Instapaper reviews
Instapaper's iPhone and iPad app averages 4.6 out of 5 from 3,542 ratings on the App Store in the United States, as read on Oct 5, 2026.
The rating
4.6
out of 5 for the iPhone and iPad app
3,542 ratings on the App Store in the United States, read Oct 5, 2026. It rates the app, not everything the product does. See the listing
We have not yet read enough reviews of Instapaper to say what people praise and criticise. The links below go to where the reviews are.
Check for yourself
- App Store listingEvery rating and review, at the source
- G2Reviews from people who use it at work
- RedditThreads where people discuss it
- Hacker NewsDiscussions among developers
These open each site’s own pages. Nothing on this page is copied from G2 or Reddit.
What Instapaper's own pages show
Suits
- Saving long articles to read later without ads or page clutter
- Reading saved articles on a Kindle, Kobo or Boox eReader
- Commuters and travelers who read or listen offline
Limits worth knowing
- Full-text search, the PDF reader and the permanent archive all require Premium.
- Free accounts get 5 notes a month, and 10 summaries and 10 speed-read articles a month.
- AI summaries are not yet available on Android, according to Instapaper's docs.
- Free accounts see ads on the Instapaper website; Premium removes them.
Read from the vendor’s pages, not from reviews. The tool page lists them.
Common questions
How is Instapaper rated?
Instapaper's iPhone and iPad app averages 4.6 out of 5 from 3,542 ratings on the App Store in the United States, as read on Oct 5, 2026. That is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA.
Are these ToolGPA's own reviews of Instapaper?
No. This page reports what other people say. Any rating shown is the store's, and any praise or complaint listed is a theme from public reviews and discussions, summarised in our words with a link to where it was said. Where ToolGPA has reviewed Instapaper itself, that review and its grades are on Instapaper's main page.
Where can I read more reviews of Instapaper?
This page links to Instapaper's App Store listing where it has one, and to searches for it on G2, Reddit and Hacker News, so you can read what people wrote in full.