2.4
2026-05-13
What's New
• Passage view. Pause anywhere to see the full text with your current word highlighted. Tap any word to jump there.
• In-text search. Find any word or phrase and jump to the nearest match.
• Fixed EPUB import errors caused by uncommon ZIP layouts.
• Polish and stability throughout.
2.2
2026-03-30
Improved EPUB reading — richer text rendering with expanded support for special characters like em dashes, curly quotes, and ellipses
Better error messages — clearer feedback when a PDF can't be opened instead of a generic error
Security hardening — stronger protections when importing EPUB files
Performance improvements — faster document analysis and smoother playback engine
Stability fixes — resolved a crash that could occur during speed adjustments
2.1
2026-03-24
Sentence pauses now work when punctuation is inside quotes, parentheses, or brackets.. Words like home." and fun!) now correctly receive the sentence pause delay.
1.4
2026-03-15
Complexity Timing
Strobe now locally analyzes every word in your document and adjusts display speed based on cognitive difficulty — not just word length.
Common words like "the," "is," and "and" flash by faster. Rare vocabulary, proper nouns, and technical terms linger longer, giving your brain time to process them.
The result: you can read at higher WPM without sacrificing comprehension, because easy content accelerates while hard content naturally slows down.
Enable it in Settings > Reading Behavior > Complexity Timing, and dial the intensity from subtle to aggressive.
1.3
2026-03-09
Now reads Chinese and Arabic. Smart word segmentation, mixed language support, and proper punctuation handling — all automatic.
Added Chinese language support with intelligent word segmentation
Added Arabic language support with proper cursive rendering
Mixed language documents handled automatically
Punctuation and sentence pauses work naturally across all languages
Improved word count display for CJK text
1.2
2026-03-03
- You can now import your own text
- The settings view now has more customization options for pause multipliers.
- The app is now available on iPad.
- The source code has also been made public.