Best alternatives to Read It Later (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Read It Later, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Read it later
Save page to read later.
≈1K users3.6★ from 15 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions- About 10× fewer users than Read It Later
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Read Later
Store links to read later, organize tabs and windows
≈8K users4.6★ from 87 ratingsUpdated 15 months ago2 permissions- A similar number of users to Read It Later
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
- Listed under Functionality & UI
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Read Later
A temporary bookmark focuses on reading later, rather than closing and removing, with several Vim keybindings!
≈3K users4.6★ from 22 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago4 permissions- About 3.3× fewer users than Read It Later
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Reading List
This extension saves a list of links to pages to read later.
≈40K users4.3★ from 746 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions- About 4.0× more users than Read It Later
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
- Listed under Tools
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Folio
Save pages to read later.
≈1K users5.0★ from 5 ratingsUpdated 15 months ago4 permissions- About 10× fewer users than Read It Later
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
- Listed under Tools
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Talis Reading Lists Bookmarking
A browser extension to bookmark resources to Talis Reading Lists
≈30K users4.0★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 7 days ago4 permissions- About 3.0× more users than Read It Later
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Instapaper
Instapaper browser extension to save links for offline reading.
≈200K users3.2★ from 563 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years5 permissions- About 20× more users than Read It Later
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Markoob - Bookmark Launcher
Quickly access and manage bookmarks with recommendations based on your browsing habits.
≈6K users4.8★ from 55 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago8 permissions- About 1.7× fewer users than Read It Later
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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PaperSpan
Read It Later app to read more and finish your reading list - to use the web for better you.
≈1K users3.4★ from 17 ratingsUpdated 9 months ago7 permissions- About 10× fewer users than Read It Later
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Bookmark It
Create awesome bookmarks on your YouTube videos while showing you the best parts of videos.
≈5K users3.9★ from 59 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago3 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Read It Later
- Updated more recently
- Listed under Tools
Read It Later alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Read It Later?
By users, the most popular alternative is Instapaper with ≈200K users and a 3.2-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Read it later.
Which Read It Later alternative has the best rating?
Markoob - Bookmark Launcher has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.8 out of 5 from 55 ratings.
Is there a Read It Later alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Read it later asks for 2 permissions, against 3 for Read It Later.
How many alternatives to Read It Later are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Read It Later on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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