Speed Reader vs ReadMaxx
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
ReadMaxx
This app helps you read faster and more effectively by displaying one word at a time at a controlled pace. It supports various input formats like PDFs, EPUBs, and web links, and includes optional haptic cues to improve focus and comprehension.
- Word-by-word reading display
- Adjustable reading speed
- Supports PDF, EPUB, web links, and pasted text
- Optional haptic cues for structure
- Reduces eye movement
- Maintains attention and comprehension
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ReadMaxx helps you get through more of what you want to read — whether you want to read it faster or understand the essentials in seconds. Import a PDF, EPUB, Web Link, or text you’ve pasted in. Then choose how you want to engage with it: read using ReadMaxx’s RSVP speed reader, or generate a concise summary and key points to quickly understand what matters. - Read faster - ReadMaxx’s RSVP reader presents one word at a time at a controlled pace, reducing eye movement and helping you maintain attention while reading. Optional haptic cues reinforce the structure of what you’re reading, from subtle taps at the start of each word to stronger signals at sentence boundaries — helping anchor attention without pulling focus away from the text. - Understand faster - When you don’t need to read every word, ReadMaxx can summarise your content for you. Generate a concise overview and key points from documents, books, articles, and other long-form text — giving you a faster way to understand what something is about and decide where to spend your attention. Read it. Summarise it. Get through more with ReadMaxx. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ReadMaxx at 4.8 against Speed Reader's 3.8. ReadMaxx also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). Speed Reader's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.2). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Speed Reader sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and ReadMaxx sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ReadMaxx holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 12 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Speed Reader's written reviews are positive against 67% of ReadMaxx's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Speed Reader ships an update every 2 months, ReadMaxx every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speed Reader | ReadMaxx |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (6 ratings) | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 288 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Niklas Baudy | MAXX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED |
Customer experience
Speed Reader
ReadMaxx
In-app purchases
Speed Reader
- 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
ReadMaxx
- Unlimited Weekly$2.997 Days
- Unlimited Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Unlimited Monthly$4.991 Month









