Refrain: Reread What Matters
Reread your Kindle highlights
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Rediscover your Kindle highlights daily. This app organizes your marked passages, reveals connections across your reading, and allows for deep dives into your thoughts and the wider literary canon. Your reading life is private and offline.
What's New in Refrain
2.0.1
November 1, 2026
Your daily return now draws from your whole library from the first day. After a fresh import, the deck could keep pulling passages from the same few books, the ones that happened to sync first. Now every book takes its turn before any book repeats. Thank you to the reader who wrote in.
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$4.99
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FAQ
What is Refrain's core function?
Refrain resurfaces your Kindle highlights daily, helping you rediscover important passages and find connections across your reading library. It aims to bring your marked text back into your active reading life.
How does Refrain import Kindle highlights?
You can sign in to Amazon within Refrain to import your Kindle highlights, including books, notes, and covers. It also supports importing from the My Clippings.txt file for older Kindle devices or sideloaded books.
Is Refrain free to use?
Refrain offers a complete free version that includes Kindle and My Clippings import, full library access, exact-text search, daily returns, iCloud sync, a widget, and Apple Watch support. The paid unlock adds advanced discovery features.
What does the paid unlock in Refrain offer?
The $4.99 unlock adds discovery features like Threads (lines of thought), Rhymes (passages resonating by meaning), Search by Meaning, Echoes (resonating lines from the canon), Insights (your own notes), and Go Deeper (research briefs).
Does Refrain have ads?
No, Refrain does not have advertisements. The app is designed with privacy as a core architectural principle, ensuring no tracking or analytics.
Can I use Refrain offline?
Yes, once your library is imported, all important features of Refrain work offline. This includes accessing your passages and notes without an internet connection.
What devices does Refrain support?
Refrain is available on Mac, Apple Watch, iPhone, and iPad. Your passages and Insights stay in sync across these devices via your private iCloud.
How often is Refrain updated?
The latest version, 2.0, was released on October 24, 2026, indicating active development. Future discovery features are planned to be included with the one-time purchase.
