Matter: A better reading app

Name: Matter: A better reading app
Rating: 4.57524 (412 reviews)

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Matter: A better reading app

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User Reviews for Matter: A better reading app

RSS is a major flaw

I love so much about this app but the rss feature is almost completely useless. I have a standard rss reader app running simultaneously and it’s shows 18 articles available from my feeds for today. Matter shows two. Two! Also it says it can’t find feeds for a few urls (which work fine I every other app.)I wish I had known this before paying $60/year. (Good luck trying to find the monthly option in the app) The app is excellent in every other way but now I guess I have to have a second app just for rss since I can’t rely on Matter to actually do the most basic rss serving. I hate writing a negative review of this app but for the price the rss should be rock solid (also it’s a pretty basic feature). Will gladly change my review when app can parse rss feeds at least as well as reader could almost twenty years ago.

ChadAHall, Jan 31, 2023

Good app but some bugs to fix

So far I really like this compared to Pocket but there are some bugs that are pretty annoying. Right now I’m trying to sign in on the iOS app and the link sent to my email address just doesn’t work. I click it and get to a screen where it says “Click here to complete your login” with a big blue “Login to Matter” button that is completely unresponsive to clicks lol. I noticed a similar problem when signing into the chrome extension before. Those are my biggest complaints. Overall like the app but these issues make it less usable; hope the devs can fix these and them I’m fully onboard for 4-5 stars ⭐️Also one other issue I’ve noticed is there’s often some weird delay between saving an article and it showing up in your queue. There’s been several times I’ve saved something and then it’s not there, I try saving a couple more times, think the app’s broken, feel sad, and then 5 minutes later the article appears in my queue. Not a fatal bug but bad UX especially for new users testing it out.

Duh reader, Aug 23, 2023

Missing Staff Picks

I applaud the team for the incarnation of the “read something wonderful” site, and I believe that will be a great addition to my reading habits, however the removal of the curated staff picks on a regular ongoing basis is a serious downgrade for me in functionality and value.Matter has been a great reader app, and been worth switching over from Pocket, and I do appreciate the inbox functionality in the app, however, I simply haven’t found an app that integrates reader with things to read quite like Matter before this most recent update. I love supporting apps that I enjoy and have no qualms continuing to do so, but without the staff picks, it does become a little bit harder to differentiate Matter from the other reader apps that exist in the market, and it does make it a little harder to see the value in continuing to invest in this app.

jct, Jun 11, 2023

Serious app for readers

This app is remarkable. It does an amazing job synthesizing both newsletters and read-it-laters. It also has additional functionality of allowing you to see new posts from writers that you can follow within the app. The text parsing is usually very good and clean. You're even able to get access to some paywalled stuff on occasion through the text parse. There are just some really thoughtful features happening within the app. The one that I like the very most is the shuffle feature for the read it later list. So fun! Highlighting is really simple, and coming back to your notes as simple as well. So much more to say, but I'm enjoying using this app thoroughly.

Kcinb, Jul 17, 2023

Game changer

I’m not typically one to leave app reviews, or to pay $60/year for an app. But here I am doing both because Matter is *that* good. I was a loyal Instapaper user for several years, but less than a week of playing with the free version was enough to convince me to switch (which, I’ll note, they make incredibly easy even with Instapaper’s API limitations). The article reading functionality is good - certainly on par with other apps, and things like the natural TTS are big improvements. They’re also clearly actively working on their parser, and the couple of times I’ve reported a content issue they’ve quickly not only fixed it but let me know they had done so. Where Matter is really a game changer is the unified subscription inbox. I’ve thought for ages that surely someone could come up with one place for all newsletters coming from email, RSS, or anywhere else. And here… they did it. Once I got it set up, it’s amazing to no longer have newsletters languishing in my inbox for days at a time, especially for long form ones that I may read a few days after they come out. Now they’re all sitting there, ready and waiting for me to get to them. It’s a newer app so there are still some rough edges to be polished, but it’s already a fantastic app that I’m excited to see continue to improve.

ki4hrg, Feb 01, 2023

Not Free

Feels a bit like a bait and switch, this app isn’t free, it’s $60 a year or $8/month. Not obvious until you are out of the trial period that you don’t even realize your in. The app itself is great, just wish you could at least gather your newsletters and read them without the cost, there is obviously a lot of value in having them audible, just not looking to add another subscription.**update** I learned that you can still read your newsletters after the trial period, hit the inbox and you will be prompted to go premium, hit the inbox again to get to your subscribed articles. Not in the inbox format but at least they are accessible

MavTravisty, Oct 17, 2023

Best of the Best

Unlimited highlights. An excellent tagging system. Beautiful, clean UI. Importing email subscriptions. No ads. Great save-for-later feature for Safari and Chrome. A great web app. Text to Speech with a natural voice. It doesn't get better than this, and certainly not for free. I would happily pay for these features, as I think Matter does them better than comparable Pro versions of reader apps, but I also hope that as the app grows, the folks at Matter to keep a good many of them free. Also, the two times I've put in a suggestion or bug in the web app, I've gotten a speedy response : ).A few small notes and quirks:Some articles don't transfer completely, or transfer with the text of pop up windows, or only transfer the pop up content. That might be user error on my part, and it doesn't happen often enough to be annoying.You can't click links in a highlight, so you have to remember to open or save the link before you highlight.The ability to start TTS from a specific part in the article is a great feature in the mobile app that I hope comes to the web app. The ability to use shortcut keys to delete, archive, favorite, tag, etc. is a great feature in the web app that I hope comes to the mobile app.More consistent treatment of photos (sometimes imported, sometimes not, sometimes caption transferred as body text, sometimes not) would be nice, especially for TTS purposes, but not a dealbreaker.

MLD10499, Oct 21, 2022

(Not exaggeration) One of this decade’s great apps and companies

For anyone who cares about reading, this is an excellent excellent app that stands apart. It far exceeds all that came before it (pocket..instapaper..) and it’s clear its vision and product roadmap is much bigger. Goodbye insufferable reading newsletters in your email client. (And terrible save for later systems). I deeply hope this company stays focused and continues to execute on its vision at the pace it has been at the last three years or so. ps I highly recommend connecting it to obsidian.

Shockablooey, Oct 05, 2023

Great App!

I've went from very little reading of articles online (adverse to ads) to reading a ton on Matter! For the record: I've had no issues with the browser extension (Chrome), or the share function (iOS). I'm also not adverse to the paid/premium model, as I believe in supporting a product I use frequently, especially if it is/makes what I do ad-free. That includes paying for Matter & news sites like NYT and WaPo, and transferring their articles here, just so I can read thiem w/o ads & in night mode! Thanks for making it seamless and stress free!

stinebaj, May 27, 2023

My Favorite App

It’s clear that the team has great passion on essay-reading and expertise on tech/culture writers. The font, layout, and background color choices all contribute to a pleasant reading experience on mobile devices.Additionally, sending article bundles to Kindle is a brilliant idea. As someone who uses Kindle frequently, I find this feature encourages me to read more articles more comfortably by streamlining the process. It’s an App developed by readers themselves who clearly knows what a reader wants. Besides, the team is lively and responsive. Good job!

ufsbkf, Apr 13, 2023

Description

Finally, a better reading app. The internet is full of things you want to read – articles, newsletters, Twitter threads, PDFs. Matter brings them together in one place and gives you modern tools, like natural text-to-speech and fluid highlighting, to help you read more comfortably and effectively. “Matter improves vastly on earlier read-later apps like Pocket and Instapaper” –The Wall Street Journal (2022) Save anything: - Save full articles if you’re within the paywall (eg.

Bloomberg, NYT, WSJ) - Rollup Twitter threads into a single article page - Save PDFs and YouTube Read across devices, including Kindle: - iPhone, iPad, Web - Send any article to Kindle in 2-taps Unified inbox for your subscriptions: - Sync your newsletters by connecting Gmail - Follow individual writers for their latest posts - Add any RSS feed The most elegant reading experience: - Best-in-class article parsing + readability - Available offline by default - Gorgeous night mode - Human-like text-to-speech - Fluid highlighting and note-taking Export your knowledge: - Sync your highlights to Notion, Obsidian, Roam, Readwise, and others Matter offers a free service and a Premium service. The free version of Matter includes: - Uncapped read-later library - Mobile & web extensions to save all types of content - Best-in-class parsing and readability - Unlimited tags - Sharing directly with friends In addition to the free features, Matter Premium offers: - HD text-to-speech for all your articles - Sync your newsletters, subscribe to writers, and add RSS feeds - Unlimited highlighting, note-taking, and integrations - Send to Kindle - Full-text search - Customizable themes and fonts The Matter Premium subscription can be purchased: - Monthly for $7.99. per month - Annually for $59.99 per year (38% discount) - For 3 years for $149.99 (48% discount) Payment for Matter Premium will be charged to your iTunes Account when you subscribe. Annual and monthly subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. Manage your Matter Premium subscription by going to Matter's Settings page. Terms of Use: https://hq.getmatter.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://hq.getmatter.com/privacy