Spectraless vs SpeedReader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Spectraless
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Spectraless is a Safari extension for removing the Spectral font from Substack newsletters in order to improve their readability. It works on newsletters that use the substack.com domain as well as those using custom domains.
SpeedReader
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## App Description Reading shouldn't be this hard. SpeedReader is a free Safari extension that lets you speed read any web page using RSVP (Rapid Serial Visual Presentation) โ showing one word at a time at a controlled pace. For neurodivergent readers โ people with ADHD, dyslexia, or other processing differences โ traditional reading is exhausting. Eyes jump between lines, focus drifts mid-paragraph, and articles get abandoned halfway through. RSVP removes the cognitive overhead of eye tracking and line scanning, so your brain just processes. **How it works** Tap the SpeedReader icon in Safari's toolbar. The article text is extracted automatically and words appear one at a time with a highlighted focus point. Tap anywhere to pause, tap again to resume. That's it. **Features** โข Focus-point highlighting โ each word highlights its optimal recognition point, the letter your eye naturally anchors to โข Context preview โ pause and see the surrounding sentence to re-orient quickly โข Punctuation pacing โ periods and commas add natural micro-pauses so content flows like speech โข Speed control โ 100 to 600 words per minute โข OpenDyslexic font โ toggle the dyslexia-friendly font with one tap โข Light and dark mode โ follows your system theme or override manually โข Keyboard shortcuts โ on Mac and iPad: Space to play/pause, arrows to navigate โข Text selection fallback โ select any text on a page and speed read just that โข Works entirely offline โ no data leaves your device No accounts. No subscriptions. No tracking. Free and open source.
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Verdict
Spectraless and SpeedReader are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Spectraless | SpeedReader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | โ | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac โ better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 17.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeremy Kanter | Chris Cantu |
In-app purchases
Spectraless
No in-app purchases
SpeedReader
No in-app purchases









