Native Mac app for screenshots and screen recordings with annotation and branding
Premium reader for EPUBs and PDFs with Focus Mode, real typography, and instant mode switching
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Pricing model
Paid
Freemium
Pricing
$19.99 one-time purchase for a lifetime license covering 2 Macs with free updates forever and 30-day money-back guarantee
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
Screen recording with system audio and MP4 export
Annotation tools: arrows, shapes, text, highlight and pixelated blur
Eight hand-picked gradient backgrounds with padding and rounded corners
Branding: website and logo stamped on exports
Float captures as floating window above other apps
GIF conversion for clips up to 45 seconds
Optional webcam bubble overlay
Native Swift app weighing about 2 MB
Unlimited captures and exports with no quotas
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
Permanently owned one-time purchase with no subscription or recurring fees
License works on 2 Macs with free updates forever
Tiny native app that launches instantly
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