Bionic Reading‪®‬ 17+

Really disappointed in the performance of this app. I paid for the premium pro plan (which I have since cancelled) and was very excited to see that they made this app available to individuals.

When I went to convert my EPub file it only picked up and converted every 5 words into bionic format, leaving most of the document in regular font. I made sure to play with the settings, turn off and on the types of words… nothing worked. So I decided to convert the EPUB into a .docx file… same thing, did not work. Lastly, I converted that into a .txt file… still did not work and was only converting about every 5th word even with the fixation and saccade turned all the way up. Maybe I was missing an important step? But I am pretty sure I wasn’t. Hopefully, there is some trouble shooting trick I can try.

Ultimately, this font/application of this font needs to be built into consumer products (accessibility option within apple/android settings; font option on the Kindle/newspaper apps, etc.), rather than consumer converting the media they want to consume into this font.

Hi ellsthomps. I’m sorry for this problem! Many small bugs have been fixed already. As a small team, we work very hard to improve our products. You can always send us your message via bionic-reading.com/faq/ so that we can analyze the problem. This would be very helpful. Thank you very much. Best regards from the Swiss Alps, Renato

I used to use this app very often a few months ago. My favourite app to help me understand my reading better, I was able to put all my documents in here and it was quick and easy. Now they force you to do a subscription just to upload files, and even those subscriptions have limits.
I completely understand needing money to continue funding this project, and donations aren’t always a reliable way to receive money for that. But anything else seems better than the two subscription options they give you from a consumer perspective. Both options feel too little or too extreme, both price and plan wise. I really wish they’d go back to being a free service, maybe just with ads, and then an option for a one time payment to get rid of ads forever.

Hi xingyun21. Thank you very much for your feedback. We understand your concern. Our surveys showed that users need different subscriptions. That’s why we decided to use this model. Advertising is less of an option for us, as we clearly focus on “FOCUsed READing”. Advertising would be very irritating and distracting. I hope for your understanding. Thank you very much. Best regards from the Swiss Alps, Renato

I have been using this tool for months, much of the time to plow through bloated memos and emails. I just don’t have the patience to read either without this tool now. Also is fantastic for long form articles, especially anything technical. I’m perplexed by some of the reviews I see here. I use this on an iPhone and IPad and it’s one of the most robustly reliable apps I have.

*Update- I took a look at other reviews- they do have issues with subscribing through Apple- that’s legit but easy to navigate. The vast majority of the other objections are absolutely ridiculous. Someone complaining it won’t work on their kindle is my fav…If you’re dyslexic (like my daughter and I are) and have to read technical information do yourself a favor and give this a try. It’s a great product and SUPER EASY TO USE!!!!

Hi Sunday Morning Focus. Thank you for 5***** NEW: Bionic Reading® for Apple iOS and macOS, Google Android, Microsoft Windows, Google Chrome and Web. We offer you the free version “Discover” and the subscriptions “Premium” and “Premium Plus”. • NEW “Bionic Reading® Reader”. • NEW “Bionic Reading® Library”. • NEW Synced content. — NOTE: We have a problem with the subscriptions within the apps. But you can register and upgrade in the Bionic Reading® Web App (https://reader.bionic-reading.com/). After that you can use all 5 other apps without any problems. I hope you will try it again. Best regards from the Swiss Alps, Renato🇨🇭