About Readbird
Your hub for reading, listening, and knowledge management
Readbird is a universal reading hub: an RSS reader, a read-it-later app and a notes app in one place. It collects articles from the feeds you subscribe to, saves what you want to keep, lets you highlight and annotate, reads text aloud and translates it — on the web, offline, and on Android.
It is built for people who read a lot and would rather have one place for it than five separate apps. Readbird is free to use, runs in any browser as a progressive web app, has an Android build, and stores data on servers in the EU.
What Readbird does
- Ultra-clean reader. News without ads, distractions, or algorithms. Doesn't look perfect? Drop us a line — we'll tailor your source
- Replace multiple apps. With one smart workspace: RSS, Read-it-Later, translator, TTS player, highlighter, and note-taking app
- Full-text RSS reader. Read complete articles without losing videos, embedded posts, images or graphics
- Read-it-later. With full offline access to every article
- Unlimited highlights. Keep what matters like a pro with spaced repetition and 1-tap jumps to the original
- One-tap read-aloud feature Listen to headlines or your entire feed, with auto-scroll, drag-and-drop labeling, and dozens more power features
- Unlimited Text-to-Speech. Listen to any article, hear translations instantly, or play back your notes
- Translate Offline & Unlimited. on your phone, and use cloud AI translation when you're online
- Smart filtering. Tired of specific topics? Set your keywords and those articles leave your feed
- Track what matters. Set keywords — matching articles will rise across your feeds and land in your smart folders
- Smart deduplication. Hides repeats and merges multi-language versions from the same source — your language up front, with links to the rest
- Fast sync across devices plus a full-featured web app
- Full offline. On mobile — saved articles, feed previews, notes, and unlimited translation with no internet
- Flow. Spontaneous notes With dictation, playback, and drag-and-drop onto the whiteboard
- Advanced notes. Drag-and-drop labeling, dictation, playback, image editor, rich formatting, real-time co-editing, and reminders
- Custom view modes. From minimalist lists to pinboards and photo feeds
- Optimized for E Ink readers, tablets, and large screens
- Your reader — your rules Deep customization with dozens of settings
What Readbird deliberately does not do
- No paywall circumvention: Readbird fetches exactly what your own browser would fetch, never sends your cookies or credentials to third-party sites, and never retries a request that was refused.
- No public sharing surface: your saved articles, notes and highlights are private to your account. There are no public share links and no community feed.
- No ads, and no selling of reading data.
Frequently asked questions
Is Readbird free?
Yes. Readbird is free to use, there are no ads, and your reading data is never sold.
Which platforms does it run on?
Any modern browser — Readbird is a progressive web app, so it installs to your home screen or desktop without an app store. There is also an Android build.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Feeds, saved articles, notes and highlights stay readable without a connection. On Android, translation also works fully offline, on the device, at no cost and with no limits.
Where is my data stored?
On servers in the European Union. Your saved articles, notes and highlights are private to your account — Readbird has no public sharing surface.
Can Readbird read articles aloud?
Yes. Any article, note or highlight can be listened to, including in the background on Android.
How many languages can it translate into?
Articles, headlines, notes and highlights translate into 47 languages. The interface itself is available in English, Russian and German.
What can I do with highlights and notes?
Mark passages while reading, keep them in a separate section, reorder them freely, and write your own notes with photos. Kindle notebooks can be imported by email.
How do I delete my account and my data?
From the app settings, at any time and without contacting support. Deletion is immediate and irreversible; a public page explains exactly what gets removed.