Aktaba

Aktaba is a first-brain workshop for people who read to produce — essays, papers, arguments, decisions. Instead of frictionless capture that piles up into a note graveyard, Aktaba asks you to think for ten seconds when you capture, so every note lands tagged, placed, and answering a question you actually have. One opinionated pipeline — highlight, note, map, write — with no markdown, plugins, or configuration. Upload PDFs and EPUBs and highlight in-app. Turn highlights into notes that go straight into visual maps (Matters), reasoning paths (Threads), or writing projects. Spaced review keeps what you learn. $4.70/month, every feature included, country-adjusted pricing. Honest caveat: if you want a place to dump bookmarks and sort them "later," Aktaba will feel like ceremony — it's built for readers who write.