# Web Highlights: Highlighter — Notes and flashcards for PDFs

> Notes and flashcards for PDFs (iPhone/iPad app by Web Highlights GmbH.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/web-highlights-highlighter/id6821887879 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Web Highlights GmbH](https://appshunter.io/developer/6821887881)
- Category: Productivity, Education
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 39 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish, Vietnamese
- Released: 2026-11-07
- Data updated: 2026-11-10

## What is Web Highlights?

Web Highlights lets you highlight websites and PDFs on your iPhone, keep notes and tags on what you marked, and turn it into flashcards — one searchable library for everything you read.

SHARE IT IN, HIGHLIGHT IT
Found something worth keeping — in Safari, a newsletter, Reddit, wherever? Tap Share and pick Web Highlights. The page opens inside the app in its own browser, where you can sign in to sites that ask for a login. One tap on "Save Page" keeps a copy in your library and opens it in the reader. Select a sentence first, and the same tap saves the page with your first highlight already on it.

Text works as well: select it, tap Share, pick Web Highlights, and keep it as a new page or as a highlight on a page you already saved.

A HIGHLIGHTER FOR WEBSITES AND PDFS
In the reader, select text and pick a colour — that is the whole highlighter. Highlights stay on the page when you come back. Add a note to any highlight, tag it, or write a note about the whole page without selecting anything. The notebook lists everything you marked on a page in reading order; tap a card to change its colour, tag it, copy it, or turn it into a flashcard.

READ LATER, IN YOUR OWN READER
Every page you save is kept as a clean article copy: your own font size, spacing and colour mode, dark mode included — and it stays readable even if the original page changes. The app remembers how far you got, and "Continue reading" on the home screen shows your progress and reopens the page.

PDF HIGHLIGHTER
Share a link that ends in .pdf and it opens in the built-in viewer; share a PDF from Files or Safari and one tap uploads it. Highlight it, annotate it, tag it. Uploaded PDFs sit in your library like any other page and open in the same viewer.

NOTES, TAGS, COLLECTIONS, SEARCH
Collections are folders for your saved pages; tags cut across them; the search on the home screen finds pages and highlights alike. Use it as a web clipper for things you want to keep, or as a read-later list for things you have not read yet — it is the same library either way.

FLASHCARDS AND SPACED REPETITION
Any highlight can become a flashcard: question on the front, your answer behind it. The app schedules reviews with spaced repetition and keeps a streak on the home screen, so what you highlighted comes back until you actually remember it.

WORKS WITH THE WEB HIGHLIGHTS BROWSER EXTENSION
The app is the iPhone side of Web Highlights: one account for the app, the browser extension (Chrome, Edge, Firefox) and the web app. With cloud sync on your account, highlights you make with the extension or in the web app show up in the app, and the other way round.

PRIVATE BY DEFAULT
Your highlights, notes and saved pages are yours. Nothing is public unless you create a share link for a page, and you can take that link back any time. We do not sell your data or use it to build profiles, and the app shows no ads.

Web Highlights is built by one person — me, Marius. If something does not work on your iPhone, write to me: marius@web-highlights.com

By creating an account you agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy:
https://web-highlights.com/legal/terms-of-service/en
https://web-highlights.com/legal/privacy-policy/en

## Is Web Highlights safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Web Highlights.

## Is Web Highlights legit?

Web Highlights: Highlighter has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Web Highlights is 50 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2026-11-08

Smaller fixes and improvements.

### 1.0.0 — 2026-11-08

No release notes.

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