ReadingRate · What's new · 2026-03-12

Capture quotes and sessions with no signal

In the ReadingRate iOS app, everything you write while reading saves without a connection. Quotes, journal entries and logged sessions are written to the device before any network attempt and appear immediately; they upload when the signal returns or the next time you open the app. The reading timer runs offline, a downloaded EPUB reads offline, and a dictated quote is corrected against that book's own text on the device rather than on a server.

Available on iOS.

Reading happens on planes, on the Underground, in cabins and in the places people go precisely because there is no signal. An app that loses a passage you typed in a tunnel has failed at the only moment that mattered.

Writing to disk first is what makes that safe. A failed request cannot lose words that were already saved, and the sync that follows is a background detail rather than something you wait on.

The Apple Watch keeps its own queue of sessions, page logs and quotes, and hands them to the phone when the two are back in range.

What it can't do

  • This is the iOS app. The web app has no offline mode at all and needs a connection.
  • Searching the catalogue and adding a book you don't already have both need a connection.
  • Theme tagging and server-side correction against the book's text run when you're back online, so an offline quote stays plain until then.
  • Pending items look exactly like everything else in your list. There is no badge showing what has not uploaded yet.
  • Retries happen when the connection returns and when you open the app, rather than continuously in the background.

Questions people ask

Does ReadingRate work offline?
In the iOS app, yes, for capture. Quotes, journal entries and reading sessions save to the phone and upload later, and the timer and downloaded EPUBs work with no connection. The web app has no offline mode.
Will I lose a quote I saved with no signal?
No. It is written to the device before any network request is attempted, and uploaded when the connection returns or when you next open the app.

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