Instapaper

Instapaper is the original "read later": you save any web page with a click and find it cleaned of ads and distractions, ready to read comfortably even offline. A simple tool that has done one thing well for over fifteen years.

Instapaper is a read-later service: you save articles you want to read but don't have time for right now, and find them later in your personal library, cleanly formatted. The browser extension, bookmarklet or app sharing let you save any web page with a gesture. Instapaper processes it, removes ads, menus, pop-ups and all visual noise, and returns just the article's text and images in a readable format. The mobile app lets you read offline — useful while traveling, on the subway or on a plane — and automatically syncs content before you lose connection. You can highlight important parts of articles, add notes and organize your library into folders. The text-to-speech feature turns saved articles into audio to listen to. Instapaper has existed since 2008 and is one of the longest-running "read later" services, now owned by Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and Tumblr.

For curious readers, professionals and researchers who accumulate more interesting articles and content than they can read in real time and want a neat, offline personal library.

Instapaper is free for basic use with full save, offline reading and sync features. The Premium plan costs $2.99 per month ($29.99 per year) and adds full-text notes, complete full-text search across saved articles, unlimited lists and variable text-to-speech speed. It's one of the most affordable premium services in the category.