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24 alternatives to Hibou – Use spaced repetition to remember what you read
Remember what your read. Little time, lots of knowledge.
Hibou is a browser extension that helps users retain information from web content. Users highlight interesting passages while reading, and the tool sends notifications prompting them to review those highlights at… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hibou – Use spaced repetition to remember what you read launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hibou▲66Use spaced repetition to help you remember what you read
2015 · gethibou.com · its alternatives →
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Jiffy Reader▲509Read anything on the internet faster and more clearly
2022 · jiffyreader.com · its alternatives →
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Active Recall▲1,078Chat with everything you’ve read, heard, watched, or noted
2024 · recall.it · its alternatives →
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Reader Mode 2.0▲332Read, highlight and annotate the web without distractions
2025 · readermode.io · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, Just wanted to share a tool i've been working on to help with my own study routine. It’s a browser extension called Lingoku. The idea is simple: we spend hours browsing the web in English every day. This tool replaces some of the english words with Japanese vocabulary based on your japanese level (Similar to Toucan, but with a better user experience). It’s basically an attempt to make the "i+1" method actually passive, you understand the sentence because it's mostly english, but you pick up Japanese words naturally from the context. It uses an LLM in the backend to make sure the…
Dec 2025 · lingoku.ai · its alternatives →
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I've been working on Recall for a while now, it had some initial traction in the beginning which has since died down now. I am facing the inevitable question of whether to continue with the project. I just put out a new release and it would be helpful to get advice from the community on what they think of the idea and my implementation.
2022 · recall-app.com · its alternatives →
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Remember every article you read online, forever
2023 · harkenapp.com · its alternatives →
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Mochi▲212Take notes in markdown, review them with spaced repetition
2019 · mochi.cards · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I am a student shipping apps in my free time. This is my 4th for the year! Non-fic books and podcasts have been part of my life for years now but I always struggled with remembering what I’ve read or listened to. I wanted it to stick even after years. My notes list grew large but I never really revisited them. That’s why I created GinkgoNotes. You can enter notes you want to recall and leave it to the app to create a personalised (based on spaced repetition) email schedule. That means you’ll get your notes emailed to you a couple of times exactly when you should read them again…
2024 · ginkgonotes.com · its alternatives →
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Summarize, connect and organize ALL your online content
2023 · recall.it · its alternatives →
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2020 · memordo.com · its alternatives →
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Read, highlight and annotate the web without distractions
2020 · readermode.io · its alternatives →
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2017 · koob.jake.run · its alternatives →
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Learn vocabulary while surfing the web
2019 · burningvocabulary.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · kayce.basqu.es · its alternatives →
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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 →
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Hibou▲10Remember what you read on the web with spaced repetition
2015 · gethibou.com · its alternatives →
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Kogvio▲119Understand anything online without leaving the page.
Jul 2026 · kogvio.com · its alternatives →
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Yomu▲78One place to read your favorite content from around the web
2018 · yomu.io · its alternatives →
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