Read in phrases.
Finish books in hours.
Flitread flashes your books and articles one natural phrase at a time, right where your eyes already rest. Most readers comfortably double their pace within a week, without the frantic word-by-word treadmill.
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Demo text, the opening of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?" So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!" But when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge. In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again. The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down a very deep well. Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her.
320 WPM
Feel 500 words per minute
Don’t take our word for it. Press play, nudge the slider, and read the opening of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, one phrase at a time.
Demo text, the opening of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?" So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!" But when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge. In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again. The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down a very deep well. Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her.
How it works
1
Bring in anything
Paste text, import a file (EPUB, PDF, DOCX, HTML, TXT), or share straight from Safari.
2
Press play
Flow Mode feeds you one natural phrase at a time, at your pace, with each word’s anchor letter bolded.
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Get faster every week
Nudge the speed up as it gets easy. Flitread remembers everything: position, pace, and progress, per book.
Why phrases beat single words
Single-word speed readers
- Every word gets equal, metronomic time: “the” and “photosynthesis” alike.
- Your eyes fixate on one point until it aches.
- Miss a word and it’s gone.
Flitread’s Flow Mode
- Your brain reads in chunks, so Flitread shows chunks.
- Long phrases stay up longer; sentence ends breathe.
- Rewind is one tap, and your place is always saved.
Reading researchers have known for decades that skilled readers take in 2–4 words per glance and that rigid word-by-word display fights natural reading rather than helping it. Flitread’s Flow Mode is built on that research.
Built for readers, not dashboards
Everything is readable
Books (EPUB), PDFs, Word docs, web articles, pasted anything.
Never lose your place
Every book reopens exactly where you stopped.
Your pace, per book
A thriller at 500 WPM, a textbook at 280.
See yourself get faster
Streaks, time read, and a live WPM readout.
Reads like print
Sans or serif, plain text: no gradients, no glow, no drop shadows.
Private by design
On-device reading, no account, no tracking.
A calm reading room in your pocket
Pay once. Own it forever.
One-time purchase
$3.99
- The full Flow Mode reader, no speed cap
- Unlimited library: books, PDFs, articles
- File & URL import
- No ads, ever
- Every future update, free
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Questions, answered
Is this just skimming?
No. You see every word. Flitread controls when, not whether. Skimming skips; Flitread paces.
Will I actually understand what I read?
Flow Mode exists because single-word flashing hurt comprehension. Phrases preserve the units your brain already uses. Start at a comfortable pace and raise it only when it feels easy.
What can I import?
Paste any text, import EPUB/PDF/DOCX/HTML/TXT files, pull articles from a URL, or share straight from Safari. (Kindle files are DRM-locked by Amazon and can't be imported.)
Does it work offline?
Completely. Your library lives on your phone.
I have a hard time focusing when I read. Will this help?
Many readers with wandering attention tell us pacing keeps them anchored; the moving display gives your eyes one calm thing to follow.
How is this different from other speed readers?
Older RSVP apps flash one word at a time at a fixed rhythm. Flitread shows natural phrases with human timing, closer to how you already read, just faster.
Is Flitread a subscription?
No. Flitread is a one-time $3.99 purchase, with everything unlocked from the start. No account, no recurring charges, and no features held back for later. Buy it once and it's yours on that iPhone for good.
Are there ads?
Never. No ads, no sponsored content, no data to sell. The $3.99 purchase is the entire business model.
Your next book is 4 hours long.
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