Postlight Reader (Mercury Reader) Alternatives

Postlight Reader (Mercury Reader) is described as 'The Mercury Reader extension for Chrome removes ads and distractions, leaving only text and images for a clean and consistent reading view on every site' and is an app in the web browsers category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Postlight Reader (Mercury Reader) for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Google Chrome, iPhone, iPad and Mac apps. The best Postlight Reader (Mercury Reader) alternative is wallabag, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Postlight Reader (Mercury Reader) are Inoreader, Instapaper, Evernote Web Clipper and WebCrate.

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  1. wallabag icon
     311 likes

    Open-source, self-hosted service that extracts article content for comfortable viewing, offers responsive offline access on multiple devices, supports import from popular tools, multilingual options, filters, classification, and downloads in many formats.

    103 wallabag alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Cloudron
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  2. Inoreader icon
     1458 likes

    Aggregate feeds from RSS, social media, and newsletters with advanced filtering, OPML management, website monitoring, IFTTT automation, cloud syncing, text-to-speech, dark mode, and collaboration tools for flexible and efficient content consumption across devices.

    289 Inoreader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Kindle Fire
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  3. Instapaper icon
     243 likes

    Save articles and web pages for offline access, organize content into folders, highlight text, use text-to-speech and speed reading, and sync and read on web or mobile. Provides clean reading view, integration options, sharing features, and device-friendly access.

    111 Instapaper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Google Chrome
    • Kindle Fire
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  4. Save anything you see online - including text, links and images - into your Evernote account with a single click.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Internet Explorer
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Opera
    • Firefox
     
  5. WebCrate icon
     11 likes

    Group, organize and share links from around the web with WebCrate. It's more than just a bookmarking tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Deta
     
  6. Email This icon
     21 likes

    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.

    57 Email This alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  7. Couch icon
     3 likes

    Discover Couch: Your Read-It-Later Companion for Pocket and/or iCloud Elevate your reading experience with Couch.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  8. You're busy. OneNote Web Clipper lets you quickly clip all or part of a web page to OneNote, and save it for later. Clip images, pdfs, videos, or a visual bookmark of a page. Best of all, you can access them from any computer, tablet, or phone - even when you're offline.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  9. WebCull icon
     11 likes

    WebCull is an online link manager that helps you keep all your links organized for one place that's accessible from everywhere.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Microsoft Edge
     
  10. My Reads icon
     4 likes

    Quickly save links from online stories, blogs, articles, and podcasts, with automatic clipboard detection and tagging. Syncs across iOS devices, lets you view in your default browser, and share—all with a minimalist, private approach and no account required.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  11. DoMarks icon
     5 likes

    DoMarks is the to-do app for bookmarks. Add bookmarks. Categorize them. Check them off. Done!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  12. Fika icon
     2 likes

    Fika is a tool which can help you extract the main content from the webpage and present it in a peaceful reading mode. Other than that, Fika retrieves the table of content and offers four delightful themes: Vanilla, Latte, Blabar, Licorice.

    7 Fika alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
     
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