# Add Bookrise widgets to your Home Screen and Lock Screen

> Keep your current book, reading goals and notes in view. Add Bookrise widgets, log pages and choose what each widget shows.

Source: https://bookrise.app/help/widgets/ · Updated 2026-10-27

Keep your current book, a reading goal or a favorite quote close by with a Bookrise widget. You can check your progress at a glance, and some widgets let you log pages or start a reading session right there.

Widgets are available on iPhone and iPad.

## Add a Home Screen widget

1. Touch and hold an empty area of your Home Screen until the apps jiggle.
2. Tap **Edit** → **Add Widget** in the top-left corner. On iOS 17, tap **+**.
3. Search for **Bookrise** and tap it.
4. Swipe through the widgets and sizes, then tap **Add Widget** on the one you want.

## Add a Lock Screen widget

1. Touch and hold your Lock Screen, then tap **Customize** → **Lock Screen**.
2. Tap the space for widgets under the clock.
3. Choose a Bookrise widget.

## Home Screen widgets

| Widget                | What it shows                                           | Sizes                |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------- |
| **Currently Reading** | Your book, reading progress and estimated time left     | Small, medium, large |
| **Reading Shelf**     | The books you're reading, with progress for each        | Medium, large        |
| **Daily Goal**        | How close you are to today's reading target             | Small, medium        |
| **Reading Goal**      | The books you've finished toward your yearly goal       | Small, medium        |
| **Reading Streak**    | The days in a row you've read, with a view of this week | Small, medium        |
| **Weekly Streak**     | The weeks in a row you've made time to read             | Small                |
| **Note**              | A note or quote you've saved                            | Small, medium, large |
| **Notes**             | Your latest notes and a button to write a new one       | Small, medium, large |

Your widgets use the colors of your Bookrise theme.

## Log progress and time your reading

Use the medium or large **Currently Reading** widget to update your book or start a session:

- Tap **+ 10 pages** to add pages. For books tracked by percentage, the button adds 5%; for audiobooks, it adds 15 minutes.
- Tap **Start** to begin the reading timer. While it runs, you'll see **Pause** and **Finish**. Tap **Finish** to open Bookrise and save your session.
- Tap the cover or title to open the book's page.

The large widget also shows today's goal, your streak, your yearly goal and **Up next**, with the newest books on your **Want to Read** list.

![Currently Reading widgets in small, medium and large sizes showing Moby-Dick at 34%, with + 10 pages and Start buttons](https://bookrise.app/_astro/widgets--home-currently-reading.C7knGz8u_1buT7v.webp)

You can start a session from other widgets too:

- On the large **Reading Shelf** widget, tap the play button next to a book.
- On the medium **Daily Goal** widget, tap the reading button, such as **Read Moby-Dick**, to start the book you read last.

Tap **Reading Streak** or **Weekly Streak** to open **Insights**.

![Daily Goal, Reading Goal, Reading Streak and Weekly Streak widgets next to the Notes, Quote and Note widgets (1/2)](https://bookrise.app/_astro/widgets--home-goals.C12KS62T_2a95Qb.webp)

![Daily Goal, Reading Goal, Reading Streak and Weekly Streak widgets next to the Notes, Quote and Note widgets (2/2)](https://bookrise.app/_astro/widgets--home-notes-list.BSDRcDQ2_ZFDY2m.webp)

## Lock Screen widgets

- **Currently Reading** shows your book and progress, or the timer during a session.
- **Daily Goal**, **Reading Goal**, **Reading Streak** and **Weekly Streak** show your progress in a small round widget or a line of text above the clock.
- **Note** shows a saved note or quote.
- The round **Notes** widget starts a new note.

![The Lock Screen with Currently Reading, Daily Goal and Reading Streak widgets and a reading session Live Activity](https://bookrise.app/_astro/widgets--lock-screen-reading.1Apgejx8_QbVW4.webp)

Your note text stays hidden on the Lock Screen until you unlock your iPhone.

## Choose what a widget shows

Touch and hold a widget, then tap **Edit Widget** to see its options.

### Choose a book for Currently Reading

Pick a **Book** to keep one book in view. Leave it empty to follow the book you read last. For the small widget, use **Style** to choose **Cover** or **Progress Ring**.

### Choose a note to revisit

For the **Note** widget, pick a specific **Note** to keep it on display. Or leave it empty and choose one of these options under **Show**:

- **A Different Note Every Day**
- **A Different Note Every Hour**
- **Newest Note**

You can narrow the choice to a **Book**, a **Tag** or **Favorites Only**. Use **Style** and **Show Book** to change how the note looks.

### Filter the Notes list

For the **Notes** widget, choose a **Book**, a **Tag** or **Favorites Only** to decide which notes appear. When you choose a book, new notes you start from that widget belong to the same book.

The other widgets follow your reading, goals and streaks in Bookrise and have no extra widget settings.

## Tinted and clear Home Screens

If you choose **Tinted** or **Clear** for your Home Screen icons in iOS, Bookrise widgets follow the system's colors. Book covers keep their original colors.

![Bookrise widgets on a tinted Home Screen, with the Moby-Dick cover still in color](https://bookrise.app/_astro/widgets--home-tinted.D2uJ_jZS_ZECFmF.webp)

> [!TIP]
> You can also start or pause reading from Control Center, the Lock Screen or the Action button. [Add the Reading control](/help/control-center/).

## FAQ

### Can I start the reading timer from a Bookrise widget?

Yes. Tap Start on the medium or large Currently Reading widget, the play button on the large Reading Shelf widget, or the reading button on the medium Daily Goal widget. Your session starts without opening Bookrise.

### How do I change the book a widget shows?

Touch and hold the Currently Reading widget, tap Edit Widget and choose a Book. Leave Book empty if you'd like the widget to follow whichever book you read last.

### Why is my note hidden on the Lock Screen?

Note widgets keep their text hidden while your iPhone is locked. Unlock your iPhone to read the note.