I may or may not ever consult these articles again, but it is nice to have them handy in case I do someday. I love that I am given the ability to create my own folders, and move articles into them for reference in the future. However, keeping them in the Read Later list would make it hard to identify what I have already read, and archiving everything means I would have to do nothing but search (which requires a paid subscription that I am more than happy to pay for to keep an independent developer, such as Marco, going). I have accumulated hundreds (last time I checked) of articles in Instapaper, and some I like so much that I would prefer to keep them around for easy access. One of the biggest is the ability to create folders to organize your articles into. Keep Your Articles Organizedīesides these two features for finding content, there are other perks of using Instapaper. It also doesn’t hurt to broaden what you read about either – a lot of these articles aren’t my usual fare of technology and Apple stuff, so it’s refreshing to dig into something new. If your queue is a bit empty, don’t fret! Some great content is just a few taps away, and I bet that you wouldn’t have found some of these articles otherwise. The other part of Instapaper that helps you find great stuff to read is the hand-chosen “Editor’s Picks” section. Think of it as an invisible social network that helps you find good stuff to read over some coffee (or tea!) in the morning. The focus is around finding other great content that may interest you, and less about the social. The magical part is that Instapaper does not make it focused around how many “followers” someone gets – in fact, a user will never know that they have any followers to begin with. Once you “follow” them in Instapaper, you will be able to see what articles they are “liking” and even add these to your own reading list. If you link up your Twitter or Facebook accounts with Instapaper, then you are able to find your friends that are also using Instapaper. How does Instapaper do this, exactly? It isn’t exactly a social networking service, such as Twitter or Facebook, but it is there. With Instapaper, it’s not just about saving your own articles for reading later, it’s about the finding new stuff to read that keeps me committed to the service. It has always been my go-to app for saving articles, and I absolutely love the features – features that are incredibly difficult to let go. Personally, I have been using Instapaper for the past several years. Now we have three choices to pick from for sending articles to read later. And now, in 2012, we have the third major direct competitor: Readability, which is completely “free.”
#Instapaper folders free#
Almost a year later, his first direct competitor, Read It Later, came out in 2009, along with a free version. And with that, Marco Arment basically invented the “read it later” app space with Instapaper (a $4.99 app) in 2008. Sometimes we just don’t have the time to read longer articles that we may come across on the Web, and we would rather just read it later.
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