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24 alternatives to Text Fish
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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. Text Fish launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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text.fish is a fast, free alternative to other text converters—optimize, clean, and style your text in one place.
2020 · text.fish · its alternatives →
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Read, highlight and annotate the web without distractions
2020 · readermode.io · 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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Reader Mode▲405Remove clutter and ads from any article. Instantly ⚡
2019 · readermode.io · 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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Read articles + text blocks (any app) distraction free.
2022 · quietreader.app · its alternatives →
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Strips any webpage down to just the article
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Clearly▲177A simple, distraction free reader for Chrome
2018 · chromewebstore.google.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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Cozy Reader▲123A secure place for the articles that you want to read 🔒📑
2019 · cozyreader.xyz · its alternatives →
- 12PA
2014 · justread.mpgarate.com · 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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A simple article reader for the web
Feb 2026 · justthearticleplease.com · its alternatives →
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Meep▲161Listen to your favorite news sites when you can't read them
2016 · meep.com · its alternatives →
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Readup▲118A social platform that incentivizes deep, focused reading
2020 · readup.org · its alternatives →
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Scraping Fish▲111The simplest API for web scraping without getting blocked.
2022 · scrapingfish.com · its alternatives →
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Free Spitz-type speed reader for Chrome
2015 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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