ReadPace is a speed reading app and a reading trainer for the things you actually want to read: your own books, PDFs, documents and articles. Find out where you stand, practise a little every day, and read at a pace where you still understand.
SPEED + UNDERSTANDING
Take a 3-minute baseline: read a short passage, then answer five questions. ReadPace measures reading speed and comprehension separately, so you always know whether a faster pace is still working for you.
READ YOUR OWN CONTENT
• PDF, EPUB, Word (DOCX), ODT, RTF, Markdown, HTML, CSV and plain text
• Web articles: paste a link, or share from Safari and other apps
• Paste any text, or turn photos and printed pages into text with on-device recognition
• PDF cleanup removes running headers, footers and page numbers so the text flows
DRM-protected books cannot be imported.
FOUR WAYS TO READ, ONE BOOKMARK
Switch modes at any time without losing your place:
• Word: one word at a time, with a highlighted focal letter that keeps your eyes still
• Phrase: short, natural word groups
• Guided: the full text with a moving highlight that sets your tempo
• Page: comfortable reading at your own pace
Choose any speed from 100 to 1,200 words per minute, with gentle pauses at punctuation and an optional warm-up.
TRAIN LIKE IT'S A GAME
A 5, 10 or 15-minute daily routine built from nine exercises: Pace Training, Word Flash, Phrase Groups, Visual Tracking, Visual Span, Schulte Table, Word Search, Passage Test and the Baseline Assessment. Difficulty adapts to your results, and short lessons explain how speed reading works — including when to slow down. The focus drills are warm-ups, not eye therapy, and the app says so.
WATCH YOUR PROGRESS GROW
Daily goals, streaks and trends for passage speed and comprehension, all built only from sessions you actually completed.
STUDY TOOLS
Bookmark, highlight and add notes while you read, then review them later.
MAKE IT YOURS
Reader themes (Light, Warm Paper, Dusk, Dark and two high-contrast themes), six fonts, adjustable spacing and your choice of focal colour. Dynamic Type and VoiceOver throughout.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account, no tracking, no analytics SDK. Your library stays on your device unless you turn on iCloud sync.
ReadPace is free to download and read in: your whole library, importing, page reading, the baseline assessment, 15 minutes of paced reading a day, four of the nine exercises and the accessibility themes. ReadPace Pro opens unlimited paced reading, the full training curriculum, detailed progress, study tools, collections, iCloud sync and page scanning — monthly, yearly with a free week, or as one lifetime purchase.
