Matter: 1% Smarter Every Day

Matter: 1% Smarter Every Day

By Dig Wells, Inc.

  • Category: News
  • Release Date: 2021-06-22
  • Current Version: 3.8.3
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 114.25 MB
  • Developer: Dig Wells, Inc.
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
Score: 4.5
4.5842
From 950 Ratings
Free On itunes

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 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 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

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Reviews

  • Women authors

    3
    By YelpingYak
    Pretty good app. The content is very much lacking. I’m a big proponent of female authors and for whatever reason content from female authors is completely lacking. I’ve “followed” and “favorited” female authors but the content is so narrow that I consistently am not provided with any articles from them. Most of the days out of the week there’s just no options. I’ve falling back to simply finding my own content for which there’s no reason for me to pay for this service anymore.

  • Pretty solid with a few frustrations

    4
    By Shawn c
    I’m a few months in now, and this app has become part of my daily routine. There are a few things that could be improved to make it perfect: (1) RSS limitations: with a standard like RSS, I don’t understand why so many legitimate feeds are not recognized (2) sometimes I’m afraid to open an article because I don’t want to be flooded with “since you read…” the next day (3) the reading minutes meter seems to not go away unless you uninstall and reinstall—I just don’t want to see this at all. I’m hoping more updates are coming—haven’t seen any updates in a while.

  • Used to be great

    1
    By Wanderingella
    I used to use this app all the time. Now, despite paying for a subscription, the app doesn’t recognize I’ve paid. This feels like fraud.

  • Great read later app with a UI that’s actually nice

    4
    By idontwritereviewsever
    Been using Matter for a couple months now, switched over from Pocket and I’m loving it! The feed is clean and the keyboard shortcuts for highlighting and notes are super convenient. I’ve especially enjoyed the ability to listen to my articles and cleanly save video and text in one queue. I’d really like the newsletters feature to work better for me. I got it all hooked up with email forwarding, and I can see them come in on the desktop version, but I do most of my reading on my phone, where I cannot find the Inbox. Hoping that this can be added to a menu in the future.

  • Not a good fit for my workflow or my life

    1
    By Quark Gluon Plasma
    I am not a particular fan of read-it-later apps for general reading. I do have a need for apps that assist with researching or keeping up with topics of varying scope. I want to easily extract information with an eye to acting on it. This app is not notably better than its competitors, Pocket and Instapaper, which were much earlier to market, and a bit less modern. All of them are frustrating to me. All they do is act as an extra inbox, and they do not make me more productive. They all alter and filter the contents of web pages, and often cut essential information like the authors of articles. Then there are other, more widely applicable issues: First, the price: $60/year, and it’s going up in 2024. I think it’s very expensive for what you get. Then the interface, which I find unpleasant. Each entry takes up a lot of room both horizontally and vertically. It seems thick, somehow. Finally, there’s the curation, which is unimpressive.

  • I’ve lost all my data after update

    1
    By Louis-f Celine
    Will never use it again. My reading list disappeared after update.

  • A better way to read.

    5
    By Tommy_Rowe
    I can’t speak more highly of Matter; for 2+ years now I have been using it to actually read, listen, and reflect, rather than other apps/systems which just help you build a queue but never help you tackle it. Hop on board!

  • Worth its weight in gold

    5
    By wfisher
    Truly amazing as a reading app. I use it for all my newsletters, long-form articles, you name it.

  • Nice start but repeats over time

    3
    By D3200
    Gave up another subscription newsletter organizer that I liked better, because of the curated content Matter offers. Quite enjoyed the material to start with but several months in most of the content is on repeat. There are days without a single article I haven’t seen before (other than my newsletter inbox). At this price point and based on what is being advertised, I would have expected more.

  • Transcription used to work

    3
    By S Chen
    This app is dead. Developers are no longer updating the app as frequently. The transcription service no longer works. When you email them, they just tell you that they would look into it. Go find another app

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