App info
- Category
- Games
- Age rating
- 12+
- Price
- Free
- Version
- 3.14.0
- Released
- Sep 19, 2019
- Last updated
- 9 Sept 2026
- Size
- 386.7 MB
- Requires
- iOS 13.0 or later
- Languages
- 1
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What's newin version 3.14.0
These literary delights have just arrived at the Dear Reader Bookstore. Be the first on your block to add them to your library. Also included: the usual handful of small fixes and improvements. • Phases of Irish History, Eoin MacNeill • Relativity: The Special and General Theory, Albert Einstein • The Poetic Edda, Anonymous • The Worm Ouroboros, E. R. Eddison
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• Play with more than a hundred classic books • Unlock dozens of ways to Wordplay • Acquire new books from a rotating selection in the Bookstore • Earn Rare Books by completing challenging Reading Goals • Embark on Research missions to unlock special abilities • Puzzle through increasingly difficult Daily Challenges “If I’m not actually reading in my down time then I’m likely playing Dear Reader.” -one of our dear players Dear Reader lets you curl up and play your favorite books, turning classic literature into clever word puzzles. Unscramble passages from famous books, unlock unique puzzles, and add new books to your library. Dear Reader includes over 130 literary classics and dozens of different types of word puzzles, from unscrambling anagrams to swapping lines of text. Dear Reader is the first and only game where you can play with the actual written words of so many tempting books of classic literature! As Game Developer’s Alissa McAloon wrote, Dear Reader is “a game that’s as difficult to put down as a good book.” Best Apple Arcade Games, IGN Top 5 Apple Arcade recommended games, Bustle Magazine 12 Best Apple Arcade games, Gamespot 10 Best Mobile Games of the Year, Paste Magazine Official Finalist, IndieCade Official Selection, Indie Megabooth GDC Showcase Official Selection, Wordplay Festival Best Gameplay Finalist, Games for Change Best Meaningful Play, International Mobile Gaming Awards