Compare Dewey and Matter side by side on features, pricing, and the workflows each one is designed for.
Save and search X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, TikTok, Threads, Reddit, and Mastodon bookmarks in one place.
Free, paid from $10/mo
A curated read-later app with beautiful typography, highlights, and text-to-speech.
Free, paid from $8/mo
Here's how Dewey and Matter compare across the features people actually look for. They share 5 core capabilities; the differences show up in what each tool focuses on.
| Feature | Dewey | Matter |
|---|---|---|
| Capture and save | ||
| Browser extension | Chrome | |
| Mobile apps | iOS; Android parity unclear | |
| Save from email | Premium | |
| Save tweets | Native X bookmarks sync | Quoteshots + X integration |
| Save YouTube videos | Premium; with transcription | |
| Save GitHub stars | ||
| Save PDFs | ||
| Save files (docs, spreadsheets) | ||
| Save audio files | Podcast episodes | |
| Save via API | ||
| Auto-sync sources | ||
| RSS auto-sync | Outputs RSS of your bookmarks | Premium |
| YouTube channel sync | ||
| X bookmarks sync | Auto sync on Pro | |
| GitHub stars sync | ||
| Newsletter inbox sync | Premium | |
| Library and reading | ||
| Reader view | ||
| Offline reading | ||
| Full-text search | Premium | |
| Semantic / AI search | ||
| Highlights | Unlimited on Premium | |
| Notes | Unlimited on Premium | |
| Tags | ||
| Collections | Nested folders | Partial |
| Public sharing | Public folders (Pro) | Quoteshots for individual quotes |
| Full-text RSS extraction | ||
| AI and agents | ||
| Markdown export for AI agents | ||
| Bulk markdown export | Partial | |
| MCP server | ||
| CLI tool | ||
| Claude Code skill | ||
| AI summaries | AI auto-tagging | Premium (AI Co-Reader) |
| Public API | ||
| Import and export | ||
| OPML import / export | ||
| Pocket import | ||
| Instapaper import | ||
| CSV / JSON export | CSV, PDF, Google Sheets | Partial |
| Send to Kindle | Premium |
Dewey is free, paid from $10/mo and Matter is free, paid from $8/mo. The tier that fits best usually comes down to how many items you save each month.
Free
Manual sync, one connected account, search, filters, folders, tags, AI assistant.
Pro
$10/mo monthly or $7.50/mo annual. Automatic sync, unlimited accounts, public folders, Notion + Google Sheets sync.
Lifetime
$225 one-time. Matches Pro features.
Export Pass
$50 for 48-hour export access without a Pro subscription.
Free
Unlimited library, web + mobile extensions, parsing, unlimited tags.
Premium
HD text-to-speech, AI Co-Reader, RSS feeds, newsletter inbox, unlimited highlights, Kindle send, integrations.
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.
Dewey is a niche tool aimed at one specific problem: saving and organising bookmarks from social platforms. It ingests from X, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Threads, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, Mastodon, Substack, and Truth Social, and puts them in a unified library with AI auto-tagging and nested folders. Browser extension (Chrome) and web app only, no native mobile. Pricing: Free (manual sync, one account), Pro at $10/mo monthly or $7.50/mo annually, Lifetime at $225, and an $8.50 one-off 'Export Pass' that unlocks the export feature for 48 hours without a full subscription.
Matter is a read-later app that leans hard on typography, audio, and AI as a co-reader. The free tier covers unlimited saves, the parser, mobile and web extensions, and unlimited tags. Premium at $8/mo or $60/yr adds HD text-to-speech, an AI Co-Reader that summarises and explains, full-text search, RSS feeds, newsletter syncing, unlimited highlights, integrations, and Kindle send. The reading UI is one of the nicest in the category. The team is small, which shows in a smaller feature set than Readwise Reader but also in a more coherent product.