Readwise Hack 2.8.6 + Redeem Codes
Remember & Learn from Books
Developer: Readwise, Inc
Category: Education
Price: Free
Version: 2.8.6
ID: io.readwise
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Description
Readwise helps you get the most out of what you read by making it fun & easy to revisit your highlights from all your favorite reading platforms in one place.
Quickly synchronize your highlights from Kindle, Apple Books, Instapaper, Pocket, Medium, Goodreads, and even paper books. Then start building a daily review habit using the app and daily email. By reviewing your highlights every day, you'll retain dramatically more and you'll finally stop forgetting all the details from books you just finished!
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“Readwise is my favorite new service this year. Save highlights from Kindle, Instapaper, and now tweets... one of the best long-term personal learning tools I’ve come across.” — Caleb Hicks
“Besides my Kindle, Readwise has been the most influential tech for improving my reading process.” — Blake Reichmann
“If you use Kindle or Instapaper or just enjoy keeping and reading highlights, please sign up to Readwise. It will become one of your cherished services.” — Christopher Galtenberg
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ACTUALLY USE YOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Highlighting is great, but why bother if you're never going to see any of your highlights again? Readwise makes it easy to quickly liberate all your highlights into one place, ensuring that you'll actually see and use them, including highlights from:
• Amazon Kindle
• Apple iBooks
• Instapaper
• Pocket
• Medium
• Goodreads
• Twitter
• Physical Books (using OCR)
• Manual Input
• CSV Upload
STOP FORGETTING WHAT YOU READ
How often do you finish a book, only to forget the key ideas two weeks later? We don't remember things by just reading them once.
Readwise solves this problem using scientifically proven learning techniques called Spaced Repetition and Active Recall. Readwise resurfaces the right highlights at the right times using a daily email and an app. Readwise even makes it possible to convert your best highlights into flashcards for added retention.
TAG, NOTE, SEARCH, AND ORGANIZE
With your highlights all in one place, Readwise enables you to organize and connect these ideas in new ways. Use search to find a highlight instantly; use tag to organize highlights within your library; use notes to add your own annotations.
HIGHLIGHT PAPER BOOKS
Readwise also makes it possible to take highlights from your physical books and papers using your phone’s camera. Just snap a pic, highlight with your finger, and have your favorite highlights saved forever.
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If you are not already a Readwise subscriber, you can get started immediately with a 30-day free trial with no credit card upfront. At the end of the trial, you will not be charged unless you choose to subscribe to Readwise Full or Readwise Lite. Price may vary by location. Manage your subscription from your dashboard.
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Support: Check out readwise.io/faq or email us at [email protected]
Privacy Policy: https://readwise.io/tos
Terms of Service: https://readwise.io/privacy
Quickly synchronize your highlights from Kindle, Apple Books, Instapaper, Pocket, Medium, Goodreads, and even paper books. Then start building a daily review habit using the app and daily email. By reviewing your highlights every day, you'll retain dramatically more and you'll finally stop forgetting all the details from books you just finished!
---
“Readwise is my favorite new service this year. Save highlights from Kindle, Instapaper, and now tweets... one of the best long-term personal learning tools I’ve come across.” — Caleb Hicks
“Besides my Kindle, Readwise has been the most influential tech for improving my reading process.” — Blake Reichmann
“If you use Kindle or Instapaper or just enjoy keeping and reading highlights, please sign up to Readwise. It will become one of your cherished services.” — Christopher Galtenberg
---
ACTUALLY USE YOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Highlighting is great, but why bother if you're never going to see any of your highlights again? Readwise makes it easy to quickly liberate all your highlights into one place, ensuring that you'll actually see and use them, including highlights from:
• Amazon Kindle
• Apple iBooks
• Instapaper
• Medium
• Goodreads
• Physical Books (using OCR)
• Manual Input
• CSV Upload
STOP FORGETTING WHAT YOU READ
How often do you finish a book, only to forget the key ideas two weeks later? We don't remember things by just reading them once.
Readwise solves this problem using scientifically proven learning techniques called Spaced Repetition and Active Recall. Readwise resurfaces the right highlights at the right times using a daily email and an app. Readwise even makes it possible to convert your best highlights into flashcards for added retention.
TAG, NOTE, SEARCH, AND ORGANIZE
With your highlights all in one place, Readwise enables you to organize and connect these ideas in new ways. Use search to find a highlight instantly; use tag to organize highlights within your library; use notes to add your own annotations.
HIGHLIGHT PAPER BOOKS
Readwise also makes it possible to take highlights from your physical books and papers using your phone’s camera. Just snap a pic, highlight with your finger, and have your favorite highlights saved forever.
---
If you are not already a Readwise subscriber, you can get started immediately with a 30-day free trial with no credit card upfront. At the end of the trial, you will not be charged unless you choose to subscribe to Readwise Full or Readwise Lite. Price may vary by location. Manage your subscription from your dashboard.
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Support: Check out readwise.io/faq or email us at [email protected]
Privacy Policy: https://readwise.io/tos
Terms of Service: https://readwise.io/privacy
Version history
2.8.6
2023-04-10
This version fixes our Twitter integration, which was broken due to recent Twitter API changes
We also continue to add many new integrations to Readwise :) Recently we added:
* Save your Twitter bookmarks
* Export your highlights to Reflect
* A massively updated integration with Kobo for saving your highlights
* Export your highlights to Logseq
* Save highlights from Raindrop.io
* and of course, we continue to add many many new features to our Reader app
We also continue to add many new integrations to Readwise :) Recently we added:
* Save your Twitter bookmarks
* Export your highlights to Reflect
* A massively updated integration with Kobo for saving your highlights
* Export your highlights to Logseq
* Save highlights from Raindrop.io
* and of course, we continue to add many many new features to our Reader app
2.8.4
2022-09-25
This version fixes an issue in the new iPhone 14 where the bottom navigation bar would be partially cut off.
We also continue to add many new integrations to Readwise :) Recently we added:
* Save your Twitter bookmarks
* Export your highlights to Logseq
* Save highlights from Raindrop.io
We also continue to add many new integrations to Readwise :) Recently we added:
* Save your Twitter bookmarks
* Export your highlights to Logseq
* Save highlights from Raindrop.io
2.8.3
2022-06-29
We've fixed a bunch of bugs with the OCR (take a picture to save highlights) feature, as well as our in-app payments. We've also added a way to access your Account Preferences from inside of the native app, allowing stuff like changing your name, deleting your account, or resetting your password!
2.8.1
2021-10-04
Some speed improvements! Daily review should load marginally faster, sharing images is faster, and search should be about 10x faster :)
Also: a quick fix for iPhone 13 devices to prevent the bottom menu overlapping with the bottom of the screen.
- Readwise Team
Also: a quick fix for iPhone 13 devices to prevent the bottom menu overlapping with the bottom of the screen.
- Readwise Team
2.8.0
2021-09-18
Some improvements to make Readwise ready for iOS 15!
Plus: Big speed improvement to sharing in this version! You should now notice that sharing images of your highlights is nearly instant -- 3x faster than before :)
We've also fixed a couple smaller bugs with the share menu for saving text from Safari/other apps, and added new imagery to the Readwise app store listing. Let us know what you think!
- Readwise Team
Plus: Big speed improvement to sharing in this version! You should now notice that sharing images of your highlights is nearly instant -- 3x faster than before :)
We've also fixed a couple smaller bugs with the share menu for saving text from Safari/other apps, and added new imagery to the Readwise app store listing. Let us know what you think!
- Readwise Team
2.7.7
2021-08-18
Big speed improvement to sharing in this version! You should now notice that sharing images of your highlights is nearly instant -- 3x faster than before :)
We've also fixed a couple smaller bugs with the share menu for saving text from Safari/other apps, and added new imagery to the Readwise app store listing. Let us know what you think!
- Readwise Team
We've also fixed a couple smaller bugs with the share menu for saving text from Safari/other apps, and added new imagery to the Readwise app store listing. Let us know what you think!
- Readwise Team
2.7.6
2021-07-10
This version fixes the issues some users were seeing with connecting their Pocket account to Readwise.
Previously:
* Readwise finally has... DARK MODE. Your eyes can now rest easy while using the app at night. To enable Dark Mode, go to your Profile tab in the app, then hit the gear icon in the top right. From there, you can choose full Dark Mode, or instead switch to the System setting.
* Save images from tweets, see readwise.io/changelog/twitter-images
* Faster loading :)
Previously:
* Readwise finally has... DARK MODE. Your eyes can now rest easy while using the app at night. To enable Dark Mode, go to your Profile tab in the app, then hit the gear icon in the top right. From there, you can choose full Dark Mode, or instead switch to the System setting.
* Save images from tweets, see readwise.io/changelog/twitter-images
* Faster loading :)
2.7.5
2021-07-02
This version fixes the issues some users were seeing with connecting their Pocket account to Readwise.
Previously:
* Readwise finally has... DARK MODE. Your eyes can now rest easy while using the app at night. To enable Dark Mode, go to your Profile tab in the app, then hit the gear icon in the top right. From there, you can choose full Dark Mode, or instead switch to the System setting.
* Save images from tweets, see readwise.io/changelog/twitter-images
* Faster loading :)
Previously:
* Readwise finally has... DARK MODE. Your eyes can now rest easy while using the app at night. To enable Dark Mode, go to your Profile tab in the app, then hit the gear icon in the top right. From there, you can choose full Dark Mode, or instead switch to the System setting.
* Save images from tweets, see readwise.io/changelog/twitter-images
* Faster loading :)
2.7.4
2021-06-15
Quick update with some fixes to push notifications and the share menu. Previously:
* Readwise finally has... DARK MODE. Your eyes can now rest easy while using the app at night. To enable Dark Mode, go to your Profile tab in the app, then hit the gear icon in the top right. From there, you can choose full Dark Mode, or instead switch to the System setting.
* Save images from tweets, see readwise.io/changelog/twitter-images
* Faster loading :)
* Readwise finally has... DARK MODE. Your eyes can now rest easy while using the app at night. To enable Dark Mode, go to your Profile tab in the app, then hit the gear icon in the top right. From there, you can choose full Dark Mode, or instead switch to the System setting.
* Save images from tweets, see readwise.io/changelog/twitter-images
* Faster loading :)
2.7.2
2021-05-24
Quick update with some fixes to dark mode and saving text/ocr highlights in app! Previously:
* Readwise finally has... DARK MODE. Your eyes can now rest easy while using the app at night. To enable Dark Mode, go to your Profile tab in the app, then hit the gear icon in the top right. From there, you can choose full Dark Mode, or instead switch to the System setting.
* Save images from tweets, see readwise.io/changelog/twitter-images
* Faster loading :)
* Readwise finally has... DARK MODE. Your eyes can now rest easy while using the app at night. To enable Dark Mode, go to your Profile tab in the app, then hit the gear icon in the top right. From there, you can choose full Dark Mode, or instead switch to the System setting.
* Save images from tweets, see readwise.io/changelog/twitter-images
* Faster loading :)
2.7.1
2021-05-23
Quick update with some fixes to saving text/ocr highlights in app! Previously:
* Readwise finally has... DARK MODE. Your eyes can now rest easy while using the app at night. To enable Dark Mode, go to your Profile tab in the app, then hit the gear icon in the top right. From there, you can choose full Dark Mode, or instead switch to the System setting.
* Save images from tweets, see readwise.io/changelog/twitter-images
* Faster loading :)
* Readwise finally has... DARK MODE. Your eyes can now rest easy while using the app at night. To enable Dark Mode, go to your Profile tab in the app, then hit the gear icon in the top right. From there, you can choose full Dark Mode, or instead switch to the System setting.
* Save images from tweets, see readwise.io/changelog/twitter-images
* Faster loading :)
2.7.0
2021-05-18
Readwise finally has... DARK MODE. Your eyes can now rest easy while using the app at night. To enable Dark Mode, go to your Profile tab in the app, then hit the gear icon in the top right. From there, you can choose full Dark Mode, or instead switch to the System setting.
Also new in this version:
* Save images from tweets, see readwise.io/changelog/twitter-images
* Bug fixes and faster loading :)
Also new in this version:
* Save images from tweets, see readwise.io/changelog/twitter-images
* Bug fixes and faster loading :)
2.6.8
2021-05-05
Readwise finally has... DARK MODE. Your eyes can now rest easy while using the app at night.
To enable Dark Mode, go to your Profile tab in the app, then hit the gear icon in the top right. From there, you can choose full Dark Mode, or instead switch to the System setting, which makes the app show its normal light mode during the day, and switches automatically to dark mode at night.
Also: Quick bug fix for the bottom tab menu showing too low on some iPhones.
To enable Dark Mode, go to your Profile tab in the app, then hit the gear icon in the top right. From there, you can choose full Dark Mode, or instead switch to the System setting, which makes the app show its normal light mode during the day, and switches automatically to dark mode at night.
Also: Quick bug fix for the bottom tab menu showing too low on some iPhones.
2.6.6
2021-04-26
Readwise finally has... DARK MODE. Your eyes can now rest easy while using the app at night.
To enable Dark Mode, go to your Profile tab in the app, then hit the gear icon in the top right. From there, you can choose full Dark Mode, or instead switch to the System setting, which makes the app show its normal light mode during the day, and switches automatically to dark mode at night.
Also: Quick bug fix for the bottom tab menu showing too low on some iPhones.
To enable Dark Mode, go to your Profile tab in the app, then hit the gear icon in the top right. From there, you can choose full Dark Mode, or instead switch to the System setting, which makes the app show its normal light mode during the day, and switches automatically to dark mode at night.
Also: Quick bug fix for the bottom tab menu showing too low on some iPhones.
2.6.5
2021-04-21
Readwise finally has... DARK MODE. Your eyes can now rest easy while using the app at night.
To enable Dark Mode, go to your Profile tab in the app, then hit the gear icon in the top right. From there, you can choose full Dark Mode, or instead switch to the System setting, which makes the app show its normal light mode during the day, and switches automatically to dark mode at night.
We hope you like it!
As always, this version also includes a ton of bug fixes.
To enable Dark Mode, go to your Profile tab in the app, then hit the gear icon in the top right. From there, you can choose full Dark Mode, or instead switch to the System setting, which makes the app show its normal light mode during the day, and switches automatically to dark mode at night.
We hope you like it!
As always, this version also includes a ton of bug fixes.
2.6.4
2021-03-26
A bunch more bug fixes, plus some infra set up for our next big feature :)
Here are the most recent updates before that:
* Readwise Stats: view your reading stats and streaks by hitting the lightning bolt in the top right of the app!
* Readwise Updates: Get updates about every new Readwise feature from right within the app.
* You can now share images/screenshots directly to the Readwise app! This will immediately take you into the OCR screen where you can record a highlight out of any text in that image
* Various bug fixes
Here are the most recent updates before that:
* Readwise Stats: view your reading stats and streaks by hitting the lightning bolt in the top right of the app!
* Readwise Updates: Get updates about every new Readwise feature from right within the app.
* You can now share images/screenshots directly to the Readwise app! This will immediately take you into the OCR screen where you can record a highlight out of any text in that image
* Various bug fixes
2.6.3
2021-03-22
We've fixed a serious new bug in the OCR Camera highlighting feature, caused by a change in Google's APIs. OCR Highlighting should be fully working again, let us know if not!
Here are the most recent updates before that:
* Readwise Stats: view your reading stats and streaks by hitting the lightning bolt in the top right of the app!
* Readwise Updates: Get updates about every new Readwise feature from right within the app.
* You can now share images/screenshots directly to the Readwise app! This will immediately take you into the OCR screen where you can record a highlight out of any text in that image
* Various bug fixes
Here are the most recent updates before that:
* Readwise Stats: view your reading stats and streaks by hitting the lightning bolt in the top right of the app!
* Readwise Updates: Get updates about every new Readwise feature from right within the app.
* You can now share images/screenshots directly to the Readwise app! This will immediately take you into the OCR screen where you can record a highlight out of any text in that image
* Various bug fixes
2.6.2
2021-03-19
This is a quick update for some bug fixes (landscape mode is no longer broken!). Here are the most recent updates before that:
* Readwise Stats: view your reading stats and streaks by hitting the lightning bolt in the top right of the app!
* Readwise Updates: Get updates about every new Readwise feature from right within the app.
* You can now share images/screenshots directly to the Readwise app! This will immediately take you into the OCR screen where you can record a highlight out of any text in that image
* Various bug fixes, primarily around Pocket syncing
* Readwise Stats: view your reading stats and streaks by hitting the lightning bolt in the top right of the app!
* Readwise Updates: Get updates about every new Readwise feature from right within the app.
* You can now share images/screenshots directly to the Readwise app! This will immediately take you into the OCR screen where you can record a highlight out of any text in that image
* Various bug fixes, primarily around Pocket syncing
2.6
2021-03-16
Happy March everyone! This version includes quite a few new features:
* Readwise Stats: view your reading stats and streaks by hitting the lightning bolt in the top right of the app!
* Readwise Updates: Get updates about every new Readwise feature from right within the app.
* You can now share images/screenshots directly to the Readwise app! This will immediately take you into the OCR screen where you can record a highlight out of any text in that image
* Various bug fixes, primarily around Pocket syncing
* Readwise Stats: view your reading stats and streaks by hitting the lightning bolt in the top right of the app!
* Readwise Updates: Get updates about every new Readwise feature from right within the app.
* You can now share images/screenshots directly to the Readwise app! This will immediately take you into the OCR screen where you can record a highlight out of any text in that image
* Various bug fixes, primarily around Pocket syncing
2.4
2021-02-25
This version is focused on bug fixes and speed ups. You should now:
* See the Search screen load a lot more quickly
* Have the widget load more efficiently
* Have the Camera OCR highlighting feature work better when turning your phone sideways
You can now also edit our new Home Screen iOS 14 Widget to control if it reminds you of unfinished Daily Reviews or not.
* See the Search screen load a lot more quickly
* Have the widget load more efficiently
* Have the Camera OCR highlighting feature work better when turning your phone sideways
You can now also edit our new Home Screen iOS 14 Widget to control if it reminds you of unfinished Daily Reviews or not.
2.3
2021-02-05
We're finally launching the official v1.0 of the Readwise Widget! Resurface your highlights directly to your homescreen. Here's how it works:
* With the large widget, we'll always show you a random highlight from your library
* With the medium widget, we'll show you a reminder of the latest highlight in your Daily Review until you've finished it. Afterwards, a random short highlight :)
The feedback we've had so far on this feature has been incredible so far, and we can't wait to hear how it changes the way you read!
Also included in this version: bug fixes, and you can now see our new advanced Stats page directly from the app. Just hit the lightning icon from the Review tab to open it.
* With the large widget, we'll always show you a random highlight from your library
* With the medium widget, we'll show you a reminder of the latest highlight in your Daily Review until you've finished it. Afterwards, a random short highlight :)
The feedback we've had so far on this feature has been incredible so far, and we can't wait to hear how it changes the way you read!
Also included in this version: bug fixes, and you can now see our new advanced Stats page directly from the app. Just hit the lightning icon from the Review tab to open it.
2.2
2021-01-20
New, much prettier, styling for our homescreen widget!
Plus, plenty of other small improvements:
* Instagram sharing of your highlights works once again!
* Fixed bug where homescreen widget would show that it was offline when it wasn't.
* Your daily review should load faster now :)
Plus, plenty of other small improvements:
* Instagram sharing of your highlights works once again!
* Fixed bug where homescreen widget would show that it was offline when it wasn't.
* Your daily review should load faster now :)
2.1
2021-01-06
Plenty of bug fixes as always, plus a secret new iOS widget feature!
2.0
2020-12-02
Readwise has a new look! From the app, to our website, logo, and everything in between, we've redesigned Readwise to finally look a little more professional and clean.
This should mean pages are easier to browse and sort (like the viewing your books in your library), as well as more pleasant to use every day.
If you have any feedback on the new design, please let us know! We've worked incredibly hard to make sure no functionality from the old design was lost.
The build also introduces the first version of our new Readwise Share Extension, which lets you save text highlights from safari: just highlight some text, use the share menu at the bottom.
Finally, we've included a bunch of small bug fixes and speed ups.
This should mean pages are easier to browse and sort (like the viewing your books in your library), as well as more pleasant to use every day.
If you have any feedback on the new design, please let us know! We've worked incredibly hard to make sure no functionality from the old design was lost.
The build also introduces the first version of our new Readwise Share Extension, which lets you save text highlights from safari: just highlight some text, use the share menu at the bottom.
Finally, we've included a bunch of small bug fixes and speed ups.
1.9
2020-11-30
Readwise has a new look! From the app, to our website, logo, and everything in between, we've redesigned Readwise to finally look a little more professional and clean.
This should mean pages are easier to browse and sort (like the viewing your books in your library), as well as more pleasant to use every day.
If you have any feedback on the new design, please let us know! We've worked incredibly hard to make sure no functionality from the old design was lost.
The build also introduces the first version of our new Readwise Share Extension, which lets you save text highlights from safari: just highilght some text, use the share menu at the bottom.
This should mean pages are easier to browse and sort (like the viewing your books in your library), as well as more pleasant to use every day.
If you have any feedback on the new design, please let us know! We've worked incredibly hard to make sure no functionality from the old design was lost.
The build also introduces the first version of our new Readwise Share Extension, which lets you save text highlights from safari: just highilght some text, use the share menu at the bottom.
Cheat Codes for In-App Purchases
| Item | Price | iPhone/iPad | Android |
|---|---|---|---|
| Readwise Full Monthly Plan (The Full Readwise product, charged monthly) |
Free |
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| Readwise Lite Monthly (The Readwise Lite product, charged monthly) |
Free |
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| Readwise Full Yearly (The Full Readwise product, charged yearly) |
Free |
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| Readwise Lite Yearly (The Readwise Lite product, charged yearly.) |
Free |
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Ratings
4.8 out of 5
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Reviews
The Builder....,
My Go-To App for Knowledge Retention
I am currently studying for a major exam, and I must say that this app is awesome at bringing up the information based on your feedback/settings for each book and article that you import. Also, with the Mastery feature, that is definitely helping with the recall of information over time.
I have found that it is best that you sync your information via their Readwise iBooks app that is installed on the Mac so that the highlights from your Books app, as well as any PDFs that you are reading (which I’m seeing works best with the latter if you simply a) highlight your PDFs while having the Readwise app active in your browser, then b) copy and paste those highlights, one by one, into Readwise’s Freeform Input area to ensure proper translation between the PDF and Readwise, but I digress…). If you are attempting to study for an exam, or even to recall what has been taught in a class from a book that you are reading, I highly recommend this app!
I have found that it is best that you sync your information via their Readwise iBooks app that is installed on the Mac so that the highlights from your Books app, as well as any PDFs that you are reading (which I’m seeing works best with the latter if you simply a) highlight your PDFs while having the Readwise app active in your browser, then b) copy and paste those highlights, one by one, into Readwise’s Freeform Input area to ensure proper translation between the PDF and Readwise, but I digress…). If you are attempting to study for an exam, or even to recall what has been taught in a class from a book that you are reading, I highly recommend this app!
Kerry1234567,
This app has changed my life
This app and readwise in general has been an absolute game changer for me. I LOVE to read non-fiction but even though I often highlight, I very rarely go back and look at them. So I would read great books, take a lot of ideas from them, and then promptly forget everything I’ve read once I moved onto the next book. With readwise, I am reminded everyday of all these great ideas. I can star certain ones and adjust how frequently the highlights will appear from certain books and keep the info front of mind has helped a lot.
I’ve used the service for a year now and it has become a treasured part of my morning routine. The app has made that even better bc now I don’t have to check my email and become distracted by something else. They even have a “feed” to endless scroll highlights which IMO is a much better way to spend my time than scrolling a FB feed.
I highly recommend this service!!
I’ve used the service for a year now and it has become a treasured part of my morning routine. The app has made that even better bc now I don’t have to check my email and become distracted by something else. They even have a “feed” to endless scroll highlights which IMO is a much better way to spend my time than scrolling a FB feed.
I highly recommend this service!!
Jerry Brito,
My favorite new app in years
Readwise is the best app/web service that I’ve used in years. I’ve been looking for something like it for a long time and they absolutely nailed it. It does two main things for me. First, I read a lot of books and articles, but I have a hard time retaining what I’ve learned. Readwise lets me easily review what I want to remember using spaced repetition, which is proven to help with retention. The second thing it does is a bit unexpected: it serves as my second brain. Because I systematically tag all highlights as I review them, I am creating a database of knowledge that I can later easily search or browse. And because I can download all my highlights and the metadata I’ve added in plain text, I can use other tools on my data. It’s amazing and I can’t wait to see how they make it better.
Tvsnow,
Love the app - but I would love to see one change
This is the only app that I “subscribe” to and pay monthly fees for. So that tells you how much I value and love this app. I wish I had had it for my whole adult lifetime of reading as I can only imagine how easy it would be to find limitless numbers of old quotes/nuggets from books I’ve read over the years.
My only complaint (which is small) is that if you miss a day, after a few days it is too late to “make up” the day that was missed, and that day becomes “unrecoverable.” I think the developer should update the app to allow users to pay a small amount (say $1) to make up a review day after it would normally become unrecoverable. Not every one would use that feature, but I think a lot of users would.
If that’s my only complaint, it’s also a good sign of an incredibly valuable and frankly killer app.
My only complaint (which is small) is that if you miss a day, after a few days it is too late to “make up” the day that was missed, and that day becomes “unrecoverable.” I think the developer should update the app to allow users to pay a small amount (say $1) to make up a review day after it would normally become unrecoverable. Not every one would use that feature, but I think a lot of users would.
If that’s my only complaint, it’s also a good sign of an incredibly valuable and frankly killer app.
boastoria,
Skip the trial and just go all in
This APP has answered for all many of my challenges in keeping track of information for the long term after I find it.
I am a huge Evernote fan and have been expecting book notes there once I’ve completed my reading. The problem of course is that the formatting is awful and I only then have access to my highlights and notes once the book in finished.
Readwise takes care of all that, and syncs my notes and highlights not only to Evernote, but also to its own system where it allows me to review what I’ve been learning and thinking about.
It also lets you design your highlights for “active recall” and choose how often something resurfaces.
Truly, one of my favorite apps. It helps me keep books articles and other highlights all in one place, which means when I go to use that information it’s easy to find, or I might have already remembered the information I need because they resurfaced it a few times for me and it’s already become a part of my knowledge.
Can’t recommend enough.
I am a huge Evernote fan and have been expecting book notes there once I’ve completed my reading. The problem of course is that the formatting is awful and I only then have access to my highlights and notes once the book in finished.
Readwise takes care of all that, and syncs my notes and highlights not only to Evernote, but also to its own system where it allows me to review what I’ve been learning and thinking about.
It also lets you design your highlights for “active recall” and choose how often something resurfaces.
Truly, one of my favorite apps. It helps me keep books articles and other highlights all in one place, which means when I go to use that information it’s easy to find, or I might have already remembered the information I need because they resurfaced it a few times for me and it’s already become a part of my knowledge.
Can’t recommend enough.
carlosivanr,
Pdf support needs work
I’m a researcher and read a lot of PDFs for my job. I was hoping that readwise would be a good way to keep track of my notes and highlights from academic journals, but the pdf support need a lot of work. I found that the text in the highlights and notes was often jumbled and incomprehensible. I tried it with Mac using preview and windows using Adobe acrobat pro dc, and had a similar experience. I also noticed that the iOS app would show badge notifications but o couldn’t figure out why. I would tap around the app and still couldn’t get the badge to clear. I also don’t like how the magnifying glass is where you have to tap to get all of your highlights, it’s not intuitive and should be a library icon or something similar with the search within that screen. Using the app felt clunky to me in this respect. Your mileage may vary though if you’re intended purpose is to keep track of Kindle notes. But for me I’ll pass on this app and it’s subscription service.
terceiro,
A time machine for my library
I’ve used Readwise on the web and via email for years now, and I love it. The app makes it more convenient.
I read a mix of fiction and non-fiction, and my aim isn’t to learn or memorize anything. I just really enjoy rediscovering nuggets from books that sometimes I forgot that I’d read at all. Because it slurps in all my kindle highlights, I will occasionally find a highlight and a note from something I read a decade ago, and I’m transported back to what I was doing then. It’s a time machine!
I rarely write reviews, but Readwise deserves it. I’ve recommended the service to a dozen friends or more. Now that it’s an app, it’ll be even easier to do so.
I read a mix of fiction and non-fiction, and my aim isn’t to learn or memorize anything. I just really enjoy rediscovering nuggets from books that sometimes I forgot that I’d read at all. Because it slurps in all my kindle highlights, I will occasionally find a highlight and a note from something I read a decade ago, and I’m transported back to what I was doing then. It’s a time machine!
I rarely write reviews, but Readwise deserves it. I’ve recommended the service to a dozen friends or more. Now that it’s an app, it’ll be even easier to do so.
MicheleGG,
Fantastic app that syncs across multiple platforms
I beta-tested this app and found it to work very well for multiple purposes. First, it presents me with snippets of my book and article highlights to review daily, reminding me of key passages from books that I found meaningful or significant. Second, it allows me to collect highlights from multiple sources, including Kindle, Instapaper, Pocket, and Medium. Most importantly, I can then export these highlights to Evernote to save them in my “second brain.” That way, knowledge isn’t lost or dependent on my spotty memory.
There are others ways to do most of this manually, but Readwise makes it simple and convenient, and to me, that makes it worth the subscription cost.
There are others ways to do most of this manually, but Readwise makes it simple and convenient, and to me, that makes it worth the subscription cost.
Braddmills,
Game Changer!
I held off for far too long. Everyone I follow has been talking about Readwise. I thought it was a useless gimmick. As a pastor, I write a minimum of 2,000 words per week. Readwise has helped me to incorporate relevant highlights from past reading material into my current thinking. In the process it has revolutionized how I highlight and take notes. Readwise has also become an indispensable source of illustrations. It’s a brilliant app. I purchased the full subscription before the end of my 30 day free trial in order to take full advantage of the integration with Obsidian. Readwise + Obsidian = 🤯
KazutoKirigaya,
Pretty awesome for reviews but capture needs work
For daily reviews this is great, but capture on iOS needs work. Sharing to the app in Safari doesn’t preserve the page title or metadata, which means anything you save from iOS will just go to a “Passages from iOS” “book” in Readwise, which makes it hard to organize. iOS 15 added Safari extensions but there isn’t any integration with Readwise there yet, so despite the fact that it’s an obvious way to get highlights into the app, you can’t use that. Also, it’s a reader app that doesn’t have dark mode. And the widget doesn’t actually do anything other than show highlights (it says it should show daily review stuff before that’s completed but it doesn’t).
