Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. too long; didn't read, the website. launched in 2010; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Useless Web▲220

   Take me somewhere...useless

   2014 · theuselessweb.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hen▲86

   Snooze that article for reading later, offline

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   One App▲182

   Read Product Hunt, Hacker News, DN & Reddit in one place

   2015 · reader.one · its alternatives →

4. 4
   nod.▲145

   Catch up with the news in 10 sec or less.

   2016 · get-nod.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Dull - Always A Moment▲132

   The best of the internet in one app

   2014 · dull.rocks · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Endless▲132

   Random and amazing Wikipedia articles.

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   How Long to Read▲134

   Find out how long will it take you to read that book

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   ..▲106

   ..

   2017 · airtape.net · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Meep▲161

   Listen to your favorite news sites when you can't read them

   2016 · meep.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Twitter▲37

    Really short blog posts, unclear if it'll take off at all

    2014 · twitter.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Now and Later▲110

    Save pages for later - different concept than Pocket

    2015 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Random App Of The Week▲76

    One very weird app delivered to you each week

    2015 · mailchimp.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Content, Forever▲69

    Got some time to kill and want to read a meandering essay

    2015 · tinysubversions.com · its alternatives →

14. 14BM
    Because most of us suffer from AD(H)D, here is too-long-didnt-read.com▲7

    Hey HN crowd! Two days ago I realized I'm almost unable to read a book or a long article without getting distracted by Twitter/HN/Reddit/Work. The situation is so terrible, I'm even getting afraid of big articles, and my ReadItLater list is getting pretty long (shameful I know) ... and I'm pretty sure most of you are in this situation :) Being used to TL;DRs on long reddit posts, I thought it would be great to have these for everything, so I quickly hacked this website: http://www.too-long-didnt-read.com/ Here is an example of TL;DR: http://www.too-long-didnt-read.com/5tropy I would love to…

    2011 · too-long-didnt-read.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    One App for Android▲87

    Read Product Hunt, HN, DN, Reddit, Medium on Android

    2014 · one.hackplan.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Read Ruler▲90

    Sort Pocket articles by reading time

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Random▲76

    Run out of Internet to read? Random app's here to help

    2014 · random.co · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Reading Time▲69

    Tells you how long an article takes to read

    2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Never Read▲85

    Free Mac App that deletes your "read later" backlog

    2015 · neverread.neverthesamecolor.net · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Atlantic 5.0 for iOS▲83

    Read offline. Bookmark anything. No ads.

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    ReadQuick▲75

    Speed reading iPhone app

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Spreed▲66

    Speed reading in Chrome

    2014 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

23. 23SH
    Show HN my weekend project - Browse Netflix Watch Instant faster▲31

    聚鑫汇国际官网入口（qwikstant.com）【朙✅bjL8.cc✅】聚鑫汇国际数码集团股份有限公司（简称：聚鑫汇国际数码；股票代码：000034.SZ）。从2000年成立伊始，聚鑫汇国际数码以“数字中国”为使命，锐意变革，砥砺前行，始终坚持以全球领先科技和自主创新核心技术赋能产业数字化转型和数字经济发展

    2012 · qwikstant.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    PR300▲15

    Tech news in 300 words or less

    2018 · pr300.com · its alternatives →

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