PaperSpan - Read It Later

Save, read & listen to your interesting articles on web, even while offline.

PaperSpan - Read It Later

App stats

By: PaperSpan
Users: 51,035
41
Version: 5.2 (Last updated: 2024-03-31)
Creation date: 2011-09-10
Permissions
Identity: find accounts on the device
Contacts: find accounts on the device
Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Other:
  • view network connections
  • full network access
  • prevent device from sleeping
  • modify system settings

Other platforms

PaperSpan (v2.1)
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App summary

Your articles ready for you to read or listen - while you wait, commute, walk, cook, whenever.

No ads, No suggestions – Save articles of your own interest, and app should help finish reading them. Comfortably.

Carefully designed search, sort, and filters to easily pick the article you need.
Choose a category matching your mood. Interested in health articles now? Choose Health. You don't have to assign the category in advance, the app does this for you.
Take up on your pending reads by opening Unread articles alone. Short waiting time? Pick those short articles by reading time.

READ COMFORTABLY:
Save from your desktop, iPhone, iPad, or Android. Read them in a clean and easy to read format for a comfortable and focused reading.

OFFLINE:
Read, listen, or manage those articles even if your device is offline. App will automatically sync when your device is back online.

HIGHLIGHTS:
Highlight those important phrases as you read. Keep the essence of your reading and refer whenever you need.

SEND TO KINDLE:
Love the Kindle reading experience? Send articles to your Kindle device (or app) and read them at your own pace.

SEARCH & COMFORT:
Search & Sort to quickly find an article. Organize with folders. Adjust your reading settings with dark/light theme, fonts, brightness, and more!

AUTO CATEGORIES:
Pick articles by your mood at the moment. Your articles already have their category assigned. Choose Health related articles or Science if you are in that learning mood.

NOTES:
Capture the gist out of an article you just read - your summary of lessons learned, thoughts you got out of an article. Keep the record to re-read yourself anytime or share to your notes app.

LISTEN:
Listen to articles while you walk, cook, or commute with in-app text to speech. Add them to your playlist and listen uninterrupted.
You don't have to trade your productive time for your web reading.

READING STATISTICS:
Get insights into your reading routine. You read rate, daily peak reading time, categories you read, your popular sites and more to help plan and enhance your reading.

PaperSpan is here to support your web reading & productivity – to use the web for better you.

Got something to say? Feel free to drop us a line! We’re always listening to your suggestions to improve PaperSpan!

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Simple and easy to use for saving articles.
  • Unlimited highlights per article.
  • Text-to-speech functionality for listening to articles.
  • Automatic categorization of saved articles.
  • Cleaner offline text view compared to other apps.
Cons
  • Issues with syncing articles across devices.
  • Missing features like tagging and sorting articles.
  • Inconsistent formatting of saved articles.
  • Some images do not load properly in text view.
  • Introduction of subscription model for features previously available for free.
Most mentioned
  • Wanted additional features such as tagging and desktop app.
  • Compatibility and syncing issues were problematic.
  • App is preferred over competitors like Pocket and Instapaper.
User reviews
Simple and really effective read it later App. Very useful. Nice read out loud built in. On initial install, the developer was very responsive. A few extra bells and whistles would be nice (e.g.ability to star or tag, for example) and the inclusion of a dedicated desktop app would make this solid app awesome.
by Gary M, 2024-11-24

Best way to capture and read articles on a mobile device. Replaced all other "read later" apps for me. All these years later, PaperScan is maintained, I do appreciate that!
by Michael Potter, 2024-11-17

Thank you for you. I just needed a simple app because I had too many tabs open for recipes and crochet patterns and I needed to save them. It's easy to understand and files things nicely. It removes some of the formatting but keeps the pictures well. There is also a link to the original post if you need it. Thank you!
by E Gonzales, 2024-11-13
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