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WhatPulse vs Velo

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WhatPulse compared with Velo
Detail WhatPulseVelo logo Velo
What it doesTrack keystrokes, clicks, applications and websites to understand your computer usage and productivity patterns Premium reader for EPUBs and PDFs with Focus Mode, real typography, and instant mode switching
StageEstablished Not given
Founded2003 Not given
Based inNot given US
Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingPremium plans available monthly and yearly with discount for annual billing. Free plan includes basic tracking up to 3 computers. Premium removes computer limit and adds unlimited history, web insights, application heatmaps, network traffic breakdown, time tracking profiles, CSV exports and dashboar 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
  • Keystroke and keyboard heatmap tracking
  • Mouse click counting and movement tracking with heatmaps
  • Application usage breakdown by time and input
  • Website and domain tracking without content monitoring
  • Window title tracking and project categorization
  • Network bandwidth monitoring and traffic analysis
  • Uptime and idle time tracking
  • CSV data export and custom reports
  • Time tracking profiles for projects and contexts
  • WhatPulse Leagues weekly competitive rankings
  • 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
  • Competitive Leagues feature with weekly rankings and divisions
  • Multi-platform support for Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Detailed window-level insights for granular productivity analysis
  • 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
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)55 +1 (up) since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)550
Citation Flow (Majestic)4616
Referring domains (Majestic)210510

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