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Lists built on goals
Pick the areas your teen wants to grow in — mindset, sport, money, empathy, school — and RockyRead builds the nonfiction list around them.
📖RockyRead
Get the app⭐️ Nonfiction for teens 13-18
Nonfiction reading your teen actually sticks with
RockyRead turns your teen's goals and interests into a personalized nonfiction list — books, podcasts and videos — and keeps them going with a reward system you control.
Download on the App StoreiPhone & iPad
See why parents love RockyRead
★★★★★I wanted my son to read more nonfiction without it feeling like another school assignment. RockyRead built him a list around his own goals and the reward system actually keeps him at it.
★★★★★One of the few apps my 15-year-old genuinely opens on her own. Everything is tailored to what she wants to get better at, so she spends more time learning and less time scrolling.
★★★★★The recommendations are spot on for her age and interests — mindset, money, psychology. The streak and badges keep her coming back, and I approve every reward myself.
★★★★★We added the nonfiction books already on our shelf with the barcode scanner in seconds. Logging 15 minutes a day has become a small family ritual.
Everything you need to build the habit
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Streaks & daily goals
A 15-minute daily goal, streak counter and XP levels that turn nonfiction reading into a habit, not a chore.
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Real-life rewards
Money per finished book, a trip, something they've been saving for — you decide. They request, you approve.
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20 badges to earn
First Book, 30-Day Streak, Bookworm, Topic Explorer and more milestones worth chasing.
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Made for 13-18, works younger too
The catalog is built for teenagers, with age-appropriate nonfiction for younger siblings in the same app.
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Your shelf, included
Search a catalog of 600+ curated nonfiction titles, add manually or scan a barcode to log what's already at home.
Take a look inside
Swipe through the flow, from goals to rewards.
Pick the growth areas
Mindset, sport, empathy, money, school — the goals shape everything that follows.
Choose how they learn
Reading, listening or watching. RockyRead tracks all three the same way.
Get the personalized list
A short, curated nonfiction list matched to their goals — no endless feed.
Discover more
Browse 600+ curated nonfiction titles, podcasts and videos by topic.
Build the streak
A 15-minute daily goal, XP and a streak worth protecting.
Earn badges & rewards
20 milestones to collect, plus the real-life reward you approve.
The power of nonfiction
Facts fuel curiosity and build a stronger foundation for life.
Social skills
Nonfiction builds empathy and helping behaviors earlier.
Mental strength
Regular readers report a stronger sense of wellbeing.
Better grades
Consistent nonfiction habits boost school performance.
Financial future
Early financial literacy leads to healthier money habits.
Why I built this app
A while ago an Instagram post went viral: a mother shared the nonfiction book list she gives her kids — sport and mindset, empathy, how they show up at school — and for every book they finished, they got money.
I loved the idea. I'm a bookworm myself, and I've seen what nonfiction does for the way young people think about themselves, money, health and other people. But building that list by hand, keeping track of it and handling the rewards is a lot of work for a parent.
So I built RockyRead to do it for you: pick the areas your teen should grow in, get a personalized nonfiction list, and let the app handle the tracking and the rewards.
— Maxima Schröder, Founder of RockyRead
Frequently asked questions
The focus is teenagers between 13 and 18. Content is age-tagged, so younger kids find suitable nonfiction in the app too.