Website and app blocker for Mac with lock modes to prevent disabling blocks
Premium reader for EPUBs and PDFs with Focus Mode, real typography, and instant mode switching
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Pricing model
Free trial
Freemium
Pricing
$29 for founding licence (90% claimed, 1 of 10 founding spots left), then $39 for next 25, then $59 regular price. One-time payment, free updates forever.
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
Block websites across all browsers simultaneously
Block Mac apps from launching
Three lock modes: Off, Strict, and Hardcore
Recurring block scheduling by day and time
No account or sign-up required
Runs offline on your Mac
Streak and focus hour tracking
Support for subdomain blocking
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
Blocks across every browser and Mac app in one place, unlike browser extensions which only cover one browser
Hardcore lock mode cannot be disabled until timer ends, with only one emergency pass per week
Pay once, no subscription or account needed, works offline forever
Privacy-focused with no browsing data collected or sent from your Mac
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
Blocker
Velo