Outread vs Reedy

Outread is a speed-reading app for websites, ebooks, and documents that displays text in small chunks. Guide mode highlights text, while Flash mode presents it using Rapid Serial Visual Presentation. Readers can adjust speed, chunk length, contrast, theme, and font, and use exercises for peripheral vision, eidetic memory, short-term memory, and chunking. Content can be imported from a URL, pasted, or shared from Safari and other apps; Outread also integrates with Pocket and Instapaper. An optional account syncs content, reading history, and preferences between devices, and the App Store listing says content is available offline. Supported file types are DRM-free ePub, PDF, DOC, RTF, and TXT; DRM-protected ebooks such as Kindle books are not supported. Outread is available on iOS, macOS, and as an extension. Its free plan provides basic features. Outread+ unlocks all features, including speeds up to 1,500 words per minute, unlimited bookmarks and notes, and additional themes. AI summaries, key points, quizzes, and tag suggestions require Apple Intelligence-capable devices running the newest operating system.

Reedy reads e-books, articles, text, and web pages in regular reading, speed-reading, and text-to-speech modes. Its RSVP speed reader presents text in sequence and supports speeds up to 3000 words per minute. Listed file formats include FB2, EPUB without DRM, KEPUB, TXT, and HTML, including books in ZIP archives. Reading tools include bookmarks, automatic tables of contents, text selection and sharing, orientation lock, adjustable text size, and light and dark themes. Reedy can extract the main content from web pages and accept pages shared from browsers, Pocket, Feedly, or Evernote. On Android, books can also be opened from Google Drive, Dropbox, and other apps or cloud services. The listed platforms are Android and a Chrome extension, though the terms identify Android as the current platform; some functions require an active internet connection. Reedy is freemium, provided at no cost, with ads and in-app purchases. Its privacy policy says it may request advertising ID and IP address and may collect error logs with device and app configuration details.