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Readwise Reader pricing
Readwise Reader publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- On request
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Not on record
Readwise Reader plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reader Lite | $8.99/month | 4 | Entry tier |
| Full | $12.99/month | 4 | +$4/month, 4 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Reader Lite
$8.99/monthThe entry tier. It covers unlimited articles, highlighting, rss feeds, newsletter inbox.
Full
$12.99/monthOver Reader Lite, this tier adds:
- Everything in Lite
- Readwise integration
- Spaced repetition
- Priority support
What the product covers
The full Readwise Reader feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Read-it-later
- RSS aggregation
- Newsletter inbox
- PDF support
- Highlighting
Integrations
- Notion
- Obsidian
- Roam Research
- Logseq
- Evernote
Platform
- Ios support
- Android support
- Web support
People bring Readwise Reader in for saving and reading articles, pdfs and newsletters in one place, reviewing highlights from books and articles over time. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Readwise Reader are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in News & Media
Too few news & media tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readwise Reader (this page) | On request | subscription | - | |
| Buttondown | Free, then $9/month | - | - | vs Readwise Reader |
| Beehiiv | Free | subscription | - | vs Readwise Reader |
| Apple News | Free | freemium | - | vs Readwise Reader |
| Artifact | Free | free | - | vs Readwise Reader |
| Brightspot | On request | quote | - | vs Readwise Reader |
| Agility PR Solutions | On request | subscription | - | vs Readwise Reader |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Readwise Reader badges page.
Before you pay for Readwise Reader
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between $8.99/month and $12.99/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Readwise Reader against the tools that do have one before committing.
Readwise Reader runs on ios, android, web, and is published by Readwise Inc of San Francisco, CA. The full record is on the Readwise Reader review, and the rest of the category is under best news & media tools.
Readwise Reader pricing questions
- How much does Readwise Reader cost?
- Readwise Reader publishes 2 tiers, from $8.99/month for Reader Lite up to $12.99/month for Full. The cheapest paid tier is $8.99/month.
- Does Readwise Reader have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Readwise Reader is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Reader Lite and Full on Readwise Reader?
- Full costs $12.99/month against $8.99/month, and adds everything in lite, readwise integration, spaced repetition, priority support.
- Is the Full plan on Readwise Reader worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is everything in lite, readwise integration, spaced repetition, priority support. It costs $12.99/month against $8.99/month for Reader Lite. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which news & media tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 news & media tools listed alongside Readwise Reader have a free tier: Buttondown, Beehiiv, Apple News, Artifact.
- What am I actually paying for with Readwise Reader?
- The record lists 13 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for saving and reading articles, pdfs and newsletters in one place, reviewing highlights from books and articles over time.
- Does Readwise Reader charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Readwise Reader prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Readwise Reader against before paying?
- The closest news & media tools in this directory are Buttondown, Beehiiv, Apple News, Artifact. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Readwise Reader covering price, platforms and features.