Readwise Reader

Name: Readwise Reader
Rating: 4.6 (571 reviews)
Author: Readwise, Inc

By: Readwise, Inc App

All your reading in one place

Overview

Version:

8.16

Last updated: 2026-08-07

Features & Capabilities

Readwise Reader is the first read-it-later app built for power readers. It unifies web articles, newsletters, RSS feeds, Twitter threads, PDFs, EPUBs, and more in one place, and even lets you import your Pocket and Instapaper libraries. Readwise helps you read smarter, with a fast, polished experience that syncs across devices and supports offline use.

Highlights are treated as first-class, letting you annotate images, links, and rich text. The built-in GhostReader copilot answers questions, clarifies terms, and simplifies complex language. Reader also offers full-text search, text-to-speech, and seamless exports to Obsidian, Notion, Roam, Evernote, Logseq, and other tools to fit your writing workflow.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Content Writing News & Magazines

By:

Readwise, Inc

Rating:

4.60

(571) 2 new ratings

Version:

8.16 Last updated: 2026-08-07

Version code:

889362828

Creation date:

2022-12-11

Compatible devices:

Size:

177.30MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-14

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 69,025 ▲ 7

Other rankings

#1 in reader keyword 62 #86 in bookmark keyword 32 ▲ #91 in article keyword 23 ▲

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Developed by:

Readwise, Inc

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/readwise-reader/id1567599761

Website:

https://readwise.io/read

User Reviews

Readwise Reader is praised as a powerful all-in-one reading hub with strong TTS, active development, and solid cross-device syncing with Readwise/Kindle highlights. Users value the centralized saving and focused reading flow, especially for heavy readers. However, recurring bugs, incomplete content parsing, and several missing reading-management features (bookmarking, progress tracking, RSS customization) dampen the experience. Feature gaps like widgets and TTS playlists are common requests. Overall, it’s highly regarded for capability and scope, but stability and feature polish remain areas for improvement.

Pros

All-in-one reading hub that centralizes saving, reading, and highlighting across articles, PDFs, epubs, and media (YouTube transcripts, podcasts) in one place.
Excellent text-to-speech (TTS) across media, letting you listen without losing your place.
Rich, powerful feature set with ongoing updates and responsive support.
Cross-device syncing and Readwise/Kindle highlights integration.
Focused UI that helps heavy readers stay organized and focused.

Cons

Frequent bugs and reliability issues across core features (loading, navigation, TTS), causing instability.
Incomplete or inconsistent parsing/capture of saved articles (content missing in parts).
UI/UX limitations: lack of bookmarking/location progress, no document prioritization, and minimal RSS customization.
Notable feature gaps and requests (widgets, TTS playlists, better AI summaries) that remain unimplemented.
Share/import glitches and content access limitations (paywall/credential issues) when adding new items.

Recent reviews

this is the only app I’ve found worth paying a yearly subscription for. impeccable interface. so easy to use, yet so many awesome features. when I first started using Reader, I was between jobs. when my (already generous) free trial ended, they extended it by three more months for me + were highly responsive to emails. I did not feel like a random user; the Readwise team has repeatedly made me feel like a human. (I’ve now paid for the yearly subscription two years in a row, and I tell people how great this app is all the time.) another feature I love is having the ability to select the voice for the audio reader. I am hard of hearing with an odd kind of hearing loss. low pitched and especially high pitched voices are difficult for me to understand, so whether I can easily listen to an audiobook or podcast is dependent on the voice type. in Reader, I selected a voice that works great for me, so now I can listen to anything I can save. huge accessibility win. there are many other features I love as well. being able to search through things I’ve read all in one place is an amazing feature, among others. this is also one of the only apps where I actually appreciate the AI integration (even beyond the voice readers). ghostreader doesn’t feel forced on me, but it’s there for the occasional time I find it useful. I could go on, but I have some reading to do. I’m starting law school next year and SO glad I found this app before beginning. If this app exists for the rest of my life and the interface design + functionality stays this good, you’ve got a lifelong subscriber. I have major gratitude for the Readwise team. the ONE thing that would make this app even better for me is a Kobo (ereader) integration. if it had a Kobo integration, I’d officially call it the perfect app. I love the physical experience of reading on my Kobo rather than phone or tablet, and I wish I could save articles to Reader, read on my Kobo, and have my highlights sync up. overall, 5/5 app FOR SURE.