Readwise Reader

2.7
376 reviews
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Rated for 3+
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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 the modern day 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 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 hello@readwise.io or use in the in-app feedback mechanism.
Updated on
4 Jun 2025

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
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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

2.7
320 reviews
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1 June 2025
Offline reading of articles saved from different sources is what I mainly use this app for and it's pretty good at saving them. Videos even have offline transcripts, but not the video itself. I haven't seen an app that saves videos yet, and it would be perfect if it could. This is pretty close to the perfect reading app and the best one I've used yet.
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Davetta O
31 May 2025
Not bad, I got this one because I can upload my books to read while working. It also works with my e-reader. I just wish that for a paid version that more ai readers were an option especially since there is a free app that does have that. it just doesn't work on my e-ink device or I would use that one exclusively.
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Omar Ahmad
25 March 2025
app was very obviously designed for iOS. the back gesture doesn't work somehow. however I like the concept and they keep updating so maybe it will get better
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Readwise
1 April 2025
Thanks for the kind words—we’re glad you’re enjoying Reader! The app has been designed to offer the same experience on both iOS and Android from day one, so if the back gesture isn’t working as expected, feel free to let us know at hello@readwise.io.

What's new

* New file upload option directly inside the app for your PDFs, ePUBs, etc.

* A TON of bug fixes to parsing, TTS, reading experience, and more

* New (lifelike) TTS voices (under v8 in the voice selector)!

* In Readwise you can now Chat With Highlights, export full document content to Obsidian, and export to Apple Notes :)

* Youtube v2! Enhanced transcripts, resize videos, and choose the caption language.

* Much easier access to AI summaries

See much more at: docs.readwise.io/changelog