For students
Get through the reading list
Dense PDFs, late nights, a wandering mind. FocusReader turns your textbooks and articles into a focus-tuned surface so you actually retain what you read.
Start reading — free No credit card · 3 books free
FocusReader is a free reading app for students who need to get through dense PDFs, textbooks, and articles without their attention drifting. Upload a chapter PDF or paste an article URL and it becomes a focus-tuned surface: anchor emphasis (bionic-style word bolding) for steadier eye fixation, a line-ruler that dims peripheral text, page-flip mode that mimics turning a real page (no infinite scroll losing your place mid-chapter), and 15-minute pomodoro sprints with streak tracking — proven to beat one long unfocused slog. Highlight any text to save it (yellow, orange, or green); highlights collect in one tab grouped by source for revision. RSVP speed-reading mode flashes one word at a time at 100-800 WPM for power-reading fact-dense material. Free read-aloud with sentence-sync highlighting works on any device. Reading position syncs across phone and laptop, so you can read on the bus and continue at your desk. Free plan: 3 lifetime book uploads with everything included.
Pomodoro study sprints
Break reading into 15–25 minute focused blocks with built-in breaks — proven to beat one long, unfocused slog.
Highlight as you go
Select any text to save it (yellow, orange, green); your highlights collect in one tab, grouped by source, ready for revision.
RSVP for dense chapters
When the material is fact-heavy, flash one word at a time to power through without your eyes regressing.
Pick up on any device
Read on your laptop, continue on your phone on the bus — your exact position syncs across devices.
Try it
Upload PDFs and EPUBs or paste an article URL. Free for your first 3 books.
Try it free — 3 books on us
No credit card. Anchor emphasis, read-aloud with sentence sync, page-flip mode and pomodoro sprints, free for your first 3 books.
Start reading — free