Comparison

ReadSVP vs ScrollWizard

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

Head to head
About

ReadSVP

Features
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ReadSVP uses Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP) to help you read faster and retain more. Words are displayed one at a time at your chosen speed, eliminating eye movement and keeping you focused. SPEED READING, YOUR WAY Set your pace from 150 to 1,200 words per minute. ORP (Optimal Recognition Point) highlighting draws your eye to the ideal letter in each word, making it effortless to read at higher speeds. Fine-tune punctuation pauses so sentences feel natural even at top speed. THOUSANDS OF FREE BOOKS Browse a built-in catalog of free classics from Project Gutenberg, Gallica, Wolne Lektury, and textos.info โ€” spanning English, French, Polish, and Spanish literature. From Shakespeare to Sherlock Holmes, your next read is a tap away. BRING YOUR OWN BOOKS Import EPUB and plain text files from anywhere. Read articles, documents, or your favorite indie ebooks โ€” all with the same speed reading experience. BUILT FOR COMFORT Choose from five ORP highlight colors. Switch between light and dark mode. Use the swipe pad to change speed or skip words with a flick. Bookmark passages and pick up right where you left off with iCloud sync across all your devices. 100% FREE ReadSVP is completely free with no ads, no subscription, and no paywall. If you enjoy the app, an optional tip jar is available to support development.

About

ScrollWizard

Features
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Your books deserve a better home. ScrollWizard is a full EPUB and PDF reader for people who care how they read -- not just what. Tune the type to taste -- font, size, line height, spacing, reading width, margins, alignment, hyphenation -- and override any of it per book. Speed-read with a built-in focus engine. No subscription, ever. Pay once, own it forever. READING, YOUR WAY -- 12 fonts including OpenDyslexic, with size, line height, and letter and word spacing -- Text alignment, paragraph indent and spacing, hyphenation -- Reading Width control sets your line length and centres the column on wide screens, plus top and bottom margins -- 5 built-in themes (Light, Dark, Sepia, Solarized Dark, Nord) plus unlimited custom themes -- Page-turn animations: slide, fade, or none -- Per-book overrides -- some books just read better in a different font -- A Lock Screen Live Activity shows your reading progress at a glance FOCUS READING (RSVP SPEED READER) -- Words appear one at a time at the pace you set, from 100 to 1500 WPM -- A focus mode: fewer distractions, one word at a time, your pace -- Adjustable word highlighting and a tunable pause curve -- Sentence navigation: swipe back or forward with full context -- Eases back up to speed after a pause, so you never lose the thread SPLIT READER (iPad) -- Two books side by side with a draggable divider -- Paragraph-proportional sync keeps both sides aligned -- Reference pane: open footnotes or an appendix beside the text without losing your place VOCABULARY & ANNOTATIONS -- Select any word for an instant dictionary definition -- Save words with their sentence and book attached, then export them to a flashcard file (Anki, TSV, or JSON) -- Highlight in 5 colors, with optional notes -- Export every annotation to Markdown, Obsidian, Notion, Logseq, or JSON -- no caps, no publisher limits -- Full-text search within any book YOUR LIBRARY -- Smart collections that sort themselves by your rules -- Browse free books from Project Gutenberg, ManyBooks, and Feedbooks, plus Standard Ebooks for Patrons Circle members -- Connect your own Calibre server -- iCloud sync for books and reading position, in a folder you can actually see -- Cover grid with sorting, filtering, metadata editing, and batch actions READING STATISTICS -- Daily reading charts with 7- and 30-day views, goals, pages, and time -- See how far you have come -- not how far you have to go No ads. No analytics. No feed pulling you somewhere else. No account to make. Just you and the book. The base reader is completely free. Advanced Wizard Mode -- the RSVP Speed Reader, the iPad Split Reader, and custom font import -- is a one-time purchase. No subscription. No recurring charges. One wizard, one price, forever. Reflowable EPUB and PDF. App available in 12 languages.

Screenshots

ReadSVP3 screens
ScrollWizard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ScrollWizard at every 2 weeks against ReadSVP's every 6 months. ScrollWizard also leads on iOS requirement (16.2 vs 18.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. ReadSVP sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and ScrollWizard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ReadSVP ships an update every 6 months, ScrollWizard every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
ReadSVP versus ScrollWizard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReadSVPScrollWizard
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 weeks โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.616.2 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size6 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel RichelieuMerijn Douwes

In-app purchases

4 purchases

ReadSVP

One-time4
  • Tip (Small)$0.99
  • Tip (Medium)$2.99
  • Tip (Large)$5.99
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  • Tip (Generous)$9.99
1 purchases

ScrollWizard

One-time1
  • Advanced Wizard Mode$4.99

Questions

Is ReadSVP free?
ReadSVP is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScrollWizard free?
ScrollWizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ReadSVP or ScrollWizard have ads?
Neither ReadSVP nor ScrollWizard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ReadSVP or ScrollWizard?
ReadSVP ships an update every 6 months, and ScrollWizard every 2 weeks. Most recently, ReadSVP was updated on October 17, 2026 and ScrollWizard on October 7, 2026.

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