COLLABORATIVE READER
A reader built for reading together
The heart of SpanRead — a real-time reading canvas where the whole group shares the page.
Word Walker
A live per-word highlight shows exactly where each reader is on the page.
Live presence
Floating avatars follow every reader through the text in real time.
Inline comments
Comment on any word or passage — threads stay anchored to the text forever.
Shared highlights
Three-color highlights the whole club can see, react to, and save.
Auto-read & read-aloud
Hands-free pacing for solo reading or group read-along sessions.
Four reader themes
Light, Dark, Sepia and High-contrast — typography tuned for long reads.
Vocabulary & study
Save words, definitions and notes without leaving the page.
Keyboard-first
Hold a key to highlight or comment as you move — the whole reader is driveable by keys.
LIVE SYNC SESSIONS
Read in perfect sync, live
Turn any chapter into a shared event where everyone turns the page together.
LIVEPlay in sync
Thursday Night Book Club
Chapter 6 read-along · hosted by Maya
Everyone synced · Chapter 6, page 13842%
MR
Maya
host
ST
Sam
reading
PK
Priya
joined
DO
Dev
reading
18:24
LIVE
Ch. 6 read-along · Maya
Everyone synced · pg 13842%
MR
Maya
host
ST
Sam
reading
Host-led pacing
The host sets the pace and everyone stays on the same page.
Leading & Follow
Toggle leading mode so others can follow your exact position.
Real-time presence
See who's reading right now and how far along they are.
Scheduled sessions
Plan sessions ahead — members get reminders and one-tap join.
Session timeline
Scrub the chapter timeline and jump between reading milestones.
Jump to live
One tap drops you into whatever the club is reading this minute.
CLUBS
A real home for every book club
Discord-style spaces built around a book — channels, roles, events and chat.
Private clubs
Create a space with unlimited members and your own identity.
Channels
Separate threads for chapters, theories, spoilers and off-topic.
Roles & moderation
Hosts, moderators and readers, with the controls to keep it civil.
Events & scheduling
A shared calendar of sessions, meetups and milestones.
Announcements & pins
Pin the week's reading so nobody misses the plan.
Club analytics
Pages per week, streaks and who's keeping pace.
COMMUNITIES
Discover clubs reading what you love
Browse public clubs, preview them fully, and join in a single tap.
Discover by genre
Find public clubs by what they read and how active they are.
Gated preview
See a club's whole space before joining — channels stay locked until you're in.
One-tap join
Join a public club instantly; all its channels unlock at once.
Public reading rooms
Drop into open sessions and read alongside strangers-turned-friends.
PROFILE & PROGRESS
Reading you'll actually want to track
Every page turned builds a profile worth sharing.
Levels & XP
Earn experience for reading, commenting and hosting.
Badges
Collectible milestones for streaks, genres and club leadership.
Streaks
Keep the fire going with daily reading streaks.
Reading stats
Hours, books, pages and highlights — all in one dashboard.
3D bookshelf
A tactile shelf of everything you've finished; hover to pull a book.
Profile themes
Banners, avatar flair and status — make your profile unmistakably you.
READ ANYWHERE
Your reading room, on every device
Bring any book, and pick up exactly where the club left off.
🌐 Web app
🌐 Web📱 iOS🤖 Android
🌐 Web📱 iOS🤖 Android
iOS & Android
The full synced experience — presence, comments and sessions — in your pocket.
Desktop app
A focused, full-screen reader for long sittings.
Upload any book
Drop in any EPUB or PDF, plus a library of public-domain classics.
Sync across devices
Progress, highlights and notes follow you everywhere.
INTEGRATIONS
Send your reading anywhere
Highlights, notes, quote cards and live sessions — export to the tools your club already lives in.
SpanRead
Your reading hub
EXPORTS TO
Notion
Sync highlights & notes to a database
Google Docs
Export annotations as a document
Zapier
Automate 6,000+ app workflows
Discord
Post session recaps to your server
Google Calendar
Add live sessions to your calendar
Google Drive
Back up your books & exports
One-click export
Send highlights, notes and quote cards to your tools in a tap.
Two-way sync
Update in Notion or Docs and it flows right back into SpanRead.
Zapier & webhooks
Wire SpanRead into 6,000+ apps with no code, or call the API.
Calendar sync
Live sessions land on Google, Apple or Outlook automatically.
Discord & Slack
Auto-post recaps, new threads and milestones to your server.
Private by default
Nothing leaves SpanRead until you connect it — you stay in control.
