Read Later & Bookmarks
Free read-later and bookmark apps
31 of the 37 read-later and bookmark apps in this directory are free or have a free plan.
8 have no paid plan at all. The rest pair a free plan with paid ones, and the table says what each free plan includes.
Listings checked up to Oct 6, 2026 · Where the facts come from
| Tool | Price | What is free |
|---|---|---|
| InstapaperRead-later app that strips articles down to clean text | Free plan · from $5.99/mo | Unlimited saves, sync across web, iOS and Android, folders and API access. Notes are capped at 5 a month, and AI summaries and speed reading at 10 a month each. |
| Raindrop.ioBookmark manager with collections, tags and highlights | Free plan · from $28/yr | Unlimited bookmarks, collections, highlights and devices, with sharing and collaboration included. File uploads are limited to 100 MB a month. |
| FeedlyNews reader for RSS feeds, with AI filtering on paid plans | Free plan · from $6.99/mo | Free plan on the web and mobile apps: follow up to 100 feeds and organize them into 3 folders. |
| InoreaderRSS reader with rules, filters and keyword monitoring | Free plan · from $7.50/mo | Free forever plan: 150 RSS feeds, folders, tags, search in feeds and a read-later list, with translation capped at 10 articles a day and text to speech at 5. |
| FlipboardFree news aggregator built around topics and shared Magazines | Free | Everything. There is no paid plan. |
| MatterRead-later app for iPhone, iPad and web with audio playback | Free plan · from $7.99/mo | Uncapped read-later library, mobile and web extensions for saving, article parsing, unlimited tags, full-text search, and custom themes and fonts. |
| NewsBlurOpen-source RSS reader with trainable story filters | Free plan · from $36/yr | Follow up to 64 sites with real-time updates, training by author, tag and title, saved stories, a public blurblog, and the iOS and Android apps. |
| ReederFeed reader for Apple devices with a synced timeline | Free plan · from $14.99/yr | The free version has nearly all features but is limited to 10 feeds, with no OPML import, no Shared Feeds and no Mastodon, Bluesky or Micro.blog home timelines. |
| NetNewsWireFree, open-source RSS reader for Mac, iPhone and iPad | Free | Everything. There is no paid plan. |
| The Old ReaderWeb-based RSS reader with sharing among friends | Free plan | Free accounts show ads and keep up to 2 months of unread posts, capped at 300 posts per feed. Premium removes ads and adds search and up to 500 feeds; its price could not be read. |
| wallabagOpen-source read-it-later app you can self-host or use hosted | Free plan · from €11/yr | The open-source software is free to install on your own server under the MIT license. The hosted wallabag.it service has no free plan, only a 14-day trial. |
| KarakeepOpen-source bookmark app that tags saved links, notes and images | Free plan · from $4/mo | Karakeep Cloud's Free plan holds 10 bookmarks and 20 MB of storage. The self-hosted version is free with every feature and no cap on bookmarks or storage. |
| LinkwardenOpen-source bookmark manager that preserves a copy of each page | Free plan · from $3/mo | The self-hosted version is free and open source under AGPLv3; you deploy and maintain the instance yourself. Linkwarden Cloud has no free plan. |
| DiigoBookmarking with highlights and sticky notes on web pages and PDFs | Free plan · from $40/yr | Free plan with ads, capped at 500 cloud bookmarks and 100 webpage and PDF highlights over the lifetime of the account. |
| start.meStart page and bookmark manager built from widgets | Free plan · from $25/yr | Free personal plan supported by advertising: up to 3 start pages with basic widgets, and unlimited bookmarks and widgets. |
| GlaspSocial web highlighter with AI summaries of videos and articles | Free plan · from $12.50/mo | Unlimited public highlights, 3 basic YouTube summaries a day, 30 PDF uploads, 20 AI chat credits and 30 minutes of audio transcription a month. No private highlights. |
| MinifluxMinimalist open-source feed reader, self-hosted or hosted | Free plan · from $15/yr | The software is free and open source under the Apache 2.0 license when run on your own server. The hosted version has no free plan, only a 15-day trial. |
| FreshRSSFree, self-hosted RSS and Atom feed aggregator | Free | Everything. There is no paid plan. |
| Tiny Tiny RSSFree, self-hosted web feed reader with filters and plugins | Free | Everything. There is no paid plan. |
| linkdingMinimal, self-hosted bookmark manager with tags and archiving | Free | Everything. There is no paid plan. |
| ReadeckOpen-source, self-hosted read-later and bookmark archive | Free | Everything. There is no paid plan. |
| AnyboxNative bookmark manager for Mac, iPhone and iPad | Free plan · from $1.99/mo | Most features, including Quick Find and Quick Save, with 50 saved links in total and up to 12 links on Anydock. Bookmarks can be exported. |
| UnreadRSS reader for Mac, iPhone and iPad with full-text retrieval | Free plan · from $29.99/yr | Most functionality is free: feed reading, Unread Cloud and third-party sync, automatic webpage text, themes and search. Caching, article actions, Shortcuts and Save to Unread need Premium. |
| Fiery FeedsCustomizable feed reader and read-later client for Apple devices | Free plan · from $1.99 | The app is free to download and reads and syncs feed and read-later accounts. Text extraction, offline full text, feed management, smart views, custom themes and home screen widgets need Pro. |
| FoloOpen-source RSS reader with AI summaries and translation | Free plan · from $4.17/mo | 150 feed subscriptions, 30 RSSHub subscriptions, 1 list, 1 inbox, 1 action, 3 AI summaries and 1 text-to-speech a day, and no AI translation. |
| CuboxRead-later app with highlights, snapshots and AI summaries | Free plan · from $29/yr | A basic account is free but has a quota on saved content, which the vendor pages read do not put a number on. Unlimited saves and highlights, snapshots, nested folders, Email Drop and the API need Pro. |
| FeederRSS reader and news monitor for the web, browser and mobile | Free plan · from $7.99/mo | 200 feeds checked every 30 minutes, 50 posts of history per feed, 2 AI summaries a day and 3 AI feeds, with the web reader, browser extension and mobile apps, ad-free. |
| NewsifyRSS reader with a newspaper-style layout for Apple devices and web | Free plan · from $2.99/mo | The app is free to download and use: feed reading, sync through Newsify, Feedly or iCloud, offline reading with image caching, themes and article search. Ads appear in the article list. |
| PlinkyLink-saving app for iPhone, iPad and Mac with tags and reminders | Free plan · from $3.99/mo | Plinky can be used and links saved for free, within limits the listing does not put numbers on. Unlimited saved links, tags, folders, reminders and pinned links need Plinky Pro. |
| RSS GuardOpen-source desktop feed reader and podcast player | Free | Everything. There is no paid plan. |
| FeedFlowFree, open-source RSS reader for mobile and desktop | Free | Everything. There is no paid plan. |
Common questions
Which read-later and bookmark apps are free?
31 of the 37 read-later and bookmark apps in this directory are free or have a free plan. They are Instapaper, Raindrop.io, Feedly, Inoreader, Flipboard, Matter, NewsBlur, Reeder, NetNewsWire, The Old Reader, wallabag, Karakeep, Linkwarden, Diigo, start.me and 16 more.
Which read-later and bookmark apps are free with no paid plan?
Flipboard, NetNewsWire, FreshRSS, Tiny Tiny RSS, linkding, Readeck, RSS Guard and FeedFlow have no paid plan. The others on this page limit the free plan and sell paid ones.
When was this checked?
Each listing shows its own date. On this page they run from Oct 5, 2026 to Oct 6, 2026. Vendors change prices and plans without notice, so confirm on their site before you buy.
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