Readwise Highlighter

The Readwise Highlighter is the official browser extension made by and maintained by the Readwise team that saves articles to your Reader account and enables you to optionally highlight the open web.
What is Readwise Highlighter?
The 'Readwise Highlighter' is an official browser add-on designed by the Readwise team. It facilitates users to efficiently save articles to the Reader account and provide the ability to highlight the open web, which later syncs with the user's Readwise ecosystem. Notably, it also provides an optional feature to sync with the user's preferred note-taking application. However, to avail its full benefits, one must have an active Readwise account.
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Add-on stats

By: Readwise
Rating: 4.32 (19)
Version: 0.15.23 (Last updated: 2024-01-16)
Creation date: 2021-05-18
Weekly download count: 252
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • <all_urls>
  • activeTab
  • background
  • contextMenus
  • notifications
  • storage
  • tabs
  • unlimitedStorage
Size: 2.88M

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# 1032 ▲ 1
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This is the official Reader browser extension made by and maintained by the Readwise team.

You use the Reader Highlighter extension to:

• Save articles to Reader – the first ever read-it-later app built for power readers. If you’ve ever used Instapaper or Pocket, Reader is like those, except it’s built for 2023 and brings all your reading into one place including: web articles, email newsletters, RSS feeds, Twitter threads, PDFs, EPUBs and more. You can get started with Reader here. • Highlight and annotate the open web.

All highlights that you make using this extension will be synced with the Readwise ecosystem and, optionally, to your note-taking app of choice such as Obsidian, Notion, Roam Research, Evernote, Logseq, and more.

Note: You must have an existing Readwise account to use this extension.

If you are not already a subscriber, you can get a free 30-day trial with no credit card upfront. At the end of the trial, you will not be charged unless you choose to subscribe.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Transforms focus on creativity and enhances workflow
  • Provides a good service overall
  • Effective highlighting functionality
Cons
  • Excessive data tracking of users
  • Requires login to use the extension
  • New updates lead to functionality issues, such as inability to highlight Wikipedia articles
Most mentioned
  • Concern about data privacy and tracking
  • Issues with the latest updates causing bugs
  • Need for improved privacy controls
Recent reviews
by terran5992, 2024-10-17
by ByronicChronic, 2024-09-19
The tracking is just horrible... why not just let me pay and stop all the tracking? Other than that it's a good service.
by Davide, 2024-06-29
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Readwise Highlighter requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Readwise Highlighter has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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