What are the best read-it-later apps?

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Mar 17, 2019

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Here’s the Deal

The Best 1 of 14 OptionsWhy?

Best read-it-later apps	Price	Platforms	Software Type
90 Pocket	-	Android, iOS, Kobo, web, macOS, Windows	Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari extension, desktop app
89 Instapaper	-	web, Android, iOS	-
-- Wallabag	-	-	-
-- Raindrop.io	-	-	-
-- Tagpacker	FREE	Web	-

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13 Other Options Considered

Instapaper

Top Pro

Annotation tools

Allows leaving notes attached to articles and highlighting certain part of the text. Free version of the app is limited to 5 highlights a month. See More

Top Con

Became a paid service again

Most functions, like search, became premium. See More

SincereKrotos's Experience

Stopped working for me. Not available in Europe due to RGPD régulations. See More

Specs

Platforms:web, Android, iOS

Top Pro

Pagination

Allows for pagination, not just scrolling. See More

Top Con

Only supports English

It only supports English, and not Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages. See More

Čárlí Šubaduba's Experience

You don't get the option to add tags, but in the free account - they archive all the articles with photos even if they are deleted and in Pocket this is a paid function! See More

Top Pro

Excellent typography choices

Instapaper allows you to choose from 14 different fonts, some of which have been designed specifically for the application. You can manually adjust spacing between lines, padding around text and font size to fit your preferences. See More

Top Con

Tags not implemented

Danil Kutkevich's Experience

imho best offline reader See More

Top Pro

Awesome offline mode

Top Con

Embedded images and videos are sometimes ignored

Instapaper sometimes saves articles without images or videos. See More

Tom Barron's Experience

Instapaper is the one I've used and I've been happy with it. See More

Top Pro

Can look up words in a dictionary and Wikipedia

Top Con

Search functions return random articles

The search function is very slow and does not provide accurate results. The user can not filter or reorder the search results, or search the archive or annotated articles. See More

SpiritedPramzimas's Experience

They removed fundamental functionality like searching after going Premium again. See More

Top Pro

Can be set to switch to dark mode based on time of day

Instapaper includes a dark theme and allows switching to it after a set period in time or gradually over the course of the day. See More

Top Pro

Rarely seen organization options

In addition to allowing you to sort articles by when you saved them, you can also order articles by length or read progress and popularity. See More

Top Pro

Has a font designed for readers with Dyslexia

Instapaper includes Dyslexie a font that helps people with reading problems understand the text better. See More

Top Pro

Free archiving of deleted webpages

In Pocket, this is a paid function - but Instapaper provides this for free! If a webpage is deleted, it remains in your Instapaper and they even archive pictures of the articles. See More

Top Pro

Can playback inline video

Instapaper will play videos from YouTube, Vimeo and other sources that are embedded in articles, but you have to be online for playback to work. See More

Top Pro

Allows listening to articles

Instapaper comes with a build in text-to-speech feature that will read out loud articles. Premium version of the app allows creating playlists. See More

Top Pro

Includes optional social features

If you set your Instapaper profile to be public, your friends will be able to see articles you've liked. See More

Top Pro

Articles can be emailed to Instapaper

You can add articles to Instapaper by sending them to a unique email address associated with your account. See More

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Raindrop.io

Top Pro

Cross-platform

Cross-platform because it's browser based. There are also apps for Mac, Chrome, iOs & Android. See More

Top Con

No frequent updates

Android app last updated over a year and a half ago. See More

Timo Dinkler's Experience

It could have been a great app if some things are fixed. No Offline mode, It has become very slow once I had over 1000 bookmarks, keeps asking for relogin every now and then. And even the app is last update years ago. Guess it is no more maintained. See More

Top Pro

Tagging

Add tags to bookmarks. See More

Top Con

No Highlighting

No option to highlight a certain part of the article. See More

Top Pro

Mobile native clients available

Clients for iOS and Android available that are better integrated than the browser version. See More

Top Con

No Listen TTS

No feature to listen to the saved page content. See More

Top Pro

Design (UX)

Really well-done. See More

Top Con

Slow

It can become slow once you go past over 1000 bookmarks. See More

Top Pro

Web clipper

Works well with Chrome browser. See More

Top Con

No Offline mode

Bookmarks are not available offline. See More

Top Pro

Available on many platforms

Including Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, as well as extensions for the Crome browser, Firefox, Safari and Opera. See More

Top Pro

Regularly updated

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PaperSpan

Top Pro

Simple & beautiful

App is plain simple to use and looks beautiful. See More

Specs

Platforms:iOS, Android, Web, Chrome

Top Pro

Create playlist

Top Pro

Automatic categorization

Articles are auto-categorized when you save them. So you can read them later by picking by categories. See More

Top Pro

Text to speech and Playlist

Top Pro

Highlighting

Top Pro

Send to Kindle

Top Pro

Notes for article

Top Pro

Offline availability on Android and iOS

Top Pro

Reading statistics

Gives details about how many articles have been read, unread, and time spent reading. Word cloud of all articles saved. More statistics available on iOS, but for premium. See More

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Gemsmark

Top Pro

Available for Web, iOS and Android

Top Pro

Clean, beautiful design

EmailThis

Top Pro

PDF snapshots & notes

Lets to save PDF snapshots of all web pages. EmailThis also lets you add notes and keywords for faster searching. See More

katz's Experience

Works great! With one-click, the whole page gets saved to my email. Great way to quickly capture important content so you can read and explore later. See More

Top Pro

Available on the web and mobile devices

Extensions for Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. Bookmarklet for Safari & IE. Also includes a 'mail to self' feature for Android and iOS devices. See More

Top Pro

Allows reading saved content in offline mode

Web pages are cleaned up and sent to your email inbox. They can be accessed even offline from mobile devices. See More

Top Pro

One-click save

The Chrome extension allows you to save articles with a single click. See More

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