Alfread
Productivity
read later app
SHOW HN2021
104points
94comments
#506of 2,533 in 2021
Top 20%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
17 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 11 critical, out of 44 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Design: 5 for, 4 againstIdea: 4 for, 4 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 2 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, attractive design and UI
From 3 comments
Clean and excellent UI. Keep doing the amazing work
NithurM on HNKudos guys, love the clean design
ronyfadel on HNI can see Twitter support, but will it work for storing and organizing Twitter threads? Great design tho
bverks on HN
Useful sync with Instapaper and Pocket
From 2 comments
I'm excited to try out a new reader app, especially one that integrates with Pocket and Instapaper. Those apps haven't added many new features in years, so there's room for…
gnicholas on HNHey HN, I'm Fedor, co-founder, and designer of Alfread, read-later app with a focus on the reading habit. Internet is full of talented writers, articles, and newsletters that are…
shkliarau on HN
Good responsiveness to feedback
From 1 comment
While this isn't for me as I don't use iOS daily, I wanted to say that I'm impressed with your response to feedback. And, for what it's worth, I saw the landing page on desktop…
tnjm on HN
Objections
Requires a subscription rather than a one-time purchase
From 2 comments
Was interested, but seeing that it requires a subscription rather than outright purchase, prevented me from even considering it sorry.
aryehof on HNHi Fedor, it looks good, and I'm going to evaluate it soon! Could you please tell why it's free and if it's going to be a paid app soon? If yes, what would be the pricing model?…
kiyanovsky on HN
No web or Android app yet
From 3 comments
I think this could be very useful, any plans for Android or web app? Also maybe a nice to have feature would be to group similar articles by theme so that when I sit down to read…
mtrovo on HNAlfread looks great, congrats. I'm going to give it a spin, but I would desperately need a web app to go with the iOS one. I usually just open a myriad tabs on my computers and…
vbo on HNReally interesting idea! Would love to try it out when it's available for Android (or Web)
krat0sprakhar on HN
Website animations are overwhelming
From 3 comments
Sorry if this is a bit off-topic but for me the website is overwhelming. Everything is very large and animated which makes me dizzy. I don't know what is happening when I scroll.
badtension on HNSame feeling here, I'm on a 1920x1200 display. There are things animating at the bottom of the viewport that have disappeared by the time they're centred. The entire page is…
thom on HNIt’s really nicely done on the whole! My feeling is that there is just a bit too much motion happening at once. I think the issue is that as you scroll (I’m on an iPhone) your…
tailspin2019 on HN
Article parsing misses full text in some cases
From 1 comment
Hey team - been on the hunt for a new read it later app since Instapaper has become unusably buggy and Pocket has issues of its own. Very first article I tried to pull via my…
jeffgreco on HN
Requests
Web app or Android version
From 3 comments
I think this could be very useful, any plans for Android or web app? Also maybe a nice to have feature would be to group similar articles by theme so that when I sit down to read…
mtrovo on HNAlfread looks great, congrats. I'm going to give it a spin, but I would desperately need a web app to go with the iOS one. I usually just open a myriad tabs on my computers and…
vbo on HNReally interesting idea! Would love to try it out when it's available for Android (or Web)
krat0sprakhar on HN
Pinboard support
From 1 comment
Add pinboard support for us who don't use Pocket or Instapaper, and you've got at least one extra user :)
theshrike79 on HN
Email newsletter import
From 1 comment
Love this! Is there the functionality to pull in email newsletters from iOS outlook mail app?
leveragedequity on HN
Export highlights to Evernote
From 1 comment
Are there any plans to be able to export highlights? Sync with Evernote would be ideal. I connect [NeuraCache](https://neuracache.com) to my Evernote for spaced repetition and…
mcsonka on HN
Raindrop.io integration
From 1 comment
Any plans to add Raindrop.io?
squarebizchris on HN
Questions
Does it sync highlights to Readwise
From 1 comment
Neat! Congratulations. My one question was whether you sync to Readwise and it looks like you have that covered. Does that include highlights or annotations made in Alfread? I…
1123581321 on HN
Why location data is collected
From 1 comment
Seems like it worth a try. I just installed the app but when I checked I see that it collect location data and link it to the user, I wonder why?
NmAmDa on HN
How the app motivates reading
From 1 comment
Cool website! If I understand correctly you help me to actually read the articles I saved unlike Instapaper/Pocket that only allow me to dump them? What are the dynamics you…
artiparty on HN
Alternatives named
Pocket
From 2 comments
Seems offering nothing better than Pocket. Pocket is multiplatform and integrated in Firefox.
icakir on HNHey team - been on the hunt for a new read it later app since Instapaper has become unusably buggy and Pocket has issues of its own. Very first article I tried to pull via my…
jeffgreco on HN
Instapaper
From 1 comment
Hey team - been on the hunt for a new read it later app since Instapaper has become unusably buggy and Pocket has issues of its own. Very first article I tried to pull via my…
jeffgreco on HN
Safari Reading List
From 2 comments
I created a read-later service pre-Instapaper ca. ~2005 and only recently ditched all of them after having ~10k articles in the queue. Today I only use Safari's reading list and…
marban on HNAny chance of integrating it with built-in Reading List in Safari?
smugglerFlynn on HN
Readwise
From 1 comment
Neat! Congratulations. My one question was whether you sync to Readwise and it looks like you have that covered. Does that include highlights or annotations made in Alfread? I…
1123581321 on HN