Premium reader for EPUBs and PDFs with Focus Mode, real typography, and instant mode switching
Task manager and system monitor for Mac with fan control, temperature monitoring, storage cleanup, and AI assistant
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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.
Website edition: $5.99 lifetime license (launch price for first 100 copies, then $14.99). Mac App Store edition: Free, or Pro at $5.99/month or $49.99/year.
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
Process management with pause, priority adjustment, and force quit
Temperature and sensor monitoring for all Mac components
Custom fan control with adjustable curves
AI Tune-Up that identifies and fixes performance issues
Storage cleanup with undo capability
Startup items management including deleted app leftovers
30 days of system activity history
Power usage monitoring in watts per component
AI assistant with your own AI provider
Per-app network monitoring and dev server detection
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
Plain language explanations of every process and what it does
One-click AI-powered optimization with full undo capability
Lifetime license with no subscription required for website edition
Works on both Apple silicon and Intel Macs
All history and data stays on your Mac for privacy
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