Outread: Speed Reading app for iPhone and iPad

4.6 ( 8176 ratings )

Productivity Education Book
Developer: Arkadiusz Holko

Free

Current version: 2.1.1, last update: 6 months ago
First release : 15 Jan 2014
App size: 22.75 Mb

Speed-read websites, ebooks and documents. Outread improves reading effectiveness by helping you to focus on reading small chunks of text at a time. You can either follow the highlighter along the page or keep the text centered.

Featured by Apple in “Best New Apps”, “Train Your Brain” and "Read Something New" sections
“Youre in luck, because Outread will help you get through [articles] and learn speed-reading in the process.” — Lifehacker
"Speed Between the Lines" — WSJ
“A clear winner in the speed-reading category” — AppAdvice

BASIC FEATURES:
- Speed read by following the highlighter along the page (Highlighting Mode) or by keeping the focused phrase in the center of the screen (Flashing Mode - Rapid Serial Visual Presentation)
- Exercises improving peripheral vision, eidetic memory, short-term memory and chunking ability.
- Add webpages from Safari or other apps using share extension
- Paste text or add from a URL
- Sync your library, preferences and reading stats between your devices
- Adjust the reading speed and chunk length (length of text you read at once)
- Selection of fonts to suit all reading conditions
- Monitor your progress with reading stats
- Filter (by services or tags) and sort (by date, length or title) the items
- See images included in text (even during speed reading)
- Pleasant reading experience improving comprehension and concentration for people with dyslexia, ADD and ADHD
- Test your reading speed and comprehension
- Universal app for iPhone, iPad and Mac
- Everything is always with you, even offline

OUTREAD+ FEATURES:
- Read free classic novels from the built-in catalog
- Sync with Pocket and Instapaper
- Add your own ebooks (DRM-free ePub)
- Add PDF, Microsoft Word, RTF and TXT documents
- Higher reading speed up to 1,500 words per minute
- Reader themes: Black & White (great for OLED), Sepia and Gray

NOTE:
- DRM-protected ebooks (Kindle and most of iBooks ebooks) are not supported

Terms and Conditions: https://outreadapp.com/terms.html
Privacy Policy: https://outreadapp.com/privacy_policy.html

If you have any questions or suggestions, you can reach us at [email protected]

Pros and cons of Outread: Speed Reading app for iPhone and iPad

Outread: Speed Reading app good for

Its got all the features Ive be looking for in a speed reading app. Chunking, full page view, and Instapaper. And it works pretty reliably.

Im the first but not a fake ;-) Great app ! I hope developer will adapt it for Mac too. Ready to pay for Mac version.

Best app for speed reading so far. Theres room for improvement, but by far the best.

Great app, Im glad that I found out about it in the beginning of my undergrad, I expect this to be my best tool whenever I need to read tons of books. In case you need to convert your pdf to an epub, I recommend Calibre, download on your computer, do the conversion, and then transfer through iTunes. Hope that helps someone, took me a while to think about that.

Just getting accustomed to this app, but I can tell already that it will be a time saver. Easy to learn and intuitive! Enjoy.

This app has made the best design decisions out of all the speed reading apps, so Im happy that its now also added RSVP mode

Some bad moments

Bookmarklet created by app is a java script that iOS does not permit.

The app does not function on IOS. The download function of books from the offered collection DOES NOT WORK, the browser text reader option DOES NOT WORK and all else.

Another pathetic company that rips you off. Try to follow the intentionally vague instructions and when you have followed them to a T and click on the bookmark it sends you right back to the how to download page. Cannot open anything in it. Dont buy into the positive reviews, theyre fake.

I hope with the next update a synchronisation between iPhone and iPad will come.

Bought the app, and loaded a .epub right away. The table of contents wouldnt load even though they load on every other reader app. Makes it hard to find where Im at so Ill have to read it on iBooks and paper still.

Great app. Its sleek and it works better than the other speed reading apps that use Spritz. I like the sort function.

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