# Parrity — A Web Browser for your Watch

> Apple Watch web browser that renders content on iPhone. (iPhone/iPad app by Eric Reedy.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/parrity/id1448208309 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Eric Reedy](https://appshunter.io/developer/1448208308)
- Category: Utilities
- Price: Free
- Rating: 3.80/5 from 973 App Store ratings · 132 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 26 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2019-01-08
- Data updated: 2026-08-14
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/parrity/id1448208309/reviews.md

## What is Parrity?

Parrity is a Web Browser for Apple Watch.

It utilizes your paired iPhone to render rich web content and stream it to your watch where you can either interact with it live, or keep it cached for later.

Features:

- A familiar, fully operable, minified Web Browser UI.
- Visit sites directly using via Siri or Scribble, with a convenient url-composing UI.
- Share sites from Safari (enabled within the Share panel's "More" section).
- Search the Web, with support for a dozen popular engines, including google, duckduckgo, wikipedia, amazon, imdb, and more.
- Page caching allows you to toggle back and forth through pages you've yet to close at any time, regardless of whether or not your phone is in range.  (Load several pages in advance!  Keep them open forever!)
- Basic history management provides a list of all pages visited, which, yes, you can certainly clear at any time.
- Tap-based Interaction for clicking links or triggering events.
- Pre-load pages on your Phone and push them to your Watch.  (Useful for signing in, etc)
- A Watch Face Complication, for quick high-level access.

Quirks:

- The iPhone app must be launched at least once after installing to prevent all white pages from consistently appearing.  (Remember to accept the EULA while you're there!)
- Can sometimes be confused by multiple redirects.
- Does not play well with unconventionally lazy-loaded content. (eg: no twitter :( ...)
- Non-hyperlink taps may sometimes fail to trigger an expected action.
- May require additional resnaps to get the true state of a page you are trying to interact with, as load times vary, and javascript is sometimes used to relayout the screen post-load.
- No horizontal or nested scrolling.
- No textfield input.

## Key features

- Minified web browser UI
- Siri and Scribble input
- Web search support
- Page caching
- History management
- Tap-based interaction
- Pre-load pages on iPhone

## What do users think of Parrity?

Overall sentiment: neutral

**Pros**

- 🚀 Convenient web browsing on Apple Watch
- 👍 Decent browser functionality for the platform
- 💡 Innovative use of Apple Watch capabilities

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent connection issues and crashes
- 🔍 Limited functionality compared to mobile browsers
- 📱 Requires iPhone app, not standalone
- 🔍 Small screen size and limited input options

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Inconsistent connection to Apple Watch
- Crashes and freezes on both iPhone and Watch
- Compatibility issues with newer Apple Watch models
- Inability to type URLs or search queries

**Most requested features**

- Add zoom and font size controls
- Improve page loading and rendering
- Allow standalone use without iPhone
- Implement bookmarking and history features
- Support for media playback and video

## Recent user reviews (10 of 132)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/parrity/id1448208309/reviews.md

### 2/5 — ㅇㅡㅇ

*2026-05-16, version 1.3.4*

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

### 5/5 — 1k reviews

*2026-03-04, version 1.3.4*

I’m the 1k reviewer!

### 5/5 — Love this amazing ❤️❤️ bro this actually works

*2026-02-18, version 1.3.4*

🤩🤩

### 4/5 — Closing tabs

*2026-01-10, version 1.3.4*

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.

### 3/5 — .

*2025-10-29, version 1.3.4*

so far i'm just leaving a nuteral rating to ask the dev smthn... how good is the security, i want to make sure nothing happens because i installed a web browser on my apple watch

### 1/5 — This is a scam

*2025-06-20, version 1.3.4*

This would not connect to my Apple Watch 7 and I could not search up anything

### 2/5 — Don’t waste your time 😤🤦🏾‍♀️

*2024-12-12, version 1.3.4*

It’s pointless .. I tried putting apple in the search box and nothing popped up. What am I even doing with this app. I would not recommend.

### 3/5 — .

*2024-11-29, version 1.3.4*

No se entiende bien en otro idioma

### 4/5 — ❔

*2024-10-01, version 1.3.4*

I’m trying to send this specific page to my watch and it just goes to the one before

### 1/5 — It does not work

*2024-05-13, version 1.3.4*

Not working

## Frequently asked questions about Parrity

### What does Parrity do?

Parrity is a web browser designed specifically for Apple Watch. It uses your paired iPhone to render web pages and then streams that content to your watch. You can then interact with the web content directly on your watch or save it for later.

### What are the key features of Parrity?

Key features include a minified, operable browser UI, the ability to visit sites via Siri or Scribble, web search with support for multiple engines, page caching for offline access, basic history management, and tap-based interaction for links. You can also pre-load pages on your iPhone to push to your watch.

### How much does Parrity cost?

Based on the provided information, Parrity is a paid application. There are no mentions of in-app purchases or advertisements, indicating a one-time purchase model.

### What devices is Parrity compatible with?

Parrity is an Apple Watch application that requires a paired iPhone to function. The iPhone is used for rendering rich web content, which is then streamed to the watch.

### What are some common use cases for Parrity?

Common use cases include quickly checking a website without needing to pull out your phone, searching the web for information on the go, or accessing cached pages when your phone is not in range. Pre-loading pages on your iPhone can be useful for tasks like signing into websites before viewing them on your watch.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.3.4 — 2020-03-31

- Fixed the crash on launch!  Wow, that was a dumb one.  Hadn't imported the WebKit framework.

### 1.3.3 — 2020-02-18

- Dropped back to Xcode 11.1 for this build, as 11.3.1 (the latest) seemed to be producing a Nib crash on iOS versions prior to the 13.2, despite some claiming the issue had been fixed in 11.2.1.  I wasn't able to reproduce this myself, so I'm going to need to see where this goes.
- Increased the minimum iOS Version to 12.x, because I don't feel I'll be able to viably vet prior versions from this point on.  iOS Simulator "sendFile" communication (which Parrity heavily utilizes) no longer seems to work, and that has yet to be fixed, so I can no longer depend on Simulators to ensure proper functionality in Parrity, and I only have so many iPhones and Watches at my disposal.  Sorry to those this may effect.

### 1.3.2 — 2020-02-15

- (Watch) Fixed a crash which could occur on page load.
- (Phone) Lowered the number of allowed resize loops from 100 to 40, as some devices were still terminating as a result of looping too many times.
- (Phone) Likely fixed an issue which could result in a crash on launch.  (Unable to reproduce, but I could see where it was going wrong.  I'll keep a lookout to see if this is actually unresolved.)
- (Phone) The default web view background color is once again dark gray, rather than a glaring bright white on launch.

### 1.3.1 — 2020-02-12

- (Phone) Fixed an issue where the back and forward buttons may not properly reflect their current state.

### 1.3.0 — 2020-02-12

- (Watch) Fixed an issue where a some page loads would result in each subsequent page repeating itself.
- (Phone) Fixed an issue where the app would crash when loading or reloading certain pages.  This was a UIWebView bug I was able to, after much time and suffering, manage to work around.
- (Phone) Fixed an issue where some websites would not scroll properly.
- (Both) Added (basic) ad / tracking detection and prevention.

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