# Readwise

> Highlight library with a daily review and a read-later app

Readwise gathers highlights from Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo, Instapaper and other reading sources into one searchable library, then resurfaces them in a Daily Review sent by email and shown in its apps. The full plan adds tags, notes and exports to note-taking apps, and it includes Reader, a read-later app for articles, RSS feeds, newsletters, PDFs, EPUBs and YouTube transcripts.

- **Category:** Read Later & Bookmarks
- **Made by:** Readwise, Inc. (since 2017)
- **Website:** https://readwise.io
- **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Browser extension
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 5, 2026

## Pricing

Readwise is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $5.59 per month, billed annually (Readwise Lite).

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** 30-day free trial of Readwise and Reader, no credit card required.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Readwise Lite | $5.59 per month, billed annually ($67.08), or $6.99 billed monthly | Daily Review by email and app, a searchable highlight library, and syncing of new highlights from all sources. |
| Readwise | $9.99 per month, billed annually ($119.88), or $12.99 billed monthly | The full plan: everything in Lite, plus tags and notes, exports to Notion, Obsidian and other note apps, and the Reader app. |

Read from https://readwise.io/pricing on Oct 5, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Readwise before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 21% to 24% with yearly billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page shows a 21% saving on Readwise Lite ($5.59 instead of $6.99 a month) and 24% on the full plan ($9.99 instead of $12.99) when billed yearly. Source: https://readwise.io/pricing
- **50% off for students and academics** (Education): Students and other members of academia get 50% off by emailing Readwise before subscribing, then subscribing through the Readwise website. Source: https://readwise.io/pricing
- **50% off for nonprofits** (Nonprofit): The Reader page lists the same 50% discount for nonprofits, educators, military and first responders, requested by email. Source: https://readwise.io/read

## App Store prices by country

"Readwise Full Monthly Plan", as each country's App Store showed it on Oct 9, 2026. These are the app's prices, not the website's.

| Country | Price | In US dollars |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | $8.99 | |
| United Kingdom | £6.99 | about $9.23 (about the same) |
| Germany | 7,49 € | about $8.38 (7% less) |
| Canada | $10.99 | about $7.71 (14% less) |
| Australia | $14.99 | about $10.41 (16% more) |
| India | ₹ 749 | about $7.74 (14% less) |
| Brazil | R$ 36,90 | about $7.36 (18% less) |
| Mexico | $179.00 | about $9.94 (11% more) |
| Turkey | ₺65,99 | about $1.34 (85% less) |
| Indonesia | Rp 129ribu | about $7.20 (20% less) |
| Philippines | ₱ 469.00 | about $7.44 (17% less) |
| South Africa | R159.99 | about $9.61 (7% more) |

## Key features

- **Daily Review:** A daily selection of past highlights, delivered by email and in the app and timed with spaced repetition so older passages come back around.
- **Highlight import:** Syncs highlights from Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo, Instapaper and other listed sources, and captures passages from paper books by photographing the page.
- **Export to note-taking apps:** Sends highlights to Notion, Obsidian, Evernote, Roam, Logseq and other listed apps, or to Markdown and CSV. Exports are part of the full plan.
- **Reader:** A read-later app for web articles, RSS feeds, email newsletters, PDFs, EPUBs, YouTube transcripts and X threads, with highlighting, full-text search and text to speech.
- **Ghostreader and chat with highlights:** Ghostreader answers questions about a document, defines terms and simplifies passages. Chat answers show the highlights they were drawn from.
- **MCP server, CLI and API:** An MCP server connects Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or another MCP-compatible assistant to the library, alongside a command-line tool and an API.

## Good for

- Kindle and ebook readers who want to see their highlights again
- People who send reading notes to Notion, Obsidian or a similar app
- Readers who want articles, RSS, newsletters and PDFs in one app

## Worth knowing

- There is no free plan: a paid subscription is needed once the 30-day trial ends.
- Readwise Lite leaves out tags and notes, exports to note-taking apps, and the Reader app.
- Reader is not sold on its own; it comes with the full Readwise plan at $9.99 per month billed annually.
- Desktop apps are listed for Mac and Windows only, with no Linux app mentioned.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.8 out of 5 from 1,513 ratings in the United States, read Oct 5, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1476885528

## Works with

Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo, Instapaper, Notion, Obsidian, Evernote, Logseq

**Tags:** Highlights, Read later, RSS reader, AI features, Public API, Works offline, Keyboard-first

## Alternatives

- [Matter](https://toolgpa.com/tools/matter): Read-later app for iPhone, iPad and web with audio playback. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/matter-vs-readwise)
- [Instapaper](https://toolgpa.com/tools/instapaper): Read-later app that strips articles down to clean text. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/instapaper-vs-readwise)
- [Glasp](https://toolgpa.com/tools/glasp): Social web highlighter with AI summaries of videos and articles. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/glasp-vs-readwise)
- [Raindrop.io](https://toolgpa.com/tools/raindrop-io): Bookmark manager with collections, tags and highlights. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/raindrop-io-vs-readwise)
- [Inoreader](https://toolgpa.com/tools/inoreader): RSS reader with rules, filters and keyword monitoring. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/inoreader-vs-readwise)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026:

- https://readwise.io/pricing
- https://readwise.io/
- https://readwise.io/read
- https://readwise.io/tos
- https://docs.readwise.io/readwise/docs
- https://docs.readwise.io/readwise/docs/all-integrations

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