Comparison

Wrist Novel Reader vs ThusRead

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

Head to head
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.

About

ThusRead

Features
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ThusRead is a lightweight EPUB reader designed for Apple Watch. Import EPUB books on your iPhone and send them to Apple Watch, so you can read whenever you have a moment. Your reading progress is saved automatically, letting you continue near where you left off. Key features: • Import EPUB books from iPhone • Send books to Apple Watch for offline reading • Turn pages with the Digital Crown, a swipe, or a tap • Adjust text size, margins, line spacing, and dark theme • Show your current book and reading progress on the watch face • Save your reading position automatically • No account required

Screenshots

Wrist Novel Reader3 screens
ThusRead3 screens

Verdict

The call

Wrist Novel Reader and ThusRead are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 and ThusRead sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wrist Novel Reader ships an update every 5 days, ThusRead every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Wrist Novel Reader versus ThusRead: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWrist Novel ReaderThusRead
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer姝婕 章灿炎 林

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Wrist Novel Reader

One-time1
  • Premium Membership(Lifetime)$2.99
1 purchases

ThusRead

One-time1
  • ThusRead Pro Lifetime$3.99

Questions

Is Wrist Novel Reader free?
Wrist Novel Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ThusRead free?
ThusRead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Wrist Novel Reader or ThusRead have ads?
Neither Wrist Novel Reader nor ThusRead shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wrist Novel Reader or ThusRead?
Wrist Novel Reader ships an update every 5 days, and ThusRead every 3 days. Most recently, Wrist Novel Reader was updated on November 6, 2026 and ThusRead on November 6, 2026.

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