Is Readplace cheaper than Readwise Reader?

Yes. Readplace is $10 billed monthly, $60 billed once a year, or $108 billed once every 3 years, all the same product. Readwise listed Reader at $9.99/month billed annually or $12.99 month to month on Oct 1, 2026.

Can I move my Reader library across?

The links, yes. Upload any export file with links in it on the import page and pick what to keep. Highlights and notes don't come across, because Readplace has nowhere to put them.

Is there an Android app?

No. Readplace works in a mobile browser on Android.

Do I need an account to try it?

No. Paste any article or PDF link above and read it in the reader.

What happens if I stop paying?

You keep reading everything you saved. The account goes read-only: the readlist, the reader and export keep working. Saving new links and importing are what stop.

For readers pricing out Readwise Reader

What Reader does that this doesn't, in one table.

Readplace saves articles, PDFs and newsletter links, writes an AI TL;DR for each, and costs $60 a year, or $3/month on the 3-year plan. Readwise Reader does much more. The table lists what Reader has that Readplace doesn't, so you can check the rows you'd miss.

Paste any article or PDF link and read it. No account.

Try it against your own reading

Three steps, and the first needs no account.

1

Paste a link you saved in Reader

It opens in the Readplace reader with its AI TL;DR on top, so you can compare the two on the same article.
2

Start the trial when it's worth it

An account starts a 14-day trial with no card. Save from the Chrome or Firefox extension, the iPhone share sheet, or an AI assistant.
3

Bring the links across

Any export file with links in it goes through the import page, which lists every link for you to keep or drop before anything is saved.

The reader you'd be switching to

The Readplace reader showing an article with its AI summary expanded — The reader a pasted link opens into, with its TL;DR expanded.

Fayner Brack, Founder & CEO of Readplace, wrote js-cookie, which browsers download about 22 billion times a year, and ran his own reading pipeline for ten years before it became Readplace. Why Readplace exists.

Readplace and Readwise Reader, row by row

It's a narrower product, and the narrow part is the point.

Price. $3/month on the 3-year plan, $5/month billed yearly, or $10 month to month, and every plan is the whole product.

Scanned PDFs. Every page is read from its pixels, and a cleanup pass that changes a number is discarded. How the checks work.

Leaving. If you stop paying, the account goes read-only rather than locked, and export needs only a sign-in. What happens when a subscription ends.

AI assistants. ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini can save to and read from a readlist. How the assistant connection works.

Readplace and Readwise Reader
Feature	Readplace	Readwise Reader
Price	$3/month (3-year plan) to $10 month to month	$9.99/month billed annually, $12.99 month to month
Free trial	14 days, no card	30 days, no card
AI summaries	TL;DR on every save	Ghostreader
PDFs	Link, extension or iPhone share sheet, scans read by OCR	Upload, up to 500 MB
EPUB	Download any article as an EPUB	Upload EPUB books
Newsletters	One address per newsletter, article links saved	Email address, issues saved in Reader
Highlights and notes	No	Yes, exported to Notion, Obsidian and more
RSS	No	Yes
YouTube	No	Watch and highlight the transcript
Podcasts	No	Episodes from Spotify, Overcast and Apple Podcasts
Listening	No	Yes, AI voices
Kindle	EPUB file you send yourself	Sends documents to a Kindle
Offline reading	No	Yes
Apps	iPhone and Mac, Chrome and Firefox extensions	iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Chrome, Firefox and Safari extensions
After you stop paying	Read-only: reading and export keep working	Not reported
Hosting	Sydney, Australia	Not reported

Readwise Reader's column comes from readwise.io on Oct 1, 2026. Check it there before you decide.

What this does not do

No highlights or notes, so nothing syncs to Notion, Obsidian or Logseq.
No RSS or podcasts.
No listening or text-to-speech.
No video transcripts.
No Android app and no offline reading.
No full-text search across saved articles.
Newsletters bring their article links across, not the email body as an article.

Questions

Is Readplace cheaper than Readwise Reader?: Yes. Readplace is $10 billed monthly, $60 billed once a year, or $108 billed once every 3 years, all the same product. Readwise listed Reader at $9.99/month billed annually or $12.99 month to month on Oct 1, 2026.
Can I move my Reader library across?: The links, yes. Upload any export file with links in it on the import page and pick what to keep. Highlights and notes don't come across, because Readplace has nowhere to put them.
Does Readplace have highlights?: No.
Is there an Android app?: No. Readplace works in a mobile browser on Android.
Do I need an account to try it?: No. Paste any article or PDF link above and read it in the reader.
What happens if I stop paying?: You keep reading everything you saved. The account goes read-only: the readlist, the reader and export keep working. Saving new links and importing are what stop.

What it costs

Reading a link you paste here costs nothing. Keeping a library is a subscription: 14 days free, no card. After that $3/month.

Every plan is the whole product: $10 billed monthly, $60 billed once a year, or $108 billed once every 3 years.

If you never subscribe, nothing is charged and the account goes read-only, not dark — you keep reading every article you saved, and you can still export.

Google, Apple, or an email address. No card at any point in the trial.

Compare them on an article you saved

Paste a link and read it. No account required. The longer comparison covers each row in prose.