Readwise Reader

4.0
251 reviews
50K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Readwise Reader is the first read-it-later app built specifically for power readers. If you’ve ever used Instapaper or Pocket, Reader is like those except it’s built for 2023 and brings all your reading into one place including: web articles, email newsletters, RSS feeds, Twitter threads, PDFs, EPUBs and more.

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“Reader has completely redesigned the read-it-later app. It’s gorgeous and blazingly fast. In many ways, it’s the Superhuman of reading — you won’t want to read anywhere else.”
Rahul Vohra (Founder of Superhuman)

“I spend my entire day reading, researching, & writing and Readwise is the reading tool I’ve been waiting for. The perfect complement to my writing workflow. Absolute game changer.”
Packy Mccormick (Author of Not Boring)

“The Readwise reading app is the first read-it-later app that enables a true workflow for serious readers. As an ex-Pocket /Instapaper power user, it's hard to imagine ever going back.”
Fitz Maro (Creative Technology Lead at Pinterest)

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ALL YOUR READING IN ONE PLACE

Stop juggling half a dozen reading apps. Reader brings all of your content into one place including:

• Web articles
• Email newsletters
• RSS feeds
• Twitter threads
• PDFs
• EPUBs


You can even import your existing library from Pocket and Instapaper and RSS feeds from Feedly, Inoreader, Feedbin, etc.

POWERFUL HIGHLIGHTING FOR POWER READERS

We believe that annotations are the key to getting more out of what you read. So we’ve developed highlighting as a first-class feature inside Reader. Highlight images, links, rich text, and more. On any device.


READER WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU READ

We’ve reinvented the digital reading experience to apply the power of software to the printed word. This includes TEXT-TO-SPEECH (listen to any document narrated with the lifelike voice of a real human), GHOSTREADER (your integrated GPT-3 copilot of reading enabling you to ask questions, define terms, simplify complex language, and more), and FULL-TEXT SEARCH (find whatever you’re looking for, even if you only remember a single word).


FLEXIBLE SOFTWARE TO FIT YOUR UNIQUE NEEDS

Your personal interests, your professional projects, your way of doing things — they’re unique. Reader is your home base for the varied documents in your life, customizable to match the way your brain works.

PDFs for work, articles for your newsletter, and ebooks for pleasure all live comfortably side-by-side. No more juggling dozens of apps.


INTEGRATED WITH YOUR FAVORITE TOOLS

Your annotations should flow effortlessly from your reading app into your writing tool of choice. Instead you waste hours reformatting, reorganizing, and repeating. Reader eliminates this hassle. Reader seamlessly connects to Readwise which exports to Obsidian, Notion, Roam Research, Evernote, Logseq, and more


READ ANYWHERE, ANYTIME

Access all of your content from any of your devices with everything in sync. Even offline. Reader syncs across all platforms, including a powerful, local-first web app and iOS. You can even highlight the open web with the Reader browser extensions.

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If you’re not already a Readwise subscriber, you can get a free 30-day trial with no credit card upfront. At the end of the trial, you will not be charged unless you choose to subscribe.

Need any help? Email us at [email protected] or use in the in-app feedback mechanism.
Updated on
Nov 15, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Files and docs and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.0
207 reviews
Vaughn Papenhausen
May 15, 2024
If someone had designed an app to suit my needs specifically, it would be exactly like this one. It does so much: 1. Seamless sync between different devices 2. Handles all different media types (PDF, epub, web, video), 3. high-quality TTS, 4. Notetaking that syncs with Readwise for later review. (Plus many other things that are less relevant to me, but might be relevant to you!) And the dev team is super friendly, helpful, and responsive. Worth every penny as far as I'm concerned.
15 people found this review helpful
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Wentao Li
May 25, 2024
Most things are great, I love being able to read newsletters and blogs and whatever on my phone. There is a problem though: when I tap on an article in the Feed or Inbox, the screen swipes right to open the article with a very unpleasant stop in the middle. It's really just a easy UI fix, but I find this UI problem particularly annoying since it occurs every time I open an item. I use a Pixel. Please fix it soon! I like this app anyway.
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Luke Andersen
December 18, 2023
It's really fantastic. It's lovely, easy to use, and does a great job of getting me to actually read articles I save, my biggest issue with read it later apps. That being said, the RSS feed feels a bit undercooked. I love the ability to quickly sort through unseen articles, but it's very feature light otherwise in that department. No easy way to read articles from specific RSS feeds or categorize sources, mainly, but it has huge potential and I enjoy using it.
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What's new

* Trash section where you can browse & restore your recently deleted docs

* Core database upgrade

* New better "Return to reading position" feature while skimming :)

* Tags now load in the share sheet 10x+ faster!

* Enhanced Transcripts for Youtube videos: easily highlightable, full text and paragraphs.

* You can now resize highlights!

* Ghostreader v2! Use new AI prompts while reading, more easily, and (on web) customize your prompts.

* Documents should now open faster & more smoothly :)