Readwise Reader
App : A product you use directly
All-in-one read-it-later app (articles, PDFs, newsletters) with the Ghostreader assistant.
The best for serious reading and annotation, paid.
Security reflects where data goes, requested permissions and incidents on record at the verification date. It is not a guarantee of zero risk: check the deployment mode and the connections you enable.
What it does, concretely
Many readers accumulate articles, PDFs, newsletters and threads without ever finding time to read them, scattered across multiple apps. Readwise Reader centralises all these formats in one place, built from the ground up for readers who want to genuinely benefit from what they read.
In practice, you save content from the web via a browser extension, import PDFs or EPUBs by drag and drop, and subscribe to RSS feeds and newsletters directly inside the app. You can highlight text, images and tables, add notes, and retrieve any passage through full-text search, even offline.
The Ghostreader assistant, powered by GPT, lets you ask questions about a document, define a term or simplify a complex passage without leaving your reading. All your annotations automatically sync with Readwise, which exports them to Obsidian, Notion, Roam Research, Evernote, Logseq and other note-taking tools.
Reader is aimed at avid readers, researchers, professionals and students who want to turn their reading into lasting knowledge. It will suit less well someone who simply wants to occasionally save an article with no intention of annotating or reviewing their reading.
What it offers
- ·Read-it-later saving of web articles in a clean, distraction-free interface.
- ·Support for multiple formats: articles, PDFs, EPUBs, newsletters, RSS feeds, X (Twitter) threads, YouTube videos and transcript highlighting.
- ·Advanced highlighting of text, images and tables, with note-taking and tags, on all devices.
- ·Ghostreader, a GPT-powered reading copilot, to ask questions, define terms or simplify a passage (paid).
- ·Text-to-speech with natural voices, adjustable speed and multi-language support, on all platforms (paid).
- ·Instant full-text search across your entire library, including offline.
- ·Automatic annotation sync to Obsidian, Notion, Roam Research, Evernote, Logseq and others via Readwise (paid).
- ·Connection to AI assistants such as Claude or ChatGPT via the Readwise MCP server, to query your personal library (paid).
In practice
- Price
- Paid · from 9 €
- Commercial use
- Commercial use: yes
- Available on
- web, ios, android, chrome
- FR interface
- No
Security and data
- Rating
- Security: one caveat, see the card
- Your data
- Data with the vendor
- Maintenance
- Active
Links and repository checked on 25 October 2026 · added on 1 January 2022