# Readwise

13 Hacker News commenters recommended Readwise and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for saving articles, reviewing highlights and reading RSS feeds in one place; the main caveat is its monthly price, which some find steep.

## Why people recommend it

- Consistently happy long-term users (4 comments): "has been my go to for quite some time now" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45854273)) "I am pretty happy with Readwise’s Reader" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47304972)) "Readwise does this pretty well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48937860))
- Helps retain highlights and quotes (3 comments): "Great way to retain info from non-fiction books, and to retain the feeling of special parts of fiction ones." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48882343)) "I do use it daily for quotes and tidbits of text that I want to remember and retain" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46797471)) "enables me to review highlighted passages and ideas from things I read" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49674479))
- Read-later and RSS reader in one (3 comments): "I have Readwise's Reader on it, which doubles as "read later" and RSS feed reader, and works offline." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46310276)) "its one system to quickly just add articles like these to an inbox and read them another time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48110195)) "They are crushing it on the “power user feed reader”." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47037854))
- Worth paying for (2 comments): "$10/mo is currently cheap enough to prevent me from building my own" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47564375)) "Turns out if you want good software, it can help to pay for it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47306114))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Instapaper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/instapaper.md): 10 recommend
- [Readeck](https://hackerapproved.com/p/readeck.md): 10 recommend
- [Wallabag](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wallabag.md): 6 recommend
- [Readit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/readit.md): 6 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://readwise.io/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Readwise", https://hackerapproved.com/p/readwise/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).