Wristread: Speed Reading

Read or listen on your watch

Expected Dec 15, 2026 · Free · In‑App Purchases

Launch price until 31 January. A few spare minutes become a few pages: one word at a time on your Apple Watch, or, with Plus, read aloud through your AirPods. Requires Apple Watch Series 9 or later, SE (3rd generation) or Ultra 2 or later. Wristread shows you words one at a time, in one steady place on your watch. Your eyes stay still and the words come to you, each one lined up on its focus letter. A queue, a coffee, the walk to the station: a few spare minutes become a few pages. Or put in your AirPods and hear it read aloud, with Wristread Plus. Your iPhone brings things in, and they arrive on your watch by themselves. • Free classics: thousands of public-domain books, one tap each. • Your own books: EPUB, PDF, text, Markdown and more, from Files or any app. • Articles: share any page from Safari and read it later on your wrist. Your first five are free. • The news: the newest stories from the sites you follow arrive each time you open Wristread. One site is free, and private subscriber feeds work too. Your iPhone keeps your place in every book, so a new watch carries on where the last one left off. Made for the wrist: • Tap the screen, or use Double Tap, to play or pause. Turn the Digital Crown to go faster or slower, or step word by word. • Lost the thread? Hold to glance back at the sentence so far. • Lower your wrist and it pauses. • Walking? Wristread notices, and shows short phrases at an easier pace. • A gentle introduction finds a comfortable pace and starts you just above it. Or start from the reading test on your iPhone. • Commas, new chapters and new names get a little more time, so it reads like reading. • Easy Reading: rounded, widely spaced letters. It may help some readers. • Quick checks: two short questions after a chapter, so your speed only counts if understanding keeps up.* • Highlight a sentence with a tap, then share it from your iPhone as a card. • Tell Siri on your watch "Continue reading in Wristread", "Save that in Wristread" to highlight, or "Read for five minutes in Wristread" for something that fits. • Now Reading on your watch face, Continue Reading in Control Center, and a Smart Stack card before your usual reading times. • A ring beside your current book shows the minutes left in its chapter. Honest about speed: studies find understanding holds up at ordinary speeds, around 250 to 350 words a minute, and falls away well above them. Wristread is built for comfortable reading, not stunt numbers. "How Wristread reads" sets out the research. Everything above is free, and books have no limit. Wristread Plus is one purchase, yours for good: no subscription, shared with your family, and every Plus feature added later is included. • Read Along: hear each word through your AirPods as it appears, in the voice you choose, even your Personal Voice. Its own speed, a sleep timer, and it keeps going with your wrist down. Say "Read to me in Wristread" to Siri on your watch. Try it free in the built-in guide. • In short: Read Along tells you what each story is about before it starts, so you can skip it.* • Your own libraries and Readwise: OPDS catalogs such as Calibre, and your Readwise Reader articles and Daily Review. Your highlights go to Readwise too. • Unlimited saved articles and news sources. • Today in Brief: the day's news, condensed into a calm two-minute read.* • Recaps: where you were, when you come back to a book after a break or ask Siri on your watch "What's happened so far in Wristread?" Ask about your book too, answered only from what you've read.* • Word meanings: hold a paused word to see what it means in that sentence.* • A live complication that fills as you read through the chapter, with the minutes left in it. • Speed training, and your reading history by week and month. • Reading styles: rounded, serif or mono type, six focus colors, and two or three words at a time. * Needs a device and region where Apple Intelligence is available and turned on. No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Wristread's developer receives none of your data. Books with DRM, such as Kindle or Apple Books purchases, can't be opened.

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    • Supported Features

      • Larger Text

      • Dark Interface

      • Reduced Motion

    Information

    Seller
    SEAN MARTIN HENLEY
    Size
    11.4 MB
    Category
    Books
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 27.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 27.0 or later.
    • Apple Watch
      Requires watchOS 27.0 or later.
    Languages
    English
    Age Rating
    13+
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    • Infrequent
      Realistic Violence
      Profanity or Crude Humor
      Mature or Suggestive Themes
      Horror/Fear Themes
      Medical Treatment information
      Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
      Sexual Content or Nudity
      Guns or Other Weapons
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    • Generous tip $9.99
    • Kind tip $2.99
    • Small tip $0.99
    • Wristread Plus $4.99
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    © 2026 Sean Henley
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    • Family Sharing

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