Compare Inoreader and Readwise Reader side by side on features, pricing, and the workflows each one is designed for.
A powerful RSS reader for power users, researchers, and journalists.
Free, paid from $4.99/mo
A read-later app for articles, PDFs, emails, tweets, and YouTube, with deep highlights and AI features.
Free, paid from $9.99/mo
Here's how Inoreader and Readwise Reader compare across the features people actually look for. They share 18 core capabilities; the differences show up in what each tool focuses on.
| Feature | Inoreader | Readwise Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Capture and save | ||
| Browser extension | Chrome, Firefox, Safari | |
| Mobile apps | iOS, Android | iOS, Android |
| Save from email | Per-user Reader address | |
| Save tweets | Threads compiled as articles | |
| Save YouTube videos | Via channel feed | With transcript highlighting |
| Save GitHub stars | ||
| Save PDFs | ||
| Save files (docs, spreadsheets) | PDFs, EPUBs, HTML | |
| Save audio files | ||
| Save via API | ||
| Auto-sync sources | ||
| RSS auto-sync | ||
| YouTube channel sync | Via RSS | |
| X bookmarks sync | ||
| GitHub stars sync | ||
| Newsletter inbox sync | Pro | |
| Library and reading | ||
| Reader view | ||
| Offline reading | ||
| Full-text search | Supporter+ | |
| Semantic / AI search | Pro (AI Q&A via Inoreader Intelligence) | Ghostreader Q&A |
| Highlights | ||
| Notes | ||
| Tags | ||
| Collections | Folders | Folders |
| Public sharing | ||
| Full-text RSS extraction | Pro | Partial |
| AI and agents | ||
| Markdown export for AI agents | ||
| Bulk markdown export | ||
| MCP server | ||
| CLI tool | ||
| Claude Code skill | ||
| AI summaries | Pro (Inoreader Intelligence) | Ghostreader |
| Public API | ||
| Import and export | ||
| OPML import / export | ||
| Pocket import | ||
| Instapaper import | ||
| CSV / JSON export | Via API | |
| Send to Kindle | Pro |
Inoreader is free, paid from $4.99/mo and Readwise Reader is free, paid from $9.99/mo. The tier that fits best usually comes down to how many items you save each month.
Free
150 RSS feeds, 20 newsletters, 30 rules, 50 filters, ads.
Supporter
Ad-free, article translations, full-text search.
Pro
$7.50/mo annual or $9.99/mo monthly. 2,500 feeds, unlimited rules and monitoring, Inoreader Intelligence AI, API access.
Custom
Team and enterprise pricing.
Free
30-day trial of Readwise Full (includes Reader). No card required.
Readwise (Full)
$9.99/mo billed annually or $12.99/mo monthly. Includes Reader, highlights sync, and export to Notion/Obsidian.
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.
Inoreader is an RSS reader built for people who subscribe to a lot of feeds and want tight control over what they actually read. It supports RSS, Atom, JSON Feed, newsletter-to-RSS, and has keyword-level filtering, rules, and automations across every feed you follow. The product skews toward researchers, journalists, OSINT analysts, and anyone who treats feed reading as a daily workflow rather than background entertainment.
Readwise Reader is the reading companion to Readwise's highlight sync service. It handles articles, PDFs, EPUBs, emails, tweets, and YouTube transcripts in one inbox, with a Ghostreader AI copilot for summaries, definitions, and Q&A. Highlights sync to Notion, Obsidian, Logseq, Roam, Evernote, and Airtable. It ships as web, iOS, Android, and browser extensions, with a public REST API for scripting. Pricing is $9.99/mo billed annually (or $12.99/mo monthly) as part of the Readwise Full plan, which includes the highlight sync service. A 30-day free trial is available.