# Marginalist

> Read & annotate manuscripts

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6753768853](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6753768853)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6753768853`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ben Parzybok
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (7 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.7.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-27
- **First published:** 2025-10-30
- **Size:** 23 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/marginalist/id6753768853)
- **Website:** [https://marginalist.app](https://marginalist.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://marginalist.app/privacy](https://marginalist.app/privacy)

## Description

Read and review a manuscript (docx or pdf). Mark it up with clean, Word-compatible comments. Now with audiobook narration, story recaps, and an automatic character index.

Marginalist is a focused manuscript reader (and text-to-speech/ manuscript audio player) for book editors, agents, publishers, professors, writing groups, friends-of-novelists, and anyone else who tackles reading long manuscripts.

Open a MS Word document (.docx) or PDF, flow it into a beautiful reading experience, add and manage comments, and export back as the original document with all of your formatting intact. Our stay-out-of-the-way AI helps you keep track of your reading experience with three powerful features (Recap, Character Index, Ask) without generative nonsense.

FEATURES:
- Import MS Word (.docx) or PDF files (Files app, Dropbox, drag-and-drop and via share-sheet integration)
- Adjust your perfect reading environment (font, theme, margins, etc)
- Add comments with ease - or use one of our 'quick-action' comments
- View your reading stats, search the manuscript, or connect an external keyboard
- Three powerful non-generative AI features: 
   - 'Remind me what happened' - get a recap of what's happened over the last handful of pages
   - 'Character index'  - Marginalist automatically builds a character index with the associated passages so you never have to ask: 'Who is Robert again?'
   - Ask a question about the book
- Read Aloud - Marginalist will read the manuscript to you
- Author's Note - an in-app scratchpad / author's note can be optionally appended to the manuscript
- Export the manuscript  back into your workflow, with all of the original formatting intact - and all of your comments.

Free to download and use. No account or signup needed. 
Upgrade to PRO for a few extra features.

More info:
https://marginalist.app
Support & Contact
https://marginalist.app/support

## Rankings

- #390,572 — Overall

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