A social magazine that curates stories from publishers, creators, and your network.
Free
- Beautiful magazine-style reading UI
- Deep publisher partnerships
- Social features for following creators and curators
Flipboard vs Omnivore
Compare Flipboard and Omnivore side by side on features, pricing, and the workflows each one is designed for.
Omnivore
Shut downOpen-source read-later app with strong newsletter and markdown workflows.
Free
- Completely free and open source
- Strong newsletter-to-library workflow with per-user email
- Synced with Logseq, Obsidian, and Notion for PKM workflows
Feature comparison
Here's how Flipboard and Omnivore compare across the features people actually look for. They share 2 core capabilities; the differences show up in what each tool focuses on.
| Feature | Omnivore | Keep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capture and save | |||
| Browser extension | Bookmarklet | Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave | |
| Mobile apps | iOS, Android | iOS, Android | |
| Save from email | Per-user address | Forward to in.keep.md | |
| Save tweets | Partial | ||
| Save YouTube videos | Partial | Partial | With transcripts |
| Save GitHub stars | |||
| Save PDFs | Converted to markdown | ||
| Save files (docs, spreadsheets) | Word, Excel, CSV, HTML, OpenDocument | ||
| Save audio files | With Whisper transcription | ||
| Save via API | |||
| Auto-sync sources | |||
| RSS auto-sync | Partial | ||
| YouTube channel sync | |||
| X bookmarks sync | Auto-sync on paid plans; manual import from extension export on free | ||
| GitHub stars sync | |||
| Newsletter inbox sync | Partial | ||
| Library and reading | |||
| Reader view | |||
| Offline reading | Partial | Partial | |
| Full-text search | Partial | ||
| Semantic / AI search | |||
| Highlights | Highlight from the extension or from inside the reader, with optional notes; renders inline | ||
| Notes | |||
| Tags | Labels | ||
| Collections | Magazines | Partial | |
| Public sharing | Public magazines | Partial | |
| Full-text RSS extraction | Partial | ||
| AI and agents | |||
| Markdown export for AI agents | Raw markdown only | Per-item .md URL | |
| Bulk markdown export | |||
| MCP server | |||
| CLI tool | keep-markdown npm package | ||
| Claude Code skill | |||
| AI summaries | AI summary and AI tagging on every saved article | ||
| Public API | |||
| Import and export | |||
| OPML import / export | Import from and export to any OPML-compatible reader | ||
| Pocket import | ZIP, CSV, and legacy HTML exports | ||
| Instapaper import | CSV export with folders, archive, and starred state | ||
| CSV / JSON export | Export to CSV or JSON. Import plain CSV/TSV plus Omnivore, Raindrop.io, Pinboard, and Wallabag export files. | ||
| Send to Kindle | EPUB delivered to your Kindle email | ||
| Import Kindle highlights | From My Clippings.txt, no Amazon login required |
Pricing
Omnivore has shut down, so pricing below is for reference only. Flipboard is free.
- Free
Free
All features free; ad-supported.
Omnivore
- Free
Free
All features free; open source.
Keep
- Free
Free
Unlimited links, browser extension, API/CLI/MCP, RSS feeds, YouTube subscriptions, and free imports from bookmark export files.
- $10/mo
Plus
500 full-content items per cycle, X bookmarks, email inbox, GitHub sync, uploads, and AI features.
- $20/mo
Pro
1,000 full-content items per cycle, everything in Plus.
- $50/mo
Max
5,000 full-content items per cycle, everything in Pro.
Strengths and weaknesses
Both tools do their category well, but the specifics differ. Here's what each one is good at and where it tends to fall short.
What Flipboard does well
- Beautiful magazine-style reading UI
- Deep publisher partnerships
- Social features for following creators and curators
- Works entirely for free
Where it falls short
- Not a read-later app; you cannot reliably save arbitrary articles
- Heavy algorithmic curation with little user control
- No tagging, highlighting, or structured export
- Ads throughout the reading experience
What Omnivore did well
- Completely free and open source
- Strong newsletter-to-library workflow with per-user email
- Synced with Logseq, Obsidian, and Notion for PKM workflows
- GraphQL API returned markdown, friendly to integrations
- Active community and regular updates prior to shutdown
Where it fell short
- Shut down in 2024 after acquisition by ElevenLabs
- No path to import back into a hosted version
- Self-hosting requires non-trivial infrastructure
Which one should you pick?
Omnivore is no longer an option
Omnivore has shut down and is no longer available. Any of the active alternatives is a safer bet.
About Flipboard
Flipboard is a free social news app, not a power-user reading tool. It curates stories from major publishers and independent creators into magazine-style feeds, with public Flipboard 'magazines' users can create and share. iOS, Android, and web only, no browser extension beyond a bookmarklet, no public API. In recent years Flipboard has leaned into Mastodon and fediverse integration, making it one of the few mainstream apps that speaks ActivityPub. The reader experience is beautiful. The power-user experience is not the point.
About Omnivore
Omnivore was a free, open-source read-later app that did everything right on paper: RSS feeds, newsletter inbox, PDFs, highlights, labels, filters, rules, full-text search, a GraphQL API that returned markdown, and sync with Logseq, Obsidian, and Notion. It ran on iOS, macOS, Android, web, and extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. It shut down on November 15, 2024 after ElevenLabs acquired the team for their ElevenReader TTS product. The cloud service deleted all user data; the open-source codebase still lives on GitHub for anyone who wants to self-host.