Matter vs Readwise Reader
Matter
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| Figure | Matter | Readwise Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $5.59/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 3 |
| Spec score · Read-later apps | 9.1 (#3) | 8.7 (#8) |
| Spec score · Read-It-Later Apps | 8.8 (#5) | 8.1 (#16) |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States | United States |
| Highlighting | Yes | Reader supports highlighting and annotating text, images, tables, and rich text across devices. |
| Integrations | Highlights can sync to Notion, Obsidian, Roam, Readwise, and other services. | Readwise exports highlights to Obsidian, Notion, Roam Research, Evernote, and Logseq, and Reader offers a public API. |
| Offline access | Yes | Yes |
Plans
Matter
- FreeFree
- Matter PremiumPrice not published
- Matter Premium Monthly$8 a month
- Matter Premium Annual$60 a year
Readwise Reader
- Readwise (includes Reader)$9.99 a month
- Readwise Lite$5.59 a month
- Readwise Full$12.99 a month
In their own words
Matter
Matter is a read-later app for collecting articles, threads, PDFs, YouTube videos and podcast episodes. It is available on iPhone, iPad and the web, and can save content through mobile and web extensions. The free plan includes an unlimited read-later library, unlimited tags and full-text search; offline reading is available by default. Newsletters can be connected through Gmail or a unique Matter email address.
Matter turns YouTube and podcast episodes into text synchronized with playback. Readers can highlight content, export highlights, send articles to Kindle and sync highlights to Notion, Obsidian, Roam, Readwise and other services. Premium adds HD text-to-speech, highlighting, note-taking, integrations and personalization; its listed plans are $8 a month or $60 a year. Premium also lists AI Co-Reader and Send to Kindle. Monthly and annual subscriptions renew automatically unless disabled at least 24 hours before the period ends.
Readwise Reader
Readwise Reader has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.