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

Bring your own books into a quieter reading space. Widget Reader makes it easy to read a page, listen to a chapter, or enjoy a short passage from your Home Screen. • Import DRM-free EPUB, TXT, text-based PDF, MOBI/AZW, Markdown, HTML and FB2. • Choose files from your device, iCloud Drive or third-party cloud services enabled in Files. • Adjust fonts, text size, spacing, themes and page turns. • Listen with installed offline system voices, sentence highlighting and a sleep timer. • Save bookmarks, highlights and notes. Put your current book in a Home Screen widget. • Pro adds unlimited imports, organization, reading reports, advanced widgets, exports and optional private iCloud sync. Imported files are local copies; changes to the original do not update them. Export Google Docs to a supported format first. Scanned PDFs, OCR and DRM-protected books are not supported. Interactive widgets require iOS 17 or later. iPhone includes up to 10 unique books for free. Reading and library actions on iPad require Pro. Weekly and yearly subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled. Any trial is subject to App Store eligibility; see the purchase screen for current prices and terms. No app account or advertising. Books stay local unless you enable private iCloud sync. https://reader.jameshaoyu.com/privacy https://reader.jameshaoyu.com/subscription-terms https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/