Premium reader for EPUBs and PDFs with Focus Mode, real typography, and instant mode switching
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Based in
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US
Pricing model
Freemium
Freemium
Pricing
Free to start. Essentials: $12.99/year. Personal Follow-Up: $34.99/year. Subscriptions renew annually and can be cancelled anytime.
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
Write personal letters and instructions
Choose who receives each item
Encrypted storage of information
One to three trusted contact confirmations required
Optional Check-In Care to verify wellbeing
Personal Follow-Up with human contact attempts
Offline information handling
Share with children without email addresses
Private by design, shared only when needed
Start with one thing, add more when ready
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
Combines personal letters with practical family information in one private app
Flexibility to keep sensitive information offline while documenting where to find it
Built by an engineer with military experience for maximum reliability
Human follow-up support available for unconfirmed deliveries
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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