Premium reader for EPUBs and PDFs with Focus Mode, real typography, and instant mode switching
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Pricing model
Freemium
Freemium
Pricing
Pro Monthly: $1.90/month (regular $2.90); Pro Yearly: $9.90/year (regular $14.90); Pro One-Time: $18.90 (regular $29.90). All plans include full toolkit, up to 2 Macs, and 14-day refund. Launch pricing with up to 37% discount.
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
Smart Cleanup - Clear rebuild-safe files while keeping what cannot be recreated
System Watch - Live monitoring of disk, memory, and CPU load
Review-first cleanup - Confirm each file move to Trash before deletion
Two-Mac license - Activate one license on up to two Macs
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
Runs entirely locally on your Mac without requiring external AI accounts or API keys
Analyzes rebuild-safe derived files matched to specific worktrees
Supports both Apple silicon and Intel Macs running macOS 13 or later
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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