Offline Reading Apps
Though the Internet is a lifeline for most, there will always be times where we don’t have access to it and we want to read something. That’s where the software on this page, which includes support for reading content without the need for an Internet connection, comes in! Software like Pocket will save news articles and other content in order to read even without an Internet connection.
- Save webpages to read later, and eliminate cluttering of bookmarks with sites that are merely of a one-time interest.
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Blackberry
- Android Tablet
- Windows Phone
- iPad
- Google Chrome
- Safari
- Opera
- Firefox
- Feedly is a better way to organize, read and share the content of your favorite sites.
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Google Chrome
- Safari
- Kindle Fire
- Firefox
- wallabag is an opensource self hostable application for saving web pages.## Comfortable reading
- Paid • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Windows S
- Android Tablet
- Windows Phone
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Google Chrome
- Cloudron
- Opera
- Firefox
- Polar is a powerful desktop app for managing all your web content, books, and notes. Polar keeps all your content in one place, supports tagging, annotation, highlighting and keeps track of your reading progress.
- Freemium • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron / Atom Shell
- Instapaper is a simple tool to save web pages for reading later. To save web pages for later offline reading: go to Instapaper.
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Apple Watch
- Google Chrome
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Firefox
- A free and open source manga reader for Android. It takes manga from sources like Mangadex, KissManga, etc.
- 📝 Create notes and manage your to-do list using simple markup formats🌲 Work completely offline - whenever, wherever👌 Compatible with any other...
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
- A news reader for the Mac with support for various sync services.
- Fast & free RSS feed reader as a browser extension for Chrome, Vivaldi, Edge, Brave and Firefox for reading blogs, news or any RSS, Atom or RDF based feed.
- Free • Proprietary
- Online
- Microsoft Edge
- Vivaldi Browser
- Google Chrome
- Brave
- Firefox
- Liferea is a web feed reader/news aggregator that brings together all of the content from your favorite subscriptions into a simple interface that makes it easy to organize and browse feeds.
- Kiwix enables you to have the whole Wikipedia at hand wherever you go! You don't need Internet, everything is stored on your computer, USB flash drive or DVD!.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Wine
- Digg delivers the most interesting and talked-about stories on the Web right now. IPhone and iPad apps available.
- *** officially discontinued ***Flym News Reader is a light, modern, totally free (no ads) and opensource project which keeps you inform by fetching your websites/blogs and...
Discontinued
The developer has archived the repository and put up a notice of discontinuation.
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- Send web pages and articles to your email inbox. EmailThis removes ads & distractions from web pages and sends you a beautifully formatted email with just the text and images.
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Aldiko is an e-book reader application for the Android operating system.
Discontinued
The official website is no longer available. Last version, 3.1.3, released in October 2018, can be still downloaded from the Google Play Store.
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Android
- Android Tablet