BeeLine Reader

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Extension status: Featured

Description from extension meta

BeeLine helps you read more quickly and easily. Try it free and see how much it can help you!

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Our innovative reading technology has won awards at MIT, Stanford, and the United Nations.

Read about us in The Atlantic (http://theatln.tc/24LsoX8) or listen to our interview on NPR (http://bit.ly/1Tl3tpp).

To try BeeLine, install now and start reading easier for free!

HOW IT WORKS

BeeLine uses a color gradient to guide your eyes from the end of one line to the beginning of the next. This seemingly simple tweak makes reading easier and faster because it allows you to transition between lines quickly and effortlessly. Many people are able to read 20% or 30% faster with BeeLine, even on their first try. BeeLine is used by students from grade school to grad school, including at leading schools around the world.

BACKED BY EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND NON-PROFIT PARTNERS

Independent, educator-led research on BeeLine has shown dramatic reading fluency and comprehension gains for students. BeeLine has been adopted by the California Public Library System, Reading Is Fundamental, and Blackboard Ally.

USE BEELINE ON YOUR FAVORITE WEBSITES

The BeeLine extension works on millions of news websites and blogs. You can also get our PDF extension, which works on any text-based PDF (available at http://bit.ly/1Fo1hXa), or our iOS extension (http://bit.ly/1xNs76J)

TRY FOR FREE

BeeLine now offers a free mode that lasts forever. In this mode you can use BeeLine as much as you want on your list of favorite websites. You can add and remove sites from your favorites list as often as you like.

Want to use BeeLine on even more websites? Upgrade to either:

• BeeLine Pro: only $1.99/mo, with annual discounts available

• BeeLine Pro, Family Pack: Get BeeLine for 5 browsers and save even more! Just $8/yr per browser!

Teachers can also apply on our website for free access for their students (certain limitations apply).

PRIVACY

What you read is your business, and even our free tier does not intrude on your privacy. We do not sell, rent, license, or otherwise monetize your data in any way. Please consider subscribing to support privacy-conscious businesses like ours.

GRANT-FUNDED SOCIAL IMPACT COMPANY

BeeLine Reader is supported by grants and awards from MIT Solve, Stanford BASES, Newschools Venture Fund, and the Tech Museum of Innovation. See our website for more information about our mission and impact: www.BeeLineReader.com.

REFUNDS

If you'd like to cancel your subscription, please contact us (via the extension settings, our web contact form, or our web chat) before your monthly/annual renewal date and we will cancel it immediately. If you forget to contact us before your subscription renews, we may still be able to provide a partial refund. Asking nicely helps!

Fine print: text extraction based on Readability from Arc90 Labs, licensed under the Apache License, Version 2. All other rights reserved; US Patent number US20150234788A1; foreign patents also issued and additional US and foreign patents pending. Please send us your feedback (bug fixes, new color scheme requests, etc.) via Twitter, Facebook, or email

Latest reviews

M. Tariq Aziz 2025-05-13: spams the devtools console; logging twice every second: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'textContent')
Coran 2025-05-10: Doesn't work at all in my Chrome. Account management is non-existent. No way to cancel online, not even a section in the FAQ.
Thomas Surface 2024-09-12: it doesn't work with notion. that makes it useless for me
Zoran M 2024-01-03: Is this another one of those extensions that works well when it does work? I have wasted one hour now and can't get it show where I need to click for it to read something - oops, I just realized it does not have a read aloud option. Why on earth not in this day and age?
Austin Bryan 2023-06-01: Constant "go pro" notifications that can't be x'd out of are far more distracting. the only options are "go pro" or "maybe later" which i friggen hate that i can't just say no, i will never pay for a chrome extension so i refuse to press maybe later as if thats going to change my mind, so im just uninstalling this.
S AS 2023-05-12: Stopped working with the update April 2023. I click on Beeline Reader in Chrome and it just spins and spins and spins
S AS 2023-05-12: Stopped working with the update April 2023. I click on Beeline Reader in Chrome and it just spins and spins and spins
Ashley 2023-02-06: I used to really love this plug in because it helped me read with ease, but it no longer works with Google Docs and PDFs opening in Chrome. So disappointing, and I wish I would have known that before paying for a monthly subscription.
Ashley 2023-02-06: I used to really love this plug in because it helped me read with ease, but it no longer works with Google Docs and PDFs opening in Chrome. So disappointing, and I wish I would have known that before paying for a monthly subscription.
Uncle Ronald 2023-01-11: I like the idea but as a student, I cannot pay this much. There is an education discount but i assume that's for schools to buy for their students? Isn't there a possibility for me to get a discount as an individual student ?
Ronald 2023-01-11: I like the idea but as a student, I cannot pay this much. There is an education discount but i assume that's for schools to buy for their students? Isn't there a possibility for me to get a discount as an individual student ?
M. H. 2022-11-20: Does not work consistently & pops up on every page. If you turn auto off, it pops up to tell you that you have auto turned off.
M. H. 2022-11-20: Does not work consistently & pops up on every page. If you turn auto off, it pops up to tell you that you have auto turned off.
Wazih Ullah Tanzim 2022-11-13: Creative apps
Wazih Ullah Tanzim 2022-11-13: Creative apps
Charles Malo 2022-10-10: Popups?? Question : Why is there a pop up from this app persistently? I just want it to shut the heck up and do its job in the background: i don't care about all the notifications and popups from it, it's worse than adware.
Charles Malo 2022-10-10: Popups?? Question : Why is there a pop up from this app persistently? I just want it to shut the heck up and do its job in the background: i don't care about all the notifications and popups from it, it's worse than adware.
Alexander Hurd 2022-09-27: Used to love this app, now I really hate it because there's no customer service line and they wrongfully charged me $22.00. It's unclear how I can even change my subscription settings, this is a joke. DO NOT INSTALL.
Alexander Hurd 2022-09-27: Used to love this app, now I really hate it because there's no customer service line and they wrongfully charged me $22.00. It's unclear how I can even change my subscription settings, this is a joke. DO NOT INSTALL.
Seren Ashmore 2022-06-14: I have ADHD and LOVE beeline when it works - but it often doesn't on google docs where I mainly work :/
Seren Ashmore 2022-06-14: I have ADHD and LOVE beeline when it works - but it often doesn't on google docs where I mainly work :/
Honk Cena 2022-05-29: I've played with this a bit and it's a nice idea, but the color options and formatting are too limited and it was a lot of trial and error to get it to work. I wasn't a big fan of the fact that the extremely limited (five reads a day) free trial started before I even got the app to work, but I was decided on uninstalling it before I hit my limit.
Honk Cena 2022-05-29: I've played with this a bit and it's a nice idea, but the color options and formatting are too limited and it was a lot of trial and error to get it to work. I wasn't a big fan of the fact that the extremely limited (five reads a day) free trial started before I even got the app to work, but I was decided on uninstalling it before I hit my limit.
April Cropper 2022-05-14: For reading it was fine - but the process of installing and getting it working was hard - it is unclear how to get it "registered" and there is no option on their webpage to check to see if you have an account and if it is being charged. I distrust a company that makes it this hard to tell if you are paying for something. I also agree with the others here that this should be a one time payment for a version, not a monthly subscription.
April Cropper 2022-05-14: For reading it was fine - but the process of installing and getting it working was hard - it is unclear how to get it "registered" and there is no option on their webpage to check to see if you have an account and if it is being charged. I distrust a company that makes it this hard to tell if you are paying for something. I also agree with the others here that this should be a one time payment for a version, not a monthly subscription.
Grace 2022-05-06: There is no mention that the application is only free for a trial on the chrome web store. It's a super useful to help read text but is sad is only able to be used by people with money to spare for this.
Grace 2022-05-06: There is no mention that the application is only free for a trial on the chrome web store. It's a super useful to help read text but is sad is only able to be used by people with money to spare for this.
CLARISSE ANDREA ONG 2022-04-06: Works good on native text and helps me read more, but doesn't work at all in Google Docs (or only on the comments, for some reason.) Hope that this can be resolved
Melanie bee 2022-02-23: Awesome! I have dyslexia and ADHD. Using BeeLine makes my reading world come into focus. I went Pro HoneyBee...and yes, that's my last name...and, no, I don't think this entitles me to a discount (but, won't refuse one).
Michael T. Bee 2022-02-23: Awesome! I have dyslexia and ADHD. Using BeeLine makes my reading world come into focus. I went Pro HoneyBee...and yes, that's my last name...and, no, I don't think this entitles me to a discount (but, won't refuse one).
[beem] Michael T Bee 2022-02-23: Awesome! I have dyslexia and ADHD. Using BeeLine makes my reading world come into focus. I went Pro HoneyBee...and yes, that's my last name...and, no, I don't think this entitles me to a discount (but, won't refuse one).
Michael Bee UAT 2022-02-23: Awesome! I have dyslexia and ADHD. Using BeeLine makes my reading world come into focus. I went Pro HoneyBee...and yes, that's my last name...and, no, I don't think this entitles me to a discount (but, won't refuse one).
Mothy Boi 2021-12-20: It helped me so much with actually comprehending what I read, it's made classwork and free writing with adhd quite a bit easier! Highly recommend for anyone else who has trouble keeping their eyes on the page.
Mothy Boi 2021-12-20: It helped me so much with actually comprehending what I read, it's made classwork and free writing with adhd quite a bit easier! Highly recommend for anyone else who has trouble keeping their eyes on the page.
Pat MySecret 2021-12-02: Restricts usage in free mode. Looks nice and works with my auto copy extension. No image options.. they are off. I'm not really into the color variating, which they seem to think is the selling point.
Pat MySecret 2021-12-02: Restricts usage in free mode. Looks nice and works with my auto copy extension. No image options.. they are off. I'm not really into the color variating, which they seem to think is the selling point.
Noor Aldeen 2021-10-28: إضافة مجانية مع نفس الخاصية WaspLine Reader : Add free with the same property : https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/waspline-reader/ndlnnojbbcbdpkccfmcgbopalpbmhbhm/related?hl=ar
Yuhua Deng 2021-10-25: 感觉并没有那么强大，但是还是有一点用的。平时网页小说速读的话，这个颜色渐变也起不到太大的作用
Eric Lugo 2021-10-05: I've been using BeeLine for just about a week or so now, and have noticed a difference in the way I read. Not only am I faster, but I can keep my attention longer. Highly recommended!
Eric Lugo 2021-10-05: I've been using BeeLine for just about a week or so now, and have noticed a difference in the way I read. Not only am I faster, but I can keep my attention longer. Highly recommended!
Panic, Fragment, Dissociate - Crisis Response Model 2021-08-09: "Skip auto-coloring on all sites" is locked from the get go. Was never able to get it work once on any site no matter which setting I attempted to change.
Sovereign Statesman 2021-08-09: "Skip auto-coloring on all sites" is locked from the get go. Was never able to get it work once on any site no matter which setting I attempted to change.
Nikki Volodin 2021-08-07: BEWARE USERS! This is a scam.
Nikki Volodin 2021-08-07: BEWARE USERS! This is a scam.
Rose Dennehy 2021-07-08: Without Beeline I would have had a harder time trying to read the infamous Does Bruno Mars is Gay article. The customizablity is also an added bonus :)
Rose Dennehy 2021-07-08: Without Beeline I would have had a harder time trying to read the infamous Does Bruno Mars is Gay article. The customizablity is also an added bonus :)
Shay Lewis 2021-06-14: eh. used to be good, when it was free (years ago). Now it's just so-so.
Shay Lewis 2021-06-14: eh. used to be good, when it was free (years ago). Now it's just so-so.
Sue Dunham 2021-05-11: Right so, the TL;DR, don't use this extension. 0/10 It looks like it could be amazing, but I enabled and immediately removed. As soon as I turned it on in my browser there was a pop-up notifying me this is a paid extension. If this was made obvious from the Chrome Web Store, I couldn't find it. Bad form. I'll admit upfront that I don't pay for SAAS (software as a service). If I can't pay one time and own it the company has a bad or unsustainable business model. (Is your software good enough to have a proper price tag that allows you to continue development and pay your employees a living wage or not?) Over the lifetime of the subscription SAAS services cost users many many times what a one-time purchase would, this is exploitative without an alternate payment method. (I'm not saying all SAAS is a problem -it basically is- BUT I will purchase SAAS extensions/tools when they have one-time purchase option). My really *really* big issue is that this extension/app requires separate subscriptions per device and per browser. How hilarious and embarrassing. Please don't give these people your money.
Sue Dunham 2021-05-11: Right so, the TL;DR, don't use this extension. 0/10 It looks like it could be amazing, but I enabled and immediately removed. As soon as I turned it on in my browser there was a pop-up notifying me this is a paid extension. If this was made obvious from the Chrome Web Store, I couldn't find it. Bad form. I'll admit upfront that I don't pay for SAAS (software as a service). If I can't pay one time and own it the company has a bad or unsustainable business model. (Is your software good enough to have a proper price tag that allows you to continue development and pay your employees a living wage or not?) Over the lifetime of the subscription SAAS services cost users many many times what a one-time purchase would, this is exploitative without an alternate payment method. (I'm not saying all SAAS is a problem -it basically is- BUT I will purchase SAAS extensions/tools when they have one-time purchase option). My really *really* big issue is that this extension/app requires separate subscriptions per device and per browser. How hilarious and embarrassing. Please don't give these people your money.

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