Weava review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Highlight and annotate web pages and PDFs, with folders and citations
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Good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for highlighting web pages and PDFs, with folders
Weava lets you highlight and annotate web pages and PDFs, sort them into folders and generate citations. The free plan has unlimited highlights but only 100 MB of storage, and sub-folders, collaboration and saving images need Premium at $3.99 a month.
Who Weava is for
- Fits if you research for school or work and want highlights and citations in one place
- Works for someone on Chrome and iPhone
Who Weava is not for
- Skip it if you use another browser or an Android phone: the pages name only Chrome and iOS
- Tight if you save much: the free plan has 100 MB of storage
- Watch out: collaboration, sub-folders and saving images are Premium only
- Watch out: the page does not say whether $3.99 is monthly or yearly billing
Why Weava gets a 2.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$3.99 a month for Premium, against the reading category's $4.00 middle. The page shows $7.99 crossed out with no end date and does not say if $3.99 is monthly or yearly billing.
- BFree plan and trialA free plan with unlimited highlights, notes and devices, but only 100 MB of storage.
- CFeaturesHighlights on pages and PDFs, folders, citations, export and shared folders. Sub-folders, collaboration, unlimited colors and saving images are Premium.
- BEase of useNo store rating on record. You install a Chrome extension and start highlighting, with little to set up.
- BPlatforms and integrationsChrome extension, web app and iOS app, but no Android and no other browser listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Weava's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/weava#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/weava.svg" alt="Weava: 2.6 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Weava stands among read-later and bookmark apps
Weava's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 27 of the 66 other read-later and bookmark apps we grade, and level with 9.
It stands best on ease of use (B, above 32 of 66) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $3.99 a month, against a middle price of $3.33 for the category: 20 of the 37 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 6 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 67 read-later and bookmark apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Weava’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 10 of 66, level with 24
- BFree plan and trialAbove 26 of 66, level with 20
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 66, level with 33
- BEase of useAbove 32 of 66, level with 32
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 26 of 66, level with 35
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 60 read-later and bookmark apps. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Weava, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Weava you would be making a library of papers and sources to search. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $47.88 a year.
What you could make
- Highlights and web clipper: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- A library of papers and sources to search.
- Citation records for millions of papers.
- A real app for iOS. Something home-made would be a web page.
What this rests on. Weava’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Weava?
Weava is a research tool, mainly a Chrome extension, for highlighting websites and PDFs and adding notes. Highlights are organized into folders in a web dashboard and can be exported with citations. An iOS app is available, and a paid plan adds folder sharing.
Worth knowing
- The free plan has 100 MB of storage.
- Collaboration, sub-folders, unlimited colors and saving images need Premium.
- The page does not say whether $3.99 is for monthly or yearly billing; it says yearly billing is usually about 20% cheaper.
- The homepage text offers a Chrome extension and an iOS app, and lists no other browser.
Key features
- Highlights on pages and PDFs
- Highlight text on any website or PDF and attach notes to each highlight.
- Folders
- Organize saved work in a dashboard; sub-folders need Premium.
- Automatic citations
- Generates citations in APA, MLA, Chicago and Harvard styles.
- Export
- Exports to Word, Excel, TXT and CSV.
- Shared folders
- Premium lets a team work in the same folders and see each other's highlights.
Weava pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Weava has a free plan, and paid plans start at $3.99 per month.
- Starts at
- $3.99 per month
- Free plan
- Unlimited highlights and notes, sync across unlimited devices and 100 MB of storage.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Unlimited highlights and notes, unlimited devices, 100 MB storage and basic email support. |
| Premium | $3.99per month; billing period not shown on the page | Adds unlimited highlight colors, sub-folders, collaboration, image saving, unlimited storage and priority support. The page shows $7.99 crossed out and gives no end date. |
Read from weavatools.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Weava before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountCheaper yearly billing
The pricing FAQ says the yearly option is always cheaper, usually by about 20%; no yearly price is shown.
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Common questions
Does Weava have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Weava is listed for Web and iOS.
Does Weava have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Weava is listed for Web and iOS.
Is Weava open source?
Weava is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.