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

Pocket

• 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, Roam Research, Evernote, Logseq, and more
• Public API

Raindrop.io

PaperSpan

Matter

• iOS only