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
Compare Flipboard and Readwise Reader side by side on features, pricing, and the workflows each one is designed for.
A social magazine that curates stories from publishers, creators, and your network.
Free
A read-later app for articles, PDFs, emails, tweets, and YouTube, with deep highlights and AI features.
Free, paid from $9.99/mo
Here's how Flipboard and Readwise Reader compare across the features people actually look for. They share 4 core capabilities; the differences show up in what each tool focuses on.
| Feature | Readwise Reader | |
|---|---|---|
| Capture and save | ||
| Browser extension | Bookmarklet | Chrome, Firefox, Safari |
| Mobile apps | iOS, Android | iOS, Android |
| Save from email | Per-user Reader address | |
| Save tweets | Partial | Threads compiled as articles |
| Save YouTube videos | Partial | With transcript highlighting |
| Save GitHub stars | ||
| Save PDFs | ||
| Save files (docs, spreadsheets) | PDFs, EPUBs, HTML | |
| Save audio files | ||
| Save via API | ||
| Auto-sync sources | ||
| RSS auto-sync | Partial | |
| YouTube channel sync | Via RSS | |
| X bookmarks sync | ||
| GitHub stars sync | ||
| Newsletter inbox sync | Partial | |
| Library and reading | ||
| Reader view | ||
| Offline reading | Partial | |
| Full-text search | Partial | |
| Semantic / AI search | Ghostreader Q&A | |
| Highlights | ||
| Notes | ||
| Tags | ||
| Collections | Magazines | Folders |
| Public sharing | Public magazines | |
| Full-text RSS extraction | Partial | |
| AI and agents | ||
| Markdown export for AI agents | ||
| Bulk markdown export | ||
| MCP server | ||
| CLI tool | ||
| Claude Code skill | ||
| AI summaries | Ghostreader | |
| Public API | ||
| Import and export | ||
| OPML import / export | ||
| Pocket import | ||
| Instapaper import | ||
| CSV / JSON export | Via API | |
| Send to Kindle |
Flipboard is free and Readwise Reader is free, paid from $9.99/mo. The tier that fits best usually comes down to how many items you save each month.
Free
All features free; ad-supported.
Free
30-day trial of Readwise Full (includes Reader). No card required.
Readwise (Full)
$9.99/mo billed annually or $12.99/mo monthly. Includes Reader, highlights sync, and export to Notion/Obsidian.
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.
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.
Readwise Reader is the reading companion to Readwise's highlight sync service. It handles articles, PDFs, EPUBs, emails, tweets, and YouTube transcripts in one inbox, with a Ghostreader AI copilot for summaries, definitions, and Q&A. Highlights sync to Notion, Obsidian, Logseq, Roam, Evernote, and Airtable. It ships as web, iOS, Android, and browser extensions, with a public REST API for scripting. Pricing is $9.99/mo billed annually (or $12.99/mo monthly) as part of the Readwise Full plan, which includes the highlight sync service. A 30-day free trial is available.