Glasp
Highlight the web and keep everything you learned.
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Instapaper
A long-running read-later app that saves unlimited articles for free.
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What is Instapaper?
Instapaper saves articles, videos and web pages so you can read them later in a clean, distraction-free view. The free plan lets you save unlimited articles, organise them in folders and sync across the web, iOS and Android. Premium adds full-text search, a permanent archive, a PDF reader, unlimited notes, Kindle sending and text-to-speech.
Pros
- Unlimited saved articles on the free plan
- Clean reading view on web, iOS and Android
- Simple folders and browser extensions
Cons
- Free plan limits notes to 5 a month
- Full-text search and the permanent archive are Premium
Who should use Instapaper
Readers who want a simple, free place to save articles for later.
Who may not need it
People who need unlimited notes or a full highlight-to-notes workflow.
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