Comparison

Crown Book vs Wrist Novel Reader

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Crown Book

Features
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A full-screen reader for large text files on your watch. One book at a time: a .txt file sent from Crown Book for iOS. Sending another book to your watch replaces the previous one. Font size matches system settings – you can change it while reading in the watchOS control center. Large files (>10 KB) are divided into pages and remember the last page you were reading. You can scroll through text with your finger, the crown, or the "double tap" gesture. Tapping the system clock takes you to the top of the page. At the beginning of each page there is a button with the page number, which, when pressed, takes you to any page (selection with a preview of the first line of text). At the end of each page (except the last) there is a button that takes you to the next page. At the end of the book, there's a "CLOSE" button to close the book. A closed book can be deleted ("Delete" button) or started over ("BOOK" button). You can set a widget on the watch face displaying the page number of the currently read page and several lines of text (modular). ! The program comes with instruction (in the form of a mini-book: "Help" button) for two of my apps (Crown Book and Equatch) in two languages ​​(English and Polish). Sending a file from iPhone to Apple Watch: UTF-8 encoded .txt format (you can use TextEdit in macOS to change the encoding). .txt compatibility with Apple Pages: File - Export to - Plain Text... - Save. Compatibility with free gutenberg.org ebooks (PlainText UTF-8). The loaded .txt file can be viewed in the iOS app (button with the file name). The .txt file remains in the iOS app until it is replaced by another file. ! When sending a file from iPhone, the Apple Watch must be unlocked with the app running. ! If the text doesn't appear on your watch after uploading, try again until it succeeds. Minimum system requirements: watchOS 10 and iOS 17 ("double tap" scrolling requires Apple Watch 9 or later).

About

Wrist Novel Reader

Read local e-books on your phone and Apple Watch. Supports TXT and EPUB import, with seamless progress syncing. Enjoy audiobook narration and customizable reading settings for a portable experience.

Highlights
  • Local e-book import (TXT, EPUB)
  • Cross-device progress syncing
  • Apple Watch full-screen reading
  • Audiobook narration
  • Adjustable reading settings
  • Chapter navigation and search
Features
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Wrist Novel Reader is a local novel reader for both your phone and your Apple Watch. It supports importing local e-books such as TXT and EPUB (EPUB files are converted to TXT automatically), and you can also share a novel straight into the app from the Files app. Read on the phone and on the watch, with reading progress synced between them. On Apple Watch you can open a novel and read it full screen. Turn pages by tapping, using the double-tap gesture, rotating the Digital Crown, or let it turn pages automatically (the interval is adjustable) — and you can also switch to vertical scroll reading, which moves down chapter by chapter. Tap the top-left corner to bring up the Back, Contents and Settings buttons. Jump to the previous or next chapter in one tap, open the full table of contents to go to any chapter, and pick up right where you left off. Put on headphones and turn on the audiobook: your watch reads the novels in your library aloud, at an adjustable speed, and keeps playing with the screen off. On the phone you can manage your shelf, import novels, split an oversized file into several books by chapter, adjust font size, line spacing, margins and themes, or read with swipe page turning, continuous vertical scrolling, search in the contents, switch chapters and sync progress. The phone also supports audiobook and auto page turn: it reads a novel aloud at an adjustable speed and keeps playing on the lock screen, while auto page turn flips pages by interval in page mode and scrolls at a steady speed in scroll mode. In the book details you can also set a custom cover, edit the title and author, convert between Simplified and Traditional Chinese in one tap, or export the novel as an EPUB to share with others. Read to a page on your phone and continue on your watch; wherever you stop on the watch, your phone picks it up automatically. Made for people who like to organize their library on the phone and read comfortably on the watch — making novel reading simpler and more portable.

Screenshots

Crown Book4 screens
Wrist Novel Reader3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Crown Book at none against Wrist Novel Reader's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Wrist Novel Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Crown Book asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crown Book ships an update every 3 days, Wrist Novel Reader every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Crown Book versus Wrist Novel Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrown BookWrist Novel Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—64.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.617.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArtur Janowicz姝婕 章

In-app purchases

None

Crown Book

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Wrist Novel Reader

One-time1
  • Premium Membership(Lifetime)$2.99

Questions

Is Crown Book free?
Crown Book is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wrist Novel Reader free?
Wrist Novel Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Crown Book or Wrist Novel Reader have ads?
Neither Crown Book nor Wrist Novel Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crown Book or Wrist Novel Reader?
Crown Book ships an update every 3 days, and Wrist Novel Reader every 5 days. Most recently, Crown Book was updated on October 30, 2026 and Wrist Novel Reader on November 6, 2026.

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