Comparison
A Readwise alternative for your Kindle highlights
Readwise collects your highlights from Kindle and many other apps, resurfaces them in a daily review and exports them to note-taking tools. Its Reader app adds articles, PDFs, EPUBs and newsletters. It is the most complete tool of its kind, with no free tier beyond a trial.
Last checked 13 Oct 2026. Prices and features change; the sources are at the end.
Doomreader overlaps with part of it: your reading, the highlights you make in it and your Kindle highlights in one Saved list, with export to Notion and Obsidian. It is narrower, with no daily review, and cheaper to start, since importing Kindle highlights is free. Here is the honest comparison.
Doomreader and Readwise side by side
| What | Doomreader | Readwise |
|---|---|---|
| Price to start | Free | 30-day trial, no free tier |
| Paid price | Pro, see the pricing page | Reader $9.99 a month billed yearly, $12.99 monthly; Lite $5.59 a month |
| Kindle highlights import | Free (My Clippings.txt or the Kindle notebook) | Yes, automatic sync |
| Other highlight sources | Highlights and notes you make in Doomreader, in one Saved list with your Kindle ones | About 23 import sources, Apple Books, Kobo and more |
| Daily review | Not yet | Yes, with spaced repetition |
| Export | Notion, Obsidian and Markdown with Pro | About 15 targets, Notion, Obsidian, Logseq, Roam and more |
| Read articles | Free, 25 saves a month; Pro keeps as many as you like | Reader |
| Follow newsletters and blogs | Free up to 10 feeds; Pro up to 500, plus a newsletter email address | Reader, with feeds and an email address |
| EPUBs and PDFs | Yes, as a feed of short posts | Reader |
| Free classics | 3,000+ built in | No |
| AI questions | Ask the book, with AI credits | Ghostreader in Reader |
| Read aloud | Free in your device's voice; AI voices with credits | Text to speech in Reader unverified |
Where Readwise is better
- Integrations: far more import sources and export targets, kept in sync automatically.
- A mature, configurable review with spaced repetition, and a power-user reader with keyboard shortcuts and filters.
- Native apps on iPhone and Mac.
Where Doomreader is better
- Free to start: importing your Kindle highlights and reading them costs nothing.
- Reading and highlighting in one app, in a feed format made for a phone.
- Thousands of free classics with their best lines, to highlight alongside your own.
- Words you look up while reading are saved with their sentence, free, and come back as word flashcards with Pro.
Which to choose
If you highlight across many apps and live in a notes tool, Readwise is worth its price. If your highlights come mostly from Kindle and your own reading, and you want to read and keep them in one simple place, Doomreader covers it, starting free. Readwise Reader also appears in our lists of the best read later apps and the best RSS reader apps.
Questions
Is there a free alternative to Readwise?
For Kindle highlights, partly: Doomreader imports them free. Notion and Obsidian export is part of Pro.
Can I export Kindle highlights to Notion?
Yes, with Doomreader Pro: import My Clippings.txt or the Kindle notebook free, then export to Notion, Obsidian or Markdown.
Does Doomreader sync highlights from Apple Books or Kobo?
No. It imports Kindle highlights and keeps them in one Saved list with the highlights and notes you make in Doomreader.
Does Doomreader have a daily review?
Not yet. Your highlights, notes and Kindle highlights stay together in one Saved list, and words you look up with Define or Translate are saved with their sentence in the Words tab, free. With Pro, they come back as word flashcards in the Words tab.
Sources
- Readwise pricing: plans, prices and trial, via docs/competition.md, 6 Oct 2026
- Readwise docs: importing and exporting highlights: about 23 import and 15 export pages, counted 9 Oct 2026 (docs/seo-research-2.md)
Doomreader's own facts are from the app as it is today and its pricing page. Spotted something out of date? Write to hello@doomreaderapp.com.