ArcReader vs Lector

Paste any web novel link. Download every chapter. Read offline anywhere — no account, no subscription required to start. ArcReader is the offline-first reader for Royal Road, WTR-Lab, NovelFire, and dozens more sources. Bring your own link, we handle the rest — whether it's progression fantasy, xianxia, cultivation fiction, LitRPG, isekai, romance, or any English web novel and light novel. Loved by readers who wanted something quieter: no crowded feeds, no coin walls, just your books. Built for readers who want full control: pick your theme, your font, your scroll mode, and read offline whenever you want. POPULAR GENRES ON ARCREADER Progression Fantasy · Cultivation · Xianxia · Wuxia · Xuanhuan · LitRPG · GameLit · Isekai · Reincarnation · Fantasy · Romance · Sci-Fi · Fanfiction · Thriller · Horror · Slice of Life · Harem · Adventure WHY READERS LOVE ARCREADER A reader designed for long sessions Choose between four themes (Light, Dark, Sepia, Black AMOLED). Adjust font size, line spacing, font family, and margins to find your perfect setup. Switch between paginated mode with page-turn animation, or smooth continuous scroll. Listen with on-device narration Built-in neural text-to-speech turns any novel into an audiobook — runs entirely on your device. No internet required, no data costs, no monthly fees for the core feature. Adjustable speed from 0.75x to 2x, lock-screen controls, sleep timer, and auto-advance between chapters. Offline-first reading Downloaded content stays on your device in a local library — not a temporary cache. Read on airplanes, in tunnels, or anywhere connectivity is unreliable. Import your own EPUB files Already have books saved as EPUB? Import them straight into your library and read them with the same themes, fonts, and narration as everything else. Look up words and build vocabulary Tap any word for an instant dictionary definition, then save it as a flashcard. Review your flashcards later to lock in new vocabulary as you read. Highlights and notes Long-press to highlight passages in four colors with optional notes. Review all your highlights for any title in one place. Reading position sync Auto-saves your position every few seconds. Open a book on another device and continue exactly where you left off, after signing in. No sign-up wall Open the app and start reading. Account creation is optional — only needed if you want to sync between devices. EVERYTHING ARCREADER OFFERS - Customizable reader (themes, fonts, layout, scroll modes) - On-device neural text-to-speech with voice selection - Background audio with lock-screen controls and sleep timer - Highlights and notes with color coding - Import your own EPUB files into your library - Built-in dictionary with tap-to-define - Vocabulary flashcards to review and remember new words - Reading progress auto-save and cross-device sync - Daily reading goals and streaks - Reading statistics and history ARCREADER VIP (OPTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION) ArcReader VIP adds: - Premium cloud voices for high-quality narration - Unlimited chapter downloads - Ad-free reading experience ArcReader VIP is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. The exact price in your local currency is shown in the app and on the App Store before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at purchase confirmation. Subscriptions auto-renew unless turned off in iOS Settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends; renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. PRIVACY ArcReader stores your reading data on your device. Optional account sync uses encrypted cloud storage. We do not sell your data. Full privacy policy available below. Terms of Service: https://arcreaders.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://arcreaders.app/privacy.html

Lector is a speed reader that respects punctuation. Every RSVP reader flashes one word at a time at a fixed rate. That is what makes them fast, and also what makes them exhausting: a full stop goes by in exactly as long as the word "the". Lector weights the time each word holds — 1.8× at the end of a sentence, 1.4× at a clause, a little longer for long words — on a scheduler that corrects its own drift and never silently skips a word. Sentences keep their shape at speeds where they normally dissolve. TWO WAYS TO READ Flash mode holds each word still in the centre of the screen. Nothing moves, so your eye never has to chase anything, and this is the mode that works at the top of the speed range. Ticker mode scrolls the line continuously past a fixed mark, so you can see the words either side of the one you are on. Turn the phone sideways, and you get most of the sentence. Some books read better one way, some the other, so Lector remembers which mode you used for each book. CONTROLS YOU DON'T HAVE TO AIM FOR Press and hold anywhere to pause, let go to resume. Hold either edge to skim at up to 3× and release to drop back. Pull down while holding to latch that faster speed so you can let go. Nothing here needs you to find a small button while words are moving. YOUR OWN BOOKS Import EPUB, PDF and plain text files, or paste text straight in. Lector reads the book's own table of contents, so you can skip the front matter and jump between chapters. PDFs get their running heads stripped, and their line-end hyphens rejoined, because "extraor- dinary" is not two words. "Open in Lector" appears in the share sheet in Files, Mail, Safari and anywhere else, including for DRM-free library downloads. You can also point the camera at a printed page. Text recognition happens on the device, several pages at a time, and Lector keeps the words rather than the photograph. A GOAL MEASURED IN MINUTES The daily goal is minutes read, not words. A word target rewards winding the speed up and skimming, which is the one habit a speed-reading app should not encourage. Read five minutes and the day counts towards your streak; hit your goal, and you bank a streak freeze, which is spent automatically on a day you miss. EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR PHONE Lector has no servers, no analytics, no accounts you must create and no third-party code of any kind. Your library never leaves the device — not as a feature you switch on, but because there is nothing in the app that could send it anywhere. Export a backup to a single file whenever you want one, and restore it later; that file goes wherever you choose to put it. ALSO • A home screen widget with today's minutes and your streak • Live Activity on the Lock Screen while you read • Spotlight search that finds your books and their chapters by name • Hold the middle of a word to look it up without losing your place • A history chart by week, month or year, against your goal • Bionic emphasis, if bolded word-openings help you • Dynamic Type throughout, plus five reading sizes on top of it • Optional daily reminder that stays quiet on days you have already read Lector is for iPhone and needs iOS 17 or later.