Premium reader for EPUBs and PDFs with Focus Mode, real typography, and instant mode switching
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Based in
US
US
Pricing model
Freemium
Freemium
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Free tier with 3 personal books and unlimited classics. Velo Pro Annual: $69.99 USD per year. Velo Pro Monthly: $8.99 USD per month. Additional Enhanced Processing credits: 10 for $4.99 USD, 50 for $19.99 USD. 7-day free trial available.
Key features
Full-text search across filenames, folders, metadata, and document text
Search unplugged external drives after they are ejected
Duplicate detection by content fingerprinting
Audio waveforms and spectrograms with playback
Video thumbnails and in-interface playback
Browse by file type, year, folder, camera, or location
Runs entirely on your computer without internet
Focus Mode displaying one word at a time at 50-1,000 WPM
Three reading modes with instant switching at same position
Intelligent PDF processing with chapter detection and OCR
Read-aloud with word-by-word tracking and voice picker
Cloud sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac
Velobrary with unlimited free public-domain classics
Catch Me Up on-device Apple Intelligence recap
Offline library with no internet required
Highlights in multiple colors, notes and dictionary lookup
Enhanced Processing for academic and scanned PDFs
What makes it different
All indexing and AI run locally on your own computer
Search remains available for unplugged external drives after they are ejected
Visual search powered by AI model bundled in the application
One-time $49 purchase with no subscription or account required
Three intelligent reading modes with one synced position instead of switching contexts
Transforms difficult PDFs into readable books through automatic structure detection and OCR
Real typography and faithful rendering preserving code blocks and diagrams in technical content
Complete privacy with books stored on-device and optional encrypted cloud sync
Fully offline reading with no account required for the free tier
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