# Readwise Reader

> All your reading in one place

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1567599761](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1567599761)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1567599761`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Readwise, Inc
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (578 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.18
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-25
- **First published:** 2022-12-11
- **Size:** 178 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/readwise-reader/id1567599761)
- **Website:** [https://readwise.io/read](https://readwise.io/read)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://readwise.io/privacy](https://readwise.io/privacy)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #68,954 — Overall
- #2 — reader

## Review summary

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.

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