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24 alternatives to Shepherd
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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Shepherd launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hi all, creator here :) - I launched Shepherd.com (https://shepherd.com/) 3 years ago on Hacker News and have added a ton since then! Here is the original Show HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26871660). I’ve interviewed 10,000+ authors & experts to get their 5 favorite reads around different topics, themes, and moods. And I’ve connected those so that you follow your curiosity around topics, authors, books, and more. Try Art Kleiner’s favorite reads on understanding AI and its effect on people:…
2024 · its alternatives →
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2021 · shepherd.com · its alternatives →
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Shepherd▲9Bible app with a built-in AI study partner.
2025 · simplecohortllc.com · its alternatives →
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Hi all, creator here :) I launched Shepherd.com on a Show HN in April 2021 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26871660), and it has come a long way. My goal with Shepherd is to create an experience that feels like wandering your local bookstore, along with little notes from authors & experts sharing why each book is one of their all-time favorites. For 2023, I surveyed 1,200+ authors to get their three favorite reads of the year. Then I crunched that data and broke it by genre, age range, and when it was published. Publisher data is a nightmare, so some of the genres are…
2023 · shepherd.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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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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Send web articles to your Kindle
2023 · pushtokindle.com · its alternatives →
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Omnivore▲238Read it later app with an outstanding reading experience
2023 · omnivore.app · its alternatives →
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ReadHere▲146Lightweight PDF & EPUB reader in your browser
Jun 2026 · readhere.app · its alternatives →
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Turn your email inbox into your reading list.
2017 · addons.mozilla.org · its alternatives →
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Readsmart▲103Turn your Kindle highlights into a knowledge base
2019 · readsmart.co · its alternatives →
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