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Read Later tools

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • $9.99/month with yearly subscription
  • Supports RSS, EPUB, PDF, web articles, newsletters
  • Web, iOS, and Android
  • Integrated with Readwise, which exports to Obsidian, Notion, Roam Research, Evernote, Logseq, and more
  • Public API
  • iOS only