrist. (Note: Previously transferred books will need to be re-uploaded to display images.) • Significantly improved EPUB parsing for better chapter recognition, deeper table-of-contents hierarchy, and improved metadata preservation. • Fixed an issue that could cause the app to freeze when transferring very large books from iPhone to Apple Watch. • Enhanced book transfer tracking between iPhone and Apple Watch to improve reliability. • Resolved multiple stability issues, including an error when the Apple Watch speaker is unavailable while charging. • Improved Text-to-Speech (TTS) behavior and chapter title matching. • Listen to books on Apple Watch with the new Read Aloud experience, including natural voices, chapter announcements, Now Playing controls, cover artwork, and background audio. • Customize Read Aloud with per-language speech rates, voice quality choices, and preferred voices for each language.
- v26.7.923d ago
What's new in this version: • Added the ability to hide or show the navigation bar with a single tap when viewing images. • Improved app performance and reliability when returning to the app from the background. • Fixed an issue where watch face complications and widgets might display stale reading progress. What's new recently: • Added full support for displaying images in EPUB books on Apple Watch, bringing a richer and more complete reading experience to your wrist. (Note: Previously transferred books will need to be re-uploaded to display images.) • Significantly improved EPUB parsing for better chapter recognition, deeper table-of-contents hierarchy, and improved metadata preservation. • Fixed an issue that could cause the app to freeze when transferring very large books from iPhone to Apple Watch. • Enhanced book transfer tracking between iPhone and Apple Watch to improve reliability. • Resolved multiple stability issues, including an error when the Apple Watch speaker is unavailable while charging. • Improved Text-to-Speech (TTS) behavior and chapter title matching. • Listen to books on Apple Watch with the new Read Aloud experience, including natural voices, chapter announcements, Now Playing controls, cover artwork, and background audio. • Customize Read Aloud with per-language speech rates, voice quality choices, and preferred voices for each language.
- v26.7.11mo ago
What's new in this version: • Added full support for displaying images in EPUB books on Apple Watch, bringing a richer and more complete reading experience to your wrist. (Note: Previously transferred books will need to be re-uploaded to display images.) • Significantly improved EPUB parsing for better chapter recognition, deeper table-of-contents hierarchy, and improved metadata preservation. • Fixed an issue that could cause the app to freeze when transferring very large books from iPhone to Apple Watch. • Enhanced book transfer tracking between iPhone and Apple Watch to improve reliability. • Resolved multiple stability issues, including an error when the Apple Watch speaker is unavailable while charging. • Improved Text-to-Speech (TTS) behavior and chapter title matching. What's new recently: • Listen to books on Apple Watch with the new Read Aloud experience, including natural voices, chapter announcements, Now Playing controls, cover artwork, and background audio. • Customize Read Aloud with per-language speech rates, voice quality choices, and preferred voices for each language. • Keep reading and listening in sync with speech position restore, Follow Speech on Wake, and quick scrolling back to the spoken paragraph. • Move between chapters during Read Aloud with spoken chapter cues and smarter handling when the chapter title already appears in the text. • Read Aloud handles startup, pause and resume, interruptions, rapid chapter changes, and auto-scroll restoration more reliably. • Continue Reading widgets and controls now show book covers more reliably and refresh when cover art changes. • Improved book import, EPUB parsing, metadata preservation, and cover thumbnails.
- v26.6.61mo ago
What's new in this version: • Listen to books on Apple Watch with the new Read Aloud experience, including natural voices, chapter announcements, Now Playing controls, cover artwork, and background audio. • Customize Read Aloud with per-language speech rates, voice quality choices, and preferred voices for each language. • Keep reading and listening in sync with speech position restore, Follow Speech on Wake, and quick scrolling back to the spoken paragraph. • Move between chapters during Read Aloud with spoken chapter cues and smarter handling when the chapter title already appears in the text. • Read Aloud handles startup, pause and resume, interruptions, rapid chapter changes, and auto-scroll restoration more reliably. • Continue Reading widgets and controls now show book covers more reliably and refresh when cover art changes. • Improved book import, EPUB parsing, metadata preservation, and cover thumbnails. What's new recently: • This is a major update with a fully redesigned and optimized reading experience across iPhone and Apple Watch. • Continue Reading widgets and watchOS controls now show your current book and reopen the last reading position more reliably. • Improved bookmarks with multiple recent reading positions per book and more accurate paragraph-based restoration. • Tune your reading experience with more themes, a clearer theme picker, improved custom color controls, refined Watch reading controls, and better chapter titles. • Book transfers now show progress percentages, waiting states, cancellation, retry, and clearer availability messages. • Improved auto-scroll and manual scrolling behavior, including smoother behavior near chapter boundaries. • Improved TXT and EPUB parsing, including better TXT chapter navigation and support for numbered chapter headings. • See richer Watch book details, including current chapter, last read time, progress, and storage size. • Rename local books, delete Watch books, clean up archived books, and filter unsupported imports more reliably with clearer status feedback. • Search your iPhone and Apple Watch libraries, including matches from chapter titles. • Pin favorite books on Apple Watch and keep finished books in a separate Done Reading list. • Manage storage from iPhone with clearer counts, file sizes, cleanup tools, and better controls for local, archived, and Watch books. • Added Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), and Polish localizations. • Fixed crashes that could happen when opening some EPUB books and when loading the watch Lock Screen widget. • Improved library startup performance, transfer refreshes, transient bookmark resets, empty states, haptics, animations, and Liquid Glass layout.
- v26.6.21mo ago
What's new in this version: • Listen to books on Apple Watch with the new Read Aloud experience, including natural voices, chapter announcements, Now Playing controls, cover artwork, and background audio. • Customize Read Aloud with per-language speech rates, voice quality choices, and preferred voices for each language. • Keep reading and listening in sync with speech position restore, Follow Speech on Wake, and quick scrolling back to the spoken paragraph. • Move between chapters during Read Aloud with spoken chapter cues and smarter handling when the chapter title already appears in the text. • Read Aloud handles startup, pause and resume, interruptions, rapid chapter changes, and auto-scroll restoration more reliably. • Continue Reading widgets and controls now show book covers more reliably and refresh when cover art changes. • Improved book import, EPUB parsing, metadata preservation, and cover thumbnails. What's new recently: • This is a major update with a fully redesigned and optimized reading experience across iPhone and Apple Watch. • Continue Reading widgets and watchOS controls now show your current book and reopen the last reading position more reliably. • Improved bookmarks with multiple recent reading positions per book and more accurate paragraph-based restoration. • Tune your reading experience with more themes, a clearer theme picker, improved custom color controls, refined Watch reading controls, and better chapter titles. • Book transfers now show progress percentages, waiting states, cancellation, retry, and clearer availability messages. • Improved auto-scroll and manual scrolling behavior, including smoother behavior near chapter boundaries. • Improved TXT and EPUB parsing, including better TXT chapter navigation and support for numbered chapter headings. • See richer Watch book details, including current chapter, last read time, progress, and storage size. • Rename local books, delete Watch books, clean up archived books, and filter unsupported imports more reliably with clearer status feedback. • Search your iPhone and Apple Watch libraries, including matches from chapter titles. • Pin favorite books on Apple Watch and keep finished books in a separate Done Reading list. • Manage storage from iPhone with clearer counts, file sizes, cleanup tools, and better controls for local, archived, and Watch books. • Added Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), and Polish localizations. • Fixed crashes that could happen when opening some EPUB books and when loading the watch Lock Screen widget. • Improved library startup performance, transfer refreshes, transient bookmark resets, empty states, haptics, animations, and Liquid Glass layout.
Reader for Watch — FAQ
How much money does Reader for Watch make?
According to AppCurrents estimates, Reader for Watch generates approximately $50–$1k per month (medium confidence), modeled from its the App Store chart performance, rating velocity, and monetization signals.
How many downloads does Reader for Watch get?
Reader for Watch sees an estimated 80–400 downloads per month on the App Store, per AppCurrents modeling.
Is Reader for Watch free?
Reader for Watch is a paid app priced at $1.99 on the App Store.
What is Reader for Watch's rating?
Reader for Watch holds a 3.08-star average from 24 ratings on the App Store. It currently ranks #97 on the Utilities paid chart.
When was Reader for Watch released?
Reader for Watch launched on the App Store on 22.03.2023. Its latest version shipped 19.07.2026.