Premium reader for EPUBs and PDFs with Focus Mode, real typography, and instant mode switching
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Freemium
Pricing
$11.99 USD one-time purchase, with 14-day free trial and no credit card required
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
Live preview with automatic file watching
Automatic scrolling to changed content
Mermaid diagram rendering
LaTeX mathematics typesetting
Syntax highlighting for 80+ languages
Table of contents sidebar
Smart search matching rendered text
Support for tables and task lists
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
Works with any editor already in use without plugins or extensions
Automatic scrolling marks recently edited content
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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