Comparison

Speed Reading UpRead vs Speed Reader

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Speed Reading UpRead

Enhance your reading speed and comprehension with a science-backed approach. Effortlessly process web articles, PDFs, and documents at an accelerated pace. Customize your reading experience with adjustable speed, fonts, and colors for improved productivity and time savings.

Highlights
  • Read faster without special training
  • Reduce reading effort
  • Read web articles and documents
  • Save content for offline reading
  • Customize reading speed, font, and color
Features
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Read faster. Without effort nor any special training. Sounds like a dream? It’s not, thanks to science: the approach we use has been tested by neuro-scientists and proved effective over a wide range of studies. We made it available on iOS and iPadOS with a sleek design and some nice advanced features that will make it a pleasure to use. With UpRead you will be able to: - Read faster, in a matter of minutes. No kidding - Reduce reading effort so that you can read longer - Read articles from the web, imported from Safari or other apps - Read PDF files and other text documents - Save your content and read it later, offline - Customise the reading experience by setting speed, font and color. You’ll be much more effective, process more information and save time. Your professional and personal life will both have a nice boost from using just one little app. There’s no price for this. Since we’re sure you’ll love the app, you can try UpRead for free for a limited time. If you’re still (slowly) reading this, it’s time to press that GET button and start the download. Try the app, it’s worth more than a thousand words. Here’s a few reviews about us: > Magnifique application qui accélère la lecture tout en améliorant l'attention. Indispensable. — Manitoo, Switzerland, Sep 2019 > This app is the one thing I never knew I needed so desperately. […] For my fellow columnist hounds, UpRead is absolutely essential. — dfe1998, USA, Sep 2019 > I have used every flash reader I could Get my hands on. […] The back end works somehow where the others fail. [… ] You will surprise yourself by how fast you can go over time. Now friends who see me reading something look at how fast the words go and tell me that they just see flashing gobbledygook. I thought the same thing but the learning curve is painless! […] Thank you to the UpRead team!!! Finally! An app worthy of my bottom bar! — eightyanthony, USA, Aug 2019 > It's not a free app but it's worth your money! Simple to use very intuitive, I am reading more than ever! Highly recommended. — dhernz1, Honduras, Jul 2019 We’re really happy to receive feedback from our users. We seriously try to make the app better and better based on what you tell us. Please, try the app and let us know your opinion too. Feel free to contact us by visiting https://crazyhorseapps.com/support. Terms of service: https://crazyhorseapps.com/apps/terms-of-service

About

Speed Reader

Enhance your reading comprehension and speed with a tool that displays one word at a time. Gradually increase your reading pace from 300 to over 750 words per minute through consistent practice. Customize your experience with various themes and visual aids.

Highlights
  • One-word-at-a-time display
  • Adjustable words per minute
  • Spritz speed reading technique
  • Visual line support
  • Custom text input
  • Text sharing from other apps
  • Dark and light themes
Features
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Read faster without turning reading into a game. Speed Reader is a speed reading app that shows text one word at a time using RSVP and Spritz-style speed reading. Your eyes stay still. You start around 300 words per minute and can work up to 750 WPM or more when the pace feels right. How it works: Paste text, share an article from another app, grab what’s on your clipboard, or paste a website link and the app will try to extract the article for you. Hit play. Words appear in a fixed spot so you spend less time scanning a page and more time actually reading. Use it for: • Articles and news you would otherwise skim on your phone • Study texts and long assignments • Emails, notes, and anything you can share or paste • Full web pages, when you only have the link • Your own writing, when you want to hear the rhythm at speed Special words: Speed reading should match how you read, not the other way around. Add any word or character as a special word — a period, a name, a heading — and decide what happens when it appears: • Extra delay, so the end of a sentence actually lands • Split the text there • Stop the reading Add as many special words as you want and tune each one. That is how you keep 750 WPM from turning into a blur. Features: • Adjustable words per minute • Spritz speed reading with an optional focus point • Speed reading lines for visual support • 1 to 10 words on screen at once • Pause whenever you need to stop • Write or paste your own text • Share text from other apps and start reading immediately • Read from the clipboard • Paste a link and extract the page to speed read • Special words with delay, split, or stop • Light and dark themes This is not a course and not a book library. It is a fast reader for text you already have — in the app, from share, from the clipboard, or from a URL. The more you use Speed Reader, the easier higher WPM feels. Try it when you want a speed reading app that reads your pages, not just a demo paragraph. https://vanniktech.de/SpeedReading/privacy_policy.html https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Speed Reading UpRead4 screens
Speed Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Speed Reading UpRead at 4.2 against Speed Reader's 3.8. Speed Reading UpRead also leads on ratings volume (116 vs 6). Speed Reader's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 54%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Speed Reading UpRead sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Speed Reader sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Speed Reading UpRead holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speed Reading UpRead has 116 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Speed Reading UpRead's written reviews are positive against 75% of Speed Reader's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Speed Reading UpRead versus Speed Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeed Reading UpReadSpeed Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (116 ratings) — better3.8 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews53.7% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings116 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB83 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAlain caltieriNiklas Baudy

Customer experience

Speed Reading UpRead

All ratings116 ratings
Positive79.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative16.4%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive53.7%
Neutral12.2%
Negative34.1%

Speed Reader

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Speed Reading UpRead

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Froze on intro page
  • Did not display text from imported PDF
  • Asks for purchase on start screen
  • Lifetime subscription not available in app
  • Importing limited to documents without images or chapters
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  • Document imports often fail
  • Large documents (over 2MB) fail to import
  • PDFs with non-parsable text are unreadable
  • Reading rate appears inaccurate (e.g., 100 wpm is closer to 60)
  • Articles take significantly longer to read than estimated time

Requested features

15 requests
  • Add ability to read more than one word at a time
  • Option to include articles (a, an, the) and punctuation
  • Ability to upload books
  • Search feature within text
  • Pause reading stream by pressing and holding
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  • Display pictures and diagrams
  • Voice feature for accessibility
  • Option for red focus character and frame
  • Word grouping feature
  • Faster maximum WPM (e.g., 10,000)
  • File compatibility for PDF, EPUB, and HTML
  • Automatically strip citations or edit imported text
  • Landscape mode
  • Cloud sync across devices
  • Integrate with Kindle and other reading apps

Speed Reader

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Speed Reading UpRead

Subscriptions4
  • Speed reading, weekly7 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Speed reading, monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • UpRead Speed Reading Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Speed reading, yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Speed reading, lifetime$54.99
7 purchases

Speed Reader

One-time7
  • Unlimited Spritz option$1.99
  • Unlimited colors$1.99
  • Unlimited Speed Read files$1.99
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  • Unlimited history$1.99
  • Unlimited Speed Read links$1.99
  • Remove ads$2.99
  • Premium - Unlock everything$11.99

Questions

Is Speed Reading UpRead free?
Speed Reading UpRead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Speed Reader free?
Speed Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Speed Reading UpRead or Speed Reader?
Speed Reading UpRead is rated higher. Speed Reading UpRead averages 4.2 out of 5 from 116 ratings, while Speed Reader averages 3.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Speed Reading UpRead or Speed Reader have ads?
Neither Speed Reading UpRead nor Speed Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speed Reading UpRead or Speed Reader?
Speed Reading UpRead ships an update every 2 months, and Speed Reader every 2 months. Most recently, Speed Reading UpRead was updated on October 14, 2026 and Speed Reader on October 17, 2026.

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