# PaperSpan - Read It Later

> Save, read & listen to your interesting articles on web, even while offline.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.paperspan](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.paperspan)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.paperspan`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** PaperSpan
- **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY
- **Downloads:** 61,232
- **Rating:** 4.38 / 5 (1,965 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.6
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-13
- **First published:** 2011-09-10
- **Publisher country:** IN
- **Size:** 14 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paperspan)
- **Website:** [https://www.paperspan.com](https://www.paperspan.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.paperspan.com/privacy](https://www.paperspan.com/privacy)

## Description

PaperSpan is a powerful Chrome extension designed for readers who want to save, read, and listen to their favorite articles anytime, even offline. It offers an ad-free and suggestion-free experience, automatically categorizing your saved articles for easy browsing by mood or topic.

With features such as clean and comfortable reading modes, offline syncing, text-to-speech with playlist support, and the ability to send articles to your Kindle device, PaperSpan enhances your productivity and reading pleasure. It includes smart search, sort, and filter options, reading statistics to track your habits, and a helpful notes feature to capture insights or share summaries. PaperSpan is the perfect tool for managing your web reading in one seamless, distraction-free interface.

## Rankings

- #275,072 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK`
- `android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.paperspan.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

### Pros

- Simple and easy to use for saving articles.
- Unlimited highlights per article.
- Text-to-speech functionality for listening to articles.
- Automatic categorization of saved articles.
- Cleaner offline text view compared to other apps.

### Cons

- Issues with syncing articles across devices.
- Missing features like tagging and sorting articles.
- Inconsistent formatting of saved articles.
- Some images do not load properly in text view.
- Introduction of subscription model for features previously available for free.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.paperspan)