ONE LETTER STAYS PUT.
Each word is positioned around a red focal letter, giving your eyes one reliable place to return.
REDLINE
READER
FOR THE BOOKS YOU’VE BEEN MEANING TO READ
Make room for a book in the day you already have. Redline Reader brings words to a fixed red focal letter, one at a time, with a pace you control from 100 to 1,000 words per minute. Explore a faster rhythm, slow down for a passage, and pick up where you left off.
Eight classics included offline. Your own DRM-free EPUBs welcome. One purchase, no subscription.
Move through compatible books with less eye movement while preserving context whenever the page needs more than a one-word stream.
THE READING INSTRUMENT
Instead of chasing lines across a page, your eyes can stay near one fixed point while the words move through it.
Each word is positioned around a red focal letter, giving your eyes one reliable place to return.
Commas, periods, and longer words add natural breathing room instead of forcing every beat to feel identical.
Headings and images pause the stream. Review the full visual, then continue with a short replay of the preceding words.
A lunch break. A train ride. A quiet moment before the day begins. Read for the time you have, and come back to your saved place when you have a little more.
Read in silence at a speed you choose. Words arrive on screen, with pause, rewind, and slower sentence replay whenever you want another look.
Start with one of eight included public-domain books. When older language gives you pause, Field Notes offers offline vocabulary help and the word in its original sentence.
ONE BOOK. DIFFERENT PACES.
A 3,000-word chapter takes about 19 minutes at normal audiobook speed, about 12 at the average adult fiction-reading pace, or 6 at a steady 500 WPM.
| Reading method | Pace | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Audiobook · 1× | 155 WPM | 19 min 21 sec |
| Audiobook · 1.5× | 232.5 WPM | 12 min 54 sec |
| Audiobook · 2× | 310 WPM | 9 min 41 sec |
| Traditional fiction reading | 260 WPM average | 11 min 32 sec |
| Redline Reader · before added pauses | 300 WPM setting | 10 min |
| Redline Reader · before added pauses | 400 WPM setting | 7 min 30 sec |
| Redline Reader · before added pauses | 500 WPM setting | 6 min |
Calculated illustrations, not measured Redline Reader results. The app adds time for punctuation, longer words, and paragraph breaks; visual stops, pauses, and rereading add more time. Your actual pace and understanding will vary with the text.
Reading benchmark: Brysbaert’s adult English reading-rate research. Audio benchmark: ACX’s estimate of 9,300 words per finished hour. Accelerated audio rates are calculated from that estimate. All rows assume the same unabridged text.
At 30 minutes a day, a steady 500 WPM covers the equivalent of about 55 books of 100,000 words each, compared with about 28 at the average adult fiction-reading pace: roughly 26 additional book-equivalents over 365 days. This is a calculation before Redline Reader’s added delays and rereading, not a measured outcome or a promise of equal comprehension. Shorter books increase the count; longer books decrease it.
THE OFFLINE LIBRARY
3,789,345 words arrive with the app. Open a classic on a plane, in the desert, or anywhere the signal is not.
FIELD EDITION 01Leo Tolstoy
01 War and Peace
FIELD EDITION 02Victor Hugo
02 Les Misérables
FIELD EDITION 03Alexandre Dumas
03 The Count of Monte Cristo
FIELD EDITION 04Charles Dickens
04 David Copperfield
FIELD EDITION 05Charles Dickens
05 Bleak House
FIELD EDITION 06George Eliot
06 Middlemarch
FIELD EDITION 07Herman Melville
07 Moby Dick
FIELD EDITION 08World English Bible Classic
08 The Holy Bible
The seven Standard Ebooks editions are public-domain/CC0 editions reviewed for U.S. distribution. Distribution elsewhere may require a territory review. Gammy Studios is not affiliated with or endorsed by Standard Ebooks. “World English Bible” identifies the public-domain source text from eBible.org; this edition is not certified, sponsored, or endorsed by eBible.org.
The included library is a starting point, not a fence. Import a DRM-free EPUB, paste text, or download an optional public-domain edition from the in-app Project Gutenberg shelf.
Open the app and read. There is no registration, login, profile, or cloud library.
No ads, analytics, engagement metrics, or behavior profiles. Reading position stays on your device.
Imported books and app-private reading state are excluded from Android backup.
PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
Redline Reader will be sold through Google Play as a one-time Android purchase. No subscription, no in-app purchases, and no website checkout.
COMING SOON TO GOOGLE PLAY
You can import DRM-free EPUB files from your device or paste text. Books locked to another service with DRM can’t be imported. Eight public-domain classics are included, so you can start without finding a file first.
Yes. The included books, imported books, saved progress, and Field Notes work on your device. Downloading an optional book from the Project Gutenberg shelf needs a connection; reading it afterward does not.
A one-time Android app purchase covers adjustable one-word reading, offline Field Notes, saved progress, and support for your own DRM-free EPUBs. The included classics are public-domain texts. There are no subscriptions, in-app purchases, or ads.
You can choose a setting from 100 to 1,000 WPM, but a speed setting isn’t a measure of how much you understand. Choose a pace at which you can follow and remember the passage. We haven’t yet measured an average speed improvement for Redline Reader users.
A reading tool should help you enter a book—not keep you inside an app.
Redline Reader is being prepared for Google Play now.
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