Comparison

Readwise Highlights vs Mayu Learn

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Readwise Highlights

This app helps you retain more of what you read by centralizing and revisiting your highlights from various reading platforms. It uses spaced repetition and active recall techniques to improve memory and offers features like tagging, note-taking, and OCR for physical books.

Highlights
  • Synchronize highlights from multiple platforms
  • Daily review habit via app and email
  • Spaced repetition and active recall
  • Tag, note, and search highlights
  • OCR for paper book highlights
  • Convert highlights to flashcards
Features
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Readwise helps you get the most out of what you read by making it fun & easy to revisit your highlights from all your favorite reading platforms in one place. Quickly synchronize your highlights from Kindle, Apple Books, Instapaper, Pocket, Medium, Goodreads, and even paper books. Then start building a daily review habit using the app and daily email. By reviewing your highlights every day, you'll retain dramatically more and you'll finally stop forgetting all the details from books you just finished! --- “Readwise is my favorite new service this year. Save highlights from Kindle, Instapaper, and now tweets... one of the best long-term personal learning tools I’ve come across.” — Caleb Hicks “Besides my Kindle, Readwise has been the most influential tech for improving my reading process.” — Blake Reichmann “If you use Kindle or Instapaper or just enjoy keeping and reading highlights, please sign up to Readwise. It will become one of your cherished services.” — Christopher Galtenberg --- ACTUALLY USE YOUR HIGHLIGHTS Highlighting is great, but why bother if you're never going to see any of your highlights again? Readwise makes it easy to quickly liberate all your highlights into one place, ensuring that you'll actually see and use them, including highlights from: • Amazon Kindle • Apple iBooks • Instapaper • Pocket • Medium • Goodreads • Twitter • Physical Books (using OCR) • Manual Input • CSV Upload STOP FORGETTING WHAT YOU READ How often do you finish a book, only to forget the key ideas two weeks later? We don't remember things by just reading them once. Readwise solves this problem using scientifically proven learning techniques called Spaced Repetition and Active Recall. Readwise resurfaces the right highlights at the right times using a daily email and an app. Readwise even makes it possible to convert your best highlights into flashcards for added retention. TAG, NOTE, SEARCH, AND ORGANIZE With your highlights all in one place, Readwise enables you to organize and connect these ideas in new ways. Use search to find a highlight instantly; use tag to organize highlights within your library; use notes to add your own annotations. HIGHLIGHT PAPER BOOKS Readwise also makes it possible to take highlights from your physical books and papers using your phone’s camera. Just snap a pic, highlight with your finger, and have your favorite highlights saved forever. --- If you are not already a Readwise subscriber, you can get started immediately with a 30-day free trial with no credit card upfront. At the end of the trial, you will not be charged unless you choose to subscribe to Readwise Full or Readwise Lite. Price may vary by location. Manage your subscription from your dashboard. --- Support: Check out readwise.io/faq or email us at hello@readwise.io Privacy Policy: https://readwise.io/tos Terms of Service: https://readwise.io/privacy

About

Mayu Learn

Features
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The smart way to learn to read and write in a new language. Mayu Learn helps you build real reading and writing skills in a new language — through flashcards that actually adapt to you, and games that make practice feel less like homework. Learn your way Build your own study sets, generate them instantly from any topic, or pick up new words naturally as you read. However you like to learn, Mayu Learn fits around it. One word, every form Stop making five flashcards for every verb tense. Mayu Learn handles the grammar, so one card teaches you the whole word — not just one version of it. Your vocab, turned into a newspaper Mayu Times takes the words you're learning and turns them into a real news article, written just for you. It's the fastest way to see your new words actually being used. Practice that doesn't feel like practice Flip through flashcards, race the clock in Match, and get real feedback on how well you're actually learning — not just how much time you've spent in the app. 30+ languages Whether you're picking up something new or building on what you already know, Mayu Learn has you covered. Track real progress Streaks, points, and a full activity history — so you can see, at a glance, how far you've come. Mayu Learn is built for people who are serious about learning a language, but don't want it to feel like a chore. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Readwise Highlights4 screens
Mayu Learn4 screens

Verdict

The call

Readwise Highlights and Mayu Learn are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Readwise Highlights sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Mayu Learn sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Readwise Highlights ships an update every 2 weeks, Mayu Learn every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Readwise Highlights versus Mayu Learn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReadwise HighlightsMayu Learn
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB63 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperReadwise, IncMayu Learn

Bugs and requests

Readwise Highlights

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Frequent app crashes
  • Sync failures with certain accounts
  • Unreliable highlight capture

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for more reading apps
  • Improve sync and import capabilities
  • Introduce more customization options
  • Enhance search and organization tools
  • Develop a more intuitive mobile interface

Mayu Learn

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Readwise Highlights

Subscriptions8
  • Readwise Lite Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Readwise Lite Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Readwise Full Monthly Plan$8.991 Month
Show 5 more
  • Readwise Full Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Readwise Lite Yearly$52.991 Year
  • Readwise Lite Yearly$66.991 Year
  • Readwise Full Yearly$94.991 Year
  • Readwise Full Yearly$119.991 Year
1 purchases

Mayu Learn

Subscriptions1
  • Mayu Learn Plus7 Days trial$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Readwise Highlights free?
Readwise Highlights is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mayu Learn free?
Mayu Learn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Readwise Highlights or Mayu Learn have ads?
Neither Readwise Highlights nor Mayu Learn shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Readwise Highlights or Mayu Learn?
Readwise Highlights ships an update every 2 weeks, and Mayu Learn every 11 days. Most recently, Readwise Highlights was updated on November 3, 2026 and Mayu Learn on October 31, 2026.

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