Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to crux.
Replace an 8 minute blog read to a 60 seconds quick skim
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. crux. launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Read 💩 Faster▲192Speed read articles w/o compromising your comprehension
2019 · its alternatives →
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5 Minute Readerâ–²97A simple app to read a different short story everyday.
2019 · its alternatives →
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Skimcastâ–²92Takes in any document and skims it down for your convenience
2016 · its alternatives →
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Wordpress Read Timeâ–²85Shows you the reading time of your blog post as you write
2019 · its alternatives →
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Every other week I discuss one B2B content experiment
2021 · its alternatives →
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Minute Pocketâ–²148Get the estimated reading time for your Pocket articles
2017 · its alternatives →
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Skimz▲685% less time, all the signal—global news in 10 minutes
2025 · skimz.ai · its alternatives →
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Freshreaderâ–²79A read-it-later service where items disappear after 7 days.
2020 · its alternatives →
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Always Readingâ–²102Queue up articles and schedule when you want to read them.
2018 · its alternatives →
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Well, I certainly tried. I had to, because it has a certain quirk inspired by "digital minimalism." The quirk is that it only allows you to fetch new articles once per day (or X days). Why? Let me explain... I want my internet content to be like a boring newspaper. You get it in the morning, and you read the whole thing while sipping your morning coffee, and then you're done! No more new information for today. No pings, no alerts, peace, quiet, zen, etc. But with that, I needed it to be able to fetch all articles from my hundreds of feeds in one sitting. This is where Zig and curl…
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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