The term post-reading means returning to reading texts or articles at a later time, for example when we browse the Internet on the computer or the phone sometimes we meet articles or news that are worth reading, but because of their many, we may not have time to read them, so what is known as post-reading applications appeared, meaning saving the article or news inside An application to read it at a later time without the need for an internet connection.
Here are the top eight post-reading apps that you can use from your mobile phone or computer ...
1- Delicious
The oldest post-reading applications, initially started as a website before the service was released for smartphones, Delicious service allows the user to save important articles and links for later reference.
Delicious was founded in 2003 by Joshua Schachter, and in 2005 Yahoo bought the site. By the end of 2008, the site had close to five million users, then Yahoo sold the service to AVOS systems.
The service is still used today and is considered one of the most successful post-reading services thanks to its applications on all platforms.
2- Diigo
A post-reading service that allows saving articles, notes, documents and photos, easy to use, and available on most platforms.
The site was founded in 2006 and quickly became one of the largest search tools for links and bookmarks according to CNET. Diigo is available as a website and as an application for various platforms, as well as an application on Google Chrome.
3- Evernote Web Clipper
It allows saving texts, articles and images through the Evernote application by cutting them and then saving them directly within Evernote and can be saved in the cloud. It is also available as a separate service on all browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox and Opera.
4- Pocket
The most popular post-reading app, previously called Read it Late, was founded in 2007 by Nathan Weiner as a Firefox extension, and it gained wide fame, which led the app's founder to expand and establish a separate company in Silicon Valley.
The success of the application made him obtain large financing, which began with 2.5 million dollars in 2011, and in 2012 he received a funding of 5 million dollars.
Pocket has important features that made the application the most popular among subsequent reading applications, the most important of which is the ease of saving articles, then the ease of storing them in the cloud to return to them later, as well as the simplicity of design and the ability to save articles from anywhere within browsers and various applications.
5- Kifi
What distinguishes this application from other post-reading applications is the links it provides on various search engines when installed on any of the known browsers, as it allows saving the topic or article without the need to open its own link, i.e. you can save the topic as soon as it appears in Google search results, for example without The need to enter the web page that contains the topic.
Kifi also allows submitting and sharing saved topics within the app for the same to be discussed among friends and chatted about them, meaning we can say that it is not just an app for post-reading only, but a social network to share links and texts.
6- Instapaper
One of the best and most popular post-reading applications, available on all platforms and browsers, it was developed by Marco Arment in 2008 and at that time had 2 million users, in 2013 it was sold to Betaworks, where it is running until now.
The service started specifically in 2007 under the name “Read Later” and has won several awards and was officially launched in January 2008 on ios for $ 3.99 and on Android for $ 2.99.
Instapaper offers its own browser for reading and saving and a seamless search engine for easy finding of topics.
7- ReadQuick
We can say that this application combines the best post-reading applications in one application, for example, instead of downloading several applications to save texts and images, this application collects applications such as Pocket, Instapaper and readability in one place.
Ease of use, simplicity of design, one-click preservation, once you choose the service you want to save texts in, all of the features within ReadQuick, in addition to the above the ability to fetch the articles previously stored in the applications we mentioned before and store them in the cloud in one place.
8- Readability
The current best applications for post-reading because it offers huge possibilities to save articles, texts and videos from YouTube and Vimeo. Readability offers a great user experience. Although it is a completely free application, it offers a clean page without ads, and it also offers a number of features such as:
The article can be archived after reading it.
Show time spent reading.
Double tap to move down and up.
Control font size and type.
A private browser for reading and a search engine.
In addition to the above, a large number of features and capabilities of the application, which is currently the best in the field of subsequent reading.
