4 alternativesMatter: Free to start
The best Matter alternatives
For most people the best alternative to Matter is Readwise Reader, and the best free one is NetNewsWire.
Readwise ReaderPick it if you read dozens of articles and PDFs a week and want every highlight searchable later.From $9.99Compare at a glance
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| App | Price | How you pay | Mac | iPhone | iPad | App Store | Developer | Rating |
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 Matter | Free to start | Free, with paid upgrades | 4.6 | |||||
| Readwise Reader | From $9.99 | Subscription | 4.6 | |||||
 NetNewsWire | Free, open source | Free | 4.7 | |||||
 Reeder | Free to start | Free, with paid upgrades | 4.3 | |||||
 DoMarks | Free to start | Free, with paid upgrades | 4.7 |
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The alternatives, in order
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Pick it if you read dozens of articles and PDFs a week and want every highlight searchable later.
Articles, newsletters, RSS, PDFs and YouTube transcripts in 1 library, with highlights that come back to you later.
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Pick this if you follow blogs and news sites and want a free, ad-free list of new posts.
A free, open source RSS reader that puts every new post from the sites you follow in one list, ad-free.
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Pick it if you follow YouTube channels and Mastodon accounts too and want to scroll them as 1 feed.
One calm timeline for RSS, YouTube, podcasts and social posts that picks up where you left off on every device.
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Pick it if you save dozens of links a week and never get back to most of them.
Saved links get an action and a checkbox, so articles, videos and podcasts finally get done.
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When Matter is still the right pick
You save more articles than you ever read and would gladly hear some of them on a walk.
Matter prices and verdictFree to start