Readwise

Use the Readwise Chrome Extension to sync your Kindle highlights and then review them daily.

Readwise Chrome Extension - Kindle Highlights Sync & Review

'Readwise' is a useful Chrome extension designed to synchronize your Kindle highlights, enabling you to review them through a daily email, web, or mobile. This tool aids in retaining more details from your ebooks or articles, thereby enhancing your reading experience.

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Extension stats

By: https://readwise.io

Users: 100,000+

Rating: 4.25

(20)

0.17

Version: 3.1.1 (Last updated: 2025-02-26)

Creation date: 2023-07-09

Permissions:

notifications
cookies
storage
alarms
contextMenus

Host permissions:

*://read.amazon.com/*
*://*.readwise.io/*

Size: 184.32K

Email: te*****@readwise.io

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 2,111 ▲ 89

Other platforms

Readwise (v2.11.4)

270,876+ 4.56

(1,064)

Readwise (v2.8.0)

5,252+ 5.00

(9)

Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Great tool for reviewing highlights and retaining information from reading.
Integrates well with various platforms (Kindle, Instapaper, Twitter, Evernote, etc.).
User-friendly interface, especially for highlighting content.
Considerate of user privacy by limiting access requests.
Many users find it life-changing and essential for their reading routine.

Cons

Issues with recognizing books imported to Kindle via email.
Some users find the app confusing and hard to use.
Criticism regarding the necessity of the extension for importing bookmarks.
Difficulties in finding the extension in the Chrome Web Store.

Most mentioned

Daily reviewing of highlights helps with memory retention.
Positive feedback on integrating digital content in one place.
Users appreciate the utility of Readwise for spaced repetition.

User reviews

What's the point? If you set up kindle highlights to automatically get uploaded, what is the purpose of this? Even worse, the Readwise Highlighter import directs you here to get this extension whether you have this one and the actual web highlighter installed. Useless.

Jen Hardesty, 2023-12-30

Love Readwise and especially Reader. Readwise: - Amazing to revise some of the most important knowledge I have gathered over the years Reader: - Best tool to gather new knowledge. Nice and user friendly. - Really like the option to highlight both in main website and in Reader so that the website is not distorted. - Love the Youtube highlight function. Whoever thought of this, thanks so much!!! Now youtube can build longterm memory from some of the best lectures and tutorials.

Pankaj Kabra, 2023-12-20

basically, it's very good, but it doesn't see books imported to kindle via e-mail.

Sergey Hudiev, 2023-04-07

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Readwise requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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