Top Rated Instapaper Alternatives
Instapaper is ubiquitous - it has an Android app, an iOS app, a browser extension and the browser version. That means I can store and view my articles and highlights across devices. The chrome extension allows me to immediately add articles to my Instapaper account without fear of losing them due to time crunch
It has a varying set of contrasts for reading - allowing maximum comfort to the eyes, whether I'm reading in the sun or in a dark room.
It allows me to group articles by folders, making it easy to manage.
Easy to archive old articles, without deleting the notes entirely, helping me declutter my reading list Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
- The home UI looks pretty empty, and the default feed doesn't allow customization. That can be improved.
- Multi color highlights will allow us to organize notes better
- Add voice reading of articles Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
9 out of 10 Total Reviews for Instapaper
- Integrates with so Readwise and Kindle, which makes it 10X more powerful
- Clean Design : Font, background colour, line spacing
- Being able to tag and organise articles. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
- Manual tagging : AI feature could be a good to have feature
- Too costly : the free alternatives provide much more value in the price charged. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Instapaper is a great read-it-later app. You can sort articles, not only by newest to oldest (and vice versa), but based on the length of the article also. Furthermore, you can save videos to watch later. Instapaper connects to Readwise, another helpful app, which allows you to build your PKM. You can also connect it to a Kindle. The app's quite easy and intuitive to use. It's design makes reading in it a joy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
While I enjoy Instapaper, and the free version is decent, the premium version does cost $60 per year. That's decently priced, but you can use one of its competitors for free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The ease of use and the simplicity of the tool is a good plus points. The fact that it allows you to bookmark anything including images and videos is something that comes in handy. Available for free to everyone and an option to upgrade to premium for advanced users allows users to taste before spending. Bookmark anything you find on the internet while surfing including videos, recipes, news, lyrics, and guitar chords, and read later anytime anywhere. Not just on the same device, but on your tablet and smartphone too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Only a 5-notes monthly limit to free users is a big downside of the app and kind of forces users to upgrade to premium for full access. Although the developers earn from the premium version and that's how the app keeps running, it fails to deliver the basic meaning and use of the tool. The premium version allows users to use the search feature within texts, fast reading, and text-to-speech options, and an unlimited monthly limit however, in my opinion, the monthly limit should be removed for free users or at least bump up the numbers to retain users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The best thing is you can save a link, article, photo or video from a PC and access the same thing on your other devices without sharing or copying links. Everything happens in real-time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The UI needs to be polished as the website still looks outdated and a little touch of modern minimalism would be really nice with smooth transitioning animations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
- Focusing only on the most essential features makes it easier to stay focused on the task at hand. Clean and simple UI
- Parses web links and migrates the content into Instapaper's UI, giving a consistent feel across articles from different sources
- Allows to view all notes across articles in a single page
- Mobile apps, browser available - giving cross platform edge Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
- Accessibility, such as keyboard shortcuts can be greatly improved
- Single word speed read isn't a great solution - should have a sentence wise read, rather
- Text to speech would be super helpful
- Liked feature doesn't make sense - you add an article to Instapaper only if you like it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
