Every essay you saved, finally read.
Bring the public articles you love. Read saved text offline in calm paperback typography. Make room to focus, at your own pace.
Everything you need for deep reading. Nothing you don’t.
Collect
Save public article links to a personal shelf. Some private or paywalled pages may not be supported.
Read
Paperback typography and offline reading. Zero ads, popups, or distractions.
Retain
Keep the passages that stay with you. Read Pro exports highlights and notes as Markdown to use in apps like Notion or Obsidian.
Your phone is the reason you never finish.
Choose your reading time. With your permission, Screen Time blocks the apps you select for your focus session. Included with Read Pro.
Your personal shelf — Built around the thinkers you choose.
Start with a clean slate. Your library and author shelves build automatically as you save.
Clean slate
No feeds or algorithmic noise. You start with a quiet, blank canvas that belongs entirely to you.
Author shelves
Save pieces from your favorite writers. Read automatically organizes them into dedicated shelves.
Bring your canon
Bring public article links from Safari, X, or Substack. Keep saved text ready to read, and export highlights and notes with Read Pro.
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start with a good read.
make it your own.
The core reader is free. Read Pro brings a few more ways to make time for the words you love.
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Read
- save articles to your shelf
- fonts and display modes that suit you
- highlight passages and keep notes
monthly or annual
Read Pro
- Reading Focus with app blocking
- cloud sync and expanded imports
- reading insights and Markdown exports
The app shows your local price and any eligible trial before you subscribe. Pro subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in your Apple Account settings. TestFlight purchases are for testing and do not charge real money. subscription details →
Frequently asked questions.
Paste a public article link and Read will try to extract a clean reading view. Some websites, private pages, and paywalled articles are not supported. Read does not bypass publisher access restrictions.
Begin your reading life.
Try Read on iPhone and iPad through TestFlight. Beta purchases use Apple’s sandbox and do not charge real money.