What Instapaper Premium does
Instapaper Premium is the paid plan for the Instapaper read-later service, listed at $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year, with the page stating that the yearly plan saves over 15%. Premium adds full-text search across saved articles, including archived ones, and a PDF reader for PDFs saved from the web or uploaded directly. It stores a permanent copy of saved articles and removes the five-note monthly limit on notes. The comparison table lists Kindle integration, AI voices and text-to-speech playlists on mobile, speed reading up to 3x faster, and an ad-free website as Premium features. Premium syncs across web, iOS and Android. The page does not state free trial, refund or billing terms, or whether AI summaries or highlights are included.
How Instapaper Premium compares with its closest alternatives
4 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Instapaper Premium does. Only Voicenotes lists a starting price, $9 a month. 2 of the 5 offer an API; FalcoScan's records show none for Instapaper Premium. Instapaper Premium offers a web app and a mobile app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app and 4 offer a mobile app. Instapaper Premium was founded in 2010; the alternatives were founded between 2007 and 2023, 1 of them earlier. The alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States.