The Read Later & Bookmarks Insider’s Guide
Every one of the 37 read-later and bookmark apps we grade in one document: the top three, what they cost, the grades and the full list. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Read Later & Bookmarks
The Insider’s Guide
Save articles, bookmarks and feeds, and keep what you highlight.
- Raindrop.io
- Instapaper
- Inoreader
- FeedFlow
- Miniflux
Every one we grade, what they cost, the best buy at each budget and the three to look at first.
Checked Oct 9, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat these tools do, how many we grade and what to know before choosing
- 02Our top threeThe three we'd look at first, and who each one suits
- 03What they costWhat paid plans start at, the best buy at each budget and the free plans
- 04The gradesThe highest graded, and how the whole category does on each subject
- 05Keep or make?Which are worth paying for, and which you could make yourself
- 06Every toolAll of them, best graded first, with what each costs
- 07Quick answersThe questions people ask when choosing, each answered in a line or two
- 08About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from each tool’s own pages, their app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on the Read Later & Bookmarks page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 9, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What these tools do, how many we grade and what to know before choosing
37
read-later and bookmark apps we grade, from their own pages
Save articles, bookmarks and feeds, and keep what you highlight.
Before you choose, here are 7 things to know about read-later and bookmark apps, worked out from every one we grade.
- 1
We grade 37 read-later and bookmark apps
31 of them are free or have a free plan, and 4 more let you try before paying. Everything in this guide comes from their own pages and our grades.
- 2
Paid plans start at $3 a month in the middle
From $1.03 (wallabag) to $12.50 (Glasp), going by what each one's paid plans start at.
- 3
Best value: Readwise, Cubox, Raindrop.io and Flipboard
Nothing on our chart scores higher than these without costing more.
- 4
17 of 37 have iPhone and Android apps
27 run in a web browser and 5 have a Windows app. Check the one you need before you fall for anything.
- 5
The middle GPA is 2.8
15 score 3.0 or higher. The highest is FeedFlow, at 3.2.
- 6
Best free option: FeedFlow
FeedFlow has the highest GPA of the free ones, 3.2. Free, open-source RSS reader for mobile and desktop.
- 7
31 worth keeping, 0 you could make
By our keep-or-make rules, 31 do something you couldn't reasonably build yourself, 0 are simple enough to make with an AI app builder, and 6 are a close call.
Part 02 · Top three
Our top three
The three we'd look at first, and who each one suits
The three read-later and bookmark apps we'd look at first. First place suits the most people; second and third are the best picks for the people it leaves out. Each has an Insider's Guide of its own.
1st
3.2GPARaindrop.io
Free plan · from $28/yr
For: Most people, for links, articles and highlights in one library
Raindrop.io keeps links, articles, uploaded files and highlights in collections with tags, and syncs them across the web, Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android and browser extensions. The free plan has unlimited bookmarks, collections, highlights and devices, with sharing and collaboration included, and Pro is $28 a year or $3 a month. Its iPhone and iPad app averages 4.5 from about 400 ratings. Know the limits: full-text search, permanent copies of saved pages, reminders and the AI assistant need Pro, as do notes on highlights. Free accounts can upload 100 MB of files a month, and desktop apps are listed for Mac and Windows only.
The Raindrop.io Insider’s Guide2nd
3.0GPAInstapaper
Free plan · from $5.99/mo
For: People who save long articles to read later
Instapaper saves an article and reformats it into an uncluttered text view, and its iPhone and Android apps download unread articles to read offline. Saved items sync across the web, iPhone, iPad and Android, and Kobo eReaders link to an account directly. The free plan has unlimited saves, and its iPhone and iPad app averages 4.6 from about 3,500 ratings. It is second because it is a reading queue more than a library for every link, and its paid plan costs more than Raindrop.io's: full-text search, the PDF reader, the permanent archive and unlimited notes need Premium at $5.99 a month or $59.99 a year. Free accounts get 5 notes a month and see ads on the Instapaper website.
The Instapaper Insider’s Guide3rd
3.0GPAInoreader
Free plan · from $7.50/mo
For: People who follow feeds and want new posts brought to them
Inoreader is a feed reader: it brings RSS feeds and, on Pro, newsletters, YouTube subscriptions and public social feeds into one place, in a browser and in iPhone and Android apps. The free plan covers 150 RSS feeds with folders, tags, search in your feeds and a read-later list, without ads, and its iPhone and iPad app averages 4.7 from about 4,400 ratings. It is third because following feeds is a different habit from saving pages, and its paid plan costs more than the two above: rules, filters, offline reading, highlights and notes need Pro at $7.50 a month, billed annually, or $9.99 billed monthly. No desktop app is listed, and Pro caps newsletter feeds at 20.
The Inoreader Insider’s Guide
Part 03 · Pricing
What they cost
What paid plans start at, the best buy at each budget and the free plans
$3
A month to start, in the middle of those that charge
Going by our grades, Readwise, Cubox, Raindrop.io, Flipboard and 1 more give the most for the money among read-later and bookmark apps: no tool on this chart scores higher without costing more.
Paid plans start at a middle price of $3 a month across the 25 that charge, from $1.03 (wallabag) to $12.50 (Glasp). 8 more cost nothing at all.
5 of the 33 score above the category's average while starting at or below its middle price. 4 cost more than the middle price and score below the average.
The best buy at each budget
Free
FeedFlow, Flipboard
Costs nothing. Nothing at that price or less scores higher.
Up to $5 a month
Cubox, NewsBlur, Folo, Instapaper
Starts at $2.42 a month when paid by the year. Nothing at that price or less scores higher.
Up to $10 a month
Readwise
Starts at $5.59 a month. Nothing at that price or less scores higher.
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 33 read-later and bookmark apps. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. The green line is the best score at each price.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
The best free ones
- 3.2
FeedFlow
Free
- 3.2
Flipboard
Free
- 3.2
Miniflux
Free plan · Free plan · from $15/yr
- 3.2
Raindrop.io
Free plan · Free plan · from $28/yr
- 3.2
wallabag
Free plan · Free plan · from €11/yr
- 3.0
Cubox
Free plan · Free plan · from $29/yr
Part 04 · Grades
The grades
The highest graded, and how the whole category does on each subject
3.2
The highest GPA, FeedFlow's
Every tool gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. Here are the 12 highest graded read-later and bookmark apps, then how the whole category does on each subject.
| Tool | Value | Free | Features | Ease | Platforms | GPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FeedFlow | A | A | C | B | B | 3.2 |
| A | A | C | B | B | 3.2 | |
| Miniflux | A | A | B | C | B | 3.2 |
| Raindrop.io | B | A | B | C | A | 3.2 |
| wallabag | A | A | B | C | B | 3.2 |
| Cubox | B | C | B | B | A | 3.0 |
| Folo | C | B | A | C | A | 3.0 |
| FreshRSS | A | A | B | D | B | 3.0 |
| Inoreader | D | B | A | A | B | 3.0 |
| Instapaper | C | B | B | B | A | 3.0 |
| NetNewsWire | A | A | C | B | C | 3.0 |
| NewsBlur | C | B | A | B | B | 3.0 |
How the whole category does
Each bar is every read-later and bookmark app we grade, cut by the letter it got on that subject.
- Value for moneyavg 2.7
- Free plan and trialavg 2.8
- Featuresavg 2.8
- Ease of useavg 2.5
- Platforms and integrationsavg 2.9
Part 05 · Keep or make
Keep or make?
Which are worth paying for, and which you could make yourself
0
Simple enough to make yourself, of 37
Some software does something you couldn’t reasonably build yourself. Some is simple enough that an AI app builder could make the core of it in an afternoon. Here’s where read-later and bookmark apps land, by the same rules for every tool.
31
Keep it
It does something you could not reasonably make for yourself, or it costs nothing.
6
Your call
You could make the core of it, and you would give something up.
0
You could make this
What it does is the kind of thing an AI app builder makes well, and it charges every month.
Worth keeping
FeedFlow
FeedFlow is free, so making your own would save you nothing.
Flipboard
Flipboard is free, so making your own would save you nothing.
Raindrop.io
The plain part of Raindrop.io you could make: bookmarks, highlights and read later. What surrounds it you could not. The 6 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
wallabag
The plain part of wallabag you could make: read later and highlights. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
Part 06 · Every tool
Every tool
All of them, best graded first, with what each costs
37
Tools, best graded first
Every read-later and bookmark app we grade, with its GPA and what it costs. Each one has a page of its own on toolgpa.com, with its Insider’s Guide.
- 1FeedFlowFree3.2
- 2FlipboardFree3.2
- 3MinifluxFree plan · from $15/yr3.2
- 4Raindrop.ioFree plan · from $28/yr3.2
- 5wallabagFree plan · from €11/yr3.2
- 6CuboxFree plan · from $29/yr3.0
- 7FoloFree plan · from $4.17/mo3.0
- 8FreshRSSFree3.0
- 9InoreaderFree plan · from $7.50/mo3.0
- 10InstapaperFree plan · from $5.99/mo3.0
- 11NetNewsWireFree3.0
- 12NewsBlurFree plan · from $36/yr3.0
- 13ReadeckFree3.0
- 14ReadwiseFree trial · from $5.59/mo3.0
- 15RSS GuardFree3.0
- 16KarakeepFree plan · from $4/mo2.8
- 17linkdingFree2.8
- 18LinkwardenFree plan · from $3/mo2.8
- 19News ExplorerFree trial · from $4.99 one-time2.8
- 20NewsifyFree plan · from $2.99/mo2.8
- 21Tiny Tiny RSSFree2.8
- 22AnyboxFree plan · from $1.99/mo2.6
- 23FeedlyFree plan · from $6.99/mo2.6
- 24MatterFree plan · from $7.99/mo2.6
- 25start.meFree plan · from $25/yr2.6
- 26UnreadFree plan · from $29.99/yr2.6
- 27BazQux ReaderFree trial · from $30/yr2.4
- 28DiigoFree plan · from $40/yr2.4
- 29FeedbinFree trial · from $7/mo2.4
- 30FeederFree plan · from $7.99/mo2.4
- 31GlaspFree plan · from $12.50/mo2.4
- 32GoodLinksFrom $9.99 one-time2.4
- 33ReederFree plan · from $14.99/yr2.4
- 34The Old ReaderFree plan2.4
- 35Fiery FeedsFree plan · from $1.992.2
- 36PinboardFrom $22/yr2.2
- 37PlinkyFree plan · from $3.99/mo2.2
Part 07 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask when choosing, each answered in a line or two
9
Questions, each answered in a line or two
What are the best read-later and bookmark apps?
Raindrop.io first, Instapaper second, Inoreader third. Raindrop.io is for most people, for links, articles and highlights in one library.
Which read-later and bookmark apps give the most for the money?
Readwise, Cubox, Raindrop.io, Flipboard and FeedFlow. Each is the highest-scoring tool at its price or below: FeedFlow scores 2.7 out of 4 and is free; Flipboard scores 2.7 out of 4 and is free; Raindrop.io scores 3.0 out of 4 and starts at $2.33 a month when paid by the year; Cubox scores 3.3 out of 4 and starts at $2.42 a month when paid by the year; Readwise scores 4.0 out of 4 and starts at $5.59 a month.
Which are the best free read-later and bookmark apps?
Of the 8 read-later and bookmark apps here with no paid plan at all, FeedFlow and Flipboard score highest, at 2.7 out of 4.
Which read-later and bookmark apps are best for under $5 a month?
Cubox, NewsBlur, Folo and Instapaper, with a score of 3.3 out of 4: the highest among the 27 that start at $5 a month or less.
Which read-later and bookmark apps are best for under $10 a month?
Readwise, with a score of 4.0 out of 4: the highest among the 32 that start at $10 a month or less.
Which read-later and bookmark apps cost the most for what they offer?
On this chart, Plinky (starts at $3.33 a month when paid by the year, scores 2.3 out of 4, and 13 tools score higher for less), Feeder (starts at $7.99 a month, scores 2.7 out of 4, and 12 tools score higher for less) and Feedbin (starts at $5.83 a month when paid by the year, scores 2.7 out of 4, and 10 tools score higher for less).
How much do read-later and bookmark apps cost?
The middle starting price is $3 a month: half of the 25 read-later and bookmark apps with a recurring price start below that and half above.
How is the score on this chart worked out?
It is the average of three of the five grades ToolGPA gives every tool: features, ease of use, and platforms and integrations, with an A worth 4 and an F worth 0.
How does ToolGPA grade read-later and bookmark apps?
Five grades, A to F, for value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them.
Part 08 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Read Later & Bookmarks, kept up to dateEvery tool in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/categories/reading
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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See our other guides
The top three read-later and bookmark apps have guides of their own, and so does every category near this one.
- Raindrop.io Insider's GuideBookmark manager with collections, tags and highlights3.2 GPA
- Instapaper Insider's GuideRead-later app that strips articles down to clean text3.0 GPA
- Note-Taking Apps Insider's Guide148 note-taking apps, graded and compared
- Writing Tools Insider's Guide70 writing tools, graded and compared
- Docs & Wikis Insider's Guide52 docs and wiki tools, graded and compared
Choosing software? Every tool graded, every price dated.
Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what each tool’s pages, app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Product names are trademarks of their owners, and no maker made, paid for or approved this guide. Prices and plans change: check each maker’s own site before you buy.