Focus Reader

ARUN KUMAR NADAR

About this app

Focus Reader helps you get through text you're struggling to focus on — paste a paragraph, an article, or import a file, and it reads it back to you one word at a time, repeating each sentence so it actually sticks.

Built specifically around how ADHD attention works: one word highlighted at a time, short repeated bursts instead of a wall of text, and every extra feature designed to reduce friction rather than add decisions.

FOCUS READING • Paste any text, or import .txt, .pdf, .docx, or .epub files • Each sentence repeats a few times (you choose how many) before moving on • One word highlighted at a time — no losing your place • Independent speed controls for reading pace and highlight pace • Optional text-to-speech, synced to the highlight

BUILT FOR HOW YOU FOCUS • Dark, light, sepia, and dim themes • Dyslexia-friendly fonts (Lexend, Atkinson Hyperlegible) • Adjustable font size and line spacing • Pomodoro focus timer built in • Background white/pink/brown noise, generated on-device (no downloads) • Reading analytics — words read, reading speed, session history

OPTIONAL, PRIVACY-RESPECTING EXTRAS (all off by default) • Comprehension check-ins after each paragraph, powered by a local Ollama server you run yourself — nothing sent to the cloud • Repeat Sentence practice: say each sentence back out loud and see which words you got right, using your device's own speech recognition • AI summaries and quizzes, if you supply your own Anthropic API key — sent directly from your device, never through us

YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No account. No login. No tracking. No ads. Everything is stored locally on your device. The optional features above only ever talk to a destination you explicitly choose — never to us.

What’s new

Updated target API level to keep the app current with Google Play's requirements. No user-facing changes in this release.