Doomreader

Doomreader

Save to Doomreader: the Chrome and Edge extension for reading later

The Doomreader extension saves the article you are reading to your Doomreader account in one click, from Chrome or Edge on your computer. Later, on your phone or anywhere else, it is waiting in your Articles tab as short cards you swipe through, and every card counts toward your daily reading streak.

The Articles tab in Doomreader: a box to paste a link, then three saved example articles with their reading time and progress

It does one thing and asks for little: it can save links to your account, and nothing else.

Install it

It works in Chrome, Edge, Brave and the other browsers built on Chrome. Install it, and a Doomreader tab opens to connect it to your account: sign in (it is free) and tap Connect.

Add to Chrome, free

Three ways to save

Click the Doomreader button in your toolbar, and the page you are on is saved; the small window says Saved, with the article's title, or what went wrong. Right-click any page, or any link, and choose Save page to Doomreader or Save link to Doomreader, to save a link without opening it. Or press Alt+Shift+S; you can change the shortcut on your browser's extension shortcuts page.

The extension checks each page as it saves it, so you hear at once when a page has no article to read or needs a sign-in. Without Pro you have 25 saves a month, one allowance shared with saving in the app, not 25 more on top; once they are used up, what you save from the browser waits for next month. Pro keeps as many as you like.

The sheet that connects the Doomreader browser extension, asking to sign in first so the extension knows whose account to save to
Connecting it, once, from the app
An example article read in Doomreader as one large card of text, with its site and progress above and highlight, share and note below
What you saved, read as cards

What it can see, and what it cannot

The extension asks for three permissions. activeTab lets it read the address of the tab you are on, only when you click the button or press the shortcut. contextMenus adds the right-click items. storage keeps its key and the last save's result in your browser. It may talk to one site, doomreaderapp.com, and nothing else, and it has no analytics.

It never gets your password or your sign-in. When you tap Connect in the app, Doomreader gives the extension a key that can only save links to your account; it cannot open your library, your notes or your highlights. The key is listed on your account page, under Browser extension, where Disconnect stops it at once. Deleting your account deletes it too.

When you save, the page's address goes to Doomreader's own server, which reads the page once to find the article and keeps only the address and the title until your app takes it in, at most 30 days. The article itself is then saved on your device, as a pasted link is. The privacy page has the details.

Other browsers, and your phone

On Firefox and Safari, use the one-click bookmark button on the read later page: drag it to your bookmarks bar and click it on any article. On Android, share a link to Doomreader from any app. And newsletters can be forwarded to your own Doomreader address with Pro.

Questions

Is the extension free?

Yes. It needs a free Doomreader account. Without Pro you can save 25 articles a month, counting the app and the extension together; Pro keeps as many as you like and syncs them across your devices.

Does it work in Edge, Brave or Opera?

Yes, in Edge and the other browsers built on Chrome, from the Chrome Web Store. Firefox and Safari are not supported yet; use the bookmark button there.

Where do saved articles go?

To the Articles tab in Doomreader, the next time you open the app on any device where you are signed in. Each one is then kept on that device and opens offline.

Can the extension read my books or my browsing?

No. It can only save the link you choose to your account. It reads nothing on the pages you visit and sends nothing until you save.

How do I disconnect it?

In Doomreader, open your account page and tap Disconnect beside the browser under Browser extension. Removing the extension from your browser deletes its key there too.

Read on

Try it

Doomreader is free in the browser and on Android, with no sign-up to start reading.