readwise.io

Readwise

Who runs Readwise, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest reading highlights software alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
Instapaper

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Readwise

Readwise readwise.io

Easily revisit and learn from your highlights and annotations.

Wikidata: poductivity app for collecting highlights and notes

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Readwise tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

tracker that follows visitors

7 of the 19 alternatives below have fewer, 6 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
1 tool

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Readwise

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Readwise, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than ReadwiseNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

20 of the 60 sites closest to Readwise match.

  1. 01
    Instapaper instapaper.com English No trackers

    Instapaper

    A simple tool for saving web pages to read later on iOS, Android, computer, or eReaders.

    Compare Instapaper with Readwise →
  2. 02
    Omnivore omnivore.app English No trackers

    Omnivore

    Omnivore

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  3. 03
    getpocket.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Pocket

    service for saving web pages and other online media for later consumption

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  4. 04
    Raindrop.io raindrop.io English No trackers

    Raindrop.io — All-in-one bookmark manager

    For your inspiration, read later, media and stuff

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  5. 05
    Archbee archbee.com English 2 trackers

    Archbee — The First Knowledge Portal Platform

    Build beautiful knowledge portals that are easy to navigate, search, share and contribute to: user guides, API docs, knowledge bases and SOPs in one platform.

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  6. 06
    Everand everand.com English No trackers

    Client Challenge

    digital library

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  7. 07
    Goodnotes goodnotes.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Goodnotes | Notes Reimagined | Note-Taking App

    Bring your thinking to life, collaborate in real time, and turn brainstorming into action with shared notes, whiteboards and text documents.

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  8. 08
    Notion notion.com Top 10K English Free plan 1 tracker

    The AI workspace that works for you. | Notion

    Build Custom Agents, search across all your apps, and automate busywork. The AI workspace where teams get more done, faster.

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  9. 09
    Elsevier elsevier.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Elsevier | A global leader for advanced information and decision support in science and healthcare

    Elsevier provides advanced information and decision support to accelerate progress in science and healthcare worldwide.

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  10. 10
    Bazaarvoice bazaarvoice.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Bazaarvoice | The UGC Platform for Authentic Shopper Experiences

    The leading UGC platform for authentic ratings, reviews, visual UGC, and review syndication that powers discovery, shopper trust, and higher ecommerce conversion.

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  11. 11
    Pendo pendo.io Top 1K English 3 trackers

    Pendo | Product Context for Your Apps and AI Agents

    Pendo feeds product context to the apps and AI agents you build or buy, so you can understand your users, act where it counts, and drive adoption and revenue.

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  12. 12
    Trustindex.io trustindex.io Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Trustindex.io - Skyrocket Your Sales with Customer Reviews

    Keywords

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  13. 13
    InShot inshot.com English 1 tracker

    InShot - Video Editor & Maker

    InShot Video Editor: Empowering Creators with Advanced Video and Photo Editing. Unlock effortless editing with easy-to-use features and powerful AI tools, elevating your video and photo editing experience to new heights.

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  14. 14
    citavi.com English 2 trackers

    Best academic reference management software with AI | Citavi

    Elevate research with Citavi, the academic reference management software featuring AI insights. Simplify citation management and literature management today.

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  15. 15
    hemingwayapp.com English No trackers

    Hemingway Editor

    Hemingway Editor makes your writing bold and clear.

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  16. 16
    ReadMe readme.com English 2 trackers

    ReadMe · Developer-friendly API documentation

    ReadMe helps you create beautiful, interactive API documentation that developers love.

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  17. 17
    GitHub github.com Top 100 English Free plan 2 trackers

    GitHub · Change is constant. GitHub keeps you ahead. · GitHub · GitHub

    Join the world's most widely adopted, AI-powered developer platform where millions of developers, businesses, and the largest open source community build software that advances humanity.

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  18. 18
    Buffer buffer.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Buffer: Social media management for everyone

    Use Buffer to manage your social media so that you can create and share your content everywhere, consistently. Try our forever free plan or upgrade for more.

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  19. 19
    Audible audible.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Audible | Listen to Audiobooks, Podcasts, & Originals

    Try Audible free for 30 days. Discover best-selling audiobooks, free podcasts, and exclusive Audible Originals. Listen offline with the Audible app.

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  20. 20
    Obsidian obsidian.md Top 10K English No trackers

    Obsidian - Sharpen your thinking

    The free and flexible app for your private thoughts.

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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Readwise’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Readwise uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Readwise adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 9 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,208
Vector
384-d
Query
43 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Readwise’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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