recognition
One letter, one column.
The optimal recognition point is pinned to a stable column in cobalt, so your gaze never has to re-aim.
RSVP Reader · iPhone
Read through a
single line of sight.
A speed-reading app that delivers words to your eyes instead of making your eyes hunt for words.
reading
travel
300 wpm
The idea
Normal reading is mostly travel.
Your eye doesn't glide across a line — it jumps. It saccades roughly four times a second, stopping, doubling back, re-finding its place. Up to a third of reading time is just motion.
RSVP removes the travel. The words come to a fixed point, one at a time. The word holds still — focus is the only thing left.
Feels human
Pacing that breathes, not a metronome.
Most RSVP apps fire every word at the same beat. Flash Reader reads the sentence the way you would — slowing for weight, snapping through the small words, resting at every mark.
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Long words breathe.
Dwell time scales with length and complexity. Function words pass quickly; dense words are given room.
A comma is a breath.
Marks become pauses, not characters. Sentences land; clauses settle. The rhythm follows the prose.
Bring your own library
Whatever you've been meaning to read.
Books, papers, the tabs you never closed. Import once and read it the calm way — everything stays on your iPhone.
EPUB
Books
PDF
Papers
TXT
Plain text
Paste
Clipboard
URL
Any article
Highlight as you go — save what stays with you.
The deal
$6.99
One-time purchase
01
No subscription
Pay once. It's yours.
02
No ads, no IAP
Nothing to upsell.
03
No account
Nothing to sign into.
04
Data not collected
Local-first. No tracking.
Pay once. Read forever. That's the whole model.
Questions
The honest answers.
How is this different from every other speed-reading app?
Most RSVP apps fire every word at the same fixed beat, so “the” and “photosynthesis” get identical time and it feels like a metronome. Flash Reader varies the pace — dwell scales with word length and complexity, punctuation becomes real pauses, and one letter of each word is pinned to a stable column so your eye never re-aims.
Does it really collect no data?
None. No account, no analytics, no tracking — it’s local-first, so your library and highlights never leave your iPhone. The App Store privacy label reads “Data Not Collected,” and this website makes zero third-party requests either.
What can I read?
EPUB books, PDFs, plain-text files, anything you paste, and article URLs. Two public-domain classics come loaded so you can start immediately.
Is it a subscription?
No. $6.99, once. No in-app purchases, no ads, nothing to upsell. Pay once, read forever.
Will speed reading hurt my comprehension?
That’s exactly why the pacing isn’t a flat metronome. Long and complex words get more time, sentences breathe at punctuation, and you set your own speed — start conversational at 250 wpm and push only as fast as you comfortably follow.