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Alternatives to Highlights
Highlights: A PDF reader for researchers that turns your annotations into notes you can send to Bear, Evernote or Markdown. Here are 9 other products that do a similar job. Of these, 8 have a free plan, 1 sells for a one-off price, 1 carries proof such as verified revenue, update history or uptime.
- CollaNote
A free iPad, iPhone and Mac app for handwritten notes, PDF annotation, planners and flashcards.
Since 2021Updated 6 days ago
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Annotate.tv
Take notes tied to moments in YouTube videos, query the transcript and send your notes to Notion, Obsidian or Readwise.
Since 2020
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- AI Exporter Hub
Chrome extension that saves your ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and other chatbot chats as Markdown, PDF, Notion pages or Obsidian notes.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Jørnal
A private journal that gives you one blank page per visit and locks each entry once you finish writing.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- OCR Buddy
Free Chrome extension that pulls text, code, math and tables from part of a page offline and saves pages as Markdown for LLMs.
Since 2026
Free · Developer tools · Individuals and families
- Theorem
An open source reader for EPUB, PDF, comics and RSS that saves your highlights to an Obsidian or Logseq vault as Markdown.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- EdgeEver
An open-source notes and knowledge base you host on Cloudflare or Docker, with desktop, mobile and web clipper apps plus AI agent links.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Scrib
Free note taking on iPhone, Windows and Android that keeps every note encrypted on your device, with no account and no cloud.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- RFP.ai
Drafts answers to RFPs and security questionnaires from your approved documents, with citations for reviewers to check.
Since 2026
One-off payment · CRM and sales