Gistory vs Readspace

Gistory is an article-saving app that creates AI summaries when a reader saves an article. Its TL;DR includes three key points and key insights, with a longer summary as an option. Summaries are available in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, and Hindi. Readers can use distraction-free reading, dark mode, full-text search, and offline access. Articles can be saved from its mobile apps or Chrome and Firefox extensions, and the library syncs across platforms. Gistory is available on web, iOS, Android, and as an extension. The free tier includes unlimited article saves, 90 days of history, and 10 AI summaries per month. Premium costs $7.99 a month and adds unlimited summaries and history, plus Notion and Obsidian integrations. Gistory says it does not bypass paywalls; for paywalled articles it saves the URL, title, and any available preview. It says it uses industry-standard encryption, does not sell personal information, and allows users to export or delete their data. A seven-day trial is listed.

Readspace brings followed publications, writers, and newsletters into a reading feed and creates a five-minute daily briefing. The chronological feed contains sources a user follows, without engagement ranking or suggested posts. Its Daily Digest groups coverage of the same development across selected sources and links to them. Readers can explore more than 120,000 sources and import or export subscriptions as OPML. A browser extension can find a site's RSS feed when available. Reading tools include summaries, key-point highlighting, and translation. Newsletters can be received through a private Readspace email alias and placed in a Newsletters folder. The maker says reading has no ads or trackers and that reading activity is not sold or used for targeting. Readspace is open source and can be self-hosted; that option has no usage limits, but lacks the hosted catalog, requires OPML imports, and bills AI through the user's provider. Basic is free with limits on feeds, saved articles, and daily tools. Pro costs $5.99 a month, billed monthly, with fair-use limits.