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24 alternatives to Lit — Blind Book Discovery

Read before you see the book

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

1. 1
   Highlighted for iOS▲215

   Stop forgetting what you read.

   2022 · highlighted.app · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Literal▲321

   Track your reading and discover your next favourite book

   2021 · literal.club · its alternatives →

3. 3
   New Reads▲74

   Book discovery site that doesn't judge a book by its cover

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Literal 2.0▲380

   Discover, organise & discuss books

   2022 · literal.club · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hardcover▲307

   Discover, track and read life-changing books

   2023 · hardcover.app · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Booklights▲169

   Make America Read Again 📖

   2017 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Bookself▲361

   The social reading app 📚💬

   2019 · bookself.app · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Summarize▲256

   Remember the books you read through organized notes 📚

   2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Readwell▲153

   Find books you’ll love with AI-powered recommendations.

   2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Instaread▲299

    Read or hear key takeaways of any book in minutes

    2016 · instaread.co · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Readwise Reader▲380

    The all-in-one reading app for power readers

    2022 · readwise.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    ReadHero▲149

    ReadHero 2.0: New Look, Smarter AI, Widgets & Book Search!

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Readwise Reader, an all-in-one reading app▲326

    Hey HN, cofounder of Readwise here. We've been working on this cross-platform reader app for about 2 years, excited to finally share it in public beta. Probably the most notable thing that makes Reader unique is that it supports almost any content type you could want to save/read/highlight: * web pages * emails/newsletters * PDFs * ePubs * twitter threads * youtube videos (with transcripts) * RSS feeds With all of your knowledge content in one place, we built powerful reading and highlighting, as well as a bunch of novel triage/organization features, so you can actually…

    2022 · readwise.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Litmaps – Visual Research Discovery Tool▲116

    Your Literature Review Assistant — Discover literature and accelerate your entire research process with the most powerful visual search tool.

    2021 · app.litmaps.co · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Blinkist▲288

    Key insights from 2,000+ bestselling nonfiction books

    2013 · blinkist.com · its alternatives →

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    The Book Seer▲100

    Enter a recently read book & the seer gives recommendations

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Reader Vision▲66

    Read dimly lit menus with ease

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Bookpin▲73

    You see a book you would like to remember? Bookpin it

    2019 · its alternatives →

19. 19SS
    Stack – Save and explore books and book lists▲156

    2019 · stack.app · its alternatives →

20. 20
    fresh.ink▲131

    Read high-quality books before they're published

    2019 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    BookNotion▲108

    Easily save Kindle highlights in Notion for free

    2023 · en.booknotion.site · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Readme▲142

    A purposefully feature-lite Twitter reader app

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Lit – a modern literate programming tool▲95

    A modern tool for literate programming. Contribute to cdosborn/lit development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Reading List▲77

    An iOS app to track your reading

    2021 · readinglist.app · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →