Bionic Reading — Read Faster icon

Bionic Reading — Read Faster

by kevdev1515@gmail.com · Tools
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 21 Oct 2026

Read faster on any website. Bolds the start of each word to guide your eyes — adjustable intensity, highlight & per-site memory.

Users
22
+3 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
1
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#149K
#124K among extensions
Version
2.2
updated 20 Jun 2026

Users

monthly, 2 years
01122Mar 2025Jan 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 21 Oct 2026: 22 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 2 years
001Mar 2025Jan 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 21 Oct 2026: 1 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Bionic Reading — Read Faster

Ever get to the end of a paragraph and realize you didn't absorb a single word? Bionic Reading helps with that. It bolds the first few letters of each word, giving your eyes little anchors to land on. Your brain fills in the rest automatically — so instead of grinding through text word by word, you glide. It sounds like a small change. Then you turn it off and suddenly plain text feels like hard work. Turn it on for one site, or let it run everywhere. It remembers what you picked for each website, so the pages you want stay bionic and the ones you don't are left alone. What you can do • Flip it on or off for any site with one click (or press Ctrl+Shift+E — Command+Shift+E on Mac). • Dial the intensity up or down — Light, Medium, or Strong — until it feels right for you. • Add a soft amber highlight behind the bold part, or keep it clean. Your choice. • Switch on "auto-apply" and it'll quietly activate on every page you open. • It keeps up with you — infinite scroll, web apps, and content that loads as you go all get styled too. • Turn it off and the page snaps right back to normal, links, spacing, and all. Nothing's left behind. About your privacy Everything happens right inside your browser. No accounts, no tracking, no data leaving your device — not your reading, not your browsing, nothing. The whole thing is open source, so you don't have to take our word for it. Getting started Click the icon in your toolbar, flip it on, and adjust until it feels good. That's really it. Free, open source, and works in Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, and other Chromium browsers. Inspired by the Bionic Reading® method created by Renato Casutt.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%00.00
30 days+3+15.8%00.00
6 months+12+120.0%+1+5.00
1 year+17+340.0%+1+5.00

Version history

2 versions recorded
2.220 Jun 2026
1.012 Mar 2025

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
12 Mar 2025
Size
33 KB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
olmgnacpmdpjdjgemimpmoepbacfheaf

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 2, likelihood 2
Permissions
scriptingstorage
Site access
<all_urls>
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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