ClearRead — Remember what you read
Remember what you read. No AI, no server, no subscription.
ClearRead — Remember what you read launched on August 25, 2026 with 3 votes, #2,940 of 23,274 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.
What it does
ClearRead transforms any highlighted section in a PDF, EPUB, or Kindle file into an active reading cycle based on the principles of “active recall” and “spaced repetition”—the two most effective techniques supported by evidence in the field of learning science. Each section consists of four steps: predict what’s coming, read, explain in your own words, and then assess your level of recall. The sections reappear on the day you’re about to forget them. A one-time payment of $29. Yours forever.
You finish a book and forget it in two weeks. ClearRead turns your PDFs and ebooks into active reading: predict, read, explain it in your own words, then spaced review locks it in. Includes a full PDF reader with highlighting, freehand notes and search. Works offline. Your data stays yours.
You finish a book, and two weeks later it's gone. That's not your memory failing — that's what passive reading does. ClearRead turns reading into something that stays. The problem isn't you. The problem is that reading only goes one way. Active recall and spaced repetition — the two most evidence-backed techniques in learning science — built into how you read. Guess before you read. Even a wrong guess primes your memory. Say it in your own words. Where you stall is where you didn't understand. Set your exam date. ClearRead works out how much you'll actually remember on that day, splits what's left across the days you have, and hands you one button: start. Exam study is its own space —…from clear-read.com
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