Speed reading trainer for iPhone & iPad
Pace builds your reading speed with short, guided practice, and raises your pace only when your comprehension holds.
How it works
Most speed reading apps only make text go faster. Pace makes sure you still understand it.
Read one short article the way you normally do, then answer six questions. No visible timer, no rush.
A gentle word cue moves through each reading at a pace set for you. Nudge it faster or slower at any time.
Every reading ends with a comprehension check. Your target rises only when your understanding holds.
Features
Guided practice
A pacer highlights each word at your target speed and lingers a little at commas and full stops, so sentences still breathe.
Daily plan
Pace builds each day’s plan from complete readings that fit your time, with a comprehension check after every one.
Habits
Choose a weekly goal of three to seven active days. Rest days never break your goal streak.
Honest measurement
Independent Pace Checks measure your natural pace without the pacer, so practice speed never inflates your results.
Library
96 stories and articles across eight interests: originals written for Pace, plus classic stories and adapted articles from open sources. Your daily plan favors the ones you pick.
Memory
A day or more after a reading, Pace asks one question about it, without letting you reread. Recall beats recognition.
Our promise
Pace won’t promise 1,000 words a minute. It shows speed and understanding separately and raises your target only when the evidence supports it.
The largest single step up in your target pace, and only with supported comprehension.
The comprehension goal. Between 70 and 79% your pace holds; below 70% it eases.
The minimum time between independent Pace Checks, so progress reflects real practice.
Pricing
One subscription unlocks everything. Eligible new subscribers start with a 14-day free trial.
Just $2.08 a month, billed yearly after your free trial.
Billed monthly after your free trial. Cancel anytime.
Prices are shown in US dollars; your local price appears in the App Store before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when the free trial ends, or at purchase if you are not eligible for a trial. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Pace under Settings › Manage Subscription, or in your Apple Account subscription settings.
FAQ
Yes. After a few setup questions and a short baseline reading, you choose Pace Premium, monthly or annual. Eligible new subscribers get a 14-day free trial and are not charged if they cancel at least 24 hours before it ends. If your subscription ends, your history stays and you can still look through it; practice continues when you renew.
In Pace, open Settings and tap Manage Subscription. You can also go to the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad, tap your name, then Subscriptions.
Your reading results, preferences and streaks stay on your device. Pace has no account, no ads and no behavioral analytics. Apple and RevenueCat process purchase status so Premium works; they never receive your reading history.
No, and we think that’s the point. Pace grows a pace you can sustain while still understanding what you read, and it measures progress instead of promising it.
iPhone and iPad with iOS 17 or later.
English. Most stories and articles are written for Pace. The rest are public-domain classics and openly licensed articles, each credited in the app.
Five focused minutes a day. Try Pace free for 14 days.