# Nekoyomi: Speed Read & Listen — Books and articles, faster

> Books and articles, faster (iPhone/iPad app by Taiki Morinaga.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nekoyomi-speed-read-and-listen/id6817873123 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Taiki Morinaga](https://appshunter.io/developer/1881807555)
- Category: Books
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 96 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, French (France), German (Germany), Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean and 8 more
- Released: 2026-10-02
- Data updated: 2026-10-31

## What is Nekoyomi?

Keep your eyes still. Let the words come to you.

Nekoyomi shows text a phrase at a time, right in the middle of the screen, so your eyes don’t have to travel across the page. It’s a little faster than turning pages, and a lot calmer than skimming.

PAUSE, AND IT’S A BOOK
Tap to stop and you land on a normal page, exactly where you were. Read a line back, long-press to highlight or copy, then speed-read again from any sentence you like.

YOUR RHYTHM
Steady like a metronome, a breath at every comma, a touch slower on long words, or a natural read-aloud pace. Show one word at a time or a few together. Long-press while reading to change speed and rhythm on the fly.

LISTEN, OR READ IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE
Listen to books and web articles with your choice of voice and speed. Set a sleep timer for bedtime. Translate the full text into a supported language, then read, listen to or save the translation. Some voices and translation languages need a download first.

OPENS ALMOST ANYTHING
EPUB, PDF, MOBI and AZW3 (DRM-free), KEPUB, FB2, Word, ODT, Markdown, HTML, RTF, plain text and more. Over 15 formats in all. Illustrations show up too, and stay on screen a beat longer. Drop files into the app’s folder in Files and they appear on your shelf.

THE WEB, TOO
Open an article in the built-in browser and tap the speed-reading button. Menus and ads fall away, leaving the story. Save it to your library with its inline photos, illustrations and captions, and choose a collection to keep it in.

FREE CLASSICS, ONE TAP AWAY
Browse Project Gutenberg, Standard Ebooks, Wikisource and Aozora Bunko right inside the app. Or choose Random and a category to add a book, news article or encyclopedia entry. New additions stand out until you first open them.

A SHELF OF YOUR OWN
Create collections for novels, work or study. Put the Continue Reading widget on your Home Screen to pick up where you left off. Optional reminders let you choose a time and only notify you on days you haven’t read.

MADE FOR MANY LANGUAGES
Use the app in 18 languages, including right-to-left Arabic and Hebrew. Japanese is split into natural phrases and can be read vertically. Chinese and Thai are split into words. Newly imported books and articles can retain their original Japanese ruby annotations for display and read-aloud.

EASY ON THE EYES
Paper, sepia, night and black themes, a handful of typefaces, and a choice of embroidered-cat app icons, because why not.

NEKOYOMI PRO
• No ads
• iCloud sync for your books, place, bookmarks and highlights
• Save articles from Safari to read later
• News and RSS feeds that fill your shelf on their own
• Color highlights and notes, with export to Markdown, Notion or Readwise
• Reading stats: time spent, characters read, speed over time, streaks
• Burroughs Mode: rearrange fragments from books on your shelf or the web into new prose, poems or lyrics, with source references
Choose a monthly plan or a one-time purchase. Eligible subscribers can try the monthly plan free for one week.

The monthly plan renews automatically unless it’s cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the free trial or the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. You can cancel anytime in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://tsubamemagic.com/rsvp/privacy.html

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nekoyomi Pro (Monthly) | $0.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nekoyomi Pro (Lifetime) | $9.99 | one-time |


## Is Nekoyomi safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Nekoyomi.

## Is Nekoyomi legit?

Nekoyomi: Speed Read & Listen has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Nekoyomi is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.6 — 2026-10-28

• Improved reliability when saving your library and syncing with iCloud.

### 1.0.5 — 2026-10-25

• Read scanned PDFs and photos as text, with illustrations retained. Pro also lets you scan books with the camera.
• Added Internet Archive to the book catalogs.
• Added Psychedelic Mode and theme color choices to Nekoyomi Pro. The mode uses light and motion effects and is off by default.
• Added a Louis Wain-inspired app icon.
• Improved error handling when importing and saving books.

### 1.0.4 — 2026-10-19

RSVP Reader is now Nekoyomi. Your books and existing purchases stay with you.

• Added Burroughs Mode to Nekoyomi Pro. Mix fragments from your books or the web into new prose, poems or lyrics.
• Newly imported books and articles can retain their original Japanese ruby annotations, both on the page and when read aloud.
• Refined text selection and the reading-position marker in page view.

### 1.0.3 — 2026-10-16

• Read books and web articles aloud with the new listening feature. Choose a voice and speed, and set a sleep timer.
• Added Full Translation to the text and listening menus. Read, listen to, or save the translation to your library.
• Added Random to the book menu. Choose a category to add a random book, news article or encyclopedia entry. New additions stand out in your library until you first open them.
• Improved web article extraction. Photos, illustrations and captions within articles can now be saved too.
• Fixed crashes when pressing and holding a library book, along with issues in library layout, article imports and collection syncing.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-10-07

• Try play, pause and full-text reading in a new first-launch tutorial.
• Set an optional reading reminder for days you have not read, at a time you choose.
• See your book and progress on the Home Screen and resume with the Continue Reading widget.
• Organize books and articles into collections with names you choose.
• Choose or create a collection when saving a web article.
• Added an occasional rating request after you have spent time reading.

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