Quick Reads vs BookWatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quick Reads
Discover and enjoy a curated collection of short stories with an intuitive interface. Listen to stories with audio narration to improve reading speed and dictation. Engage with a community of readers by sharing comments and ratings.
- Curated short stories
- Audio narration option
- Story summaries and author bios
- User profiles for comments and ratings
- Offline story access
- Reading time and rating information
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Quick Reads brings you high-quality short stories in one beautiful app. Read great stories with an easy and simple interface. Each story has the Audio option, to let Siri read the text for you. Audio helps you in reading faster and improving your dictation. The store includes: stories summary, author biography, stories reading time and stories rating, to help you choose the story that better fits your day. Create your own profile to keep track of your comments and ratings. Share your thoughts with short stories and books lovers from around the world. All stories saved on the main page are available without internet connection. If you have any feedback, send an email to contact@leftlaneapps.com. Enjoy your reading!
BookWatch
This app transforms books into engaging video summaries, allowing you to watch fiction and non-fiction content like movies. Learn key insights from best-selling books through animated 30-minute videos, making learning fun and easy.
- Animated video book summaries
- Learn from fiction and non-fiction
- 30-minute video learning
- Whiteboard animation style
- Access best-selling books
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If you love books but prefer watching them as movies this app is for you. Watch fiction and booktok books as movies or learn new things in a fun and easy way from the best nonfiction books. Get the key insights from non-fiction books in animated book summaries. Our animated video summaries keep you focused and you can learn the best non-fiction books just by watching 30 minute videos. What if you could watch books? - Never feel bored or overwhelmed again when it comes to learning new things. - We deliver key ideas from nonfiction books in animated video summaries. Why our book summaries are the best? 1. Thorough Summaries: We do thorough summaries covering all the ideas of the book. No more 10 minute summaries. 2. Whiteboard Animation: We use whiteboard animation videos to keep your attention. Never feel bored again when learning from books. 3. The Best Books: Get instant access to the best selling self-development and business book summaries. Terms of use: https://www.bookwatch.com/terms-and-conditions-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BookWatch at 4.7 against Quick Reads's 3.9. BookWatch also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (14K vs 8). Quick Reads's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (67% vs 51%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Quick Reads sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and BookWatch sells 22 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BookWatch holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BookWatch has 14K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Quick Reads's written reviews are positive against 51% of BookWatch's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Quick Reads ships an update every 2 months, BookWatch every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Reads | BookWatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (8 ratings) | 4.7 (14K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 50.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 14K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #104 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Leftlane Group LLC | Morfosis |
Customer experience
Quick Reads
BookWatch
Bugs and requests
Quick Reads
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
BookWatch
Reported bugs
2 issues- Intro content not fully accessible
- Subscription issues and lack of refunds
Requested features
3 requests- Background listening mode
- Web/desktop version
- Improved visualization
In-app purchases
Quick Reads
- Buy 30 coins$0.99
- Buy 100 coins$1.99
BookWatch
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$8.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription$12.991 Month
- BookWatch Premium$14.991 Month
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- BookWatch Premium 86% Offer$19.991 Year
- Morfosis Premium$24.991 Month
- BookWatch Premium Subscription2 variants$29.991 Year
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- BookWatch Premium Yearly$39.991 Year
- BookWatch Premium Free Trial Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- BookWatch Premium Subscription$49.991 Year
- BookWatch 7 day trial7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Yearly Premium Subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- BookWatch Premium Subscription$59.991 Year
- Yearly Premium Subscription7 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Bookwatch 7 day trial7 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Annual Package - 7 Day Trial7 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Annual Plan - 7 Days Trial7 Days trial$89.991 Year
- 3 Day Trial - BookWatch Premium3 Days trial$89.991 Year
- Annual Subscription Free trial$99.991 Year
- 3 Day Trial - BookWatch Premium3 Days trial$139.991 Year
- BookWatch Premium Free Trial Annual7 Days trial$139.991 Year
- 7 Day Trial - Yearly Plan7 Days trial$197.991 Year
