I’m back Instapaper…
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By Pajama Superfly
Update 2/28/24: Perhaps I was too rash. Maybe I was just frustrated. But I’m back as a paid subscriber. I dipped my toes into the Pocket world and it just didn’t feel right. Instapaper has been my go to article saver for as long as I can remember and I just like it so much. Subtracting two stars because meaningful feature updates are rare and the developers aren’t the best at communicating or support compared to other iOS apps.
Old review: Subscription price just doubled. The app and lack of any real development doesn’t justify the price increase when the main feature I use is search. More than half the time it doesn’t find what I know should be there anyway in the iOS app. I’m a long time subscriber and supporter. In fact, this was my first subscription on the App Store. Sadly, I’ve decided to unsubscribed today. I’ll likely switch to Pocket. It’s a little cheaper… and most importantly, didn’t just double their price.
Subscribing in the app DOES NOT unlock the premium features.
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By XaySin2k
Not only has the price of the subscription doubled in the last few months, but subscribing in the app DOES NOT unlock the premium features for this app. If you try and reach out to the devs for help they'll simply ignore you.
Used to be great
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By hushpuppy22
The update in November 2023 ruined Instapaper for those of us who use text to speech features in the app OR through iPhone or iPad OS. Used to be a five star app but is one star at the moment.
Subscription just doubled!!
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By Toomanybarts
Have been a paying subscriber for years with Instapaper and it works well for the limited functionality I want : copy text from a web page and I’ll “read it later”.
They’ve now just announced the sub will double in price from $30 to $60.
First Evernote doubled their prices, now this.
I think I’m moving to Readwise or just using functionality built into Safari.
Nice
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By Antoinebugleboy
Nice
deleted most of my archived articles
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By greyvariance
I kept many many important articles archived here …and then suddenly …on its own…the number of archived articles saved dialed itself back to 10 …
I lost dozens and dozens of things that were important to me that I can’t recover…. be careful with this app… you’ve been warned…
Crashes a lot during read aloud
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By JayJizzleNupey
For some reason the app now will just stop reading articles in CarPlay halfway through and sometimes just a few seconds in. Please fix with an update.
Worst App
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By MJflower76
I've never subscribed, but it was paid monthly through regular subscription, and when I inquired, I said it was correct that I didn't subscribe, and I said I would cancel it, but it was paid again;;;;;;
Narration Has Disappeared
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By Steve Raymond
With today’s update the “Speak” narration option no longer works.
Great app!
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By Austex999
This is a great app! It meets all of my needs, allowing me to save articles, sort them in various ways, and listen to them. I previously used another app but finally gave up and am glad I switched to Instapaper. Their tech support group is also very responsive, fixing problems quickly and keeping me informed.