Bookmarks & Web Archiving · Reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Readwise

Revisit and learn from your highlights and annotations.

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Readwise at a glance

Overview

01

Summary

The useful answer before the supporting detail.

Readwise is a reading tool that helps users revisit and learn from their highlights and annotations S1. It is used by readers who want to retain more from books, articles, and other content, solving the problem of forgotten insights S1. Its practical value lies in features like Daily Review and AI integrations that make highlights searchable and actionable S1.

02

Product identity and positioning

Name, category, positioning, audience, and first-party claims.

  • Identity: Readwise is a reading and highlight management tool, with Reader as its read-it-later app S1 S30.
  • Core purpose: It helps users revisit and learn from highlights and annotations S1.
  • Intended users: Readers who want to retain and use what they read S1.
  • Product scope: Includes the Readwise app, Reader, and AI integrations S1 S30.
  • Positioning: Positioned as a tool to get the most out of what you read S1.
  • Claimed distinction: Claims to be the first read-it-later app built for power readers S30.
03

Use cases and audiences

Who the product serves and the jobs it is designed to handle.

AudiencePractical use case
Avid readersRevisit and retain highlights from books and articles S1.
ResearchersSearch and organize highlights for research projects S1.
WritersDraft content from highlights and notes S46.
AI usersGive AI assistants access to personal reading library for grounded answers S30.

Features

09

Features and capabilities

Core functions and evidence-backed product capabilities.

CapabilityWhat it does
Highlight managementSearch, tag, and annotate highlights across all your reading S1.
Daily ReviewRevisit highlights via email and app using spaced repetition S1 S30.
Read-it-laterSave articles, PDFs, and newsletters for later reading in Reader S30.
AI integrationConnect AI tools to your Readwise library via MCP S1.
CLI and APIAutomate workflows and integrate with other tools via command line and API S1 S30.
Cross-platform syncAccess content across web, iOS, Android, and desktop apps S30.
10

Integrations and ecosystem

Connected products, exports, APIs, and workflow compatibility.

Integration or interfaceTypeWhat it enables
Evernote, Notion, ObsidianIntegrationAutomatically export highlights to these tools S30.
Instapaper, PocketImportImport your library from these services S30.
Readwise APIAPIBuild custom integrations and automate workflows S30.
Readwise MCPAI interfaceConnect AI assistants like AI modeland ChatGPT to your library S30.
Readwise CLICLIManage highlights and documents from the command line S67.
Browser extensionsExtensionSave and highlight web pages from Chrome, Firefox, Safari S30.

Pricing

11

Pricing and plans

Published plans, free access, trials, credits, and pricing limitations.

Plan or offerVerified price and billingIncludedLimits
Readwise Lite$5.59 / month, billed annually S34Highlight review only S34Does not include Reader S34
Readwise (full)$9.99 / month, billed annually S34Includes Reader, tags, notes, and exports S34Not established
Free trial30 days free S34Full access during trial S34Requires credit card? Not established S30

Competition

12

Competitive landscape

Domains competing for the same organic search demand.

Sampled competitors

CompetitorFirst-page appearancesSampled queriesAverage positionQueries observed
play.google.com325readwise, reader app
apps.apple.com224readwise, reader app
youtube.com225.5readwise, reader app
reddit.com215.5reader app
news.ycombinator.com111readwise
medium.com111reader app
fbreader.org115reader app
read.readwise.io118readwise
about.ebooks.com119reader app

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Customers, testimonials, and first-party review claims

Page typeEvidenceSource
reviewsreadwise logohttps://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/themed_reviews
reviewsamazon-signup-button Sign in with Amazonhttps://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/themed_reviews
reviews× readwise logohttps://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/themed_reviews
reviewsamazon-signup-button Sign up with Amazonhttps://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/themed_reviews
reviewsSign up with Emailhttps://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/themed_reviews
reviewsClick "Sign up" above to accept Readwise's Terms of Service & Privacy Policy.https://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/themed_reviews
reviewsReadwise is free for the first 30 days, after which it costs a small monthly fee.https://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/themed_reviews
reviewsGet More Timehttps://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/themed_reviews
reviewsYou can currently use Readwise free for the next days. To get more time either:https://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/themed_reviews
reviewsUpgrade to the full Readwisehttps://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/themed_reviews
reviewsKeeping using Readwise for the same cost as two cups of coffee per month.https://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/themed_reviews
reviewsInvite your friends to Readwisehttps://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/themed_reviews
reviewsFor every friend you refer to Readwise, we'll extend your free trial by 30 days!https://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/themed_reviews
reviewsMajor features and improvements to Readwise.https://readwise.io/changelog/ai-themed-review
reviewsFollow us on Twitterhttps://readwise.io/changelog/ai-themed-review
reviewsFor all updates to Readwise Reader and smaller changes to Readwise, check out our detailed weekly changelog here.https://readwise.io/changelog/ai-themed-review
reviewsSee all changeshttps://readwise.io/changelog/ai-themed-review
reviewsJuly 2, 2025https://readwise.io/changelog/ai-themed-review
reviewsAI Themed Reviews 🧠https://readwise.io/changelog/ai-themed-review
reviewsYou can now much more easily create Themed Reviews in Readwise to resurface highlights related to a particular topic or interest.https://readwise.io/changelog/ai-themed-review

Independent review sources discovered

No links to supported independent review platforms were discovered on the collected pages.

14

AI visibility

Measured ChatGPT and Google AI mentions with cited sources.

AI-assistant referral traffic

  • Estimated current generative-AI referral share: 2.1%
MonthSource
—All AI assistants
—All AI assistants
—All AI assistants

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Site-stated AI capabilities

Page typeEvidenceSource
otherSave anything, your AI now knows it. Too much to read? Your AI can now help triage for you: your manual saves, newsletters and RSS feeds.https://readwise.io/
otherI’ve been reading most books on Kindle for 15 years. Now my digital assistant has access to all 11,328 highlights across 15 years and hundreds of books. This is what I mean when I talk about giving AI the right tools. "Give me everything I’ve highlighted about the church growth movement from David Wells."https://readwise.io/
integrationsWant to give your AI agent direct access to your Readwise library? Check out our MCP or our CLI!https://readwise.io/api_deets
integrationsWant to give your AI agent direct access to your Reader library? Check out our MCP or our CLI!https://readwise.io/reader_api
reviewsJuly 2, 2025https://readwise.io/changelog/ai-themed-review
reviewsAI Themed Reviews 🧠https://readwise.io/changelog/ai-themed-review
reviewsThemed Reviews has always been one of our favorite features internally and a cult classic among our long-time users. But it previously required a heavily tagged corpus of highlights or a lot of manual document selection. Thanks to embeddings and LLMs, creating a Themed Review is now as easy as entering a natural language topic, like "caring for a newborn" or "applying AI to a reading app" or whatever interest is germane to your personal or professional life.https://readwise.io/changelog/ai-themed-review
reviewsAnd if you prefer not to use AI, no worries! This feature is entirely opt-in and won't access any of your highlights if you turn off the Auto Select Sources option.https://readwise.io/changelog/ai-themed-review
reviewsJuly 2, 2025https://readwise.io/changelog/ai-themed-review
reviewsThemed Reviews has always been one of our favorite features internally and a cult classic among our long-time users. But it previously required a heavily tagged corpus of highlights or a lot of manual document selection. Thanks to embeddings and LLMs, creating a Themed Review is now as easy as entering a natural language topic, like "caring for a newborn" or "applying AI to a reading app" or whatever interest is germane to your personal or professional life.https://readwise.io/changelog/ai-themed-review

These are first-party product claims, not independent measurements of AI-search visibility.

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Marketing opportunities

Actions calculated directly from the collected evidence.

OpportunityRecommended actionEvidence
Competitor gap3 first-page appearances across readwise, reader app

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Website evidence gaps

  • features: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • customers: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • changes: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • identity: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • technical: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.

Trust and proof

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Customers, proof, and reviews

Published proof, customer signals, and review evidence.

Independent reviews

No citation-grounded independent review links were found.

Customer proof

No named customers, testimonials, or customer case studies were found.

Independent mentions

  • Show HN: Readwise Reader, an all-in-one reading app / Hacker News — Predicting a common question: Reader is part of the Readwise subscription pricing right now in beta -- there's a 30 day free trial and then it's paid at ~$8usd/month. We also promise to not raise this price for existing subscribers. Reader is also fairly technically interesting -- our iOS, Android and webapp all work fully offline and sync your reading data/progress with eachother. Our search on web is built with wasm sqlite. We have a fairly intense pipeline for cleaning web articles (removing
  • I have been paying for readwise for about a year and a half now. I was a pocket ... / Hacker News — I have been paying for readwise for about a year and a half now. I was a pocket subscriber for years before they got bought out by Firefox. All that said, I wouldn't call myself an advanced user of either (tag a lot less than I would like, want to revisit more than I do, etc.). I am reasonably satisfied with read wise as a replacement/upgrade to pocket and will continue to pay for it for the time being. My least favorite part is it needs 2 apps/extensions for full functionality (readwise and rea
  • The current pricing of Readwise seems like it will not be attractive to the 99% ... / Hacker News — The current pricing of Readwise seems like it will not be attractive to the 99% of Pocket users who are just looking for a reader app, and don't want to plunk down $120 every year for that (and various other features they aren't looking for).

External links were grounded in one live web search. Search snippets are leads, not independently scraped page content; rejected links remain available in Review evidence.

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Company, security, and trust

Ownership, policies, security signals, and public trust evidence.

SignalFindingSource
Company and ownershipFounder, Superhumansource
Contact and supportAccount information, such as your first and last name, email address, and phone number.source
Legal and privacyReadwise's Terms of Service & Privacy Policy.source
Security and complianceNot published on the collected pages.—
Uptime and status pageComplaints. If you are based in certain jurisdictions, you may lodge a complaint about how we handle your personal information with a supervisory authority, including in your country of residence, place of work, or wsource

Not found on the collected pages: security and compliance. This only means Scout did not find it on the pages it read; it says nothing about the company itself.

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Documentation and product updates

Help resources, product guidance, and visible changes over time.

Resource or updateTypeWhat is availableDate or freshness
Readwise Reader / The first read-it-later app built for power readers.ChangelogPublic product change history. (source)Not dated

Not found in the collected public sources: public roadmap, status page, separate help center or knowledge base.

Technical

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Technical and delivery signals

Delivery model, platforms, API, data ownership, reliability claims and release activity.

SignalFindingSource
Delivery model (cloud, self-hosted, desktop, browser extension)Cloud-based service with web, desktop, and mobile apps S30.S30
Platforms and appsAvailable on web, iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, and browser extensions S30.S30
API and extensibility (API, SDK, webhooks, MCP, plugins)Offers public API, CLI, and MCP server S30 S1.S30 S1
Data ownership and exportUsers can export their library as Markdown or ZIP S67.S67
Performance and reliability claimsNot published on the collected pages.—
Release activityMentions of fast product updates S30.S30
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Measured infrastructure

Domain, certificate, and hosting signals, measured directly.

SignalFinding
First archived2017-09-26 — web archive
TLS certificateLet's Encrypt, valid, expires 2027-01-15
Security headersCSP, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy
Headers not servedHSTS
Server headercloudflare
Mail handled byaspmx.l.google.com, alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
Nameserversines.ns.cloudflare.com, cory.ns.cloudflare.com

Not measurable: rdap: no RDAP server published for .io. A gap here means the lookup was unavailable, not that the finding is negative.

21

Technical site audit

A bounded multi-page crawl with page-level issues and URLs.

Scout — Bounded technical crawl

  • Pages crawled: 15 of 15 maximum
  • Technical health: 88/100
  • Critical issues: 0
  • Warnings: 34
  • Notices: 8

Issues

SeverityIssueValueAffected URL
warningTitle length should be reviewed70https://readwise.io/read
warningPage should have one primary H119https://readwise.io/read
noticeImages are missing alt text10https://readwise.io/read
warningTitle length should be reviewed8https://readwise.io/accounts/login/
warningPage should have one primary H10https://readwise.io/accounts/login/
warningMissing canonical URL—https://readwise.io/accounts/login/
noticeLow visible word count124https://readwise.io/accounts/login/
warningTitle length should be reviewed8https://readwise.io/accounts/signup/
warningPage should have one primary H10https://readwise.io/accounts/signup/
warningMissing canonical URL—https://readwise.io/accounts/signup/
noticeLow visible word count125https://readwise.io/accounts/signup/
warningTitle length should be reviewed74https://readwise.io/mcp
warningTitle length should be reviewed88https://readwise.io/chatgpt-copilot
warningTitle length should be reviewed74https://readwise.io/cli
warningTitle length should be reviewed8https://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/dashboard
warningPage should have one primary H10https://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/dashboard
warningMissing canonical URL—https://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/dashboard
noticeLow visible word count124https://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/dashboard
warningPage should have one primary H13https://readwise.io/pricing
noticeImages are missing alt text17https://readwise.io/pricing
warningPage should have one primary H12https://readwise.io/api_deets
warningMissing canonical URL—https://readwise.io/api_deets
warningMissing canonical URL—https://readwise.io/changelog
noticeImages are missing alt text7https://readwise.io/changelog
warningTitle length should be reviewed8https://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/invite
warningPage should have one primary H10https://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/invite
warningMissing canonical URL—https://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/invite
noticeLow visible word count124https://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/invite
warningMissing meta description—https://na.account.amazon.com/ap/signin?_encoding=UTF8&openid.mode=checkid_setup&openid.ns=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0&openid.claimed_id=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0%2Fidentifier_select&openid.pape.max_auth_age=0&ie=UTF8&openid.ns.pape=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fextensions%2Fpape%2F1.0&openid.identity=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0%2Fidentifier_select&pageId=lwa&openid.assoc_handle=amzn_lwa_na&marketPlaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&arb=3ec2d32b-1504-4f61-95f7-51a6f7339439&language=en_US&openid.return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fna.account.amazon.com%2Fap%2Foa%3FmarketPlaceId%3DATVPDKIKX0DER%26arb%3D3ec2d32b-1504-4f61-95f7-51a6f7339439%26language%3Den_US&enableGlobalAccountCreation=1&metricIdentifier=amzn1.application.3200167279e740fab75374feaa8c5767&signedMetricIdentifier=cyIU7QZbQv8OMYYCFLKoqTYvacCFVXiNwUUlvuOfqH0%3D
warningMissing canonical URL—https://na.account.amazon.com/ap/signin?_encoding=UTF8&openid.mode=checkid_setup&openid.ns=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0&openid.claimed_id=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0%2Fidentifier_select&openid.pape.max_auth_age=0&ie=UTF8&openid.ns.pape=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fextensions%2Fpape%2F1.0&openid.identity=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0%2Fidentifier_select&pageId=lwa&openid.assoc_handle=amzn_lwa_na&marketPlaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&arb=3ec2d32b-1504-4f61-95f7-51a6f7339439&language=en_US&openid.return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fna.account.amazon.com%2Fap%2Foa%3FmarketPlaceId%3DATVPDKIKX0DER%26arb%3D3ec2d32b-1504-4f61-95f7-51a6f7339439%26language%3Den_US&enableGlobalAccountCreation=1&metricIdentifier=amzn1.application.3200167279e740fab75374feaa8c5767&signedMetricIdentifier=cyIU7QZbQv8OMYYCFLKoqTYvacCFVXiNwUUlvuOfqH0%3D
noticeLow visible word count117https://na.account.amazon.com/ap/signin?_encoding=UTF8&openid.mode=checkid_setup&openid.ns=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0&openid.claimed_id=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0%2Fidentifier_select&openid.pape.max_auth_age=0&ie=UTF8&openid.ns.pape=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fextensions%2Fpape%2F1.0&openid.identity=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0%2Fidentifier_select&pageId=lwa&openid.assoc_handle=amzn_lwa_na&marketPlaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&arb=3ec2d32b-1504-4f61-95f7-51a6f7339439&language=en_US&openid.return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fna.account.amazon.com%2Fap%2Foa%3FmarketPlaceId%3DATVPDKIKX0DER%26arb%3D3ec2d32b-1504-4f61-95f7-51a6f7339439%26language%3Den_US&enableGlobalAccountCreation=1&metricIdentifier=amzn1.application.3200167279e740fab75374feaa8c5767&signedMetricIdentifier=cyIU7QZbQv8OMYYCFLKoqTYvacCFVXiNwUUlvuOfqH0%3D
warningDuplicate title in audit sample4https://readwise.io/accounts/login/
warningDuplicate title in audit sample4https://readwise.io/accounts/signup/
warningDuplicate title in audit sample4https://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/dashboard
warningDuplicate title in audit sample4https://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/invite
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample7https://readwise.io/
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample7https://readwise.io/accounts/login/
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample7https://readwise.io/accounts/signup/
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample7https://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/dashboard
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample7https://readwise.io/api_deets
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample7https://readwise.io/changelog
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample7https://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/invite

Crawled pages

StatusTitleH1sWordsResponseURL
200Readwise: Get the most out of what you read12608258 mshttps://readwise.io/
200Readwise Reader \The first read-it-later app built for power readers.191982251 ms
200Readwise0124249 mshttps://readwise.io/accounts/login/
200Readwise0125452 mshttps://readwise.io/accounts/signup/
200The Official Readwise MCP — Give your AI access to everything you've read.195997 mshttps://readwise.io/mcp
200ChatGPT Copilot by Readwise \Extract and save insights from your ChatGPT conversations.1405244 ms
200The Official Readwise CLI — Everything you've read, from the command line.163791 mshttps://readwise.io/cli
200Readwise0124108 mshttps://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/dashboard
200Pricing \Readwise31142277 ms
200Readwise API \Readwise24441117 ms
200Changelog \Readwise15108352 ms
200Readwise0124233 mshttps://readwise.io/accounts/login/?next=/invite
200Terms of Service \Readwise18653110 ms
200Privacy Policy \Readwise12737242 ms
200Amazon Sign-In1117559 mshttps://na.account.amazon.com/ap/signin?_encoding=UTF8&openid.mode=checkid_setup&openid.ns=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0&openid.claimed_id=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0%2Fidentifier_select&openid.pape.max_auth_age=0&ie=UTF8&openid.ns.pape=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fextensions%2Fpape%2F1.0&openid.identity=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0%2Fidentifier_select&pageId=lwa&openid.assoc_handle=amzn_lwa_na&marketPlaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&arb=3ec2d32b-1504-4f61-95f7-51a6f7339439&language=en_US&openid.return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fna.account.amazon.com%2Fap%2Foa%3FmarketPlaceId%3DATVPDKIKX0DER%26arb%3D3ec2d32b-1504-4f61-95f7-51a6f7339439%26language%3Den_US&enableGlobalAccountCreation=1&metricIdentifier=amzn1.application.3200167279e740fab75374feaa8c5767&signedMetricIdentifier=cyIU7QZbQv8OMYYCFLKoqTYvacCFVXiNwUUlvuOfqH0%3D

This is a bounded Scout crawl. Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse scores are not claimed unless a dedicated performance audit is connected.

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Search Console and Analytics

First-party search and behavioral data connection state.

Modeled acquisition channels

ChannelEstimated share
direct76.3%
search12.2%
search organic12.2%
search paid0.0%
social3.6%
social organic3.5%
social paid0.1%
referrals2.7%
paid referrals0.1%
mail2.9%
gen ai2.1%
affiliate0.0%
other0.0%

First-party connections

IntegrationStatusData available after connection
Google Search ConsoleNot connectedClicks, impressions, CTR, average position, queries, pages, countries, and devices
Google AnalyticsNot connectedOrganic sessions, engagement, landing pages, conversions, geography, and devices

No first-party Search Console or Analytics numbers are shown until the site owner authorizes the corresponding Google account. Scout traffic model values above are modeled estimates, not private analytics totals.

Limits and method

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Limitations and open questions

Known constraints and missing evidence from the collected pages.

The collected pages do not mention specific competitors. Evidence gaps include lack of detailed security certifications, uptime status, and customer counts. Open questions remain about the full feature set of Reader and the exact limits of the free trial.

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Sources, method, and limitations

Evidence inventory, collection method, provider use, and constraints.

This report is based on 12 collected pages from readwise.io, including the homepage, pricing pages, and documentation for CLI and MCP. The evidence catalog includes 180 items, but only a subset was used. External proof search was performed but no third-party reviews were collected. Limitations include potential missing pages and the need to verify claims independently.

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