wallabag review

wallabag.it is the hosted service behind the open source wallabag project, which has existed since 2013, with the hosted version running since 2016. It extracts only the article content into a clean, responsive view, and its Android and iOS apps read offline. Every subscription includes all features: tags, full-text search, highlights and annotations, saving links by forwarding an email to a private address, following RSS and Atom feeds, and importing from Pocket, Instapaper, Pinboard, Omnivore and Shaarli with tags and read status kept. You can export your library as PDF, ePUB, mobi, JSON, CSV, txt or HTML at any time. The service has no ads and does not sell data, and the yearly plan does not renew automatically. Prices are listed in euros, and the cheapest yearly plan costs less than one euro a month, but there is no USD price, so we mark it pending. There is a 14-day trial and no free plan.

Who it is for

privacy-minded readers on a small budget

Price

See vendor pricing (USD check pending); 14-day free trial.

US price check pending. See the vendor pricing page.

Key features

• Every plan includes all features, including save by email and RSS and Atom feeds
• Imports from Pocket, Instapaper, Pinboard, Omnivore, Shaarli and another wallabag
• Android and iOS apps with offline reading, plus Firefox and Chrome add-ons
• Tags, full-text search, highlights and annotations
• Export articles as PDF, ePUB, mobi, JSON, CSV, txt or HTML

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Yearly plan has no automatic renewal
• Strength: No ads, no tracking and no data resale, hosted in Europe
• Strength: Open source since 2013, so you can self-host the same software
• Weakness: No free plan beyond the 14-day trial
• Weakness: Save by email, feeds and imports are not part of the free trial
• Weakness: Prices are listed in euros only

Key facts

• Free trial: 14 days, no credit card required
• Plans: 3 months, 1 year or a support plan
• Hosting: Europe, GDPR compliant
• Export formats: PDF, ePUB, mobi, JSON, CSV, txt, HTML

Where it ranks

wallabag is No. 7 in our Best Read It Later Apps verdict.