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

18 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

    Compare Omnivore with Readwise →
  3. 03
    getpocket.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Pocket

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

    Compare getpocket.com with Readwise →
  4. 04
    Raindrop.io raindrop.io English No trackers

    Raindrop.io — All-in-one bookmark manager

    For your inspiration, read later, media and stuff

    Compare Raindrop.io with Readwise →
  5. 05
    Everand everand.com English No trackers

    Client Challenge

    digital library

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  6. 06
    hemingwayapp.com English No trackers

    Hemingway Editor

    Hemingway Editor makes your writing bold and clear.

    Compare hemingwayapp.com with Readwise →
  7. 07
    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.

    Compare Audible with Readwise →
  8. 08
    Obsidian obsidian.md Top 10K English No trackers

    Obsidian - Sharpen your thinking

    The free and flexible app for your private thoughts.

    Compare Obsidian with Readwise →
  9. 09
    Glitch glitch.com English No trackers

    Glitch Blog

    The official blog for glitch.com

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  10. 10
    Springer Science+Business Media springer.com Top 1K English No trackers

    Client Challenge

    global publishing company

    Compare Springer Science+Business Media with Readwise →
  11. 11
    Devin windsurf.com English No trackers

    Devin Desktop | Devin

    Manage any agent, locally or in the cloud, from one command center. Plan, review, and ship with a team of agents.

    Compare Devin with Readwise →
  12. 12
    Zotero zotero.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Zotero | Your personal research assistant

    Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.

    Compare Zotero with Readwise →
  13. 13
    Podimo podimo.com English No trackers

    Podimo: Listen to Podcasts and Thousands of Audiobooks

    Podimo offers podcast only available in our app, thousands of audiobooks and a lively community of creators and listeners.

    Compare Podimo with Readwise →
  14. 14
    Hyvor® hyvor.com English No trackers

    HYVOR® - Independent Software Foundry

    Privacy-first website tools, crafted with care. Trusted by millions, from indie makers to enterprises.

    Compare Hyvor® with Readwise →
  15. 15
    Shodan shodan.io Top 10K English No trackers

    Shodan Search Engine

    Search Engine for the Internet of Things

    Compare Shodan with Readwise →
  16. 16
    CamScanner camscanner.com English No trackers

    CamScanner: AI PDF Scanner, OCR & Online PDF Tools

    CamScanner is a free AI-powered PDF scanner app with OCR and online PDF tools. Scan documents, extract text, convert files, edit PDFs, and sync across devices.

    Compare CamScanner with Readwise →
  17. 17
    Thrivia thrivia.io English No trackers

    AI for Travel Organisers and Tour Operators in India | Thrivia

    Thrivia answers every Instagram and WhatsApp enquiry in seconds, saves the lead, follows up and collects the advance. Built for travel organisers in India.

    Compare Thrivia with Readwise →
  18. 18
    Substack substack.com Top 1K English No trackers

    Substack

    Substack is the app for independent voices: a free newsletter, video, and podcast hosting platform with paid subscriptions built in.

    Compare Substack with Readwise →

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
9,216
Vector
384-d
Query
59 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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