Very interesting. I've never seen anything like that before for long form text (although I can't imagine working without colored code highlighting). It does seem to allow me to read faster. Not sure how I missed the original show HN. I was around in 2013. Maybe it was lack of line coloring :)

I just installed it and I love it! I always have trouble comprehending what I read when I read off of a screen, this fixed it completly.

BTW I don't really understand how the pricing works. I tried looking into it but according to the chrome app I'm on the "undefined" plan.

Looks interesting, but your iOS app hasn't been updated in over a year. That's a red flag for me.

It's a news reader that lets you browse sites with our technology. There's not much to update, and going through Apple's app review gauntlet is expensive and time consuming. We avoid it as much as possible.

That said, we wouldn't want to let bugs linger! Is there anything in particular that you think the app should be updated to do?

We recently released another app (Read Across The Aisle, [1] a free utility for monitoring the political polarity of one's news consumption), and it used the same code base. We got no complaints about the app being outdated. Both apps seem to get the job done — let me know if we're missing something here!

1: http://www.readacrosstheaisle.com

Is there evidence that this is better for reading? It seems to make reading harder for me. Perhaps it's because I either a) became aware of it too early and am distracted, or b) don't read in a linear fashion.

There have been several studies done by educators and a literacy nonprofit. These have looked specifically at educational outcomes (for readers with dyslexia, ADHD, vision deficits, early readers, ESL/ELL students). The benefits for reading fluency and comprehension are quite large (and surprised even us, tbh).

We also gather data in our "Reading Challenge", which is more generalizable but is not a controlled experiment. This has shown that most people who take the challenge read faster with the color gradients, and that the average speed increase is 20%. But the effect is not universal.

You might try a couple of the other color schemes, including the "night mode" that inverts things. But if you read mostly in chunks, as opposed to linearly, then you're probably not as likely to benefit.

Hi, just tried writing at that email address at beelinereader and it did not work, so I've sent it through your contact form.

Thanks — you're right I forgot it's not plural. Got your contact email though and will connect that way.

This is really nice and so simple!! Love it.

Everything you offer seems to be free -- how do you monetize?

Thanks! Our consumer tools are indeed very inexpensive, or in some cases free. We do get some revenue from individual consumer purchases, but the bulk of our revenue comes from institutional purchases or B2B licensing deals.

Cool idea. Could be a nice AR app.