WholeReader: Immersive Reader

Name: WholeReader: Immersive Reader
Rating: 4.67 (207 reviews)
Author: Firm Foundation Academy

LiveFirm Foundation Academy1 app · 9.8K installsEducationFreecom.firmfoundation.reader

Fully integrated audio narration boosts reading comprehension naturally

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Total installs: 9,847
Installs / day: +6
Rating: 4.7★
Released: 20 Feb 2018
Last update: 25 Aug 2026
Countries: —

Installs per day

gain of the exact counter

Lifetime avg ≈ 3/day (all installs ÷ days since release)

Daily tracking since 10 Oct 2026 · history grows every day

Install history

exact counter from Google Play

4dAll

Dashed: estimate from the release date (no daily data before 10 Oct 2026) · time axis compressed before that day

Daily tracking since 10 Oct 2026 · history grows every day

Change timeline

Full history

No changes recorded yet. We compare every crawl with the previous one and list title, icon, screenshots, description, version, price and availability changes here.

Country availability

Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.

Top countries

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We estimate where downloads come from using the app’s position in Google Play’s top charts in about 140 countries. This app is not in any chart we have collected yet; the estimate appears as soon as it is.

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App manifest

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Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play

No data shared with third parties
Collects data Location, Personal info, and App activity
Data is encrypted in transit
You can ask for your data to be deleted

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

11 in 5 groups

7 Sensitive2 Notable2 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

See the list of accounts on your phone, like Google or email accounts
Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storage
Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storage
Get sign-in tokens for accounts saved on your phone to use online services

IdentitySensitive1

Access to accounts on the device and your personal profile card

See the list of accounts on your phone, like Google or email accountsfind accounts on the device · GET_ACCOUNTS

ContactsSensitive1

Access to the contacts saved on your phone

See the list of accounts on your phone, like Google or email accountsfind accounts on the device · GET_ACCOUNTS

Photos/Media/FilesSensitive2

Access to photos, videos, music and other files stored on your device

Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

StorageSensitive2

Access to files, photos and media saved on your phone's storage

Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

OtherSensitive5

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

Get sign-in tokens for accounts saved on your phone to use online servicesuse accounts on the device · USE_CREDENTIALS
Change volume and choose which speaker or headset plays soundchange your audio settings · MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET

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Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

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Full description

Frederick Douglas said, “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” Reading is the soul of education. But the love of reading is on the decline, as children are bombarded with endless hours of easy video -- brain junk-food. “Immersive Reading” is a technology aimed at reversing that harmful trend. Quality human narration is aligned word-for-word with book text to engage both ear and eye simultaneously. Ever get a song stuck in your head? That is because we are creatures of language -- which is actually a form of music. Grammar and vocabulary are learned much faster by the ear than the eye. Immersive reading introduces the musical aspect of language back into a book -- boosting comprehension, enjoyment and absorption naturally. Microsoft recently ran an Immersive Reading trial, and discovered that kids doing just twenty minutes of Immersive Reading each week leapt past their peers, advancing a full grade level in only a couple months. That was a weekly assignment. Just imagine the power of a daily assignment. For years, we’ve been working on the WholeReader Library -- an entire K through 12 library of immersive literature. Come on over to WholeReader.com and try it out. Just give your kids a brief daily Immersive Reading assignment. You will quickly notice them playing with new words and phrases, as they rapidly expand their ability to communicate and comprehend. As Margaret Fuller famously said, “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” Come join our Immersive Reading project and help us get education back to the books.

What's new

Fixed bugs and improved app stability. Enhanced book search, reading progress display, author pages and filters, and resolved a number of visual and functional issues.

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