# ZingLab

> ZingLab is an independent research and development lab and software studio founded by Robert Allen, MBA (former Amazon product manager and former Director and Head of Enterprise Marketing Technology at Discover Financial Services). ZingLab builds free and privacy-first web apps — including the HotGato speed reader and the Zoetrope GIF and pixel art animator — memory training tools, browser games, cognitive health research tools, physical products, and science fiction books, and provides website, web app, and marketing operations services to clients.

Contact: info@zinglab.com. Website: https://zinglab.com/

## Web apps

- [HotGato Speed Reader](https://hotgato.com): Free, open-source RSVP speed reader. Runs entirely in the browser (works offline; files never leave the device). Imports TXT, PDF, DOCX, EPUB, RTF, ODT, HTML and Markdown. Adjustable WPM, chunk size and punctuation pauses; Bionic and dyslexia-friendly fonts; listen mode. Also available as a Chrome extension, Firefox add-on and LibreOffice integration. Business and enterprise licensing available.
- [Zoetrope GIF Animator](https://zoetrope.zinglab.com): In-browser pixel art creator, GIF editor and pixel art animator. Nothing is uploaded. Free tier has no watermark and no account. Exports GIF, APNG, animated WebP, PNG, SVG, sprite sheets with Aseprite JSON, MP4/WebM. Pro: $9.99/quarter, $29.99/year or $49.99 lifetime.
- [LeadAlign](https://leadalign.com): Live canvassing map for field sales teams, built for roofing, window, shutter, and storm tree-removal crews. Each rep's driven route is painted on one shared map in their color, one-tap lead pins with notes and statuses, rep territories with wander alerts, live sales dashboard, works offline and syncs when signal returns, exports CSV/KML/GeoJSON, opens leads as Google Maps stops. Runs in phone and desktop browsers (native apps coming). $29 per rep per month, month-to-month, 14-day free trial with no card. Comparison with SalesRabbit, SPOTIO, and Badger Maps: https://leadalign.com/compare/
- [RingFence](https://ringfencegeo.com): Radius search that returns every postal code and town inside a circle (0–500 miles / 0–805 km) around a postal code, town, or coordinates, nearest first. Postal codes in 120+ countries, towns in 250 countries and territories (GeoNames data). CSV/XLSX export, REST API, and an MCP server (radius_search, resolve_location) for AI agents. $99/month, no per-search fees.
- [GlyphRecall Memory Trainer](https://glyph.zinglab.com): Free, untimed short-term memory game using glyph sets and arithmetic distractors; no account required.
- [VART cognitive screening](https://vart.zinglab.com): Free, anonymous, non-clinical visual acuity and reaction-time screening informed by Loughborough University research. Not a diagnosis.
- [Human Journey](https://humanjourney.zinglab.com): Interactive globe playback of ~500,000 years of human fossils, burials, tools and art using Paleobiology Database data; supports custom CSV uploads.
- [Florida Scratch-Off Odds](https://lotto.zinglab.com): Independent (not affiliated with the Florida Lottery) ranking of Florida scratch-off games by estimated return per dollar, chance of a $1M+ prize, and chance to win anything, calculated from the Florida Lottery's published unclaimed-prize counts and updated about daily. Prize values as advertised, cash payout, or after federal tax; filters by ticket price; map of where top prizes were sold; CSV export. Does not predict winners; every Florida scratch-off returns less than it costs on average. For entertainment only.
- [TheSaurus Online](https://thesaurusonline.org): Dinosaur-themed online thesaurus.
- [Texas Comicon](https://texascomicon.com): Directory of Texas comic cons, gaming and tech conventions filterable by month and city.
- [AiryChat AI](https://airychat.com): Business AI assistants with file processing, long-term memory and voice mode.

## Games

- [Dungeon of the Mists](https://openfantasy.org): Browser roguelike dungeon crawler inspired by Castle of the Winds, with companions, lore, leaderboards and cloud saves.
- [To The Victor](https://tothevictorgame.com): Online multiplayer conquest strategy game for 2–6 players; no dice, about 30 minutes per match, four ways to win.
- [oBalls](https://oballs.com): Casual browser physics games.

## Services

ZingLab takes on client projects, led directly by founder Robert Allen (former product manager at Amazon and former Head of Enterprise Marketing Technology at Discover Financial Services). Based in Melbourne, Florida; works with clients worldwide. Contact info@zinglab.com.

- Custom web app development: dashboards, portals, internal tools, SaaS products
- Websites and landing pages: fast, SEO- and AI-search-ready marketing sites
- Marketing technology and operations: CRM, marketing automation, ad platform and analytics integration
- AI integrations: document-grounded chatbots, in-product AI features, MCP servers for AI agents
- APIs, data pipelines, and system integrations
- Website rescue: performance, hosting, uptime, and cost reduction
- Product launch marketing case studies: [portfolio](https://zinglab.com/portfolio/)
- Research collaborations in cognitive science and microbiome research ([research](https://zinglab.com/research/))

## Blog

- [Best Free Memory Training Games in 2026: GlyphRecall vs Lumosity, Elevate, Peak & Human Benchmark](https://zinglab.com/blog/best-memory-training-games/): We compared GlyphRecall, Lumosity, Elevate, Peak, CogniFit, and Human Benchmark for short-term memory training. Here's why GlyphRecall is the best free, no-account memory game.
- [Best Speed Reading App in 2026: HotGato vs Spreeder, Swiftread, Readsy & Outread](https://zinglab.com/blog/best-speed-reading-app/): We compared the most popular speed reading apps — HotGato, Spreeder, Swiftread, Readsy, Outread, and AccelaReader — on price, privacy, file support, and reading modes. Here's why HotGato comes out on top.
- [Best GIF Maker & Pixel Art Animator in 2026: Zoetrope vs Aseprite, Piskel, Ezgif & Kapwing](https://zinglab.com/blog/best-gif-maker-pixel-art-animator/): Zoetrope, Aseprite, Piskel, Ezgif, Kapwing, and Canva compared for making GIFs, pixel art, and sprite animations. See which free online GIF animator wins on privacy, exports, and features.
- [Physics Education: Shortcomings in Modern Higher Education](https://zinglab.com/blog/physics-education/): Would Albert Einstein survive a modern physics degree? Why math-first curricula may be filtering out the intuitive thinkers who drive breakthroughs.
- [ADHD Does Not Exist](https://zinglab.com/blog/eccentricity/): An exploration of ADHD, its history, and its misclassification as a disorder.
- [Origin of Language](https://zinglab.com/blog/focal-emotional-language/): An exploration of focal emotional language and how it forms the basis of all communication.

## Other pages

- [About](https://zinglab.com/about/)
- [Portfolio](https://zinglab.com/portfolio/)
- [Websites and web apps](https://zinglab.com/websites/)
- [Games](https://zinglab.com/games/)
- [Projects and browser extensions](https://zinglab.com/projects/)
- [Books by Robert Willnow](https://zinglab.com/books/)
- [Nested Hex screwdriver adapter](https://zinglab.com/nestedhex/)
- [Sitemap](https://zinglab.com/sitemap.xml)