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Read faster, word by word.

Freadly shows a book one word at a time, with the focus letter always in the same spot, so your eyes stay still and you only choose the pace.

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A demo of one-word-at-a-time reading. Use the Play button and the pace control below. Passage from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll: Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle! …we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad. “Curiouser and curiouser!” cried Alice… “Begin at the beginning,” the King said gravely, “and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”

300 wpm
Letter colour
Font Segoe UI

One word at a time. Your eyes stay still.

RSVP, rapid serial visual presentation: the book comes to you in one spot, so your eyes never travel along a line or jump to the next one. You only choose the pace.

The focus letter never moves

Every word is placed so its focus letter lands on the same point of a fixed line. Long word or short, your eye meets it in the same place.

Your pace, 100 to 1000 words a minute

The pace starts at 300 and moves in steps of 25. A short calibration test finds your own usual pace.

  • Freadly on iPhone, paused in chapter III: the word “first” on the cue line and the page around it, with that word highlighted.

    Pause, and the page is there

    The text around the word appears. Tap any word to go on from it. On iPhone, touch and hold a word to see its meaning.

  • Freadly on iPhone reading again after a pause, in chapter IV: the word “my” on the cue line, pace 300.

    Never lose the thread

    After a pause, reading picks up from the start of the sentence.

  • Freadly on iPhone in chapter VI: the progress bar with chapter marks, 41% read, 9 minutes left in the chapter and 52 in the book.

    Chapters and quotes

    Chapter marks on the progress bar, time left in the chapter and the book, one tap saves the sentence.

  • Freadly on iPhone with a 20-minute reading timer running and the Background Sound menu open: wind, water, campfire, birdsong, city and a volume slider.

    Timer and sound

    A reading timer from 10 to 60 minutes, and background sound if you like it.

One library Multiple Devices

Freadly on a MacBook Pro: the iPad app in its own window on the Mac desktop, paused on the word “first” in chapter III of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the page around the word below it.

  • On Mac

    Same app, bigger screen

    Runs on Macs with Apple silicon: the iPad app in its own window.

  • On Mac Pro

    Your books come along

    Books, the place you stopped, quotes and stats follow you from iPhone and iPad through iCloud.

  • On Mac

    Keyboard first

    Space pauses, ← → step a word, ↑ ↓ set the pace, B saves a quote.

Freadly on iPad, paused on the same word “first” in chapter III, the page of the book below it with that word highlighted.

  • On iPad

    The text around the word

    Pause, and the page is there. Tap any word to go on from it.

  • On iPad

    Quotes

    One tap saves the sentence you are on, kept with its book.

  • On iPad

    Chapters

    Jump to any chapter. Marks on the progress bar, time left in the chapter and the book.

Freadly on iPhone, paused on the same word “first” in chapter III, with the page around it.

  • On iPhone Pro

    Carry on from your iPad

    Books, the place you stopped, quotes and stats come over through iCloud.

  • On iPhone

    Hold a word for its meaning

    The system dictionary, right on the pause. 10 a day free, no limit in Pro.

  • On iPhone

    No account, no ads

    No Freadly sign-up and nothing in the margins but your book.

  • The Freadly library on iPhone: book covers with reading progress, a daily goal ring, streak and pace.

    Your books, any format. EPUB, FB2, PDF, DOCX, TXT, cleaned for reading.

    Free
  • The Freadly Market on iPhone: free classics from Project Gutenberg and Wikisource with download buttons.

    Thousands of free classics. Project Gutenberg and Wikisource, one tap away.

    Free
  • The Stats tab on iPhone: daily goal ring, words today, day streak and pace this week, with demo data.

    Daily goal, words today, day streak and pace this week. Training programs are Pro.

    Free + Pro
  • A year calendar heatmap of reading days and a reading habits chart by weekday, with demo data.

    Year calendar, habits by weekday, when you start reading.

    Pro
  • Reading history on iPhone: minutes against a goal line and a pace line, with demo data.

    Minutes, pace and books finished. The week is free; month, year and all time are Pro.

    Free + Pro
  • The Sync screen on iPhone: iCloud for your library and watched folders.

    The Sync screen: iCloud for your library (Pro). Watched folders pick up new books.

    Free + Pro

Watch your pace grow.

Words, minutes and speed, day by day. Set a daily goal, keep a streak, and see your week at a glance.

Daily goal

24 of 30 min

6 minutes to go today

Day streak

21days

a streak freeze kept day 13

Pace, the last 7 days

318wpm best

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Pace, words a minute, the last 7 days
Wed 28 Oct271
Thu 29 Oct296
Fri 30 Oct284
Sat 31 Oct302
Sun 1 Nov318
Mon 2 Nov290
Tue 3 Nov306
Your year Pro

251days read in 12 months

NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct MonWedFri
Reading days and minutes per month
MonthDays with readingMinutes
November 202521395
December 202521357
January 202623304
February 202615261
March 202615286
April 202616268
May 202615220
June 202621535
July 202623472
August 202621363
September 202629493
October 202628473
November 2026355

Training mode

The pace rises by 10 words a minute every 5 minutes. Here, a 30-minute session that starts at 300.

Training programs Pro

14, 30 or 60 days with pace check-ups, grown from your calibration. Days 1 to 7 of any program are free.

14 days
30 days
60 days

Free to read.
Pro to go further.

Reading, your own books, free classics and training mode are free on every device. Pro adds training programs, all-time history and sync.

Free

iPhone and iPad

$0forever

Free stays free. No account, no ads.

  • Word-by-word reading, pace, pairs, timer, chapters, quotes
  • Your own books: EPUB, FB2, PDF, DOCX, TXT, HTML
  • The Market of free classics
  • Daily goal, streak, calibration, one week of stats
  • 10 word lookups a day
  • Reminders, likes, and Alice in Wonderland to start with

Freadly Pro

on iPhone and iPad

a year $24.99 a year

first week free About $2.08 a month

Billed every month. Cancel any time in your Apple ID settings.

12 monthly payments $47.88
One yearly payment $24.99
Yearly keeps $22.89 in your pocket: 48% less than paying monthly.

Everything in Free, plus:

  • Training programs with pace check-ups
  • History over all time
  • Word meanings with no daily limit
  • Sync between iPhone and iPad
  • Sepia, Paper and Black themes, 2 fonts, your sound
  • Year calendar and reading habits

Lifetime

on iPhone and iPad

$99.99once

Pays for itself in 26 months of the monthly plan.

  • Everything in Pro
  • One payment, nothing renews
  • Covers sync too
Download on theApp Store

Prices on the App Store. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Payment is charged to your Apple ID; manage or cancel in your Apple ID settings. “Restore purchases” is in the app. The free week applies to the yearly plan only.

Inside Pro

A 30-day program · example

Training program
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Pace check-up, every 7th day

Day 21 check-up

A short passage at a rising pace

Pace at the check-ups

262 281 299 318

262 → 318 wpm in four weeks

Your reading year

Most adults read silently at about 240 words a minute, which is why it starts there. Training mode is free; programs in Pro take you up step by step.

Books a year now

22

At your target pace

33

Hours saved a year

41

on the books you read now

Assumes a book of 80,000 words (a typical novel), reading every day of the year at the same pace. Hours saved are for the same books read at the target pace. Reading faster saves time; it does not promise better comprehension.

A little reading
about reading.

The method, the pace and the books. Notes by Viktor Skrin.

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Questions

More answers in Support
How does the free week work?

The yearly plan starts with a free week for new subscribers. Cancel at least 24 hours before the week ends and you pay nothing.

How do I cancel a subscription?

Open Settings › your name › Subscriptions › Freadly on your iPhone or iPad, or Freadly Pro › Manage subscription in the app. Cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends; Pro stays on until then. Refunds are handled by Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com.

How do I get Pro back on a new iPhone?

Open Settings (the gear in the Library) › Freadly Pro › Restore purchases, signed in with the Apple ID you bought Pro with.

How do I sync my iPhone and iPad?

Sync is part of Pro. Sign in to the same Apple ID with iCloud on both devices, then turn on Settings › Sync › Sync through iCloud. Books, reading positions, quotes and stats come over by themselves.

Which formats can I read, and how do I add my own books?

EPUB, FB2, PDF, DOCX, HTML, TXT and Markdown. Tap + in the Library › From Files…, or choose Share › Freadly in Files, Mail or a messenger; on iPad you can also drag a file in. The Sync screen watches the Freadly folder in Files and any folder you add. Books locked with DRM cannot be opened.

Does Freadly run on a Mac?

Yes, on Macs with Apple silicon: it is the iPad app, in its own window, from the App Store on your Mac. With Pro, iCloud sync brings your books and progress over from your iPhone and iPad.

Do I need an account? What happens to my data?

No account and no ads. Your books stay on your device, and in your own iCloud if you turn on sync. Usage statistics are sent only if you allow them at the first start; you can turn them off and delete them in Settings › Library › Privacy.

Which languages does Freadly speak?

The app comes in 15 languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Turkish, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. It follows your iPhone’s language; to pick another, open the iPhone’s Settings › Apps › Freadly › Language.