AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to TBRly
Tackle your to-be-read Pile
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Free Typing Practice | Boost your typing speed while reading great books like Alice in Wonderland, 1984, Dracula, and The Art of War — or import your own!
2020 · typelit.io · its alternatives →
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2013 · beelinereader.com · its alternatives →
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Castly▲118Transform ideas into content, with AI supercharge
2023 · getcastly.com · its alternatives →
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BookRead▲415AI-powered E-Reader that makes reading effortless
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Readwise Beta▲251Effortlessly rediscover and organize your Kindle highlights
2017 · 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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Readwell▲153Find books you’ll love with AI-powered recommendations.
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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It's a web app that uses AI to turn any book into a playable text adventure. Your favorite book, but your choices, hence your story. You can even "remix" the genre like playing Dune as a noir detective story. Note: Work in progress. Suggestions are welcome.
2025 · kathaaverse.com · its alternatives →
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Behavly▲182Elevate your website with purposeful, targeted small tweaks
2023 · behavly.com · its alternatives →
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AaRead (Bionic)▲186Read webpages fast and maintain focus
2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I've been working on BookWith, an open-source e-book reader that integrates AI as your reading companion. The problem: Traditional e-readers are passive. When you encounter something unclear, you have to context-switch to search for it. Your highlights and notes remain isolated, and you can't easily connect ideas across different books. My solution: BookWith embeds an AI that maintains full context of what you're reading. It features: - Context-aware AI chat: Ask questions about the current page/chapter and get instant answers - AI podcast generation: Automatically converts book…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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pipeRead▲102Hi HN, Piperead is a free web tool that uses AI to act as a personalized librarian. Instead of just genre tags, we use specific "personas" to generate recommendations. The goal was to make something simple, fast, and free. Because we achieved to keep minimum cost. The site is live at https://piperead.com We are trying to fine-tune the recommendation quality. Feedback on the UX and the recommendation relevance is very welcome.
Dec 2025 · piperead.com · its alternatives →
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Bookly▲107Track your reading in real time using daily reading workouts
2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Not sure what book to read next? Let artificial intelligence find the next book for you to read. Type in the titles of books you like and see what book recommendations AI will find for you out of more than a million titles. Enjoy reading!
2021 · readow.ai · its alternatives →
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Threadable▲90Read great books with your friends, family, or colleagues
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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