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24 alternatives to Novella
The Short Story App
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Novella launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Shortly▲150Short stories from reddit based on how much time you have
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Readwise Reader▲380The all-in-one reading app for power readers
2022 · readwise.io · its alternatives →
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Pocket Listen▲425Reading is hard. Listen to articles instead.
2015 · getpocket.com · its alternatives →
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StoryMaze▲111A library of interactive sensual audio stories
2021 · wonders.digital · its alternatives →
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Short Story▲77Curated styles for the modern petite woman
2019 · my.shortstorybox.com · its alternatives →
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The new storytelling format for work and important ideas
2022 · tome.app · its alternatives →
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TaleAStory▲69Create short stories with friends, one sentence at a time
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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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 →
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Hi HN! I have been working on a webapp to keep learning German and today I want to share the first version. In the past, I have used books with "Short stories" to learn the language and I always wanted more stories so I thought I could put that into an app. Short stories are nice because the learner can attempt to understand words from the context of the text and it feels like less effort than a traditional language app. Additionally, the app format allows for practice questions at the end and you can use LLMs to check whether the answers are correct; so the users can check themselves. So…
2023 · webbu.app · its alternatives →
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Instaread▲299Read or hear key takeaways of any book in minutes
2016 · instaread.co · its alternatives →
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Readstack▲145Zero-stress app to save the articles you want to read later
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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