Readwise

About Readwise

## What is Readwise? Readwise is a reading and highlighting tool that collects everything you highlight across Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo, articles, PDFs and more than 40 other sources, then resurfaces it so you actually remember it. It comes in two parts: Readwise, which manages and reviews your highlights, and Reader, a read-it-later app for articles, newsletters, PDFs, EPUBs, RSS feeds and YouTube videos. You can buy the two products together or separately, and every plan starts with a 30-day free trial. Both offer AI help through Ghostreader. ## Key features **Highlight sync and Daily Review.** Readwise pulls highlights from your reading apps into one library, then sends a Daily Review of past highlights using spaced repetition. You can add tags and notes, create flashcards with the Mastery feature and use OCR to capture highlights from physical books. **Reader.** Reader is a single inbox for long-form content. You can save articles, subscribe to newsletters and RSS feeds, read PDFs and EPUBs, and highlight anything, all with full-text search. **Ghostreader AI.** Ghostreader can summarize, explain and translate what you are reading in Reader, and lets you chat with your saved highlights in Readwise. **Exports and developer access.** Highlights can export to Notion and Obsidian. Readwise also offers an API, a CLI, an MCP server and a ChatGPT connector, which makes your reading library usable as context in AI tools. **Text-to-speech.** Reader can read saved articles aloud, which is handy for catching up while away from a screen. ## Best for Readwise is best for founders, writers and researchers who read a lot and want that reading to feed their notes, content or decisions. It is especially useful if you already keep a second brain in Notion or Obsidian, or if you want an AI assistant to draw on what you have read. Casual readers who rarely highlight will not get much from it. It also works well for anyone who saves more newsletters and articles than they read, since Reader gives that content a dedicated home away from the email inbox. ## Pricing All prices are billed yearly. Full Readwise, which includes Reader and Highlights, costs $9.99 a month. Highlights only or Reader only cost $7.99 a month each, and Highlights Lite costs $5.59 a month without tags, notes, exports or Reader. Yearly billing saves up to 23%. Every plan is free for the first 30 days, and students can request a 50% discount. ## Quick verdict Readwise does one job very well: turning scattered highlights into something you revisit and use. The Full plan is the best value if you read both books and online content, since Reader alone can replace a read-it-later app and a newsletter inbox. The main catch is that it is subscription-only with no free plan beyond the trial. If you read seriously and want that knowledge in your notes and AI tools, it is worth it.

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