Premium reader for EPUBs and PDFs with Focus Mode, real typography, and instant mode switching
Translate as you type on Mac with on-device translation
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Startup
Founded
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2026
Based in
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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.
US$9.90 lifetime Mac license, tax included. No free trial at launch. Full refund within 30 days of purchase.
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
Preview translations as you type in text fields
Support for Simplified Chinese Pinyin, English, Spanish and French input
Insert translations with keyboard shortcuts (Space or Return)
On-device translation without cloud upload
No input history saved
Clipboard protection
Works in standard macOS text input apps
Pinyin candidate selection with keyboard navigation
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
Translation runs entirely on your Mac without uploading data to cloud servers
Insert translations directly into text fields without switching windows or copying and pasting
Never reads or writes the clipboard, keeping your data private
One-time lifetime purchase with no subscription required
Uses Apple's built-in on-device translation for macOS
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