Reviews of Instapaper

By: Instant Paper, Inc. App

List of user reviews and ratings for Instapaper

Total ratings

4.61 (Rating count: 12,865)

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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: 3.70

All time rating average: 4.61

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17% (18)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-08-25	CM*****	worthwhile!
worthwhile!
2026-08-21	A *****	Does what it says.
Does what it says.
2026-08-18	Jo*****	i hate being prompted for reviews
i hate being prompted for reviews
2026-08-12	Da*****	A good replacement for the deceased Mozilla's Pocket service.
A good replacement for the deceased Mozilla's Pocket service.
2026-08-06	Ma*****	lol no. stop adding "ai" to everything. account deleted and uninstalling app. no "ai" garbage!
lol no. stop adding "ai" to everything. account deleted and uninstalling app. no "ai" garbage!
2026-08-05	Ga*****	Great app.
Great app.
2026-08-04	H.*****	Can't get a full full screen anymore on my dny-nx9
Can't get a full full screen anymore on my dny-nx9
2026-08-03	Br*****	If you listen to an article, Instapaper doesn't save where you left off the next time you use the app. The playlist is also lost if you queued articles in a list for listening, so you have to create it from scratch again. It would also be helpful if an article were archived automatically when you are finished listening to it.
If you listen to an article, Instapaper doesn't save where you left off the next time you use the app. The playlist is also lost if you queued articles in a list for listening, so you have to create it from scratch again. It would also be helpful if an article were archived automatically when you are finished listening to it.
2026-07-27	W.*****	Very useful and easy to use.
Very useful and easy to use.
2026-07-24	Di*****	Oh wow what an app! You know this is what I'm looking for. This app helped me so much. Save articles, blogs, and tutorials in the same place and also providing many more in the app.
Oh wow what an app! You know this is what I'm looking for. This app helped me so much. Save articles, blogs, and tutorials in the same place and also providing many more in the app.