You highlight everything in Readwise. You never review it. There's a fix for that.
Readwise Reader is the best dedicated highlight-and-PKM tool available. If you live in Obsidian or Roam and highlights are your primary output, Readwise is probably the right choice. If you want to actually retain what you read, not just tag it, Reedle closes the loop that Readwise leaves open.
| Reedle | Readwise Reader | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99/mo (30-day free trial, no card) | $12.99/mo or $7.99/mo annual |
| FSRS spaced repetition | ||
| Mobile PDF (LaTeX/math) | ||
| AI Chat on documents | ||
| Zotero integration | ||
| YouTube & Bilibili | ||
| MCP / AI assistant | ||
| PKM export (Obsidian etc.) | ||
| Free trial | 30 days, no card | None |
Key differences
Your highlights pile up in a graveyard. Reedle has FSRS (the same spacing algorithm as Anki) built directly into the reading workflow. Highlight a sentence, create a card in one tap, review it on a schedule that matches how your brain actually works.
Reedle is built for mobile from day one, with LaTeX and MathJax reflow that makes academic papers actually readable on a phone screen.
Reedle Pro is $4.99/month with a 30-day free trial and no credit card required. You can test the full product, including all AI features, before paying anything.
If you read in Chinese or watch educational content on YouTube and Bilibili, Reedle's transcript AI and platform integrations are unique.
Reedle's 38-tool MCP lets you ask Claude or ChatGPT questions about your reading library directly: "What did I save about attention mechanisms last month?"
The loop that makes reading stick.
Where Readwise Reader wins
We believe in honest comparisons. Here's where Readwise Reader is genuinely stronger:
- PKM export pipeline (Obsidian, Notion, Logseq, Roam) is deeper and more mature than Reedle's.
- Readwise has a larger ecosystem of third-party integrations.
- If highlights flowing into your note-taking system is the primary job, Readwise is more established.
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