Premium reader for EPUBs and PDFs with Focus Mode, real typography, and instant mode switching
Dynamic Island for your Mac
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Pricing model
Freemium
Paid
Pricing
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.
$24.99 once for one Mac (plus applicable tax), lifetime license with all updates included. 7-day free trial, no card required.
Key features
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
Face Unlock - Look at Mac to unlock with on-device Vision and liveness check
Now Playing - Music controls with album art, scrubbing, shuffle and repeat from collapsed island
AI Usage Tracker - Track Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Copilot rate limits and tokens
Clipboard History with OCR - Search past copies including text recognized from images
Window Snapping - Rectangle-style tiling with notch as drop target
Command Palette - Press ⌃⌥K to jump to tabs, toggle features, or run Shortcuts
Pomodoro Timer - Focus sessions with streaks and 7-day chart
System HUDs - Volume, brightness, and caffeine toggles animate from notch
App Launcher - Pin and open apps directly from notch
File Shelf - Drag files to stash and retrieve them later
What makes it different
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
78 features in one lightweight native app with zero subscriptions
Built natively in SwiftUI with near-zero CPU idle usage
Works on any Mac including notchless displays as floating pill
One-time $24.99 purchase with lifetime license and updates included
Privacy-first with no accounts, ads, or data sales
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