ToRead: Reading Timer
Francisco Martinez Book iPhoneiPadiPod touch
ToRead: Reading Timer is a free Book app for iPhone and iPad by Francisco Martinez. Rated 4.9/5 from 8 ratings. Requires iOS 18.0. Updated October 5, 2026.
- Rating
- 4.9
- 8 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 27 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 5
- 2026 · v1.1.0
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About ToRead: Reading Timer
ToRead is free to use, with no ads. The timer, your reading history and weekly reflection are free for everyone. It’s designed to help you spend more time reading, without pressure, goals, or distractions. Start a reading session, put your phone down, and just read. ToRead quietly tracks your reading time, so you can build awareness of your habits without gamification, streaks, or competition. Designed for calm focus • One tap to start reading • Ambient sounds to help you relax: rain and ocean waves, with more in ToRead Plus • Your reading time on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island (ToRead Plus) • Auto-end sessions, in case you forget • Session history with editing and manual entries • A Books page to rename, finish, archive or bring back a book • A weekly widget for the Home and Lock Screen (ToRead Plus) • Minimal interface that stays out of the way Your reading time, simply recorded ToRead focuses on time, not speed or performance. Whether you read for 2 minutes or 2 hours, every session counts. Your reading history helps you reflect on how reading fits into your life — without judging it. Built with intention • Designed for iPhone • Light and dark themes designed for comfort • iCloud sync (when enabled) to keep your data across devices • Privacy-friendly: your data stays yours For readers who just want to read ToRead is for anyone who wants a quieter relationship with reading: • No social feeds • No challenges • No productivity pressure Just reading, at your own pace. Read when you want. Stop when you want. ToRead. ToRead Plus ToRead Plus adds a few comforts: your reading time on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, the weekly Home Screen widget, every ambient sound, and each new sound pack as it arrives. Pay once, keep it forever. If you used ToRead before Plus existed, everything it had then stays yours, with nothing to do. Legal • Privacy Policy: https://horchatastudio.com/toread/privacy/ • Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ratings & reviews
4.9
8 ratings
What’s new
Version 1.1.0 · Updated October 5, 2026
Introducing ToRead Plus. ToRead stays free. Plus adds your reading time on the Lock Screen, the weekly widget, every ambient sound, and new sound packs as they arrive. If you used ToRead before today, everything you had stays yours. If you’d still like to support ToRead, Plus is open to you as well. Thank you for reading with ToRead. Also new: • Reflection looks back by week, month and now year • A Books page: your time with each book, its sessions and the lines you kept • Keep reading after an accidental Finish, or let a mistaken session go • Pause from the Lock Screen now pauses the sound too • Import your exported data, and see whether iCloud sync is on • Siri and Shortcuts in your language, with pause and resume • The gentle reminder stays quiet on days you’ve already read • Clearer text, easier to find screens, and many small fixes
App privacy
The developer, Francisco Martinez, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- User Content: Other User Content
Used for: App Functionality
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