Read Later tools
Reasoning
- Social media, “web research” and newsletters distract from planned activities, and information gained during procrastination sessions is not as valuable as mindfully consumed information.
- Read Later tools store interesting articles, threads and newsletters for later consumption, e.g. during a commute or when traveling.
Tools
- Started out in 2007 as a Firefox extension called “Read It Later”, since 2017 owned by Mozilla
- Free and premium plan
- Web, iOS and Android apps; browser extensions for Chrome, Safari, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi and Edge
- Cannot store newsletters without third-party tools
- Free text-to-speech
Resources
- Export instructions
- Import instructions
- Read Email Later is a third-party service that lets you read your e-mail newsletters on Pocket and your Kobo e-reader.
- EUR 2/month or EUR 10/year, excl. VAT
Instapaper
- App for Android, iOS, web and Kindle; browser extension for Chrome (and compatible)
Email articles, links, newsletters directly to your Instapaper account by forwarding to your personal Instapaper email address.
- Free text-to-speech
Resources
- Export and Import instructions (accessible by logged-in users only)
- How to export your saved articles
- Using Instapaper on Kobo Readers
Omnivore
- Open-source
- Free plan with donation options
- Web (PWA), iOS and Android apps; browser extensions for Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari; Obsidian and Logseq plugins
Readwise Reader
- Free during Beta
- Supports RSS
- Web, iOS, and Android
- Integrated with Readwise, which exports to Obsidian, Notion, [[r.tech.software.roam-research|Roam Research]], Evernote, Logseq, and more
- Public API
Raindrop.io
PaperSpan
Matter
- iOS only