Lycro

Tracking since Apr 17, 2026.

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• Apr 17, 2026
  description

  Transform your online reading experience with Lycro, a powerful Chrome extension featuring unique tools for better reading experience.
  
  🎯 KEY FEATURES
  
  ⚡ Reading Toolbar
  • Smooth, animated highlight that moves through text character by character
  • Customizable reading speed (10-1000 WPM)
  • Intuitive floating toolbar with start and stop controls
  • Real-time reading progress indicator
  • Quick color & opacity picker for highlight customization
  
  📝 Highlights & Notes
  • Select and save important passages with one click
  • Add personal notes to your saved highlights
  • Organize highlights with custom tags
  • Copy highlighted text instantly
  • View all your highlights and notes in one organized sidebar
  • Never lose important information while researching
  
  🎨 Color Customization
  • 6 beautiful default highlight colors (Yellow, Green, Blue, Pink, Purple, Orange)
  • Create up to 6 custom colors with RGB picker
  • Adjustable transparency for perfect readability
  
  ⌨️ Smart Controls
  • Double-click any word to start reading from that position
  • Visual progress bar showing how far you've read
  • Speed adjusts dynamically - from leisurely reading to speed reading
  
  💾 Storage
  • All your highlights and notes saved locally for free version
  • Fast and private - no cloud dependency in free version
  • Data persists across browsing sessions
  
  PERFECT FOR:
  ✓ Students studying online materials
  ✓ Researchers reading papers and articles  
  ✓ Anyone who wants to read faster with better comprehension
  ✓ People who struggle with focus while reading
  
  
  Try Lycro today and experience a better way to read online!

  Lycro helps you read with focus and flow. Stop rereading and start retaining more—on any website or PDF.
  
  Lycro is your always-on reading companion for faster, more focused reading. From long articles to dense PDFs, Lycro guides your eyes through text with smooth highlighting and intelligent controls—helping you stay in flow and actually remember what you read.
  
  ➤ How it works
  
  Lycro integrates directly into your browser, working seamlessly across websites and PDFs.
  
  • Start reading from any point with a double-click
  • Follow a guided highlight that keeps you in flow
  • Read + Listen in Sync for deeper understanding and retention
  • Save highlights and notes without breaking focus
  
  ➤ What’s included?
  
  Free – Essential tools for focused reading:
  
  • Smooth guided reading highlight with start/stop controls
  • Adjustable reading speed
  • Floating reading toolbar with intuitive controls
  • Real-time reading progress indicator
  • Highlight color customization
  • Full notes system with tags and sidebar
  
  ⭐Pro – Everything in Free, plus:
  
  • Read and annotate PDFs (local and online)
  • Sync highlights and notes across devices
  • Click-to-Read: start, pause, and auto-scroll with your mouse
  • Unlimited highlight colors 
  
  
  ⚡Ultra – Everything in Free & Pro, plus:
  
  • Flow Reading: adaptive reading mode that follows punctuation and headers to reduce rereading
  • Read Aloud with synchronized text highlighting
  • Combine eyes + ears for deeper learning and retention
  • 50+ premium voices with adjustable playback speed
  • Smart PDF reading with automatic header and footer skipping
  
  
  ➤ Built for people who read to learn
  
  Lycro is designed for anyone who reads to learn, not just to scroll:
  
  • Students studying dense material
  • Researchers reading academic papers
  • Developers reading technical documentation
  • Professionals processing long-form content
  • Anyone struggling with focus or rereading
  
  ➤ Why Lycro?
  
  Lycro helps you move through text with flow.
  
  Try Lycro today and experience a better way to read.

• Apr 17, 2026
  short_description

  Lycro – Your Reading, Enhanced.

  Read Faster, Highlight & Remember More - on any website or PDF.

• Apr 17, 2026
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• Apr 17, 2026
  permissions

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Host access

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