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24 alternatives to ClearRead

Designed for Clarity. Built for Inclusion

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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Reader Mode▲405
Remove clutter and ads from any article. Instantly ⚡
2019 · readermode.io · its alternatives →
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Reader Mode 2.0▲332
Read, highlight and annotate the web without distractions
2025 · readermode.io · its alternatives →
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Clearly▲177
A simple, distraction free reader for Chrome
2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
4
Reader Mode Premium▲314
Read, highlight and annotate the web without distractions
2020 · readermode.io · its alternatives →
5
BiRead▲302
An easy tool for instant bilingual reading
2024 · biread.com · its alternatives →
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Just Read▲213
Reader view for web browsers
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Clarity▲320
Lightning fast YouTube notes
2021 · its alternatives →
8
Ditch Black Text to Read Faster, Easier▲739
2013 · beelinereader.com · its alternatives →
9
Readsy▲155
Auto-highlighted text for faster reading
2022 · its alternatives →
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Paste a link to an article, get a minimal version to read▲78
2014 · justread.mpgarate.com · its alternatives →
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Minimal Reading Mode ▲91
Optimize websites for reading: font, contrast, night mode
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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123Read▲70
Distraction free reading for every website
2019 · its alternatives →
13
Increase your readability and productivity with this simple extension▲65
Reader Mode is a powerful online reading toolkit that lets you read, highlight, annotate, bookmark and research better and without distractions
2019 · readermode.io · its alternatives →
14
Read-Ify▲63
Make reading the web easier
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
15
7reads▲119
A minimal mindful reading list for Google Chrome.
2020 · 7reads.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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ClearSlate▲46
Where simplicity meets productivity.
2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Readlax Chrome Extension▲67
Chrome Extension - speed reading tool, online reading
2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
18
ReadPilot▲303
Read any webpage in 1 minute, with only 1 click
2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Readvox▲211
Chrome Extension that will read texts on web pages for you
2024 · readvox.com · its alternatives →
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The Reader Extension▲80
A Chrome extension that makes you read what you save
2018 · rukshn.github.io · its alternatives →
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Dark Reader▲299
Dark theme for every website, care for your eyes
2018 · darkreader.org · its alternatives →
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Readup▲80
Track and improve your online reading habits.
2019 · readup.org · its alternatives →
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Clean Read – Distraction-Free Web Reader▲6
Turn any messy page or AI chat into a fully editable reader.
Jan 2026 · notionhighlights.com · its alternatives →
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Unclutter – Reader mode, but better▲212
Hey everyone! In the last months I've been working on Unclutter, a modern reader mode browser extension. In contrast to all existing approaches, it unclutters articles by modifying their CSS instead of extracting the text content. This results in a more visually pleasing result that reuses the original article style. The idea is to remove friction so you use the reader mode more often. There are a few more features around saving articles automatically and taking highlights -- more details are on the website. The extension has about 400 active weekly users right now, mostly from organic web…
2022 · unclutter.it · its alternatives →

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