An independent software studio · Ideas in motion

Quiet software
for the curious.

Addavento builds digital tools to help you learn, create, and explore — without noise, clutter, or friction.

See our work About the studio
01Adda · A river in northern Italy
02Vento · The wind
03Avventura (adventure, aventura, aventure) · Forward motion
· About

A small studio,
shaped by avventura.

The name blends two words — Adda, the river in northern Italy that flows through the village where our family roots begin, and vento, the wind that carries ideas forward.

Inspired by the spirit of avventura (adventure, aventura, aventure) — the universal idea of exploration, curiosity, and forward movement — we build digital tools that help people learn, create, and express themselves. Every product begins with a question: what would this feel like if nothing stood in the way?

· Products

What we ship.

01 / Now playing Coming soon on Google Play

DeckReader

The hands‑free study player.

A fast, minimal, distraction‑free way to learn anything. Listen to your decks like playlists — press play, and your study session flows. Available as a free tier (with ads) or DeckReader Plus for the full experience.

Get it on Google Play See all features
· DeckReader Features

Everything in the box.

Deck & Topic Management

  • Deck library with search
  • Create, open, and organize decks
  • Topic list search within a deck
  • Add, edit, and delete topics
  • Unsaved-changes confirmation dialog

Favorites & Scopes

  • Mark and unmark topics as favorites Plus
  • Favorites-only topic list mode Plus
  • Full-deck vs. favorites playback scope Plus
  • Scope-aware playlist generation Plus
  • Scope persistence per deck across restarts Plus

Playback & Study

  • Dedicated player screen
  • Pre-generated M4A speech playback
  • Sequential playback mode
  • Auto-advance, next/previous with wrap-around
  • Loop all / Loop one Plus
  • Shuffle playback Plus
  • Favorite Playlist playback Plus
  • Mini-player controls: previous / play-pause / next
  • Playback speed 0.5×–2.0×
  • In-track resume — remembers the exact playback position within a card's audio, saved independently for each deck
  • Background playback with system notification mini-player

Rich Text Authoring

  • Extended Markdown support
  • In-editor formatting toolbar
  • Bold, italics, underline, strikethrough
  • Paragraph alignment & indentation
  • Bulleted and numbered lists
  • Table insertion and editing
  • Markdown-compatible image, web links, and e-mails
  • Clipboard helpers: cut, copy, paste, undo/redo
  • Full formatted rendering in player views

Viewer & Study Experience

  • Full-screen distraction-free viewer
  • Auto-scroll synced with audio playback
  • Screen-always-on study mode
  • Two-language card display (title + definition) for bilingual study for vocabulary decks
  • Adaptive layout for phones and tablets
  • Phone portrait; large tablets support landscape

Speech & Voice

  • In-app Configure speech voice: engine, language, voice, rate/pitch
  • Per-card speech voice on title and definition
  • Title and definition can use separate voices
  • Per-deck auto-generate toggle
  • Alphabetical enqueue for batch generation
  • System notification with batch progress
  • Animated spinner / queue badge on cards
  • [skip] tag to skip text in the audio track: announces "Skipping segment" + 250 ms silence
  • Storage quota with eviction

Import & Export

  • CSV export (text only) Plus
  • Export CSV + images (ZIP) Plus
  • Export CSV + images + M4A audio (ZIP) Plus
  • CSV import — up to 3 decks / 50 cards / 150-char definitions (Free)
  • Full media bundle import with auto-detection
  • Locale columns for multilingual devices
  • Per-field speech metadata columns
  • Merge import into existing deck
  • Name-collision handling (suffix strategy)
  • Import/export of audio with deck bundles

Images & Media

  • Insert images into card body or table cells
  • Side-by-side images on one line (horizontal row)
  • Unused-image cleanup — per-file and bulk
  • TTS reads image captions with image word + 250 ms silence
  • M4A compressed audio storage for efficient playback



Settings & Localization

  • Interface languages: English, Español (US), Français, Italiano, Português (Brazil)
  • Per-field locale, engine, voice, rate, and pitch
  • Two-language card authoring for bilingual study
  • Tablet Math/Symbols toolbox with cursor navigation grid
  • Notification mini-player: previous / play-pause / next
· Free vs Plus

What's included where.

Feature Free Plus
Content limits
Decks in libraryUp to 3Unlimited
Cards per deckUp to 50Unlimited
Definition length150 charactersUnlimited
Markdown editor (formatting, tables, images)✓✓
Per-card speech voice chips✓✓
Speech audio preparation & playback✓✓
Playback
M4A speech playback, seek, pause/resume✓✓
Resume in-track position (per deck)✓✓
Playback speed 0.5×–2.0×✓✓
Next / previous, swipe navigation✓✓
Auto-advance between cards✓✓
Background playback✓✓
Loop all / Loop one—✓
Shuffle—✓
Favorites (mark/unmark, favorites-only scope)—✓
Notification shuffle / loop controls—✓
Export & sharing
CSV export—✓
CSV + images ZIP export—✓
CSV + images + M4A ZIP export—✓
CSV importWithin limitsFull
Monetization
AdMob banner (bottom)ShownNone
Rewarded interstitial (deck entry)ShownNone
· Principles

Three things we
refuse to compromise.

  1. 01

    Clarity

    Every interface should feel calm and intuitive. If it needs an explanation, it isn't finished.

  2. 02

    Craft

    Details matter — from typography to motion to the smallest interaction. We sweat the millisecond.

  3. 03

    Purpose

    Software should make life easier, not more complicated. We add features sparingly, and remove them gladly.

· Contact

Have an question?
We are here for you.

contact@addavento.com