Next Paragraph vs Widget Reader

Most people don’t stop reading because they don’t like books.
They stop because they never find the right moment. Next Paragraph turns long books into something you can read naturally —
one paragraph at a time, right from your Home Screen. No feeds.
No streaks.
No pressure. Just the next paragraph, waiting for you. What it does How it works: • Add a large widget to your Home Screen
• Import a book or paste your own text
• Each time you look at your phone, you read one paragraph
• Tap once to move forward — no app opening required Reading becomes something that happens between moments, not a task you need to schedule. Why it’s different Designed for real life reading Unlike traditional reading apps, Next Paragraph doesn’t ask for long focus sessions. It’s built for:
• Busy days
• Short breaks
• Quiet moments
• Slow progress that actually lasts You don’t “finish chapters”.
You simply keep moving forward. Widget-first experience The Home Screen is the main reading space. The widget always remembers where you stopped.
Each tap gently moves you to the next paragraph. No notifications.
No reminders.
No guilt. Import your own content • Paste any text
• Import PDF books (one-time unlock)
• Clean paragraph segmentation, optimized for widgets Your content stays on your device. Privacy Your reading is private. • No accounts
• No tracking
• No cloud sync Everything stays on your phone. Who it’s for Next Paragraph is for people who: • Love books but rarely finish them
• Prefer thinking over skimming
• Enjoy slow, intentional reading
• Want reading to fit into daily life — not fight it

Widget Reader is a quiet, local-first ebook reader for the books you already own. Import a file, settle into a distraction-free page, or listen with offline Read Aloud. No account, no online bookstore, and no ads. READ FROM YOUR HOME SCREEN Put your current book in a small, medium, or large Home Screen widget. Move to the previous or next passage right from the widget, then open the app whenever you want the full page. Use Synced progress to keep one reading position, or Separate progress for quick reading that never moves your place in the app. BRING YOUR OWN BOOKS Import DRM-free EPUB, TXT, text-based PDF, MOBI/AZW, Markdown, HTML, and FB2 files from your device. Add multiple books at once, keep them in a clean library, and choose a two-column, three-column, or list layout. Rename a book locally and return to the exact place where you stopped. LISTEN, EVEN OFFLINE Turn your ebooks into a personal listening library with system voices installed on your device. Read Aloud highlights the current sentence and follows along automatically. Adjust playback from 0.5x to 2.0x, choose a voice, set a sleep timer, and continue listening in the background with Lock Screen and headphone controls. MAKE EVERY PAGE YOURS • Choose your font and text size• Adjust spacing, margins, indentation, and alignment• Switch between comfortable reading themes• Read by tap, swipe, scroll, or page curl• Save bookmarks, highlights, and notes• Review highlights and notes in one place• Track reading time, days, and progress PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your imported books, reading positions, bookmarks, highlights, notes, and preferences stay on your device by default. Widget Reader does not require an account or upload your library to a cloud service. A few minutes is enough for another passage. Bring the books you love and make room for a little reading today. Notes: Supported ebooks must be DRM-free. PDFs must contain extractable text; scanned PDFs and OCR are not supported. Keep your original files, because local content may not be recoverable after the app is deleted or its data is cleared. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/