Reviews of Instapaper

By: Instant Paper, Inc. App

List of user reviews and ratings for Instapaper

Total ratings

4.60 (Rating count: 12,699)

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Review summary

Users praise Instapaper as a strong Pocket replacement with ad-free offline reading and solid save-for-later capabilities. However, recurring issues include syncing glitches, inconsistent site compatibility, and serious stability concerns like data loss. They also note the lack of data export/backup and readability limitations (fonts and alignment). Overall, it’s highly valued for offline reading but faces stability and feature-gap challenges that affect long-term usability.

Pros

Excellent for saving articles to read later with offline access
Ad-free, clutter-free reading experience
Strong Pocket replacement / better than Pocket
Great overall offline reading capability on mobile
Supports on-page highlighting when browsing (valued feature)

Cons

Syncing problems causing old/deleted items to pop up and new items slow to appear; requires cache clearing
Inconsistent site compatibility; many sites do not render correctly or articles cannot be read
Serious data instability: app can fail or wipe data
No easy export/backup of saved items
Readability limitations: limited fonts and no justified alignment (missing RTL/LTR justification)

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 3.60

All time rating average: 4.60

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17% (16)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-07-05	Sh*****	Perfect! It's so perfect and syncs so amazingly well with my Kobo Clara 💌
Perfect! It's so perfect and syncs so amazingly well with my Kobo Clara 💌
2026-06-26	Bi*****	my favorite app/service
my favorite app/service
2026-06-25	DD*****	Links are not updated - invisible. Only after relogging in do links appear. Too much of a hassle. App has no delete account. Account deleted from web browser
Links are not updated - invisible. Only after relogging in do links appear. Too much of a hassle. App has no delete account. Account deleted from web browser
2026-06-18	An*****	The latest update did NOT fix the bug of deleted articles reloading.
The latest update did NOT fix the bug of deleted articles reloading.
2026-06-15	Br*****	brilliant app for removing unwanted ads 👍
brilliant app for removing unwanted ads 👍
2026-06-14	Fe*****	accidentally deleted article, there's no Trash/Deleted folder to recover it at all. Not even if you try to act quickly in the first 5 mins, it's simply not possible AT ALL to recover the accidentally deleted article
accidentally deleted article, there's no Trash/Deleted folder to recover it at all. Not even if you try to act quickly in the first 5 mins, it's simply not possible AT ALL to recover the accidentally deleted article
2026-06-14	St*****	simple interface is a plus. not having a plugin to automatically add articles from browser is a minus.
simple interface is a plus. not having a plugin to automatically add articles from browser is a minus.
2026-06-10	Ge*****	love this app, particularly sharing articles to my Kobo!
love this app, particularly sharing articles to my Kobo!
2026-06-04	Se*****	Great app for reading the news, free from distractions
Great app for reading the news, free from distractions
2026-05-30	to*****	works very well, devs are responsive. in addition to being able to save stuff to read offline, also solves the problem that you can not save your place if you don't finish an article you are reading online.
works very well, devs are responsive. in addition to being able to save stuff to read offline, also solves the problem that you can not save your place if you don't finish an article you are reading online.