A workspace for reading articles, PDFs, videos and podcasts with AI explanations and cross-source questions
Premium reader for EPUBs and PDFs with Focus Mode, real typography, and instant mode switching
Stage
Startup
Not given
Founded
2026
Not given
Based in
US
US
Pricing model
Freemium
Freemium
Pricing
Free plan with 100 comprehension units/month. Pro $9/month with 300 units. Premium $19/month with 600 units. Scholar $39/month with 1,200 units. Annual billing saves 17%: Pro $90/year, Premium $190/year, Scholar $390/year. Unit packs from $10 for 200 units.
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
Clean reading view for articles, PDFs, podcasts, videos and newsletters
Inline explanations for difficult passages written from surrounding context
Cross-source question answering with citations
Structural navigation showing key moments and density maps
Connected note-taking tied to source passages
Natural voice narration for listening
Notebook feature for gathering related sources with notes and questions
Discover shelf suggesting rights-cleared reading related to your library
Course builder to create lessons from saved documents
Integration with ChatGPT and browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox
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
Explanations stay beside the source instead of requiring you to leave to look up terms
Questions cite specific passages from sources so answers are traceable
Notes automatically stay attached to the passages that prompted them
Works with PDFs, videos, podcasts and articles in one unified workspace
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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